Tendons

This was a "throwaway" WIP that I thought unworthy of a YT upload, but then it blew up a bit on Twitter so I reversed my decision. No sound, but better picture quality. The animation is designed for testing the deformations rather than for realism. Hand made in Blender. blenderartists...
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Thanks for the comments!

[@mr.ballstone1914]

This man returns after a year just for a 30 second video of him playing with a hand. Legend.

[@GalaxVerse]

And now he's gone for another year

[@melol69]

god has returned

[@wires.]

the day people stop making these comments to farm likes on yt is the day i eat my own shoe

[@paztwel]

And you're right! This means that he applies his skills to work on other projects and does not engage in useless videos every day for the sake of advertising various ѕtսріԁ modeling courses. 🤦‍♂️😄 I recently came across a comment with an interesting remark: If a youtuber publishes videos about earning mοոеу on ꬵіnаnсіаӏ mаꭇkеtѕ every day, then he could not achieve anything in this and KZbin is his only earnings. You need to look for youtubers who appear several times a year - this means thеу are not interested in KZbin as a means of earning mοոеу and thеу were able to achieve the desired success in the mаꭇkеt. 👍

[@Cola-42]

Did you look at the most liked comment from the previous short before writing this!?

[@Ben-rz9cf]

One of the best riggers in the industry, hands down.

[@hiankun]

I see what you did here...

[@TriBass]

@@hiankun xD. thats right my rigger

[@hughjanes4883]

Its due to his riggorous work ethic

[@Ben-rz9cf]

@@hughjanes4883 I've got to give him a hand for his efforts.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

@@TriBass have you seen his universal face rig? He's got those big rigger lips.

[@nicks3011]

Every time Chris uploads I look at the profile picture notification and I'm like "wait, who's that?" and then it hits me that we're blessed with another legendary animation lol

[@commenter621]

Same😂

[@yousefmahmood]

lol same

[@Rigged10000]

This guy animated humans

[@Heirloop]

This was quite literally my first thought lol

[@digital0785]

you think thats bad.. I have a co worker named chris jones who also has a youtube channel but never uploads so it REALLY confuses me lol

[@lordsiomai]

While I find it a bit uncanny how all fingers were able to circle at the same time, it's amazing how realistic the hand looks even without textures. The nerves alone already sells it for me.

[@MsTerkup]

Nerves? If you mean the bits that stick out down the back of your hand when flexed, following behind your fingers those are the extensor tendons

[@Flamsleburger]

Chris is on his journey to eventually create real living human beings from nothing but his 3d modelling skills and maybe a few cloning machines.

[@drippycity4135]

creating every human from scratch using nothing but his computer from 2006

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@@drippycity4135istg this man would make such a compelling sci-fi protag (or villain… depends on the motives 😈)

[@invisyTAF]

this is both absolutely creepy and absolutely amazing at the same time

[@davidcenturion961]

Is a hand

[@victorebhodaghe3885]

it's not creepy bro

[@mastersio3647]

Bro is scared of his own hand xd

[@Monitice]

@@victorebhodaghe3885 It's not moving naturally, it gives an uncanny feeling. That's why they see it as creepy.

[@NopeNopeNope9124]

​@Monitice seriously, these people would never spot a skinwalker or alien in disguise.

[@leotrace9158]

I swear this man feels like he's planning something ungodly with every upload he makes

[@crimsonsr1000]

Making humans from scratch perhaps 😂

[@cryptic2121]

fumo

[@sesquipedalian8909]

@@crimsonsr1000 I think quite a lot of people do that though...that's how the human population grows...

[@fluffsquirrel]

@@sesquipedalian8909What about anthropomorphic characters?

[@Nation_of_Imagination]

​@@sesquipedalian8909ya, it's called reproducing

[@jacktjong1266]

The uncanny part is how the fingers are so incredibly mobile and independent. Most people can't curl their pinky while keeping their ring finger fully extended.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Yep, and even when passively moved (e.g. by another hand) most joints at the base of the finger don't allow for quite that much range of motion, since they're elliptical joints and not ball-and-socket

[@vulfura]

I can, but only on my left hand. I’m probably missing a tendon or something

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@vulfura Tendons are what muscles turn into at their ends/how they attach to bones, so if you were missing any tendon, you'd have less mobility than average, not more. :P Sounds like you've just got more precise neurologic control of the muscles controlling that hand! It's more about nuance in terms of neuroactivation than it is about gross anatomy, really. Usually people who can isolate a finger relatively closely to this are piano players or similar ... since you said only on your left hand, I'm guessing you play guitar or violin or something else with a lot of dextrous left hand activity? I could be wrong but it's fun to guess lol

[@applesaucw7041]

Incredible, even when Im trying not to move my ring finger, it moves anyways

[@misthidesmyland]

​@@ItsAsparageese​​I play guitar and I also can do it only on my left hand lol

[@violetvalentine999]

woooow, the tendon placement is anatomically correct! they go all the way up to the carpals & everything! rigging the tendons in addition to the hand bones makes perfect sense. they're like a second set of smaller/more flexible 'bones' that drape over the real ones - rigging both would enable more precise control over the model while enhancing the sense of realism. incredible work, i'm so inspired!

[@Dilligff]

This man is single-'handedly' propelling rigging and animation into hyper realism.

[@luke.rayman]

I don't understand why it looks so perfect and real. No texture, no ray tracing, no special lighting. Just a model, animation and interaction. But it still... feels so real! This channel is worth having notifications set for any new content! Can't wait for 2024 to see your next video! 😄

[@luigicampo18]

@@jacobmiles5015 +

[@Joaquin__]

@@jacobmiles5015I just did it

[@EphemeralPseudonym]

That's the beauty of getting movement details correct

[@Thundapus]

@@jacobmiles5015 I just did it too

[@ItsAsparageese]

I don't believe for a second that anyone in this thread did it with actual isolation, that is, truly holding the other fingers still, unless 1. You only tried it with your index finger (cheat mode), or 2. You've played piano or some other relevant instrument for many years. It can be trained, for sure -- but neurologically, virtually no one can just execute that sort of specific isolation without lots of repetitive practice e.g. years of piano, especially if you're trying to isolate the motion of the ring finger or pinky finger. (Also bending at the middle of the finger alone doesn't count; the video clearly depicts elliptical joint movement of the joint at the base of the finger, not just hinge movement at the first interphalangeal joint.)

[@bliponthe]

This rig actually looks really realistic. The joints of each finger are able move around freely while still being restricted (like actual hands!!!!!). I must congratulate you on your amazing ability to animate humans so beautifully!

[@proglinuxoid]

For me, it doesn't look too realistic. I can see the knuckles moving around too crazy

[@hi_its_jerry]

@@proglinuxoid do you have boney hands?

[@proglinuxoid]

@@hi_its_jerry Yes, I have very slim hands and they are quite small for an average male

[@hi_its_jerry]

@@proglinuxoid yoo small hands gang lesgo

[@apoxs9074]

Its about tendons, not joints, it shows how the muscle part react to moving the rig/bone, and he done it realisticly, but yeah rigs nowdays have applied limit rotation so it simulate real movement :)

[@GaboReviews]

damn, this is beautifyl this "throwaway" WIP is better than my entire rigging experience lol

[@izzybizzi-dj4yi]

thats smooth af

[@c4m231]

For someone who took kinesiology, this is very realistic!

[@shrimpaerospace]

basically everything this guy makes is very realistic

[@rq4740]

For fully realistic movement, you have to account for the fact that fingers don’t have fully independent movement. The flexor profundas/superficialis and extensor digitorum muscles are multitendon muscles, which restricts degrees of freedom. Probably why this animation looks “creepy”, it’s not totally accurate human anatomy

[@c4m231]

@@rq4740 the tendons part is the accurate one, when people make hands its just with your average bones for animation. Sure its not 100% accurate but its more than enough.

[@Monitice]

I can't say I'm an expert but the fingers in that simulation just feels jelly and uncanny, the movement is way too unnatural.

[@mrb2349]

Fingers don't really do that swivel motion, if you know what i mean.

[@HeisenbergFam]

Only Chris casually returns after a year just to bless you with more _handy_ animations

[@BiggiecheeseAKAgod]

Only Heisenburg casually makes all these generic, annoying as hell comments on every single fucking video you see

[@epicellableu5245]

Good one lol

[@omkary.1510]

I absolutely do not understand the depth of everything you do but I love it.

[@XXWildWolf]

this is probably the best rigging I have ever seen in my life

[@legobatmanguy6439]

It's interesting because tendons and veins were really a thing in Ghostwire: Tokyo, when Akito moves his hands on the screen and lowers his fingers, his tendons react accordingly and realistically. I love the new details 3D modelers and animators apply nowadays, it's interesting.

[@John037A1]

That's absolutely insane, I haven't seen something animated and rigged like that, it is anatomically correct and it looks GORGEOUS

[@elijah6169]

It is anatomically almost correct, the fingers have too much movement around the knuckles compared to a normal hand

[@JoGarciaMov]

I stopped doing 3D work many years ago, but I still enjoy seeing your WIPs and your spectacular work!!

[@justsomeguy8029]

What’s crazy is that I was binging all of this guys videos last night. I think I was subconsciously preparing for his return.

[@omegadragons321]

the hand looks so real that i started cringing at the normally impossible contortions it was making. well done

[@astro5935]

dude makes like 2 vids per year and he's so real for the consistency

[@timeforyouradvent]

This is yet another terrific animation made by the one and only Chris Jones.

[@Jericho93py]

keeping not only the passion but improving the quality for so many years, truly admirable Don Chris Jones, here is a follower who is still waiting for "The Passenger" in 1080p, greetings from Paraguay.

[@KillerTacos54]

You have this immense power to be able to just blow my mind every single time you upload without fail

[@dane6446]

those hands got me down malicious

[@davidgardener1152]

i come back to look at this about once a month. its so wonderful and fucking mesmerising! your work is mindblowing

[@Throndronis]

Yours are by far the most complex rigs I've seen, even for just a hand. Obviously the animation isn't perfect, but it does perfectly showcase the capabilities of the rig.

[@SyoDraws]

Wow. I wonder how long this took. I appreciate the work put into the underneath structure ( which seems to consist of bone and tendon meshes). Great work 👍👏

[@PolarThing2767]

This gives me a emotion that should not exist.

[@RoboMarchello]

Chris is quite mysterious, with big gaps between uploads, he always comes up with something so much realistic, that even without textures it's convincing

[@hiddenexit1027]

I'm such a confused bastard for feeling 3 things simultaneously. 1. Disgust and uneasiness 2. Fascination and appreciation for the work and realism 3. Vague arousal

[@Clock_Man_2763]

The fact that he uploaded another masterpiece of a video after a whole year really says how these are truly one of the most legendary animations of all time, it even reminds me of another All Tomorrows animation, truly one of the handiest handy animations of all time.

[@skirval_]

Chris shows up every year or so, uploads a video with no sound thats so beautifully animated and rigged it makes me smile, every time

[@kraftwerklover69]

As someone with a hand fetish I approve

[@Mr.Gribble]

lmao

[@misterboxhead3045]

Kira

[@Josh72769]

Kira Yoshikage!!!

[@kozekyto]

My mouth dropped man. Holy shit that is some good animation. Can’t even imagine how long that rig took to make

[@me420iu]

as someone who is currently studying 3d art, this is so cool and so terrifying!!!!!! rigging is still a total nightmare for me, i can't even imagine the amount of hours of practice you need to be able to get something like this done

[@karagosi]

Rigging was and is always a nightmare to most of us.

[@Conmann]

the legend makes the most realistic rendition of the human body, rivaling the most prestigious film studios in the world… and then just goofs with it for 30 seconds

[@hitzcritz]

I can feel this video in my tendons

[@destroyer2496]

Dude somehow managed to rig Yaoi hands

[@project_0762]

i love the detail of the tendons 'clicking' over the knuckles

[@wlockuz4467]

I am convinced this is god's KZbin channel and we get a behind the scenes glimpse from time to time.

[@Noah6544]

he's back- rather he's hand.

[@kingghidorah8106]

i can't fathom the amount of artisanry, math and effort put into modeling, rigging and animating a hand to make it look lifelike to the point that uncanny valley is almost unnoticeable

[@shartbutter]

Do you work for any sort of animation company? surely this talent doesnt just go left unused

[@nyxcat3621]

Perfect for art references, there’s like a hundred different poses this could help me draw

[@mrclownyclown_]

we getting out of the carpal tunnel with this one 🔥

[@nemesistim371]

Hear me out-

[@franklintangelo3456]

ball fondler

[@ThatCubicBoy]

Dude I'm making a rig rn for a current project and seeing this is just gorgeous. I am definitely not a rigging expert, but this looks like magic.

[@Teriiiyakiii]

The most dastardly villian hands I've ever laid eyes on

[@lagy4119]

Wow dude, I literally got so excited seeing this video, I love amazing technical and realistic mechanics like this

[@twinfastasytowers]

This makes me so uncomfortable but the rigging is genuinely amazing

[@VoidTheVixen3143]

The hand’s movements is something I will now see in my nightmares crawling on the ceiling lol Beautiful work though on the model

[@ruslanagadzhanyan2753]

... 0_0 wtf have I just seen?! It is beyond amazing!

[@PhoenixMario]

This guy’s like the Banksy of the 3D animation industry

[@schonkigplavuis8850]

These hands are EXTREMELY well optimised. Genuinely incredibly impressed. My hands look robotic and once they curl up it genuinely looks like.. well curled up sausages.

[@pegwy126]

wowa, this automatically would make the best game ever. gameplay does NOT matter, just tendons! Hire this man already and make a tendon based game ! XD

[@commentary2378]

Tendons: Blender tutorial. tendons: some kind of analogue horror series, probably.

[@hi_may730]

bro dropped a banger and decided to name it tendons

[@blackjovian9414]

as someone who just started modeling in blender, this is outstandingly impressive

[@siciddlescoodle7116]

I can barely sort out how you would do this in my head, I thought I had already turned that into a sorting algorithm for this stuff.

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

And this is exactly why "automatic rigging" will never replace actual skilled humans.

[@thinksetsoup5790]

Half expected him to flip everyone off.

[@talonstride]

This is a masterpiece of how the topology makes this much more realistic.

[@chaoticdumbasswithoneworki3875]

this was recommended to me the day my hand started hurting i think yt is psychic and uses its powers for evil. fantastic video tho i cant imagine how hard this shit is

[@tobykennethque4186]

That amount of finger independence and flexibility is every pianist's unattainable dream.

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

istg if i could do this i’d die and become the next archangel or some shit i’d go ballistic i’d like marry a piano or something… you’d never be able to pull me away from one again

[@tobyque9399]

@@blizzard_the_seal9863 what?🤣

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@@tobyque9399 i heart piano. that is the post ❤️

[@tobyque9399]

@@blizzard_the_seal9863 I love piano too. Cheers!

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@@tobyque9399 hell yeah! cheers!!

[@kokabal]

idk wtf im lookin at but i am LOVIN IT

[@NoobNoob339]

Your rigs are always amazing but no one mentions how great your animation skillz are mate. Great keyframes there.

[@SgRulz]

Aint no way it was easy to rig that! This deserves a like

[@Mabbdaa]

This is how drakes moves his hands

[@chtexascommando]

Drake the type of guy to be a sigma in Ohio with fanum tax applied and a gyat girlfriend

[@alet1934]

The pinky shouldn't move alone

[@DaisyPup]

Finally someone animates *all* the finger bones

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

this is fucking RIDICULOUSLY detailed bro holy shit????? i love seeing how the tendons n bones n shit move it’s so cool (also it’s probably just me but did anyone else see just the title and first think it was about gemini home entertainment? probably just the hyperfixation hyperfixationing don’t mind me lol)

[@Cobalt3351]

great to see that one of the best defensive tackles in the NFL is making these amazing animations.

[@grimnott]

blender is honestly an incredible piece of software, im amazed it's remained free all these years

[@cloudshifter]

There is no denying it, this is godly rig.

[@paolaanimator]

I'm always amazed how natural the muscles and bones seems to move naturally with the hand. Clean polygon flow and great details. I still struggle with making hands deform properly. I still look at hand references but it's not easy to master. Chris must have studied a lot of anatomy.

[@RigmanZ11]

When he pulled the tendon down and then fully opened the finger from the tip I physically felt that

[@alicrius]

its amazing, but also something about this deeply unsettles me

[@YerribrineAnimations]

I saw this on twitter, AMAZING

[@MaxTran96]

no one knows who is he, but everytime he comes back, it will be a masterpiece

[@emilyreames7748]

the bumpy bits moving up and down under the skin is the cherry on top

[@toxin1662]

I am so grateful that this man exists.

[@TheLeftJoystick]

Seeing how far they spread I keep on saying I’n my brain “BREAK’EM BREAK’EM BREAK’EM”

[@bgjaksys]

bruh this level of talent scares me

[@Ssomeeoonee]

Listen, i just found out who this man was today. A legend.

[@xislomega242]

My. GOD! He's back! What amazing new visuals does Chris bring to us mortals today???

[@JonesVR]

quest needs this for their hand tracking istg

[@Apollo_XII_]

I dunno why this was recommended to me but it's awesome.

[@NeedsMoreBirds]

That's really cool! At first I thought it might've been done using blendshapes somehow, but now I'm not sure. It's super impressive though.

[@user-pb6zi3pm1s]

Yo… wtf… that is the most pretty hand Ive ever seen

[@lildude952]

Rockstar, here is ur best animator

[@Twemply]

ah... Another chris jones blender classic

[@DrakonBlake]

Slaps hand in such a way as to give a high five: this hand can fit so many handfuls

[@eminezola0]

As a pianist this video helped me to understand what my teacher said: play with your tendons😂

[@gbchoi6983]

wait! i didnt know you were the creator of the short 'The Passenger' until now!That film makes me blown away when I was sophomore and you blown away today again! 🤯

[@kotdish]

So cool!!! Truly masterful! However, I couldn’t stand to watch this because it freaked me so much!