Hi all...

I'd like to start by saying how delighted I am about cgcoach being now officially opened:D... I'm looking forward to seeing how the community grows over time with this new site!... also I hope to enter the first composition here on the forums too... It'll give me something exciting and challenging to do over the summer months... and it will be the first big comp I've ever entered regarding 3D... Also... most of all looking forward to seeing all the new members work posted up on the forums!!

... but, what I'm really looking for now at the mo is some help on character rigging... I have an assignment to finish over the next few weeks where we need to hand in a fully modeled character with texture and rigging, with a run cycle... along with the characters office/appartment... so any help on rigging & skinning (binding mesh to skeleton/rig) for a human character in Maya2009 would be great... doesn't need to be too complex for now:)

Cheers,

James

i recomend google + maya help (really) + if you can ,get some gnomon about character rigging ,maybe you can find something on youtube too:)
there are some free rigs on internet you can try too ...

I did some quick searching and came across this tutorial (I didn't watch it all, but skipped through it). It basically shows the process of creating a rigged character using joints and smooth binding in Maya. Hope it helps!

www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-...or-beginners-196606/

Grant, Peter... thanks for the help... its a good start... I will keep looking as I will be moving onto the rigging any day now... just getting ready for the uvmapping at the mo

cheers,

James

The bible is something called the art of Rigging...
It is a book with DVD edited by Cgtoolkit.
I saw an E-book version at 19.99 $

here:

cgtoolkit.net/osc/index.php?cPath=22

But it learns you to rig like a pro, maybe not what you are really looking for...

Thanks for the link gpepper... we're not required to create much of a complicated rig this time around... but I will eventually need to rig like a pro:) so I'll check it out.

cheers,

James

I've found a set of video tuts that are great for what I'm looking for at the moment...
so.. if there's anyone else out there looking for a good place to start learning to rig in Maya here is the link... Click Here

I've also found a few DVD tutorials from some of the "major" 3d sites that I may purchase at a later date, which cover a wide range of tricks and techniques...

but it looks like these free tuts will do the trick for now.

James

Thanks for the link, it could be useful one day...