I am just about to go from learning modeling to learning rigging. I have modeled some fish and whales and dolphins. Now I would like to experiment with learning rigging.
Does anyone know if someone has created rigs for fish? Any decent links that might give me some insight on this?
Thanks
if you cant find a rig that has already been made look for X-O skeleton picture of the fish you are trying to rig it will give you a exact bone placement for everything
Thanks Midnight…what does X-O stand for?
I’ve done a couple of very simple rigs for a school of fish and dolphins.
Here are a couple of screens.
They are mostly just b-bone chains (you can see the hierarchy in the outliner), so for the fish e.g. I got most of the swimming animation done just rotating the tailbone, giving nice smooth bending into the rest of the body. The dolphin’s a little more complex, and its tail goes up and down instead of L-R, but much the same idea.
PM me if you’re still interested and I’ll shoot you the blends to look at.
Exo-skeleton or just the skeleton its like X-Ray
Thanks Midnight. And Hammer, I just PM’d you. Love the pics and would love to see your blend files.
I hake to say this but, having put my heart and sole into finding a rig for you, I have to say I found no plaice to suggest you look. Cod be though that someone else has already helped you…
Thank all of you who have taken the time to help me with this. It is far more than I could have hoped for. I now have plenty of material to get me started. Very grateful for all your efforts.
Looking forward to seeing more of your artwork Michael!
