TOAnimate

🎬 We're beyond excited to share a major milestone for TOAnimate Studio! We've just wrapped up our very first paid project, 1-minute cinematic promo for @RuyuiStudios new figurine and Web3 character, bringing their IP to life in the 3D world. ✅ We took care of: - Storyboards - Viz-dev - Modeling - Rigging - Animation - Lighting - VFX - Rendering - Music, foley & SFX - Post-production You can check out the project page and some behind the scenes on our website: 👉 toanimate.studio/bob-awakens Completely done with #blender 🔶 #b3d #cinematic #animationstudio #animation

“Yeah, that probably came together in one try” Nah, if only you have seen everything happened behind the scene…🥲 There’s a whole phase where nothing looks right yet, but everyone pretends it’s fine and keeps pushing anyway #toanimate #blender

Sometimes all you need are a few basic components, like pairing some FK chains with stretchy bones to create a bow and arrow. The bow and arrow is one of the assets you'll be working with inside the rigging course. Find out just how many things you can rig just with these 2 foundational components, it's more than you think! Post-Kickstarter spots are still open. 👉toanimate.ca/blender-riggin… #toanimate #rigging

Shoutout to the amazing people who backed our project just to support us and wanted no rewards! - CG Boost @cgboost - Victoria Lopez @lopiart - Minoo Mahdavian @minoomakesstuff - Shayla Lycaon

Just 3 backers away from unlocking on final SECRET stretch goal! spoiler: It's going to involve game-engines 🤫 🟢 kickstarter.com/projects/3dani…

1,255% funded! 🥳 When we launched this course, we were worried how the campaign might do, considering the current phase we're in. What you guys actually did was blow past every goal we set and then keep going! Every stretch goal we hit unlocked more content, more tools, more lessons. The version of this course that gets delivered to every backer now is much bigger and more complete than what we originally planned. The course will truly live up to its name "The Ultimate Rigging Course". So thank you. To every single person who backed this, shared it, or just believed we could pull it off again. You didn't just pre-order a course. You built it with us. With love, TOAnimate Team❤️ #toanimate

@CCopony Mostly geared towards film, but the same principles apply. If we hit our final "secret" stretch goal (which we're close), we'll be adding an additional section specifically for games.

@TOAnimate_ Is this course also for game righs and animations or mostly geared towards film

We're rigging the shoes too.. 😉 The cage you see around the shoe is called a proxy mesh, a simplified deformer that can act on more complex objects. The shoe is being driven by the proxy via a "mesh deform" modifier. The Ultimate Rigging Course Kickstarter is nearly done, last chance to enroll pre-release and at a huge discount! Visit us here: toanimate.ca/blender-riggin… #toanimate #rigging

@HeinzArts Yeah, the proxy mesh drives the base mesh via mesh deform modifier. Though it depends what you’re weight painting. Using a proxy mesh is just one strategy in some cases if the mesh has a lot of detail or is challenging to paint in other ways

@TOAnimate_ So all the weight painting is done to the proxy mesh and not the base mesh?

Less than 2-days left to back the Kickstarter! kickstarter.com/projects/3dani…

@keingracebojf 2-days left to back the Kickstarter!

@TOAnimate_ Hello,is your campaign still active for donation?

@HeinzArts When a mesh has many complex pieces (especially when they’re not attached together) it can be challenging to do skin weights, so a proxy mesh can simplify that process by allowing you to deform the complex mesh using a simpler one.

@TOAnimate_ What's the benefit of doing it via a proxy mesh?

@ChoySaDraws Yes sometimes you can project the weights from the proxy to the complex mesh instead of using a mesh deform modifier. We use both techniques in our rigs and in the lessons

@TOAnimate_ Will it looks as good if you transfer the weights from the proxy mesh?

If your eye geometry wobbles when rotating… this is probably why 👀 The pivot of your eye bone needs to be perfectly centered One tiny setup step can make your eyes rotate way cleaner • Use Shift + S menu to snap things to and from the cursor • Alt + Left Click to select edge loops on the eyeball • Snap the bone in edit mode to the dead center of the eye to ensure smooth rotations Only 1 day to go on Kickstarter 👉toanimate.ca/blender-riggin… #toanimate #rigging

@badmonk_uk Yep!

@TOAnimate_ Will weightpainting be part of this rigging course please? I have signed up and excited to start!

3-days left of our Kickstarter and we're SOOO close to the final Stretch Goal!