Rigging Dojo

See you all at Unreal Fest and Annecy Topology talks and workshops from Brian “Hippdrome” Tindall and @rhurrey #rigtip #animtip

Your Blender just got better! Blender 5.1.2 is ready to be downloaded with 12 bugs fixed since 5.1.1. 📖 Changelog: developer.blender.org/docs/release_n… ⬇️ Download corrective release: blender.org/download #b3d

Fantastic example! It might be tempting to spin from the hip controller, but for a physically accurate spin the body would rotate around its center of gravity (COG) - which for someone curled up actually places it outside the body and roughly in the center of the curled 'ball'

Heading to Annecy this June — and I'd love to see you there. I'll be at MIFA during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (23–26 June 2026) and I'm setting aside time for studios and mGear users who want to geek out. #Annecy2026 #MIFA

@soyposmoderno Mixamo?

I mean… “adventure ready”, “adventure ready”… 🙄

Announcing the online premiere of Singularity, the latest open movie by Blender Studio! Join the team for a livestream party on May 11 (Monday) at 5pm CEST. youtube.com/live/T6rIuMKYx… #b3d #blenderstudio

Make yourself a favor and use the real thing as reference: melindaozel.com/facs-cheat-she…. A lot of those AUs you made don’t correspond to the real movement. And before anyone says “well, it’s close enough”, I can also call my jaw open as “jaw closed” but that wouldn’t be accurate, wouldn’t it?

mGear 5.3.3 is available with a more fixes and enhacements: github.com/mgear-dev/mgea… Happy rigging!

We're thrilled to present the new face of #SHAPES - meet Liv! She will demo all the powerful tools which come with the shape key editor for #Blender. Development is almost wrapped with a ton of features. Time for testing/tutorials. Stay tuned! #b3d #character #rigging #animation

Rigging 101 starts today! Welcome. Registration for our Face class and our Next API C++ Maya class is open.

At this stage, the ratio of hours spent vs notable change gets up there. Hands are doing better, still need to do a pass on the head/face/tail. All Wip, but gettin' there. Kaiju by @henningsanden

Yes, come see @OzoneStoryTech Subdivs, Studio 2.0 sneak peeks and these two old riggery dudes :)

@Halo_VFX @OzoneStoryTech @Official_GDC @EpicGames @UnrealEngine @xencelab @rhurrey @henningsanden @KielFiggins Yes! @KielFiggins work on the rig and animation is always awesome. Fun collaboration with him and @FlippedNormals

@OzoneStoryTech @Official_GDC @EpicGames @UnrealEngine @xencelab @rhurrey @riggingdojo @henningsanden i recognise that animation @KielFiggins

Check us out at @Official_GDC as we show off our real-time Subdiv tech for @EpicGames @UnrealEngine and how much we love using our @xencelab 16” tablet display as a second monitor here on the show floor :)

Last day at #GDC #animtip #rigtip Stop by west hall and find out how having realtime Ozone Subdivision surfaces in Unreal can improve your entire character pipeline. Modeling, Rigging, and more.

Attending GDC? You can find SideFX at the Summit Connect Lounge all week, plus don't miss our sponsored talk: Freedom Through Structure: Character Pipelines at Embark Join Erik Östsjö and Björn Arvidsson from Embark Studios as they share their character pipeline development journey, leveraging Houdini and USD as the core of their workflows. Discover how they balance automation with artistic freedom using a procedural mentality—from manual to fully automated workflows. Learn how USD combined with Houdini's PDG and Solaris contexts maximizes creative flexibility while minimizing repetitive work, supporting both Arc Raiders and The Finals with their varying production needs. Perfect for artists and technical professionals curious about modernizing their workflows with USD and Houdini. Room 2009, West Hall | Tuesday, March 10 | 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm schedule.gdconf.com/session/freedo… #sidefxhoudini #gdc2026 #houdini #usd #gamedev #characterpipeline #proceduralworkflow #techart #gameproduction

#GDC with the @OzoneStoryTech team. Come say hi to Brad and @rhurrey and learn more about rigging and working with realtime subdiv surfaces in Unreal.

Cooking @OzoneStoryTech Subdivs are incredibly fast... check it out! Design your assets for Subdivs properly, target the proper render resolution, and you will wait mere seconds smooth awesome results :)

@rhurrey @OzoneStoryTech @UnrealEngine @RafAnzovin @AgoraCommunity_ @henningsanden and more characters tested as we prepare this for full production release.

Let's see if we get a copyright issue, but streching my super lame animation legs to show off @OzoneStoryTech Subdivs here. 10 Characters, millions of polygins, all running in realtime in @UnrealEngine 5.7 and barely showing up in the profilier.