Hierarchies: Building A Robot

Here we take the concept of hierachies to create a rig for this hover robot. Here we see the rig in action in two different scenarios, flying and swinging.


Author: Andrew Silke
guerrillacg.org/index.php/presenters/andrew-silke

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• hierarchy
• rig
• 3d
• cg
• cgi
• tutorial
• education
• guerrilla
• computer graphics
• animation
• parent
• modo
• training
• maya
• 3ds max
• xsi
• blender
• lightwave
• cinema 4d
• rigging

[Benzl49]

Was the Gorilla made in Blender?

[GuerrillaCG]

nah he was made in maya with shave and haircut for fur

[HeroRc]

A-WE-SO-ME!!111

[adlsfreund]

very well explained

thanks!!!

[gameexe]

wow all this trouble just to make him swing :O wouldn't it be easier to just setup some IK chains and nulls and stuff? its what i allways do, i make one rig and than just make chains and use ik goals and stuff

[beverzone]

thank you for a good tutorial.

[im6feet]

awesome stuff, is there a tutorial on how to rig a Gorilla like yours?

[mousetrapmovies]

Brilliant tutorial....a thousand words said in pictures.......

JR media

[saatan14]

where i can download this programm??

[bikutorusan]

@eliteoftheelite I have to agree! I'm firmly subscribed, this is very interesting!

[HHCDange]

nice!

[eliteoftheelite]

this has to be the most interesting tutorial i have ever seen!

clear, fun and to the point!