Course Overview

Learn how to rig facial features for natural movement and expression. Discover how to use blend shapes, joints, constraints, skinning, and more tools for character rigging in Maya.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Facial rigging from scratch with Maya
Making the most of the exercise files

1. Getting Started with Facial Rigging

Facial topology
Prepping the model for rigging

2. Creating Blend Shapes

Blend shape stategies
Modeling mouth shapes
Testing blend shapes
Additional lip shapes
Eyelid shapes
Creating in-between shapes
Extracting left and right shapes
Connecting the blend shapes

3. Joint and Skeleton Setup

Joint and skinning strategies
Setting up the skeleton
Getting the jaw pivot right
Upper face joints
Skinning the head
Fine-tuning jaw deformation
Upper face deformations

4. Rigging the Head

Attaching hair and eyebrows
Attaching teeth to jaw
Using joints for eyes
Creating spline controls
Connecting head controls

5. Rigging Eyes and Eyelids

Controlling eye direction
Creating gaze control
Connecting lower eyelid controls
Connecting upper eyelid controls

6. Setting Up Mouth Controls

Connecting the jaw control
Creating mouth and lip control splines
Rigging upper lip controls
Rigging lower lip controls
Multi-axis controls for smile and frown
Finishing the multi-axis control

7. Finishing the Rig

Controlling the cheeks
Eyebrow setup
Using clusters
Testing the rig

Conclusion

Next steps

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