Mechanical Rigging

An 8-week course exploring the various mechanical rigging challenges in Maya and putting it all together in a final project

COURSE OVERVIEW

Learn the complexities of mechanical rigs

COURSE OVERVIEW

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

The more you know, the better.

Mechanical Rigging

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Instructor

Real heroes don't wear capes they teach.

Martin L’Anton

\ Animal Logic

LECTURES BY Tim Coleman

Martin L’Anton is a rigging artist and pipeline technical director with a decade of experience in the entertainment industry.
He has always been drawn towards animation and video games. Later, while studying all aspects of animated movies and visual effects, he decided to settle for the puzzles and problem-solving challenges posed by rigging and technical art in general, leading to a focused interest in comparative anatomy, mechanics, and software development.

His favorite part of production is finding elegant and efficient ways to simplify workflows and rigs, to “Keep It Simple Stupid”, in order to make for more intuitive tools, rigs, and workflows. He has worked on a wide range of projects, from animated TV shows like Angry Bird Stella, to video games like Luigi’s Mansion 3, visual effects movies like Guardians of the Galaxy or Okja, and to animated feature films like Adams Family, Superpets, and many other projects.

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Feb 6, 2023 - Apr 24, 2023

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$699

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April 20th

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Chris Orfanidis

Tim Coleman is the best instructor I had so far at CGMA. Actually he is something more than just an instructor. He is a mentor.
Ricardo Medina

Tim is easily the best online instructor I’ve had. Maybe even the best teacher I’ve ever had. He is knowledgeable, patient, thorough in his explanations and takes an interest in the students.
Brett Phelps

Tim is an amazing teacher, and I’m so glad I took this class. He does a fantastic job of explaining Python, which is something I’ve struggled with in the past.
Aaron Raeck

Extremely quick and thoughtful in his responses to forum and QA questions. Almost invariably going beyond the scope of each question to give further insight.
Andrew Brownridge

The course content was very clear, with explanations of the workflow that were easy to understand. The content was paced very well and provided plenty of challenges to help learn the methodological and analytical skills required in this occupation.
Eric Hug

What the course description doesn’t mention is that Tim also focuses on how to rig in a far more Professional Manner throughout the course. He does this by sharing tools he’s developed in his day-to-day use and breaks them down for those interested in becoming professional riggers.
Diana Donado

In this course, I had 2 different instructors: the one in the lecture videos and another one during the Q&A. They both complemented each other and gave me different ways of doing things or point of views, which is very good.