Demeter Dzadik

I rig the characters and sometimes make some tools at Blender Animation Studio.

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Announcing OVERGROWN: Blender Studios’ feature film project. We need your help to make this happen!

Learn more at https://t.co/YBifZJC6JA

#b3d #OpenMovie #BlenderStudio

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

Yooo, this is really frigging cool, we should talk!

[A$AP BERG @HardGutem]

Hela - Queen In Black - Rig (Free)

Done using CloudRig (but with some rigify and customized features)

Link below 👇

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

This insane solo project was rigged with CloudRig! Ya'll gotta check this shit out, I'm floored.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@royal_peter Did you check the video I linked to? I know it's not quite a tutorial, it's very fast and not at all in-depth, but I think that's all I've got for now. And considering you can also download the character files, that should be enough to replicate the set-up.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

I stole this tech for the Open Movie that's premiering today. Thanks for sharing, it worked great!

Our supporters even get a video roughly explaining it:
https://t.co/fOK6aMq6nd
And the character .blend files will also go online today, right here:
https://t.co/WwZhhNaqPs

[Marin Petrov @marinwaves]

A video we presented at Siggraph in 2015 and the corresponding paper https://t.co/oOK6FcJ1KJ In order to create the blendshape deformations for the Peanuts characters, we were deforming them in 2D UV space and mapping them back in 3D space. Kind of crazy that it worked.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@MrSpocksEars That's not what's happening. The transformations are linear, just not in 3D space, but in UV space. Which, when mapped back into 3D space, results in the geo moving along the character's shape. Which just happens to be curved in this case, but doesn't have to be.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@Wahooney The system supports depth! It's simple, since the flat mesh is already a 3D object, you can deform it along its normal, and then just apply that offset along the normal of the 3D mesh.
That said, I don't think it was super useful on this production, but maybe a little.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@Azuride I used shrinkwrap to achieve similar results on Sprite Fright. Those characters are free to download on the above link.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@Wahooney There is a UVMap specifically designed for this purpose, yes. Symmetrical around the center, one large island for the area that needs to deform. That UVMap then gets turned into a mesh, deformed, and compared to its original state to extract a delta.

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@EY0XIN It got moved here: https://t.co/FkNNKYDZHd

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@CosmoMidias I would ask Alexander Gavrilov, the maintainer of Rigify. My code is free for the taking. As for me trying to upstream these sorts of things myself... I don't really have the time/patience unfortunately. (Sorry I replied after 6 months, apparently I don't open Twitter often.)

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Introducing: Snow. A new rig from the Blender Studio team, freely available for everyone. #b3d

https://t.co/8aUXTgHaOM

https://t.co/RaeBTufx7u

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Elder Sprite makes sure that the values and traditions of Sprite Village are upheld and preserved. And when somebody misbehaves, he makes sure that the punishment shall fit the crime!

Grab the rig at https://t.co/daGsh2dm4y #b3d #character #rig

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

@johantrihandoyo There's still a bunch of features I didn't even show off in the videos, I should really get on that... But after Snow!

[johan tri handoyo @johantrihandoyo]

Just finished learning the #b3d Cloud Rig by @DDzadik Guys! this rigify extension is so powerful!! https://t.co/6dufTSjl7K

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Up-and-coming world-star virtuoso Veejay is here to jam out to his latest 80's mixtape! Grab the rig here, as seen on Sprite Fright.
https://t.co/hkNJxudTSp #b3d

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Enjoy this behind-the-scenes for the Sprite Fright short film by Blender Studio!
https://t.co/9rKAaIGtTi #b3d #SpriteFright

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The Ellie rig from #SpriteFright is now available on the Blender Studio site! Have fun animating!

https://t.co/AT6pgazy0n #b3d

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Blender Studio's latest open movie is out! 🍄

Watch Sprite Fright on YouTube https://t.co/7gKzFKtPr9 #b3d #SpriteFright #OpenMovie

[Demeter Dzadik @DDzadik]

Don't forget to turn audio on for this one

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Meet Victoria and Rex! Sprite Fright will premiere online Oct 29 at 5PM CEST. Save the date! #b3d https://t.co/WM5p6aKWrb