Phish

hello everyone..

First off I am new so saying hello to all, seems like a nice and comfty community so i'd like to join in the fun.
My name is Uri, from israel, say hey!

Anyways, I am working on a little funny character, mainly so I can do some animations with him, and on
the way learning some rigging so it's alot of fun.. The design is based on Jarret young's design:



and this is my interpation:







Anyways, I am learning rigging using the Great animator friendly rigging series by Jason schlifer.. which has been
a blast, so far so good, just Finished the arm/Hand setup so Off to legs.

here are a shot of the torso rig:
and a very quick sequence just to see if everthing works toghter correctly.




Hoping to have some updates with full body soon

Well first off...welcome to the forums!!!

And secondly...wow! This is looking pretty sweet! I checked out the rigging video and it looks as though everything you've got is setup really nicely. I also love the character design...very original!

Can't wait to see your progress on this one....I hope you're going to animate him once the rig is done!

Hey there! Welcome on board!

That looks like a really interesting project, and everything looks very neat and tidy so far. I love the character, he'll animate wonderfully I'm sure . Good luck and keep us posted.

Um, that is an excellent bit of work you've got going there! and welcome. I seriously love Jarret's designs too man, that guy emulates the style of some of my favorite animators, including John K. That being said, I'm exited to see what you do with this one. It looks like his mouth hasn't been modelled to open, do you plan on making that the case, or just to have it be expressive and not worry about taking the plunge into mouth animation just yet.

-Z

welcome to the forums mate!

the character looks great, i love the style you've added, especially around the calves.
i really hope you animate this guy, but if you don't feel free to post the rig online so others could use it(giving credit to you for the model and rig of course)

WECOME ABOARD MATE........... Really nice work
I gotta take a look at that rigging by Jason schlifer.
Love the poses in the drawings. If you can animate like that, dude your going to have one seriously cool character.

keep us posted.

hey guys thanks alot for the very warm welcoming very glad to be here.

Tyson you are a great inspiration thanks for the crit. hehe actually that vid wasnt supposed to be shown, I wanted to show you the most recent so Ill link you guys
with what I have now. (also.. by mistake I recoded the voice.. lol) .

WillJ thanks alot yes the character design is superb, Jarret is such a great charater designer.

Zachm, thanks for the welcoming mate, I wonder what makes you say this? I've pretty much modeled everything to be fully animatalbe I havent even thought about
facial rigging.. but when the time comes I don't see why it shouldn't be animatable, heres a wireframe closeup let me know if you think it will be problematic, I kept it full
loops.. and considering the Oddness of the face I think the topology works.



Ridestoe, thanks alot matey.. I am glad you like the little additions to make it cartoonish to match the design thanks
Anywyas I do plan on animating him (hold fingers..) but I Also plan on releasing him.. because, why not really? So anyone who'd like to try him out
when he's done Would be invited..

Hey Kilroy I must recomnded this tutorial it's been so full, easy, simple and logical..
I hate doing things with out understand and really not being able to add my own additions and get to use my own logic
to problem solve, jason teaches in a way he gives you tools and you then can use them and advance and create your own
ideas and techniques which is what makes it just a great tutorial..

Anyways here's a recent Rig demo, as you can see.. it's not edited or anything like that, just so you can see the update..
so theres are something whihc look fishy (like the elbow when I raised the arm to the head) but everything works. so far..

Thanks alot for john doublestein and his great script, dynamic parenting..
Anyways would love to hear what you guys think.. any problems you see etc.. glad to hear.. rip it a part

Hey man welcome to the forum!

your character is looking great man. I love the design the sketches are beautiful, great poses too. I'm with everyone cant wait to see it animated!

Cant wait for more

-joe

just watched the vid, the rig looks fantastic and i would love the chance to be able to animate him! my favorite bit is that he's in maya which is what i've been using lately so when you do release him to the world I'll most definitely have a go at it

well heres a bit of an update guys, he's got legs!
and ik/fk snapping and stuff.. I just finihsed the other side.. who knew it wasnt as simple
as just mirroring and you actually have to re-rig the whole other side.. wow..
Anyways its alot of fun and frustration at the same time.. wish i'd have abit more time to this tho..
Anyways enough blabbing..

glad to see you've included ik/fk snapping and i love the amount of controls you've put into the hands, its something i feel most rigs i find online are really lacking.

That's looking really terrific! I want to see him animated

That is awesome! No crits from me!

I was going to mention Jason's rigging series after I watched the rig demo I love the DVDs too, he did an amazing job.
Love this character.

I'm not sure what the rules are towards releasing a rig that is a direct result of a training dvd. I would suggest emailing Jason for permission before you do, just incase.

Keep up the good work, waiting for the animated version too

from what i've seen in school, anything you know that can be applied to many different things but just so happens to be a human biped etc would be fine in the rigging world. disclaimer: small chance i could be wrong, dont trust strangers on the internets, etc)

but in all seriousness, i really wanna animate this guy. is he gonna have a facial rig as well?

hey mcernusca, I am just going by the most basic logic here, but by buying his dvd sets, you are buying rights to use this "knowldege base" wheter it as used at your workspace, for a demoreel or for you personal work,
jason is not selling "discs" or "megabytes" on the internet, rather he is selling the right for people to use the techniquses. I am 100% that a huge bulk of the techniques isn't jason's inventions, as the leg set up which is pretty
similiar to any reverse foot leg Iv'e seen, and so on.. so i can't see any problem with this.

Espically, when I want to release it as a free rig, so again, I really don't think there should be a problem.

ridestowe, oh dude id' love for you to take him on a spin, will there be facial? heck yea, when? thats the hard one.. Will
take some time I have very little time on my hands I am trying to do too many things at once but I will try to get it done
soon enough

whenever you think he's ready I'll take him for a spin, even w/o facial rig. 80% is in the body you know

Hey wiz I was wondering where you picked up those dvd because i was looking to get them as well but for whatever reason cant find it anywhere.

He has a store setup with his blog....


FYI. its for maya...

I had been talking to Rosa about lighting in maya and in the discussion he pointed to me to
for some really good mel scripts.
They're from Jason Schleifer.

sweet thanks franky haha and yea I know its for maya

ooh wow, that grease pencil tool is awesome!!!!!!

me likey

aww man, I don't know how I missed this thread. I love the character, nice setup too I look forward to seeing more.