Modelling & Rigging

http://www.vimeo.com/15520716

"If everything will be based on reference, Imagination would die one day"

I recently finished a Muscle-rig as my personal project. In this rig I have tried to use couple of techniques to achieve better looking muscle deformations. This rig is a combination of multiple volume preserving helper joints and joint driven blend-shapes.
Bhasmasura - is a character from Hindu Mythology which I modeled, reading the references from the scriptures. I studied muscle anatomy and sculpted the muscles on the model to give it a better muscle definition and more accurate muscle deformations. I have used multiple blend-shapes to define muscle flexing, almost each muscle set has its own blend-shape, there is a separate blend-shape for vein popping. Facial expressions are done by blend-shapes as well.Multiple sets of helper joints which are joint driven too, helps to preserve mesh volume and give accurate deformations. For the rendering part, I have applied Sub-surface scattering shader.

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Education

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• maya
• muscle rigging
• rigging reel
• muscle deformation
• blendshapes
• facial rig
• set driven keys
• sample demo reel
• demo reel
• reel
• muscle anatomy
• muscle research
• naturalistic rigging
• media

[chayanvinayak]

@pkloo : I will try to create tutorials as soon as I get some spare time

@Anime2D3D : Thanks

@ art10000bc : Thanks, let me go home and check my video card :)



[chayanvinayak]

Thanks for all the comments ..and sorry for late reply, I had not been checking my video comments.

@ ThelcemanModdeler : I prefer T-pose because its easier to sculpt the armpit area and also I am more comfirtable with T-pose.

@SaunyPSP : Thanks for you candidness but I tried to stylize it a little bit because after I see people like Ronnie coleman who have almost each muscle fibre is visible I think the artist can atleast sculpt that on their models :)

[MegaPORTOKALI]

just perfect

[theonlyreallaz]

You've not yet found the spare time to make a tutorial?!

[Orsuss]

Wow I'm impressed what you created here. And I love that you don't add a sixpack here, because it looks more realistic. The most people don't know that bodybuilder don't have that in the time when they gains weight. And guys please! He is not fat. That's bulk!  I'm so tired to see every "Mr. perfect models" on the web. For my taste a little bit bulk is just sexy. However a wonderful job!

[xXiceprodigyXx]

No 6 pack?

[xaero2006]

Why fat? ;))

[Anime2D3D]

well done thats realy good

great work

[pklooo]

maaan plz a tutorial plzz :D