rigging animals

[eek]

The key is independence of controls i.e hip, chest and head need to be independant, plus have a main control for them. The head and possibly arms, should as a bonus have some form of space switching from local, parent and world space. Plus avoid using the classic look at method for the eyes/head as it destroys the eyeline, rather use space switching to keep it in parent space - this allows for it to maintain a direction, rather than aiming at its target.

[Cliffff]

Hey S0n1c0,

I agree on all point with eek. Also,
The legs and feet will be different on a dog than you are used to. Dogs walk on their toes as opposed to "flat footed" humans/or bears/elephants etc. Which will change how you setup a foot rocker.

[S0n1c0]

o i didn know that ^^

tnx alot guys

[DanHaffner]

Reference, reference, reference. Pictures of skeletons, muscles, and videos of the specific animal moving are going to be your best friend.

[anoopak]

hi
Like Mr.haffner told take enough image and footage references as possible for muscle anatomy and movement.And when it comes to implementing things in maya u can refer to quadruped rigging partI and partII by Javier Solsona .
It will give u a fairly good idea about building a quadruped rig which is animator friendly.

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