What can be done after rigging, to improve character animation and look

Support Animation and Rigging
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Hi guys,

haven’t been around with CA in blender in a while…

So can you help me (and others) with a quick reminder:

I started working on a new toon character, so long i did:

  • modeling done 95%, all quads, mirror and susburf modifier,
  • UV done, low res texture, upgrade in future,
  • made basic rig with rigify, not aplied.

Now i want to add custom head rig, but my producer is pushing hard!

So, head rig will take some time, if i do it right, can I AFTER APPLYING RIGS:

  1. change geometry (sligtly), and fix deformation with weight paint?
  2. re-do the UV unwrapping?
  3. put multires modifier, sculpt, and bake it to new textures

How flexible we are in blender anyways??
Thank you!!

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You can alter the mesh to your heart’s content but there are a few things to be aware of:

  1. If you have shape keys, I wouldn’t add any faces, since that will almost assuredly mess things up
  2. You might have to fix the weight maps/vertex maps/UV Maps depending on how much you altered the mesh.
  3. Re-edit the bone positions if you moved vertices around.

You can always make a backup of your character to use as a test subject for any alterations that you do. The beauty of Blender is that you may not have to apply any modifiers if you don’t want to – it just makes a little things easier down the road if you do.

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That was quick! Thanks!!

Yep, I do multiple backups, and have many layers full of old object copies, mostly to make messy blend files :slight_smile:

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I’m the same way… I sometimes create a hand or a foot and copy them to a new layer so that I can experiment with different shapes on the main layer. I guess I’m a packrat :slight_smile: