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When I rig some non-shearable items (like shoe laces) being deformed along the surface I prefer using chains of bones placed along such...

When I rig some non-shearable items (like shoe laces) being deformed along the surface I prefer using chains of bones placed along such structures instead of just copying weights - in sake of better volume and shape preservation.

To quickly add the Armature Constraint to all the bones in the chain I use a simple Python script that finds the nearest vertex for each of the bone and converts the vertex weights to the Armature Constraint weights.

#blender #b3d #rigging #python

Mouth Corner Rig Demo. No Shape Keys used (I usually use them only if everything else fails)#blender #rigging

Mouth Corner Rig Demo. No Shape Keys used (I usually use them only if everything else fails)
#blender #rigging

Test of the geonodes-based wrinkles map driven by the rig's controllers. Red zones inflate the mesh and the blue ones deflate.An...

Test of the geonodes-based wrinkles map driven by the rig's controllers. Red zones inflate the mesh and the blue ones deflate.
An animation-ready character we at Ammonite Animation are currently working on.
#blender3d #rigging #geometrynodes