Project Storm is here.
After months of development starting this spring, Blender Studio's Project Storm, a high-quality, fully animation-ready character rig, has officially been released. It's now ready for download by Blender Studio subscribers.
Storm's body rig was created using CloudRig, a rigging add-on developed by Demeter Dzadik, Rigging TD at Blender Studio, and used in Open Movies. The facial rig was crafted by Rik Schutte, Lead Animator at Blender Studio, who combined traditional techniques like shapekeys, ribbon guides, and lattice deformations to build Storm's expressive and highly flexible face rig.
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The asset download package includes a pose library with facial, hand, and full-body poses to help kickstart your animation. These poses can be easily accessed through the Asset Shelf in the 3D viewport, enabling animators to craft lively and convincing expressions with both precision and ease. To support this facial rigging workflow, developers have also introduced several new tools and improvements, which you can read more about in this article.
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