How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 4

How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 4

on Oct 6th 2011 with 4 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects and FreeForm Pro
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Run Time: min
This entry is part 5 of 18 in the How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Session
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This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series Rig A Realistic Puppet

Rig A Realistic Puppet

In this video I demonstrate how to apply expressions to the null objects driving the puppet pins so that you can control the facial expressions using the sliders on the Character Controller(Null object) I built earlier.

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Daniel grew up in Alberta in the Kananaskis Valley at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He started doing animation when he was very young and began with simple flipbooks. It wasn't long before his Dad had him in front of a computer using Autodesk Animator to realize his creations. He hasn't stopped since. Daniel lives in Montreal, Quebec.  

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  • STIX

    Intense work. we need more of this stuff.

  • Bwakathaboom

    Another great entry in the series.

    I wonder if some of the challenges could be solved by using a multi-part head the same way that stop-motion puppeteers use pre-made mouth shapes for speech and facial expressions. Basically the mouth slider control you used but including the whole jawline in the mouth comp.

    Great work – can’t wait for the next one!

  • DJ

    Much improved delivery – slightly slower pace, less flailing of the mouse so we could get a better orientation to what you were doing, a bit more specific description of actions. Good use of time extension with voiceover. However, I wasn’t ready for you to quit. Seems like you could have either covered another segment or made this one more detailed.

    • STIX

      Agreed. More please