Riggerman's Blog

Walkthrough: Jitter Deformer Node

riggerman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:31:03 +0000

Hey all! As promised I will be explaining in my own not-so-technical words how I got a my own python scripted deformer node working in Maya! This is a reeeeeeeeeally beginners’ level post and shouldn’t be read by API expert. Also, bear in mind this is not the jitter node from the devkit examples. I started [...]

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Node Frenzy!

riggerman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:25 +0000

Hey all! With some spare time at work lately, I’ve decided to study python scripted plug-ins again! I’m a real beginner in this area so don’t flame me for my thoughts, I just want to write a little bit about my on-going learning experience. Maybe this will make justice to the “web log” [...]

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2008 Reel

riggerman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:45:10 +0000

Whoops, I forgot to post this little guy at the end of the last year! It’s been ready for some time already. Expect a new reel with newer stuff soon. Download my Character TD Reel for the year of 2008 here: Richard Maegaki's 2008 Rigging Reel It’s about 28mb in size and features some professional and personal [...]

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StickyIt - Automatic Sticky Lips solution script

riggerman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:49:22 +0000

Hey everyone! Long time no see! Sorry about that, I’ve been really busy lately with personal stuff. To be more specific, about two months ago I started dating a really, really nice girl! And I must say, that does change the perspective of everything! It’s a very renewing and profound experience to get to know someone [...]

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Paint Skin Weights Tool Filter

riggerman — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:22:05 +0000

Hey all, did you know it’s very easy to change Maya’s user interface? It’s everything written in MEL (there’s a ton of scripts) and you can find them in a folder that is located somewhere like this: MAYADIR\scripts\others As a character rigger, I usually do the paint bind skin process a LOT. And since I’m not a [...]

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Maya Custom Manipulator/Locator

riggerman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:46:13 +0000

It’s really simple and quick to make your own nodes and plugins using python in Maya! Here’s my own locator and manipulator, I just modified the existing footPrintManip scripted plugin that comes in the Maya Devkit. Another advantage of a scripted plugin is that you don’t need to recompile it when using in different Maya versions. The [...]

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2008 Teaser!

riggerman — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:41:59 +0000

Hey all! Long time no see! I’ve been really busy lately - mainly doing nCloth and Maya Hair simulation for work… the blog was a little bit abandoned so I decided to compile some works I did these last months with some cool music from Tekken - my favorite fighting game. Did I ever [...]

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Flock Dog Rig

riggerman — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:23:51 +0000

Cartoon dog rig I made at the beginning of the year (freelance work) for True Motion Studios! : ) It was challenging because even though I learned 3D in XSI, I’m mainly used to rig in Maya. Also, the client wanted lots of features that I didn’t knew how to replicate back in XSI. Synoptic Views [...]

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Maya Python Notes Page

riggerman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:50:34 +0000

Hey all, I’m opening a page on this blog dedicated to Maya Python… it will contain notes, mainly tips and tricks to do stuff and to understand how Python works with Maya. I think it will be more interesting to people who is learning Python and have MELscripting backgroung(my case), since most of the examples we [...]

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Bender Bending Rodriguez

riggerman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:29:54 +0000

Ok, maybe I’m watching too much Futurama… Bender seemed so simple to model and texture that I gave it a try… and really liked the results! Took about 2 weeks of production in my spare time. This time the model was rendered using Mental Ray Contour Shader, it is really simple to set up and quite superior [...]

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