Introduction to Rigging for Animation
IK arm creation
A course by Jose Antonio Martin Martin , Lead Character TD and Rigger
Joined January 2018
About the video: IK arm creation
Overview
“In this lesson we will create the IK control structure (Inverse Kinematics) for the arm. ”
In this video lesson Jose Antonio Martin Martin addresses the topic: IK arm creation, 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
“Once we have the Controls Structure FK, we are now going to see how to create the IK Controls Structure of the arm. Let's see which is very similar to the leg but slightly simpler since we are not going to create a structure as we created in the leg in which we had a "Reversed Foot". Simply we're going to have an IK Control. So let's go with it. To do the IK part of the arm, the first thing we're going to do is hide all this and we're going to show the IK string. And as I said, this time it's lot easier, the only thing we're going to do is duplicate the box again, "Ctrl" D, "Shift" P and le...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Rigging for Animation
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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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