Blender: Rig A Character From Scratch | CLEAR BEGINNERS GUIDE

[@sennabullet]

I am shocked this video is not at 1M views. I have been looking at rigging and animation videos for the past 3 days and yours is BY FAR the best among the bunch. Clear explanations. Great advice. Just fantastic. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thumbed and subbed!!!

[@FeAlmeida76]

You are a real teacher! Simple and clean. I save this video to watch later again. I search a TONS of sites and videos on the internet about this topic but I never found something like this. keep teaching... Thanks a lot!

[@fady904]

I'm so glad I found this tutorial. Hands-on tutorial and engaging your viewers with homework is a great way to learn. Thank you for putting this tutorial together.

[@pawe8713]

15:51 you can select all LEFT bones, rightclick anywhere, go into names submenu and click auto left/right naming or something like this

[@petedejager]

By Jove, this is gold! I've been struggling with rigging ever since I discovered rigging, but this is the first time it all makes sense. Very well explained, many thanks.

[@l3lack_Cat]

Thanks a bunch. I have 0 EXP in rigging and now I've got something satisfyingly functional. I learned a lot.

[@GrayLierre]

If after hooking up the leg target your knee is bending in a weird way, go back into edit mode and use CTRL-R on the leg bones. My knee was pointing in the opposite direction, so i rotated my bones 180 degrees and that worked for me.

[@keenefx321]

Brilliant, this is the clearest instruction I have seen, my brain thanks you!

[@kulewa1]

Outstanding tutorial. Very clear, very basic, explains everything without jabbering, and most importantly, done at the right speed.

[@jackcampbellable]

This video deserves a million likes! Best one I’ve seen yet on KZbin and I’ve been searching for hours! I can’t explain how much you helped I was starting to get unmotivated so thank you sooo much

[@maldazzararr9603]

Ctrl+shift+C might not work with AMD gpu because of driver key bindings - You need to check in the adrenalin software and change or disable these bindings.

[@cozz124]

WHY DOES THE WORLD HATE US AMD USERS ?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@eggboii8]

Thank you so much

[@xkaroolajna]

Also, when you are in the Pose mode, you can click on the Pose menu at the top and then select Inverse Kinematics/Add IK to bone.

[@antal3534]

can you explain this in other words? like dafuq is an adrenalin software?

[@maldazzararr9603]

@@antal3534 amd drivers

[@Eriodas]

Really helpfull, I just started to rig my first character in blender (a Primarys Intercessor Space Marine from Warhammer 40k) and of course i run into many problems (with loose parts, geometry issues, some parts not moving at all...) that i then figured out how to solve thanks to this tutorial. Everyone out there seems to go directly to the automatic functions without making even quick and easy ways to do the manual part (weight paint and vertex groups). The model i started with is a complex one, but that actually helps if you want to learn fast (but with a lot of patience).

[@killerrabbitmedia]

Great beginner video, no unnecessary detail and super easy to follow. Awesome stuff

[@Volt_Jolt]

That was amazing, I've just fully rigged a character previously having no clue where to start. Thank you!

[@keeperoftheknights7568]

ive looked through alot of videos about stuff like this and this video is the only one to help me start modeling correctly

[@christheother9088]

Very nice tutorial. Rotation of the bones in relation to targets is a subtly. In 2.79 symetterize decided to rotate a leg 180 degrees. The mannequin survived surgery and is doing fine.

[@GyanendraPrasadDhal-n9f]

One of the best tutorials I have come across, you have real talent to be a teacher....

[@sahilraskar5238]

you are the only one who tech blender like it is possible to use as beginner, thank you so much !

[@BafanaKwena]

Thanks for teaching me all the Blender basics, especially the one on how to disable the rig that comes with a character

[@harshaan8984]

Perfect tutorial. Great starting point, and yet at the end of the tutorial we get a character rigged (enough) for animation.

[@yusfmuralsgraffititv1051]

Thank you Pixxo 3d. I finally did it. I could not believe. After Several youtube videos yours is clean and Understandable. I have no school. but with youtube and You. I found school to go🤓🤓🤓

[@TheRealFrank]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I really needed this - I'm making a video game with blender and unity So easy to follow and very thorough as well.

[@enjoyenjoy5721]

Amazing and very professional and fun at the same time! You explain this better than me, explaining a nitwit where the light goes when you close the fridge door! .. (at least what they told me...)

[@noriega211]

Just 2minutes into this tutorial and I know I'm going to love it. Already used to your wonderful detail and well explained tutorials❤🤘💪💯

[@alexplaytop]

VERY USEFUL video - thanks a lot, waiting for more!

[@sweetysheelvanth3405]

I have watched so many videos and about to give up🥺This video was a huge help, I can’t thank you enough🙏

[@Junixrez]

legit the best tutorial i've ever seen, you just saved me alot

[@ExileAgedele]

thank you so much for this! i feel like every other tutorial is using rigify, which seems like a great tool but i've been trying to find a video that will teach me the fundamentals so i can use rigify as a tool rather than as a crutch. this is exactly what i was looking for, thanks!

[@Bakamatsu-GojiFanArchive]

Hey I'm using the most recent version of Blender and followed along. Glad your advice is still helping us out still.

[@michaelderosier3505]

He is a really good instructor! This video really helped me to understand rigging.

[@joannamblount]

Life saver of a tutorial!

[@demkillerus]

Big thanks, great tutorial, the best i have seen I think

[@FatRogSlim]

I've stoped blender few years ago and forgot everything. Thumb up for reminding me all!

[@FatRogSlim]

btw, making the poles parents (keep offset) of the target (foot pole for knee target etc) is smarter than main

[@Gman18]

This was so well explained, my god this is the best video around that explains very good any necesary thing we need to know about riging thankyou, this will make my work even better!

[@stoicservant4017]

it was hard for a beginner but Im so suprized l ve done everything correctly. you are a good teacher. thx for tut.

[@danielinserte9814]

looks like a really good tutorial im gonna follow this when i got time for my own character :D and see if i can do it :D

[@Vanalleswa]

very great tutorial! you explain it very well step by step!! thanks a lot!

[@sasha_soundcloud]

bro thanks so much for this awesome clip explaining everything down to a T, I was so lost on my assignment but now I'm hella confident!

[@koonjhkoonjh]

Thanks It helped me alot!😇 & Thank you because of you I am encouraged to do SCULPTING. I have made my 1st sculpture by your tutorial

[@GOITOM-p6y]

Thank you very much...i have been challenging so much with other videos....but this video solved my problem...Thank you thank you so much!!!!!

[@mrwkwk5478]

Since "generation has thrown an exception: list index out of range". and im looking video on yutube and to find a solution to the problem, and I thought about creating it manually. and I found your video which really really helped my problem. THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHH I REALLY APPRECIATE IT😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Caper6767]

thank you so much man, you explained everything really well!! i only downloaded blender like 2 days ago but this is helping me learn alot!

[@RishabhKumar_42069]

Bro knew what he was doing 💀7:36

[@_igloo_]

"I've moved it up in there" (7:42) "If you're in solid mode" (7:47)

[@Lordicus21]

@@_igloo_ 🤣

[@jasontran6401]

I got stuck at this part of the tutorial for hours on my model

[@stx_1]

@@jasontran6401 💀💀

[@Gimmickvr]

💀💀

[@NandanSanchaniya]

thanks for the tutorial on character rigging it really solved my problem with animating characters with bones manually..

[@ヒデオダナ]

You have a talent to be a teacher & also you are my life saviour thx

[@IBUKUNADEOLAPONMILEADENIRAN]

Thank you Pixxo. Cool stuff, very good, simple, and clear tutorial.

[@hadi3d]

Clear and straight to the point. Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@sweetysheelvanth3405]

Imp 16:39 22:56 32:06 ctrl+ahift+c

[@daddymwb84]

Thanks a lot! Maybe the Best Tutorial on KZbin defently one of the best

[@jesusguillen5054]

Man, this is reeeeeally a great tutorial... Some values were different for my model, but after playing a bit with it i made it work. Thanks a lot!

[@luiscc2884]

Thanks dude, I learned how to rig in 2017, but I Forgor 💀

[@lolakoha7431]

Literally same

[@monecakay]

@@lolakoha7431 same

[@Mikimon]

Forgor? 💀💀 now did you rember?

[@Kiyamlol]

No member sadge

[@trueblue97]

Man these tutorials are really helpful so far. Only part I messed up here I think is the knees. Idk why, but I learned a lot just the same, so thanks!

[@rileyhess1385]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[@animationstrik]

Awesome tutorial for beginners with All required details. Thanks ❤❤❤

[@septeffort9391]

In my case, the value for the Pole Angle was, -90°, instead of +90°.

[@JackSather]

THANK YOU

[@Lordicus21]

me too, also for the arms

[@antonparovchenko8576]

Awesome tutorial, thank you very much!

[@matelu75]

thanks bro, amazing tut!!!

[@rg2265]

Thank you! But my arm controllers don't move alone with arms. What do I do? Thanks

[@bjondersson]

In Blender 4.1 on a Mac I had to press Alt (not Ctrl as said in the video) and left click to select a bone in Weight Paint mode.

[@simply_the_dev7588]

What's the difference between control shift C vs just shift i ? I tried both and they both look the same. I'm not seeing anything different.

[@_danek_1]

This was really helpful for me! Thank you for your Work!

[@mailliam548]

Great riggin guide , just need a guiude to switch between IK and FK

[@johnnyisshin3697]

Shift+ctrl+c or ctrl+shift+c doesn't seem to work anymore(blender 3.4.1). Although ik s can be added through bone constraints properties menu, it doesn't behave the same as in video. Couldn't make the pole target bones behave...

[@csfan8965]

Were you in the right mode? I was trying this over and over in Edit Mode when I should have been going it in Pose Mode

[@Pabzooloo]

Not sure if you're still having this issue, but check to see if either on your Geforce Nvidia software or AMD Software Adrenaline have hotkeys enabled. AMD has a tab specifically labeled hotkeys when you click on the settings gear. Disable the hotkeys there and restart Blender.

[@leonardofelix8592]

@@Pabzooloo I would never think about checking the AMD software to fix this, you're a savior, thank you!

[@eueumesmoaquelecara4638]

@@Pabzooloo I say the same, I didn't even know I even had the AMD software in my PC. I disabled the hotkeys and it worked instantly, didn't need to restart.

[@AdamCodes2]

ctrl+shift+c but in pose mode

[@pitmonk]

What a great help this video, thank you vey much.

[@bjondersson]

I don't think you have to first select Disconnect Bone and then Clear Parent. Just selecting Clear Parent also disconnects it (it can't be connected without a parent). You can see this in the Bone Properties Relations settings.

[@michelochandula8555]

wow this video is just on point, thanks man

[@septeffort9391]

You have teaching talents.

[@hanslohm7987]

Very well explained! Thanks for it!!

[@MaoMavo]

anyone doing custom mesh and having his bones affect other parts or deform things like cheese, you should go into weight paint and check the paint of every bone (for me it's alt+ left mouse) and substract or add however yxou see fit like he did at the end of the video.

[@Lordicus21]

You helped me a lot, I am very grateful

[@dabajabaza111]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@tvcomputer1321]

amazing tutorial thank you. @28:11 i think you mean to say "make sure you are in object mode" :D

[@rsher_digital-art]

Absoulty valuable tutorial. You are the man now dog! (humor)

[@CGI.Graphics]

Very fantastic I understand character rig basic 👍

[@AsbestosSoup]

Great vid! Really helped me understand rigging at a lower level for more advanced meshes :).Quick question, if my legs joints deform and sort of implode when I go into object or pose mode, what am I missing?

[@jawico6098]

Skill?

[@AsbestosSoup]

:(

[@jawico6098]

:(@@AsbestosSoup

[@weareeternal3230]

Did anyone figure out how to place the target bone for the upper arm? I put it behind the arm on the Y axis, but when I move the IK bone for the hand my arm bends in a weird unnatural way.

[@garyward3796]

Fantastic tutorial but at the final stage when the armature is attached to the mannequin using Automatic weights.... my mannequin pinches to nothing at the wrist and shoulder joints. Legs are fine and bend as they should but why the deformities in shoulder and wrist?

[@magic_m00nchild]

That was amazing! Had many problems before but it finally worked!! Thank you so much! Sadly the automatic weight paint didn't work :( but that's probably due to the character I'm using.

[@XTZY1]

amazing tutorial!

[@Dan_Moller]

A question.... why exactly do we need a IK bone for the hand. Could I just add the IK to the hand bone itself? What would be the differences?

[@alanrcastro8580]

I'm having some trouble with the inverse kinemactis part. After I finish the process of pairing both the hands and feet to their IK bones, they detach from the rest of the arm/leg; so when I move them very far they just deform the model. How do I solve that?

[@Omnivoid22]

yeah same. Did you ever figure it out? let me know what to do

[@d3m0npiggy]

I believe you're having an issue with the Bone Constraints not being assigned. Go to the next step and select the bone that you've applied the IK to like LowerLeg.L. Under Bone Constraints, make the chain length 2. He doesn't explain that this issue will occur if you don't do this. Check that everything is parented like it is in the video with the wrist IK parented to the torso and the ankle IK parented to the main bone.

[@csfan8965]

Hey @@d3m0npiggy I'm having the same issue as @alancastro8580 I parented the respective bones to the main and torso bones, but it's still possible to pull off the hand bone and the foot bone. I still haven't found a solution to this. In the video he conveniently never extends the hand of foot control past the connectivity range.

[@d3m0npiggy]

​@@csfan8965 Switch to Pose Mode, Select the LowerLeg.L, Under Bone Constraints under the details, change Chain Length to 2. It's explained in the video.

[@csfan8965]

I followed this step by step and my IK is set up with the appropriate chains. It does not solve. @@d3m0npiggy

[@yaseminureorion]

Thank you, great explanation! thanks a lot!

[@ramees-wooo]

I did, but the part in symmetrise my leg bones went properly but the hand bones went upwardly ,why this happened?

[@danielazar4064]

Thank you, really helps!

[@MaxNewberg-r4l]

i am actually curious about the auto rig feature

[@gn2b445]

hey dude just a question, im doing the IK, and wondering how i can make it so only certain bones rotate certain ways while being IK, so that it looks more realistic?

[@gn2b445]

oh nvm you can lock axis' in bone properties under Inverse Kinematics

[@boogeymadam]

i think maybe 4.0 changed how duplicating the bone works, because it gives me a whole new armature instead of a bone within it at 7:27 -ish

[@bengtrust]

did you solve this problem?

[@zeiruscop]

be sure to be in edit mode

[@Hale-ze4gm]

This one deserve a sub!!

[@francoiscilliers8961]

I think the pole angle might have to be -90 degrees for the arm target?

[@hashiramatreefalling4045]

I had the same problem too, my arms and legs weren't rotating properly until i input -90. I think maybe it's because he's using an older version of blender?

[@francoiscilliers8961]

@@hashiramatreefalling4045 Right, so it worked for both of us; good

[@abilalp9104]

Great tut, thanks

[@bachutiemphim]

Rigify is still bugging. Thanks for your time and efforts to create this tutorial.

[@gruntsghosts3885]

Something that happened when I was doing the leg target thing, when I put the Pole Angle at 90° the leg bent the wrong way. But putting the Pole Angle at -90° fixed that. I don't know if I did something wrong or if Blender has changed something in the year this video has been out but something others may need to keep in mind.

[@ezehughes]

Excelent video! Thaks so much!!

[@retromograph3893]

Great tutorial! One question: To me it seems intuitive that i can grab the head, move it, and the rest of the body will move. That doesn't work with this set-up. How do you achieve that?

[@michaelb1099]

i followed the steps great indeed but the mesh does not move with the bone movement did i miss a step??

[@BrutafulStudios01]

Great video. Thank you. Why don't you work in the industry anymore? (26:56) What happened, burned out?

[@nom9d825]

thank you so much for video!

[@rartblock]

i can not add mesh unsubdivide how do i do that? there is no option like that i am only getting edge subdiv can i use that too?

[@bjondersson]

I tried Edge - Un-Subdivide and that seems to do the same thing.

[@darknessstylus]

Thank you so much for this!!!! :D

[@error_found_exe]

Thanks a lot for this!!!