The Food Thief RIGG - Technical breakdown.

The Foodthief is a shortfim project that is currently under development by Mindbender Animation Studio. We made it a goal for ourselves to create a more flexible 3D rigg than anything we had done before. The solution became a rig with sliding body parts that could be turned on or of between the different poses. The rig was created with the help of the brilliant minds at Kippcase rigging studio.

[@MinecraftMusicTracks]

Probably the most advanced rig i have ever seen.

[@EzerbelCN]

not only to you, but also to me

[@carmellebandibas]

8 years have passed and still this the best rig I've ever seen.

[@Tumoxa89]

This messes with my knowledge on rigging

[@candycoatedthorns2876]

The sliding limbs and the fact you could pull a humanoid figure out of the base rig is insanity to me. This rig is gorgeous!

[@theshuman100]

i got real concerned when they pulled out a "third leg"

[@KoponkMarley]

The Rig that could bring every animator joy in their heart

[@coldwares]

This rig is beyond science, how the hell do you even weight paint that? Still amazing work!

[@nullobject5668]

Well, my mind is bent now. That's the most incredible rig i've ever seen.

[@Rosa-et1cv]

I’m currently taking a rigging 1 class. We just finished our first humanoid rig and someone in the class asked how much more there can really be for the rigging 2 and 3 courses. Our professor showed us this and immediately shut that down.

[@jeremybot]

I'll be watching this a few times over the next few years, I'm sure of it. One of (if not *the*) best rigs I've seen. I hesitate to call it a "rig" even.

[@MrRagemanPL]

And here I am struggling to make a simplest biped working...

[@Possmfootsweat]

This rig scares and AMAZES me so much!!

[@lukaspig2701]

I've watched this video over and over and still can't get my head around it! Outstanding!!

[@thesoftestblanket4244]

when they just PULL the back of the body out... my mind exploded

[@operoselala]

the talent of true rigging, and amazing work with silhouettes .. awesome guys

[@arendvandermerwe3309]

I am both very impressed and utterly horrified. Thank you.

[@vince2696]

this must have been a living hell to get done

[@SpectralInkProductions]

I've been rigging characters for quite a while, and that blew me away! Just the amount of work involved is impressive! Excellent job!

[@minhaj_khan]

Whoever made that rig deserves an award O_O

[@dathvader6104]

This is the most amazing rig I have seen!

[@CloudColumncat]

This is will be my final goal for this year in my character rig fr.. truly Fire.

[@miloaukermanreal6577]

It must be so much fun playing around with this rig

[@theanimatedflame]

This is insanely extensive and super cool!

[@kir11]

awesome rig!

[@jayanth3237]

You took blend shapes to whole another level

[@MANIAKRA]

Absolutely amazing work

[@paulgabel8261]

Play-Doh: ''You can create everything with our product '' This guy: ''Hold my Python script''..

[@wingedcroc]

Fantastic rig!

[@alinc3d78]

This is brilliant, amazing job!

[@jamil1985]

OMG.... WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH...Sir you have to make a tutorial on this ASAP! Please! I thought i knew rigging.. But this just made my head Spin! Please share your knowledge 🙏

[@gustavocrevelari1036]

Brilliant rig, good job!

[@samleheny1429]

It's like sculpting... with a rig.

[@3dvfxprofessor]

I am impressed. Much impressed.

[@bDwS27]

WooooooooW That was unbelievable !

[@claudiolopez1199]

INSANE RiG!!!!! Awesome!

[@thffkfltm]

This is incredible.

[@vfxsquad511]

Outstanding work....OMG

[@PradyutChowdhury3DVFXartist]

i am a 3d rigging artist at mpc but my 1000 salut to the rigging artist how made it.

[@zhenhuang]

Love it so much !

[@agovi4040]

Client: Yo, I was thinking about making a short film with a cat, but, the funny part about it is that I want the cat to look like a 2D cartoon, you know, very exaggerated, with a lot of expression, something like Tom & Jerry, something cool but not so complex could you do it? My man in the most crazy and creative night ever had: . . . . . This is amazing 😯...

[@ubercactus5612]

finished my first humanoid rig yesterday and now i see this, I can't imagine how this was achieved xD

[@cameronedwards751]

This is magic and I wont be told otherwise

[@JhoniMusic]

This is just dope!

[@oxo3531]

Crazy rigging....

[@romania3dart]

Waaaaauuuuu..... Real cool !!! Looks like it have base on morphs more than bones ....

[@catsnorkel]

Whatever your technical artists/riggers make, they deserve more

[@vroshabhisam5582]

the best Rig ever!

[@ericreniers2506]

Jezus Christ....that rig!!! what a skill!

[@WildlyStapled]

oh wow This rig has unlimited potential Like, just imagine if the Ren & Stimpy crew had THIS

[@Kampotscity]

Amazing work❤

[@sajjadabouei6721]

Holly shit Now I would say everything can be possible in rigging

[@amber.mp4]

it's so uncanny and scary oh i hate it but i love it. it's so well made

[@Killicon93]

Mind -> Blown

[@GareGix]

insane rig

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

This is pure rigging sorcery!!! Amazing as frick but what the frick!

[@anidada123]

This is madness...

[@yrussq]

Just WOW!!!

[@FurkanWahab]

This is too good

[@ramcga]

Not only mind bending....its mind blasting!!!!😆

[@benlemoine75]

Sick !

[@ipi223]

ay 1:35 my jaw drop! really well done!!

[@sliwilly]

Unbelievable😱

[@igorgurin]

genious

[@xuebinchai3082]

awsome

[@marceloali5696]

I THINK NURBS MODELING. GOOD JOB.

[@mindbendermusic9159]

🔥🔥🔥

[@KenSiTruePW]

This is insane! Great work, would you mind sharing some of the techniques that you used? on gumroad or elsewhere, I would love to purchase an in depth tutorial.

[@leventetoth7032]

*-* WOW

[@avtpro]

Is there any tutorial or study course program you can recommend in rigging like that? It would be great if you could do one. Really awesome. Reminds me of Translyvannia Cartoon Vampire movie

[@qinghaoli872]

太牛逼了，这个绑定真的太厉害了

[@QuiteDan]

How do those sliding body parts even work with fur?

[@50cent22]

Should take a look at Bill N Back, this thing got real potential

[@davidmonteiro6822]

Please please - make a more extensive video tutorial on the rigging process - i will buy it!

[@KeenX72]

4:20 is me thinking I know how to use Maya and then watching this video

[@sadaqat2230]

Upper of Supper

[@22scorpman]

all rigging technologies in the angry cat

[@9730324081]

OMG!!!!

[@kr0tyara]

Probably too much effort for 1.5 minutes long short. But it is SO COOL!!!

[@UnprofessionalWay]

I am rigger though. Didn't figure out siliding limb. How it's done. Its a master piece.

[@Zocress]

I think it's a separate piece of geometry, which root join slides along a proxy mesh.... Maybe..

[@onedo7240]

shrinkwrapping a vertex group

[@evgenishudra6614]

0_0 wooooowww.....

[@onedo7240]

notice how the controls stay in place no matter how far away they are from their original location?

[@vip_2496]

Are you giving courses online, and how much it costs?

[@ourochroma]

Sorcery

[@codingidiot6754]

this rig is insane dude how did you even do this?

[@Mateo_Gutierrez]

OMG o.0 👍

[@porcelain_ghoul]

How do you even model this. I'm so confused and amazed

[@TheBryancrochet]

It is truly amazing work, but if the rig does not include a cat butt hole its just not realistic. That is beyond amazing! I have never seen such a dynamic rig!

[@AlanFregtman]

How did you do the limbs? NURBS filets to patch the seams between two objects?? 🤔

[@leecaste]

Alan Fregtman maya's shrinkwrap deformer, you can find this same video on vimeo and they answer some questions in the comments section.

[@itdoesanimation]

I KNEW IT! only 3 legs. haha

[@tails_the_god]

OMG HOW it's a shape shifting rig?!?!?

[@3DABangla]

How this is possible 🥵

[@pinebarks]

OH MY GOD HOW????

[@CausticCaterpillar]

This rig is truly stunning and amazing! As an animation student, is there any way to get access to this rig to do animation?

[@onedo7240]

even hotel transylvania rigs weren't this flexible, artists had to make lots of corrective shapes for certain scenes.

[@TD-fc5er]

Oh my God. I m mad now

[@user-ib3hu4ms3l]

Крутяк) подскажете туторы по таким ригам?

[@francesbrooks228]

friendly

[@ngchipv]

Black Magic

[@vinodhrpv]

Hi, can you explain how can two different meshes bridges together? I have a project to work something like this... Thanks.

[@TristanG10.000]

good lord...