Rigging with Animation Industry´s Techniques

Build a character spine rig by creating a three-segment bone chain, adding helper nodes, and applying positional constraints within an IK system to control spine motion.

Learn to rig a spine using the I key system and Eskies system and FDA system, balance weights, and align hierarchy to bend the spine, then rename and layer objects.

Build and orient the arm and hand rig, including clavicle and arm bones, and implement an ik/fk control system for smooth animation.

Rig arms and hands by establishing accurate bone orientation and point spacing, then use distance calculations and helper notes to drive weight-based rotations for consistent motion.

Create ik hand control with two weights and an expression that sets one weight to 100 minus the other. Link hands to spine in arms layer and freeze the master.

Learn to rig the legs by building bones and weights, adjusting orientation, and duplicating for both legs, then bind, unfreeze, and fine-tune knee and ankle motion for dynamic movement.

Learn to build a foot rig by creating a bone chain for the foot and toes, assigning weights and a master bone, and aligning hierarchy for believable foot motion.

Master the feet rig in part 2 by duplicating controls, aligning joints in x, y, z, freezing transformations, and coordinating the spine, knees, elbows, and pelvis using ik-style systems.

Learn to rig the head and facial bones, including neck, jaw, nose, and eyes, with proper bone placement, orientation, and constraints to drive expressive facial rigs.

Learn head and facial rigging techniques, including jaw bone orientation, eyebrow articulation, and spline-based controls with z-axis alignment to build a coherent facial rig.

Master head and facial rigging techniques by duplicating joints, applying constraints, and scripting automation to manage four targets with axis limits and frozen transforms for smooth animation.

Learn skinning and skinwrap techniques by painting bone weights, using envelopes to control influence, and refining deformation to create realistic rigged characters.

Explore skinning and skinwrap techniques using a modifier scheme to bind weights, deform apparel like belts, shoelaces, pockets, and to structure a flexible rig for arms, elbows, and legs.