Uni work: rigging fundamentals

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Unit: (BA3)

Rigging Fundamentals

Sarah Fletcher

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During class, our tutor Chris Goodswin, talked us through the process of rigging a set of legs. He explained setting IK Handles, skinning and weight painting. We were tasked with creating a reverse foot lock and animating the given mesh to show evidence of our understanding.

For the reverse foot lock process, we had to look through the tutorial from Rigging 101. http://student.vfs.com/~m07goosh/rigging101/free/reversefootlock/index.htm

Below is a copy of my notes taken during class:




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Mesh before weight painting:




http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r17/YuQiaoMao/1000501e.jpg

Mesh after weight painting:




http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r17/YuQiaoMao/d8b1c80d.jpg

It was after the point of weight painting that we were instructed to figure out the reverse foot locking for ourselves and form the animation.