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Character Facial Rigging for Production

Character Facial Rigging for
Production

A former CGMA 8-weeks course

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Character Facial Rigging for Production
22h 2m
Course Overview
22h 2m

22h 2m

Duration

8

Modules

beginner-intermediate

Level

Why This Course

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Your Instructor

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Production-Ready Quality

Professionally crafted assets ready for commercial projects

Commercial License Included

Use in unlimited personal and commercial projects

Lifetime Access

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Stand out with production-grade assets that elevate your work

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This course includes:

  • 22h 2m of video content
  • 8 modules
  • 15+ resources
  • Lifetime access
Private Study Group
  • Exclusive Discord channel for students
  • Direct access to your instructor
  • Share progress & get feedback
Included with enrollment

What You'll Learn

Create a Facial Rig from start to finish

Requirements

  • Basic Maya and Rigging Knowledge

Software Used

Maya
Maya
Mudbox
Mudbox
ZBrush
ZBrush

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What's Included

High-Quality Files

Professionally optimized assets ready for production

Industry-Standard Formats

Compatible with all major software

Instant Download

Get immediate access after purchase

Documentation

Clear instructions and usage guidelines

Perfect For

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Film & VFX

Motion graphics & visual effects

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Game Development

Unity, Unreal & more

About This Course

This is all the content for the 8-weeks Facial Rigging course that I ran at CG Masters Academy for over 2 years, and now you can follow it at your own pace.
This series of tutorials will serve as an in-depth introduction to Facial Rigging, starting from scratch, with an introduction about facial expressions and covering all the basics. And then step by step building a fully functional face rig.
The level is beginner to intermediate as we advance in the tutorial.
23+ hours of lessons!
You can follow it with the same model as in the videos (model work by Hannah King) or apply it to your own models.
Content:
Week 1 - Introduction and Facial Expressions
Week 2 - FACS and Topology
Week 3 - Basic structure of the Rig
Week 4 - Sculping some Key BlendShapes
Week 5 - Splitting the BlendShapes and putting them in our rig
Week 6 - Eye and Mouth Setups
Week 7 - Basic and Cartoon Eyelid Setup
Week 8 - Finalize and CleanUp the Rig 

Course Curriculum

8 modules · 85 lessons · 21h 23m of content

01

Introduction

Basic Concepts on Facial Rigging.

7 lessons

105m

02

Topology

Basics on Model Face Topology.

7 lessons

126m

03

Skeleton Layout

Laying out the core skeleton structure for the face rig.

11 lessons

165m

04

Blendshapes

We will create the core shapes for the face rig.

13 lessons

177m

05

Connecting The Shapes

We will process and Connect the Shapes to the rig.

10 lessons

145m

06

Additional Rig Controls

We will be adding additional controls for the lips, mouth and eye look at on the rig.

10 lessons

167m

07

Cartoon Eyelid Setup

We will add a really cool cartoon eyelid setup to the rig.

14 lessons

205m

08

Finalizing the Rig

In the final week we will finalize and test the full face rig

13 lessons

193m

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$35
$60
42% OFF
SAVE $25 • 25 left

Lifetime access · Instant start

This course includes:

  • 22h 2m of video content
  • 8 modules
  • 15+ resources
  • Lifetime access
Private Study Group
  • Exclusive Discord channel for students
  • Direct access to your instructor
  • Share progress & get feedback
Included with enrollment

Ready to Begin Your Journey?

Begin your journey and transform your skills today

$60
$60Character Facial Rigging for Production