Overview
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Learn how to rig facial features for natural movement and expression. Discover how to use blend shapes, joints, constraints, skinning, and more tools for character rigging in Maya.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Facial rigging from scratch with Maya
- Making the most of the exercise files
- Facial topology
- Prepping the model for rigging
- Blend shape stategies
- Modeling mouth shapes
- Testing blend shapes
- Additional lip shapes
- Eyelid shapes
- Creating in-between shapes
- Extracting left and right shapes
- Connecting the blend shapes
- Joint and skinning strategies
- Setting up the skeleton
- Getting the jaw pivot right
- Upper face joints
- Skinning the head
- Fine-tuning jaw deformation
- Upper face deformations
- Attaching hair and eyebrows
- Attaching teeth to jaw
- Using joints for eyes
- Creating spline controls
- Connecting head controls
- Controlling eye direction
- Creating gaze control
- Connecting lower eyelid controls
- Connecting upper eyelid controls
- Connecting the jaw control
- Creating mouth and lip control splines
- Rigging upper lip controls
- Rigging lower lip controls
- Multi-axis controls for smile and frown
- Finishing the multi-axis control
- Controlling the cheeks
- Eyebrow setup
- Using clusters
- Testing the rig
- Next steps
