Rigging with Dynamic Objects

Hello everybody. Today we are going to build a wacky waving inflatable tube man! This tutorial continues from the theme of my recent Siggraph presentation about creating various dynamic ropes. I’ve become fascinated with the idea of rigging characters via dynamic objects and connectors. This tutorial fully explores that idea! We will be creating a fully dynamic character that will animate forever.

What we will be doing in this tutorial

• Build a dynamic chain of cylinders and connectors
• Use wind, turbulence, and friction to animate the rig
• Automate the animation with Signal
• Create and bind a mesh to the rig
• Create and apply a face
• Use hair to add dynamic tassles
• Duplicate!

Tutorial Part I

Tutorial Part II

Where will you put your wacky waving inflatable tube man? Post yours in the comments!

 
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