Animation Methods - Rigging Made Easy: Rig your first 3D Character in Maya

What can I really say? Rigging is difficult and this book makes it straightforward, making a point to elaborate on specific steps and why they are important. This book demystified this subject for me, and hopefully will for you also. David Rodriguez clearly knows his stuff.

I highly recommend this book to anyone, who wants to learn and apply the most commonly used principles in today's 3D animation industry. This book is concise and worth buying. I believe that the author deserves the best recognition for his work.

My first rig was a human rig with IK legs, and it walked like a dog with booties on. That was before I read this and followed it step by step. It clarified so many things (like how each type of constraint works and when to use which) in only about a day (which is how long it took me to read it straight through). Working through the material took a little longer, but it was so worth it. I can now rig pretty much anything (so far) with very few problems. I'd ABSOLUTELY recommend this for anyone who struggles with rigging. It will be a gateway to more advanced things, because you must understand the basics.

Good book. Makes learning how to Rig easy. PROS: Excellent and easy to understand content. CONS: Does not include Mesh needed to do some of the rigging, you have to buy that separately. Author is funny and informative.

I am a 3D student, this was one of the best buys I could have made, helpped me obtain a B+ in my rigging class. Very clear and understandable, unlike technical director/teachers...even though he is a great teacher, (this is a great book for pencil pushers like me).

I love the layout of each chapter. David's approach to rigging is made simple for even the most difficult of technical issues.

Got this for my rigging class, great info and well written.

I would have given this book a better review but to be honest, I couldn't follow the book because the print quality was terrible. Most of the the time, the odd misprinted page doesn't bother me, but this is a technical manual. Some of the pages were so blurry that I couldn't look at them without a headache. Ten years ago, when my eyes were better this might not have bothered me, but it does now. This isn't a critique of Mr. Rodriguez's information, but the publisher's printing. If I were the author, I would be very upset with such a low quality printing.

This is the only step by step guide for Maya that I know that speaks to the reader like a human being- Whilst every point is made and every lesson delivered there is a touch of humour that makes the read enjoyable rather than a labour. The only thing I would say against it is the fact that this book is a follow to his first which had a tagline reading the ONLY book you'll ever need to learn Maya... but that's just a small thing.

Muy bueno, las imágenes y la impresión no son de la mejor calidad del mundo pero están bien. Las explicaciones son faciles de entender. El envío rápido. Muy contenta

Se volete avvicinarvi al mondo del rigging non cercate oltre! Questo è l'unico libro che vi serve! La differenza principale che rende questo libro migliore di tutti gli altri è che oltre a mostrare il "come" ti spiega soprattutto il "perché". Per fare un esempio i primi capitoli sono dedicati ai constraints, prima di mostrare come utilizzarli l'autore li passa in rassegna uno per uno spiegandovi cosa fanno e quando usarli. Quando ho comprato il libro il website di accompagnamento era ancora in costruzione per cui non riuscivo a scaricare i file di esempio ma mi è bastato contattare l'autore su Facebook e in una giornata mi ha fornito i links funzionanti. Non è un libro sul rigging avanzato ma è un libro che vi dà solide basi su come funziona il rigging. Dopo questo libro potrete tranquillamente creare i vostri rig personalizzati o passare a libri che trattano il rigging in maniera più avanzata senza però doverli seguire senza capire realmente cosa state facendo!

Really wonderful, I use this book for teaching Bachelors Degree students. ...

The book is great for begginners who know nothing or next to nothing about rigging, so that's good The author takes its time and explain stuff quite well, and gives a lot of stuff to practice on, so great ! But keep in mind it really is made for beginners, so if you're already a good animator or an average rigger, you won't learn much. I was a beginner, and this book helped me a lot so great !