

AutoRigging: IK Pole Vector
In this week's Tech Art Tuesday I want to share my own approach to creating pole vectors for an IK joint chain. Pole vector controls...
May 12, 2020


May 12, 2020


May 5, 2020


Facing the FACS: Post Mortem
I want to start by saying thank you to the gentleman on LinkedIn who suggested this amazing title. I'm upset I didn't come up with it...
May 5, 2020


FACS#4: Making the Rig (Part II)
Happy Friday! Unfortunately my internet did not allow the video to be processed completely yesterday (it was only done this morning...),...
Apr 24, 2020


FACS #3: Making the Rig (Part I)
You know what day it is? I learned a lot from my previous tutorial! For instance, I should be better prepared before recording so editing...
Apr 21, 2020


FACS#2.5: WIP! + Quick script to make group-based controls
I underestimated how long this project would take to record, so it'll be postponed to next week. In the meantime, enjoy some work in...
Apr 14, 2020


FACS #2: Making Blendshapes
FACS Part......2!!!!!! Last week we imported all of our blendshapes into a maya scene. We have all the expressions we need, including a...
Apr 7, 2020


FACS #1: Photogrammetry Data
Photogrammetry is the practice of scanning real life assets to create a true-to-life replica in 3D. In FACS, photogrammetry is used to...
Mar 31, 2020


Joint-Based Liquid Simulation Rig
After some feedback, I had the idea of doing follow up posts to Tech Art Tuesdays that feature new rig experiments. I'll call it uhhh...
Mar 27, 2020


Stretchy Spline IK Script
Today I'll be talking about my Stretchy Spline IK Script! It is based on this great tutorial by the Maya Learning Channel on Youtube:...
Jan 14, 2020


Double Cloth Skinning
It's Tech Art Tuesday!! Today I want to show a trick one of my teammates at AGS taught me for skinning double sided cloth. 1) First we're...
Jan 7, 2020


What is FACS rigging?
Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a way to anatomically measure and break down facial expressions. With this theory, emotions can be...
Nov 10, 2019


Making Control Curves with code
Intro This will be the first in (what I hope to be) a recurring series of posts on python tutorials for rigging. That being said, this is...
Nov 4, 2019
10 Portfolio Tips for Tech Artists
Hey there tech artists! It may not seem like much, but I learned a ton in my first year in the industry. For instance, there's a lot of...
Aug 24, 2019



