RIGGING & WEIGHT PAINTING
Resources for learning about rigging & weight painting methods & tools.
💪 RIGGING & WEIGHT PAINTING
Resources for learning about rigging & weight painting methods & tools.
Blender
NO ADDONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 👨🎓 STANDALONE COURSES
- 📺 YOUTUBE
- 📚 BOOKS
- ⚙️ ADD-ONS
- 📄 DOCUMENTATION / USER MANUAL
- 🌀 MISC
INTRODUCTION
Concepts you need to learn for basic and intermediate rigging in Blender:
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👨🎓 STANDALONE COURSES
PAID ($89)
⭐The Art of Effective Rigging 2
P2Design Academy
The Art of Effective Rigging 2
Rigging course in Blender
PAID ($28/month, more courses available)
Rig a Character in Blender: Rigging Basics (5.2 LTS)
CG Cookie
Rig a Character in Blender: Rigging Basics (5.2 LTS)
Learn to rig characters in Blender 5.2. Bones, armatures, weight painting, drivers, and constraints, ending with a complete biped rig.
PAID ($35)
Rig: Blender's Character Rigging Playbook
CG Cookie
Rig: Blender's Character Rigging Playbook
RIG accomplished two huge goals. It teaches you the why and how behind some of the most common setups you will need to master for rigging a biped character in Blender. ALSO it aims for you to never have to watch the tutorials again by providing you with all the detailed schematics of each of the setups and teaching you how to read them.
PAID ($158)
Blender Advanced Rigging Case Study - 3D Character Eurasian Wolf
VFX Grace
Blender Advanced Rigging Case Study - 3D Character Eurasian Wolf
A Unique Market for Creators that love Blender
📺YOUTUBE
Rigging for beginners - Blender tutorial
Joey Carlino
WEIGHT PAINTING in BLENDER | Beginner to Pro
Ozzo
Rigging fundamentals - Automatic Weights in Blender
Pierrick Picaut
How to Create 3D Facial Expressions Without Rigging
Noggi
"Introduction to Shape Keys"
This Blender Trick Makes Weight Painting EASY
Pierrick Picaut
Learn to Weight Paint | Beginner Friendly Overview | Blender, VRChat
Chiimera
Quickly Rig & Pose Any Sculpt in Blender #b3d
CG Boost
📚BOOKS
A Complete Guide to Character Rigging for Games Using Blender (2023)
Armin Halač
Digital Creature Rigging (2012)
Stewart Jones
⚙️ ADD-ONS
FREE (PAY WHAT YOU WANT)
Bone Guide for Blender
brave rabbit
Bone Guide for Blender
You'll get a very useful helper tool for delivering perfect alignment for planar, multi-bone chains.
PAID ($35)
Adaptive Auto Skinning
Jessy Leite
Adaptive Auto Skinning
Volumetric auto skinning for Blender 4.2+. Whole rig bound in a second, body plus clothing, fingers included, every vertex weighted even on messy overlapping meshes. GPU-powered. For riggers, character artists, game devs.
Adaptive Auto Skinning Documentation: Complete Guide
Complete documentation for Adaptive Auto Skinning, the volumetric automatic skinning addon for Blender. Install, run your first bind, every option (Base Resolution, Depth, Quality, Smoothing, Influences, Skin Facial Rig), the multicolor weight overlay, and the Python API.
🌀 MISC
Learning low level Python can help you when creating advanced rigging armatures.
FREE
Learn Python
Learn Python
Learn Python - Free Interactive Python Tutorial
learnpython.org is a free interactive Python tutorial for people who want to learn Python, fast.
FREE
Learn Python 3
Code Academy
Learn Python 3
Develop your Python 3 skills in our comprehensive course. Start coding and build versatile applications.
RIGIFY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 👨🎓 STANDALONE COURSES
- 📺 YOUTUBE
- 📚 BOOKS
- ⚙️ ADD-ONS
- 📄 DOCUMENTATION / USER MANUAL
- 🌀 MISC
INTRODUCTION
👨🎓 STANDALONE COURSES
PAID ($89)
⭐ARC: Advanced Rigify Course
P2Design Academy
ARC : Advanced Rigify Course
I break down every Rigify module: their strengths, weaknesses, and how to use, combine, and improve them for maximum efficiency.
📺YOUTUBE
The Character Rigging Tutorial I Wish I Had As A Beginner
Noggi
📄 DOCUMENTATION / USER MANUAL
Rigify
🌀 MISC
Learning low level Python can help you when creating advanced rigging armatures.
FREE
Learn Python
Learn Python
Learn Python - Free Interactive Python Tutorial
learnpython.org is a free interactive Python tutorial for people who want to learn Python, fast.
FREE
Learn Python 3
Code Academy
Learn Python 3
Develop your Python 3 skills in our comprehensive course. Start coding and build versatile applications.
AUTO-RIG PRO
(SOON)
Maya
(SOON)
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