You want to make the polygon pupil a child of the nurbcircle (Control). Select the poly, shift select the nurb, and Edit/Parent.

If you want to copy the eye rig to make the second eye, you have two options: - Import the eye rig file again, so you have two separate rigs. Then, move one into position for the second eye. - You can try duplicating the rig by selecting the top nodes of the hierarchy, going to Edit > Duplicate Special, and enabling the 'Duplicate input connections' option. Let me know which one works for you, and feel free to ask if you have any more questions!

@@jcrossley17 that's exactly what I did I was just wondering if there's a better way of doing it, for instance in my case I opened the eye as reference and then imported it in the scene, but since I'm repositioning it, now it's got values. I guess it's best if I duplicated and placed the joints, controllers to the side for the second eye while I'm doing it to avoid these issues! 🤔

Thanks, old friend.

Awww :(

The rigging concepts I demonstrate are based on core principles such as hierarchies, simple constraints, driven keys, and connections. These concepts can be adapted to other methods in Maya or even different software. There are many ways to rig characters and props, and each studio or production will have preferred methods that suit their pipeline. The final goal is the animated performance, so I rig like an Animator. Whatever works best for you, cheers!

Cheers

Thank you, much appreciated. Cheers!

Thank you :)

Thank you! Cheers

Thank you, I appreciate the support.

Thank you :)

Thank you, I appreciate it. Cheers!

Thanks, It was fun to create a narrative to such a great piece of music. Cheers!

Thank you, I really appreciate it.

Thank you! Creating this film was very rewarding for me.

Thank you for the great comment! Cheers!

Thank you! I have to do more of this because they are so creatively fulfilling. All the best to you.

Thanks, and right back at you. I love your short "Nervous Flyer", everyone needs to check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIasZId9oshgd5Y

Thanks! I had just over nine months to make this film from concept to completion. It was a very aggressive schedule, requiring me to complete roughly three and a half shots a month. I thought it might kill me-which is ironic, considering how the film ends.

@@jcrossley17 That is seriously impressive, a little while ago I watched an experimental animation by Shingo Natsume and your work really mirrors his process. I think it was called Puparia or something to that affect, in any case this is incredibly well done and I look forward to what you make next.

Shingo Natsume from One-Punch Man? That's my favorite anime! Could you paste a link to the animation you mentioned? I'd appreciate it.

Thanks, Jonathan! It's great to hear from you. And thanks for passing this along to our old classmates; that was a great group of characters. By the way, nice work on your demo reel! Being an animator was a pretty good career decision, eh?

@@jcrossley17 Thx James, yes we followed our hearts and it worked out thus far! Looking forward to updating my reel soon! All the best, James!

Thanks, happy to hear it.

Thank you! Normally, we hide these morphs as smears when a character moves quickly, so it was fun to feature them prominently in this film.

Thank you! It was really cool to be part of the Pink Floyd animation competition. I think I could be very happy animating weird films like this for the rest of my life.

Thank you! I'm glad you like the 2D in Maya videos. Sorry I haven't done any recently; I tend to get a bit distracted.

@@jcrossley17 can you please make the sam way (design& rig) by blender

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.

Funny! I think I've gone through this cycle a few times already. I'd like to stay in the goo level.

@@jcrossley17 ha ha, You are on God's level. I like your Maya rigging 3d > 2D animation too. We need more of those to get motivated and find for new ideas.

Thanks! Pink Floyd has been a huge inspiration for me, and it was really cool to create a visual narrative for such an incredible song.

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Thank you! It was incredibly fulfilling creatively but also quite challenging to complete. Congrats on your short film 'Freelance'-I love the cartoony aesthetic. Good luck at the festivals!