MTI Blockman Animation Rig

After creating several character rigs, and repurposing rig parts several times, I felt the need to make a more cohesive, fully functional and simple to animate character rig.

That’s where my blockman rig came in.

Bring Your Vision to Life!

A block comes to life

My previous uber-flexible rig was Stickman, and while it was a very good rig, it was also a bit unique.

It had some features most characters wouldn’t have or need, and it lacked features that most characters DO need.

Like hand, fingers…. and feet.

As flexible as you can get

Just like stickman, it needed to be:

Super easy to pose
Super easy to animate
Super fun to use
Super flexible and cartoony

So with that out of the way I started on the technical side of the rig.

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Dem bones

What features does the rig need to achieve the functionality that I’m after?

Forward Kinematics (FK) on all limbs
Inverse Kinematics (IK) on all limbs
Stretchy limbs and spine toggle.
Hinge on/off functions on all joints.
Sliders for the amount of bendyness of the limbs and spine.
Full hand rig with simple finger controls.
Full foot rig with foot roll control.
Simple controls, with hidden additional controls for extra posability.

And then I ran out of writing space for the case study…

TLDR: I built it, and it was awesome.

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