What the man behind the curtain is up to.

Anatomy for rigging and modeling with Jeff Hesser was an event hosted online by Rigging Dojo just the other night. Improve your work and understanding of joint movement in the Human Body. A must see if you’re a TD, Animator, or Modeler.  Follow Rigging Dojo to find out about more events like this in the near future.

Vokle is a place for live webcasts and is very integrated with social media websites so it’s easy to share with your friends interesting events.  During this event Jeff had his rig that he created while at Rigging Dojo on the webcast showing people human motion and anatomy.  He has unbelievable depth of knowledge on what drives our bodies underneath the surface.  Seeing and learning anatomy like this is absolutely essential to creating believable animation and rigs that make creatures/characters move in a natural way.

Here are some links to what I think are major resources in learning anatomy traditionally and in a 3d atmosphere.

Books:

• Stephen Rogers Peck – Atlas Human Anatomy
• Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form – Eliot Goldfinger
• Master Class in Figure Drawing – Robert Beverly Hale, Terence Coyle
• Artistic Anatomy Dr. Paul Richer, Robert Beverly Hale

Web:

• scott-eaton.com
• 3D Anatomy Mentor
• http://www.zackpetroc.com/

 

It was a great show. A very challenging endeavor especially for students to undertake. So, some flaws showed through but naturally for really good reasons. Still, gotta hand it to them, a job well done and finished. Post to follow with pictures and movies.

 

Announcement Shane Acher (pronounced a-ker)(spelling?)coming to Gnomon.

 

Alex Alvarez now praising Sil for extaordinary work.

 

Possible future guest Cid Dutton (sp?) Future Up! event announced with Pixar visual effects director.

 

Im at the Sil Van Der Woerd White Swan event at gnomon school. Attempting to live blog the event with follow up posts that contain pictures and possibly some video. Show starts in about 10 minutes.