Riggers start with a wireframe model (on the left) and add the virtual bones (on the right) so Sulley from Monsters, Inc. can be posed. Select one of three Pixar characters and choose among four arm rigs to determine which will produce the desired motions.

Created by two-time Annie Award winner Michal Makarewicz, a 20-year Pixar veteran and co-founder of The Animation Collaborative, ProRigs offers high-quality animation rigs developed by artists from top studios like DreamWorks, Disney, Pixar, and Sony.

Aug 17, 2022 · It’s for this reason that games typically only prioritise complex facial animations for cut scenes, with a far simpler facial rig and animations being used in real-time. So, what’s the solution? Pixar’s latest innovation, Curvenets, have been articulated on in …

We present a new shaping rig for authoring layers of animation control that facilitate surface editing in shot work. Our approach expands the curvenet rigging technology [de Goes et al. 2022] by introducing new tools that auto-generate a surface-aligned direct manipulator per …

Mar 16, 2021 · Little known Pixar fact: In order for our characters to move, they need rigs! “What are rigs?” you ask? Find out in this sneak peek from Inside Pixar: Founda...

We present a new shaping rig for authoring layers of animation control that facilitate surface editing in shot work. Our approach expands the curvenet rigging technology [de Goes et al. 2022] by introducing new tools that auto-generate a surface-aligned direct manipulator per …

The characters team on Pixar’s Inside Out 2 shares some of the technical & design challenges on our character rigs and presents the techniques used to solve them. ACM Reference Format:

“What are rigs?” you ask? Find out in this sneak peek from Inside Pixar: Foundations, streaming on Disn... In order for our characters to move, they need rigs!

Riggers not only have to articulate the skeletons of characters, they also have to define how the surface deforms. Brian Green, Rigging Technical Director, explains some underlying math and programming. This exhibition was developed by the Museum of Science, Boston in collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios.

Use the controls to pick a character model. Select an arm rig for your character. Some rigs are limited, others are more complex. Which one allows just the motion your character needs? Click on the "Test Rig" button to see your rig in action.