How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet

In October 2011 we released arguably the most in-depth and thorough Character Animation series on the web. Dan Gies (author) has created another fully rigged up puppet character for you to play with available for free. Download it from Mettle's website.

Posts in this series

How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Overview
This is a quick overview of Aetuts+'s "How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet" Series. We will be posting a new chapter every day or so for the entire...
Adam Everett Miller
3 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How to Create and Rig a Realistic Puppet: Day 1
This tutorial looks at how to control the nested clips for the mouth and eyes using expression sliders applied to a Null object that acts as a character...
Daniel Gies
3 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 7
This video shows you how to take the character controlling Null object from the head composition and bring it into the top level character composition so...
Daniel Gies
12 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 12
In this tutorial I use CC Lens and the Magnify filter to create rounded eye balls and simulate really thick lens glasses. I also show you how to convert...
Daniel Gies
20 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 14
There are many ways to connect your character together and the best way often depends on the style of the puppets joints and the clothes it wears. This video...
Daniel Gies
25 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 16
IK is finally here for After Effects! It has actually been around for a while thanks to Nicolas Dufresne's Duik Tools. You can now create inverse kinematic...
Daniel Gies
27 Oct 2011
Photo & Video
How To Create And Rig A Realistic Puppet Day 17
This video explores a few techniques that can be used to create multiple pose-able hands, fingers and feet using nested compositions and sliders. This...
Daniel Gies
1 Nov 2011
Photo & Video