Smooth 3D Knee Shape Keys in Rig
Sirrena Holmes is a master of blend shapes.
Technical animator and rigging TD Sirrena Holmes showcased her work on smooth knee shape keys achieved with blend shapes in Maya. The artist also used the Brave Rabbit Shapes tool for the result.
This is not the end of Holmes's effort, though, she has further plans and will tighten the keys up and add some movement in the front.
When talking about her work on the project, Holmes shared some tips for other artists who want to create something similar:
"The base skinning is clean but all the rest of this is a blendshape! Mostly I would study anatomy! I'm lucky I have a mentor that literally guided me for this commission I have but otherwise anatomy studies and going slow helped a ton."
If you enjoy these legs, visit the artist on X/Twitter.
You ight also enjoy Sakura Rabbit's muscle simulation and Xeofrios's Blender add-on that can fix rig deformations.
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