Make sure that you're subscribed to me over there. I'm going to be posting that over on YouTube. There will also be a bonus class attached to this video of my animation process for making this bike animation. The character rig is provided for you in the class materials. But don't worry if you haven't taken that class. Finally, we'll be taking our character rig that we made in the last class and attaching it to the bike, ready for riding. After that, we'll be doing a bit of an intro into how to use MoGraph and Xpresso together, to create a really satisfying bike chain that moves automatically when you spin the main cock. First will be setting up the bike model with basic controls so that we can turn the handlebars, make the wheels spin and turn the main cock. Let's quickly go over what we'll be covering. I'd really recommend doing that class first, but if you're here just to learn how to rig a bike, then everything is provided for you in the class materials to help you follow along. This class is really a follow-up to my previous class, how to read your first character in Cinema 4D. It took me a long time to get into it, but once I did, it changed the way I work on pretty much every project. It's definitely one of the biggest hurdles when you're trying to get into 3D character animation. Rigging is one of those areas that people feel least confident in. I've worked professionally for over 10 years in animation, producing, visual effects, motion design, 2D and 3D character animation. I'm a freelance animator and director based Brighton in the UK. In this class, we're going to attach that character to a bike. In the first-class, we rigged a full character. Hello, I'm Russ Etheridge and today we're going to rig a bike. With a couple of really simple controls, you can get very satisfying movements. Introduction: Rigging bikes is super fun. Please share your own versions! If you made your own bike riding character it would be amazing to see it, I'd even love to see some techy screen shots of your rigs! Best of all would be your own animations made with your rigs! I’d also love to see anything else you’re making if my techniques have helped you, share your journey!įor a bonus video attached to this class where I commentate over a time lapse of my animation process of the puddle-swerving cycling promo animation, check it out here on my YouTube channel.ġ. If you need help with rigging a character you can check out my previous class ' Animation Fundamentals: Rigging Your First Character in Cinema 4D' here. You'll have you're very own animatable character on a bike you can call your own and the lessons should also stick better! If you also made your own character in my previous rigging class then you get two gold stars!! Following my process plus a bit of self discovery should get you there. Path 2 - what might be more fun is designing your own bike.Path 1 - follow me step by step, I’ve included my bike and character models in the class materials to use for rigging the bike and attaching the pre-rigged character to it.Here are couple of suggested ways to follow my class, Path 1 is easier but I think the rewards in Path 2 would be greater! I hope that once you have completed this course you’ll have the knowledge of not only how bike rigs work for animation but also a bunch of new skills that you can apply to all areas of animation prep! So lets get peddelin'!!įollow along and make your own bike riding character rig! There’ll also be a bonus video of my animation process attached to this class which I’ve posted over on my brand new YouTube channel! I’ll be posting loads of fun stuff over there so be sure to subscribe. And finally we’ll be taking our character rig from the last class and we’ll be attaching it to the bike ready for riding.You spin the main cog and everything else moves by itself. This will help us set up a really satisfying automatic bike chain rig. Then we’ll be doing a little intro to Mograph Cloners and Xpresso.Setting up Basic Bike Controls, arranging your bike model for spinning the wheels and steering control.I’d really recommend doing that one first, but if you’re here to just get a bike ready for animation then everything is provided in the class materials for you to follow along! This class is a follow up to my last class, ' How to rig your first character in Cinema 4D'. Hellooo! Today we’re going to rig a bike in Cinema 4D! In the last class we rigged a full character, in this class we’ll put that character on a bike ready for some cycling animation.
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