Biped,quadraped Rigs,Mechanical

[shinepillai1986]

Hi guys i wanted to know what is the best method to make biped and quadraped Bone system in maya and 3d max.and how to make cutom rigs like for mechanical or custom organic creatures,any stuff, any tuts, any link will be greatly appreciated guys,Newbie here!

[shinepillai1986]

Like for example Like in human has 24 bones in spinal area whereas some animators use very little bones to make spine is it correct way to build a bone system!

[omkarjere]

It is not necessary to entirely mimic the bone structure of human or animal the more important part is behavior. Bone structure also depends on the mesh of the given character.

[shinepillai1986]

Hey Thanks omkar for the reply

[shinepillai1986]

Is digital tutors rigging set good enough i saw it was in parts like artist made the arm rig different leg different there was no full character rig like head to toe!

[omkarjere]

Originally Posted by shinepillai1986

Is digital tutors rigging set good enough i saw it was in parts like artist made the arm rig different leg different there was no full character rig like head to toe!

Such rigs are possible and are often made for the purposes of Animation.

Let me explain, When a character is rendered(assuming production quality here) it is generally a high-poly model(except for games) which is skinned to the skeleton, such high poly models don't update quickly is the viewport i.e if you move a controller for e.g. L_Arm_Ctrl it will lag a lot(on high poly model) which doesn't give the animator "Real-Time feedback" thus making the shot/animation more difficult to understand. So a low-poly model is rigged using the same skeleton as the high-poly skeleton but which gives faster feedback in the viewport thus making the animator life a bit easy. As the skeletons of both low-poly and high-poly are the same animation can be transferred between them without much difficulty.

It got a little long if you don't understand something I explain it again

[sandy.genius]

i wanna know whats important in baking normal map, i have high poly and low poly, but my map baking always shows some artifacts, i wanna know what important, uvs?, baking software like maya.. xnormal etc, plz help..

[omkarjere]

Originally Posted by sandy.genius

i wanna know whats important in baking normal map, i have high poly and low poly, but my map baking always shows some artifacts, i wanna know what important, uvs?, baking software like maya.. xnormal etc, plz help..

Sorry I don't expertise in modeling/texturing but if you can post this in the Modeling sub-forum then members who are expert at this topic will certainly help you

[shinepillai1986]

Omkar bro that means when done in pieces it will reduce the preview and time cool,do u have any links for animation principles and timing.
Thanks bro

[omkarjere]

Search for Animator's Survival Kit

[shinepillai1986]

Thanx man!