Introduction to Rigging for Animation
What is a rigger
A course by Jose Antonio Martin Martin , Lead Character TD and Rigger
Joined January 2018
About the video: What is a rigger
Overview
“Here I explain what is a Rigger or Character TD. We will see what is meant by Rigger and what it contributes in the process of creating VFX movies and animation.”
In this video lesson Jose Antonio Martin Martin addresses the topic: What is a rigger, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Rigging for Animation. Learn to create the basic controls of a human character.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to tell you a little what a rigger is. What I like most about of the rigging part is that it combines both the technical part and the artistic part. The technical part could be considered much part of programming as the creation of complex structures of rigging. And the artistic part could refer to the creation of deformations, both realistic, if that is the case, as it can be in Visual Effects, where we want to the deformation is realistic, because we are making a character or a realistic creature, or the creation of a more artistic deformation, as one might need ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Rigging for Animation
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3D Animation, Animation, Rigging

Jose Antonio Martin Martin
A course by Jose Antonio Martin Martin
Jose Antonio Martín has been working as Lead Character TD for almost a decade. During this time, he has developed professionally as a rigger and character TD in companies including Framestore and MPC, which has paved the way to participate in blockbusters such as Gravity (Oscar winner for best VFX), Guardians of the Galaxy, Paddington, Edge of Tomorrow, Terminator Genesis, Suicide Squad, Independence Day: Resurgence, and Ghost in the Shell.
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