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Rigging Dojo:

Rigging 101 Mentored Course 

Once we confirm payments for the course we will create all the user accounts, usually the week before the start date.
If you have an account already, You will get added to the course area on the day of the course start.

Rigging Dojo Mentored Rigging 101 course

Please note that you will get a second account and login for our student learning site for courses. 
You will be added to the course area on the start date of the class, watch for invite emails from Rigging Dojo <[email protected]> and set the junk filter to allow email from this address.

Rigging 101

  1. Introduction

    2 lessons
    1. About Your Instructor
    2. Course Guidelines & Syllabus

  2. Week 1

    4 lessons
    1. Overview & Assignments
    2. Assignment 2: Model Prep
    3. Topology & Geometry Essentials
    4. Assignment 3: Simple Rig Build

  3. Week 2

    3 lessons
    1. Joint Placement & Anatomy
    2. Assignment: Seeing vs Looking (Foundations of Joint Placement)
    3. Stretch Goal: Quick Test Your Model & Joint Placement

  4. Week 3

    2 lessons
    1. Joint Orientation & Control - Foundation Principals
    2. Resource: Additional tools and scripts

  5. Week 4

    2 lessons
    1. Animator-Friendly Controls UI/UX
    2. Assignment: Build Controls for Your Skeleton

  6. Week 5

    3 lessons
    1. Maya Nodes & Graph Preparation for Rigging
    2. Rigging Guts: Constraints & Math
    3. Assignment: Constrain Your Controls

  7. Week 6

    2 lessons
    1. Skinning Foundations
    2. Assignment: Start Your Skinning!

  8. Week 7

    2 lessons
    1. Deformation Tools & Tips
    2. Deformation Helper Rigging Techniques & Assignment

  9. Week 8

    3 lessons
    1. Core Rigging Concepts & Spine Rigging Exploration
    2. Rigging Concepts for Limbs
    3. Rigging Recipes: Step-by-Step Reference

  10. Week 9

    3 lessons
    1. Advanced Helper Joints & Pose Space Deformation Fixes
    2. Advanced Deformers, Plugins & Resources
    3. Advanced World Space Rigging & Rig Blending

  11. Week 10

    3 lessons
    1. Rig Optimization & Publish Workflow
    2. The End & a New Beginning
    3. Bonus: Old School Doc Oc Challenge