Rigging And Animation Reel 2009

[3Deity]

Just when I had packed up LightWave and was standing there taking one last look round the room with suitcase in hand something always comes along and starts a sexy party! I've seen lots of excellent, world class XSI rigs but this is... is... impossible in LW isn't it?!? I am beyond words, incredible work!!!

[BlackOpsBen]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE! As an animator in the making, I am both inspired and overwhelmed!

[oliversimonnet]

brilliant work absolutely brilliant.

but may i ask a question

at 2:40 how did you get the hand to move with the head for that short amount of time, is there a way of temporarily parenting one object to another and then unparenting it?

thanks you in advance.

[RHLW]

@oliversimonnet

its called a constraint.

se the tutorials on my website if you want to learn how to rig.

[oliversimonnet]

@RHLW aa ok cool

haha im good enugh at riging to achive what i need

[RHLW]

@oliversimonnet

look in the shars section for thr rhr free pack.

theres a tut in the pack that covers what you want.

[RHLW]

@oliversimonnet

look in the shars section for thr rhr free pack. theres a tut in the pack that covers what you want.

[oliversimonnet]

@RHLW  ok cool

thanks :)

[notsej]

just one word .. "WOW!!" :D

[normixxxx]

gr8 how do you build a menu for rig??

[im6feet]

very cool dude :)

[misscharlottedarcy]

i love the eggs (:

[CapnDingo]

You absolutely can rig in Lightwave. It's inefficient and by no means intuitive or user-friendly, but it can be done to great effect once the hurdles are overcome.

[rebelhillfilms]

Actually I find it very user friendly and efficient... a lot of the more complex things are far quicker and easier to set up than in the likes of max or maya.

[CapnDingo]

I've been using Lightwave for 5 years now and it's one of the areas I still have a ton of trouble and can never get working right. It's possible I'm just rig-retarded, but. :P Even if I break down and just use IKBoost, I can never get my model to deform properly even after spending hours playing with the weight maps. It's possible I have bad technique, but it's hard to learn a good one. Lots of tutorials cover boning, but I've never seen a one that tackles weights, IMO the hardest part of a rig.

[rebelhillfilms]

As you may note on the intial intro spin to my reel, I use a separate deform rig, bound to the control rig.. which is not too different to how its done in other packages, where controllers and deformers are treated, and applied separtely for maximum control...

[Shane0Mann]

Amazing reel! Just finished my BFA/digital arts degree at Bowling Green State University and all I have to say is....impressive!

Mind sending me an email sometime explaining how you went about pursing your career in modeling/animation. I would really appreciate it if you find some time out of your day to explain.

[kingcognito]

Fantastic work!

I'm supposed to be on summer holiday at the moment and safely away from work and LightWave but I just can't wait to see your tutorial videos... :)

[ftown]

excellent, looking forward to your instruction video :-)

[TheDeadlyAvenger]

And they said you couldn't rig in LightWave, how wrong they were!

Awesome work Craig, technically outstanding!

[robinmitra1]

dude! best rigging demo reel eveer!

[jerelmani]

Fantastic work man!!

[rodneybrett]

Nice work. Don't see too many TD reels done in Lightwave. Really cool tools they have. I remember "Skelegons" a few versions back.

[StereoMike]

just wow!

[rdolishny]

I've never seen anything like that for Lightwave. Very well done. Thank you for sharing.

[bluerider451]

The rig is awesome.

yeah the new Character tools in 9.6 are smoking.

[rebelhillfilms]

They are that, and they certainly speed up, or streamline certain things... but almost everything you see here can be done in LW 7.5... the only exceptions are the rotationalally matched space switching for IK limbs(though position is possible) and the secondary controllers on the facial setup.

[deanb92]

100 stars! Superior work here!

[mayorc]

Amazing stuff, Craig.

Your working on rigging is illuminating.

[SP00]

incredible rig, best I've seen from lightwave.

[grotters]

6* Looks phantastic! would like to see a tutorial 'how to rig'!

[rebelhillfilms]

such things are coming... soon!

[finnfather]

Outstanding work!

[TheDeadlyAvenger]

Wow, I didn't think LightWave was capable of such advanced rigs, awesome work!

[MCHammond]

Looks Awesome Dude.

Im working on a rig of my own:

watch?v=x9TKLUvIErA

I have been thinking of giving lightwave a go as that's what I use at work!

[jimonlw]

excelente ....

[nipplerash001]

Superb, this is what it's all about...should have an option for 6 stars :)

[javisjones]

It doesn't get any better then this. Great job Craig. :)

[banditosso]

Cool Work...very nice Rigg

[onlinerender]

complex rig 5 stars