Rigging and Deformation of a Character
Deformation push joints
A course by Jose Antonio Martin Martin , Lead Character TD and Rigger
Joined January 2018
About the video: Deformation push joints
Overview
“Here we will see a technique that can help us when deforming certain areas of characters, in particular articulation of a single axis, such as knees, elbows or phalanges of the fingers. ”
In this video lesson Jose Antonio Martin Martin addresses the topic: Deformation push joints, which is part of the Domestika online course: Rigging and Deformation of a Character. Discover how to bring your animated characters to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Once seen the Twist Joints and the Stretchy Joints, another concept that can help us a lot to a more realistic deformation of the character, or to control the final deformation according to the Art Direction, They are the Push Joints. These will be very useful in simple joints how can the fingers be, or knees or elbows, that only have one axis rotation and just add some Joints in key points of our character, It will give us a much better result in deformation. So let's see how they are made. Finally, before starting with the main Rig that we are going to do, where we are going to see the cr...”
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Course summary for: Rigging and Deformation of a Character
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3D, Animation, Character 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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