Easy Character Rigging, Simple and Stylized || Blender 2.92

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Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Summary 0:11
Simplify 1:23
Straightening the Arm 3:11
Mesh Density 5:23
Mirror Issues 6:40
Armature Display Options 7:59
Building the Armature 9:02
Parenting Bones 12:46
Bone Axis 13:16
Bone Roll 13:54
Naming 15:30
Inverse and Forward Kinematics 16:16
Building Controller Bones 16:52
IK Constraint Setup 19:20
IK Issues 21:56
Inherit Rotation 22:53
Symmetrizing 24:13
Non-deforming Bones 25:36
Getting the Mesh to Deform 26:20
Weight Painting Concepts 28:21
Lock Object Modes 29:23
Weights and Tool Options 30:42
Weight Painting Cont. 32:38

Posing Tips 34:19
Flipping a Pose 35:15
Root Bone and Issues 36:19
Outro 36:55

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[gregger]

You are an extremely good teacher. I currently take a rigging course at university and it does not even come close to your videos. I'm very impressed. Keep up the good work.

[Wyrmixx]

this video is extremely helpful! one thing I'll add is an alternative to the lock object mode at 29:23. You can instead 1.) select the armature 2.) shift + select the mesh/meshes 3.) go to Weight Paint mode. Now it'll allow you to ctrl + select the bone and display it's affected weight areas

[osmbj]

I just realized this has little views, you deserve way more man, really helpful, thanks.

[ruskabebic]

I like your tutorials. Just one suggestion, quick way to name all the bones, in edit mode go to armature and first use an option "names" and I usually use "auto-name left right". Once you've done that go again to armature and click on "symmetrize" and bones on the other side will appear all properly named.

[Gredran]

I love this so much!

I’ve gotten decent at modeling characters, but topology and all that stuff always gets me.

Your quick workflow to create the character now lets me actually have quick characters that I can finally CONSISTENTLY practice rigging on different things.

Ty! I’m glad I discovered your content!

[andabien]

I really appreciate your clarity and conciseness. I'm at min. 28:, where you say check things out, and I find things are really screwed up. Maybe if you could work in some testing strategies at various points along the way, to make sure our intermediate steps are correct, it would be helpful.

[toastedore]

Hands down the best teacher I discovered for blender. The clarity and quality from the content you produce is amazing. Thanks a lot

[Dani-ctmg]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANKS TO YOU I WAS ABLE TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM WHEN USING IK, BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE XD

[daadood]

You are an amazing teacher! your voice is confident and you talk clearly, also while explaining everything. a lot of people just assume new people just know basics, you help us with understanding! Thank you!!

[eduardoc]

Great video! When i got my first model riged i was so happy

Ok so some advice to people who are first timers like i am:

DON'T be sad if you think you need to do everything again. As time passed i remade the rigging 3 times watching this video because something always had gone off. But everytime i re made the bones it was faster and more acurate. So at the end you will be more happy to realise you are understanding what you are doing and the result will be the more streamline rig. :)

Remember what axis your model is facing.

The add on only works with L and R. (don't try to do left and right with your own language for exemple)

In the weight paint (if you remade your bones multiple times) some leftovers of influence from nonexistent bones may appear. Try fast scrolling (hold up or down keys while the mouse is on the list) to see all the bones that have even a little influence on the model you are weight painting.

And last one is it gets way more fun when you finally understand the basics (as everything else XD)

[BlueGhost]

You definetely deserve so much more views... Thank you for explaining everything, you're the first one (from around 10 other people who's videos I saw) who actually told us how everything works instead of only telling "do this and do that".

[crontemisto]

I would definitely watch an animation tips tutorial. You make it look easy!

[ludovic.charruau]

Merci beaucoup pour vos explications sur le Rigging et surtout l'explication des IK. Un très bon tuto.

[remus-alexandrusimion]

I just subscribed and liked and shared over on Discord. This is an amazingly good tutorial, this video deserves at least 10x more views.

[GinoZump]

01:10 moments like these is why I'm a subscriber. You're the king, Joey!

[sreemon]

thank you so much..the best tutorial video ever watched...

[ginogarcia]

Gosh this tutorial is so good & detailed if anyone wants to create a character and rig them from scratch in Blender. It'll take me awhile to digest but it's so spot-on. So happy to have found this.

[aloethej.o.a.t]

bro, joey i just wanna let you know that you are an inspiration to us kids learning animation bro may god bless you <3

[romeomelan]

very good video maybe the best in youtube

[bachaun]

Thanks for following it up! love this series! Would love to see one about animation with the rig!