The Ultimate Guide to Rigging Characters and Machines in Houdini

The Ultimate Guide to Rigging Characters and Machines in Houdini

In this course, you’ll learn how professional Houdini artists rig in a studio environment context.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Owen McCubbin

OWEN MCCUBBIN

Animator and Rigger

A PRO TECHNICAL ARTIST

Owen is an up and coming Character Technical Artist. He has mainly worked in the video game industry creating character rigs, animations and tools. Owen has worked as a Character Technical Artist at Spicy Dice Studios, Sucker Punch Productions and currently works at Serenity Forge. He also has experience as an educator creating content for SideFX’s private learning platform. Owen strives to pursue growth in his field with the goal of continuing to teach others.

COURSE BREAKDOWN

Houdini has long been fantastic tool for creating FX, but it is increasingly used now to rig characters and machines for professional animation pipelines.

In this exclusive course from Rebelway, we’ll take a deeper look into the rigging techniques inside Houdini through the KineFX toolset.

Along the way, we’ll explore concepts like IK, skeletons, muscle creation, hand articulation, run cycles, paths, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to get serious about rigging for professional animation or VFX projects, this is the course for you.