Creating Advanced Character Rigs in Harmony
Toon Boom Harmony allows for a wide variety of ways to rig characters for animation. Throughout these lessons, we'll learn several studio-tested techniques to make your characters easier to animate. Software required: Toon Boom Harmony 11+.
What you'll learn
Toon Boom Harmony allows for a wide variety of ways to rig characters for animation. Throughout these lessons, we'll learn several studio-tested techniques to make your characters easier to animate. We'll learn how to use special effect modules like "cutter" and "color override" as well as a unique approach to Harmony's drawing layers to create dynamic character builds, which take the technical pressure off the animator and let them get back to the business of making kick-butt animation! Software required: Toon Boom Harmony 11+.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Workspace 13m
- Building Dynamic Eyes 10m
- Exploring Smooth Connections and Separating Elements 10m
- Creating Deformable Torso's 11m
- Building a Jointed Arm 9m
- Building Realistic Elbow Connections and Folds 11m
- Linking Deformer Splines 9m
- Using Masks to Create a More Believable Head 10m
- Animating Our Character 6m
About the author
Stephen Sloan is a gun for hire, freelance animator from Toronto Canada. During his 12+ year career in animation he’s worked on a variety of productions. From television broadcast animation in Canada and the US to animation for web apps, documentaries, and DVD supplementary material. He has worked on "Ugly Americans", "Brickleberry" for Comedy Central and "Unsupervised" on FX to name just a few. When he's not animating his heart out Stephen loves to teach the art that he’s passionate about. Step... more