Rigging - Compsognathus Rig
๐๐๐๐ง - ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ)
During my Technical Arts diploma I had the opportunity to create a dinosaur rig as part of a Creature Rig assignment. I was able to learn how to add advanced shoulders, more complex arm and neck rigging, along with IK legs and FK arms. The chosen dinosaur for this project was the Compsognathus! You might remember them from the 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'.
Focus:
- Creature Rig
- Advanced Rigging
About the creature: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ.
**๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต + ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ตรญ๐ฏ ๐รถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ**
Compsognathus Rig Render - Rendered using Arnold, edited in Photoshop.
Video render - Rendered using Arnold.
Playblast - Head Lock: Controller for locking the head in position and following an aim control.
Playblast - Advanced Deformations: Shoulder up vector, additional joints in the wrist for rotation refinement, and a 3 IK chain in the legs.
Maya Screenshot - Compsognathus Skeleton. Figuring out how many bones the tail and neck would need was the trickiest part.