3 Unbelievable Ways to Animate WITHOUT a Rig | Blender Tutorial

[@richstubbsanimation]

Let me know if you want to learn about any of these topics in MORE detail, and I'll make another video about it 📽

[@KiddieKnowledgeTV]

Please tell us more about the modifiers option. it looks fun

[@centrealm-manlyscribe4202]

Tnx Rich.... amazing to see all that control without any bones or rigs! Gunna explore shapekeys for now and then evolve as necessary.

[@richstubbsanimation]

Have fun!

[@Gyomax9744]

holy shit the hook is extremely powerful as fuck, FUCKING THANK YOU

[@Chameo-San]

It's not a complete lie brother... To an extent you wanna take your sweet time to make gorgeous artwork.......we're artists afterall... That's what we do.

[@AaronFevens]

The second and third methods are both rigs, and none of these methods are likely to be able to animate a complex humanoid, as the deceptive thumbnail suggests. I could see the first and second methods kind of doing it, but it'd be way more work than a traditional rig. A complex rig isn't made to allow you to animate, it's made to make animating faster, easier, and to give you the tools you need to get a keyframe or pose just right.

[@richstubbsanimation]

Anything that deforms a mesh could technically be called a rig, however all methods are alternatives to conventional bone rigging. With a bit of ingenuity these set ups can be used to animate more than just what I have demonstrated. :)

[@vaporama_vision]

This is so powerful, thanks 😭

[@richstubbsanimation]

You're welcome!

[@Gecko_builds]

Looks like I gotta jump back into blender 😆 good stuff mate

[@richstubbsanimation]

😅 Glad you like it!

[@joehunt1194]

I cant select different corners of a mesh like you do in the hook method i do think itl work but i can only select 1

[@BenjiArnold]

This is so helpful

[@loodgack]

I have a rigify rigged model from somewhere, which has no facial rig at all. you can imagine my struggle that's been lasting for months. I'll try these methods on the face, because I'm horrible at rigging from zero and especially in weight painting. in addition, the character is assimetrical and cartoony-

[@bluetoyguy2022]

uh, how did you make the shape key menu show up? like the stretchy squezzy thing?

[@bluetoyguy2022]

what is this "edit mode"?

[@bluetoyguy2022]

make the vertex visible? what vertex? theres nothing about vertexes

[@richstubbsanimation]

@@bluetoyguy2022 press tab with your object selected, or in the top left of the 3D viewport, in the drop down menu, change from object mode to edit mode

[@bluetoyguy2022]

no, no... i mean the thing at 0:40 @@richstubbsanimation

[@enznova]

oh hell yeah im gonna try this out in the morning

[@richstubbsanimation]

Good luck!!

[@GinoZump]

03:45 you know there's a wave modifier, right?

[@3doesitbetter]

thanks for sharing please I want to learn more

[@richstubbsanimation]

You got it!

[@jacemr673]

thanks for video. Can I use this animation in Unreal Engine 5?

[@richstubbsanimation]

Unfortunately most game engines still require a skeleton to import animations, so no.

[@phalhappy8612]

can you talk about skeleton based muscle rig? I could find really old video that doesn't explain well and it's in MAYA.

[@richstubbsanimation]

With the introduction of simulation nodes, I definitely would love to experiment with the idea in blender. A possible future video 👀

[@justicewatch4602]

That's a dope vid. 4.5 out of 5 stars.

[@richstubbsanimation]

Thanks!

[@3dmotion733]

Nice video

[@richstubbsanimation]

Thanks!

[@AStoryWithLukeAnimates]

Tbh I like rigging

[@richstubbsanimation]

Me too 🤫 But I know some people absolutly hate it 🤣

[@perryberry923]

Not more than rigging with geo nodes 😭@@richstubbsanimation

[@adrianperozo5328]

Fish!

[@richstubbsanimation]

🐟🐠

[@Tobi-Face]

First, hehe.

[@richstubbsanimation]

😎

[@Tobi-Face]

@@richstubbsanimation Also are you gonna do that combat animation in the ps1 style video?

[@richstubbsanimation]

@@Tobi-Face soon 👀

[@adamfifield4014]

Number 2 is literally harder than making a rig. What the hell is this

[@richstubbsanimation]

an alternative 😉

[@linguist2k]

Sorry to be critical, mate, but rather than showing us your face (from which we learn nothing) and the short editorial cutaways you inserted near the beginning (which you think are humorous, but which are really annoying), it would be more helpful to us to stay on your Blender view and slow down your mouse movements so we can see what you're doing while you're narrating.

[@richstubbsanimation]

Thanks for the feedback

[@joehunt1194]

Might just be you bro. I don't see a problem?

[@linguist2k]

@@joehunt1194 Well, maybe you like looking at his face more than the instructional content.

[@joehunt1194]

@@linguist2k well maybe I FOCUSED more than finding things wrong with it

[@linguist2k]

@@joehunt1194 What I don't get is: Why would you "reply" to a comment that wasn't directed toward you and had nothing to do with you?