Proper joint placement and orientation is essential to good rigging. My joint guide system uses poly planes to help streamline this process, a relatively simple feature. These pieces of geometry are attached to each joint, stretch with their length and can be scaled up independently #rigtip
June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Proper joint placement and orientation is essential to good rigging. My joint guide system uses poly planes to help streamline this process, a relatively simple feature. These pieces of geometry are attached to each joint, stretch with their length and can be scaled up independently #rigtip
July 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
October 21, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Did you know you can use the translation of transforms to drive curves in Maya? It's a clean method that avoids deformers like clusters, and is really easy to set up #rigtip
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Did you know you can use the translation of transforms to drive curves in Maya? It's a clean method that avoids deformers like clusters, and is really easy to set up #rigtip
Are your Maya controls a bit sluggish when you move them? Manipulation in Maya occurs in DG mode, but you can force it to evaluate in the faster parallel mode by using a "controller tag". Moving my COG control goes from 20 FPS to 120 FPS after being tagged #rigtip
February 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Are your Maya controls a bit sluggish when you move them? Manipulation in Maya occurs in DG mode, but you can force it to evaluate in the faster parallel mode by using a "controller tag". Moving my COG control goes from 20 FPS to 120 FPS after being tagged #rigtip
This is an old one, but figured I'd add it over here to BSky.
This is a quick way to decompose Bend and Twist values from a rotation matrix in Maya:
#rigtip
This is a quick way to decompose Bend and Twist values from a rotation matrix in Maya:
#rigtip
October 21, 2024 at 1:52 PM
This is an old one, but figured I'd add it over here to BSky.
This is a quick way to decompose Bend and Twist values from a rotation matrix in Maya:
#rigtip
This is a quick way to decompose Bend and Twist values from a rotation matrix in Maya:
#rigtip
The decision has been made: There is a new side-project! #SHAPES #Blender #b3d #animation #animation3d #rigging #rigtip #3d #3dart
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The decision has been made: There is a new side-project! #SHAPES #Blender #b3d #animation #animation3d #rigging #rigtip #3d #3dart
📣 #BoneGuide for #Blender - now available for #free! 🔥
Download it now to finally align your bone chains in a simple and easy process: perfectly planar and properly oriented. No other tool does it this way.
#b3d #rigtip
Full tutorial: youtu.be/cCp2kmcBpj8
Download it now to finally align your bone chains in a simple and easy process: perfectly planar and properly oriented. No other tool does it this way.
#b3d #rigtip
Full tutorial: youtu.be/cCp2kmcBpj8
September 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📣 #BoneGuide for #Blender - now available for #free! 🔥
Download it now to finally align your bone chains in a simple and easy process: perfectly planar and properly oriented. No other tool does it this way.
#b3d #rigtip
Full tutorial: youtu.be/cCp2kmcBpj8
Download it now to finally align your bone chains in a simple and easy process: perfectly planar and properly oriented. No other tool does it this way.
#b3d #rigtip
Full tutorial: youtu.be/cCp2kmcBpj8
Making some good progress with the core functions of #SHAPES for #Blender
Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging
Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging
July 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Making some good progress with the core functions of #SHAPES for #Blender
Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging
Doesn't look like much but these pretty important for many workflows.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigtip #animation #rigging
#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 12
Easily remove partial shape key data to clean up shapes or remove unwanted influences. Makes use of selecting vertices which are affected by the shape key.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
Easily remove partial shape key data to clean up shapes or remove unwanted influences. Makes use of selecting vertices which are affected by the shape key.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
August 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 12
Easily remove partial shape key data to clean up shapes or remove unwanted influences. Makes use of selecting vertices which are affected by the shape key.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
Easily remove partial shape key data to clean up shapes or remove unwanted influences. Makes use of selecting vertices which are affected by the shape key.
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
Before/After comparison, using #Blender shape keys with #RBFNodes. Only two bones, no twist or other helpers. First half is with corrective shapes, the other without. Not totally perfect but shows how powerful correctives are and what can be done with only two bones.
#b3d #rigtip
#b3d #rigtip
September 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I've reuploaded my GCAP talk "How To Never Rig The Same Thing Twice" to my YouTube channel. Thanks to those who let me know the original video and GCAP's channel are down (They will hopefully be up again soon!) So if you missed the upload last week, you can check it out again now #rigtip
GCAP 2024: How To Never Rig The Same Thing Twice
YouTube video by Robbie Reid
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've reuploaded my GCAP talk "How To Never Rig The Same Thing Twice" to my YouTube channel. Thanks to those who let me know the original video and GCAP's channel are down (They will hopefully be up again soon!) So if you missed the upload last week, you can check it out again now #rigtip
I'm currently in the process of overhauling my rigging framework. As I go through all my code and modules, I thought it would be neat to start sharing any useful/cool bits of rigging info here to Bluesky. I'll tag those posts with #rigtip if you want to keep an eye on them
January 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm currently in the process of overhauling my rigging framework. As I go through all my code and modules, I thought it would be neat to start sharing any useful/cool bits of rigging info here to Bluesky. I'll tag those posts with #rigtip if you want to keep an eye on them
📣 Smooth Weights 2 for #Maya - Faster than ever ⚡
A huge performance leap. Up to ~35× faster volume smoothing, and even ~40x with 4x oversampling on a 69k test mesh. Faster painting, more robust, more fun. For you! Don't miss it!
braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig...
#3d #rigtip #gamedev
A huge performance leap. Up to ~35× faster volume smoothing, and even ~40x with 4x oversampling on a 69k test mesh. Faster painting, more robust, more fun. For you! Don't miss it!
braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig...
#3d #rigtip #gamedev
August 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
📣 Smooth Weights 2 for #Maya - Faster than ever ⚡
A huge performance leap. Up to ~35× faster volume smoothing, and even ~40x with 4x oversampling on a 69k test mesh. Faster painting, more robust, more fun. For you! Don't miss it!
braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig...
#3d #rigtip #gamedev
A huge performance leap. Up to ~35× faster volume smoothing, and even ~40x with 4x oversampling on a 69k test mesh. Faster painting, more robust, more fun. For you! Don't miss it!
braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig...
#3d #rigtip #gamedev
#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 18
A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)!
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)!
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 18
A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)!
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)!
#b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation
I’ve been working on a small #Blender tool called BoneGuide.
It’s for one of those very familiar rigging annoyances: creating a bone chain that is actually planar, properly oriented and easy to adjust. Standard tools often fail, so I made my own. And it was about time.
#b3d #rigtip
Teaser below 👇
It’s for one of those very familiar rigging annoyances: creating a bone chain that is actually planar, properly oriented and easy to adjust. Standard tools often fail, so I made my own. And it was about time.
#b3d #rigtip
Teaser below 👇
August 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Splitting L/R Maya blendshapes can be done using native nodes and edited live. Use 2 live blendshapes with Primitive Falloff set to Plane, the 2nd one is rotated 180 to get the opposite side. Once you're happy just delete history to get rid of the setup.
#rigtip #maya #blendshapes
#rigtip #maya #blendshapes
August 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Splitting L/R Maya blendshapes can be done using native nodes and edited live. Use 2 live blendshapes with Primitive Falloff set to Plane, the 2nd one is rotated 180 to get the opposite side. Once you're happy just delete history to get rid of the setup.
#rigtip #maya #blendshapes
#rigtip #maya #blendshapes
I was having a discussion with @stephors.bsky.social about soft IK recently, and remembered this great Softimage blog post. It's nearly 20 years old at this point, but the equation is solid. I use the same setup in my rigs, only converted to Maya utility nodes #rigtip
Softimage Blog » Blog Archive » Soft IK in XSI
web.archive.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I was having a discussion with @stephors.bsky.social about soft IK recently, and remembered this great Softimage blog post. It's nearly 20 years old at this point, but the equation is solid. I use the same setup in my rigs, only converted to Maya utility nodes #rigtip
The #LinkView #addon for #Blender will have the ability to find and display object and collection pointers inside #GeometryNodes. Here's a short preview of how it might be helpful.
#3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation
#3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation
November 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM
The #LinkView #addon for #Blender will have the ability to find and display object and collection pointers inside #GeometryNodes. Here's a short preview of how it might be helpful.
#3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation
#3d #b3d #rigtip #nodes #rigging #animation
This week I wrote developer guidelines for Blender & add-on devs, on how to work with the Slotted Actions that'll be introduced in Blender 4.4.
developer.blender.org/docs/feature...
#b3d #blender3d #developers #guidelines #devfund
developer.blender.org/docs/feature...
#b3d #blender3d #developers #guidelines #devfund
Layered Actions - Blender Developer Documentation
developer.blender.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM