What does Rigging mean in Animation?
Rigging means to create digital skeletons for 3D computer generated characters. It is the process of moving the characters in any way you’d like. For example how a person’s face, eyes, ears, tongue, arms, legs & mouth move, how a big animal runs or how the creatures can sing. Rigging is an important step in the 3D animation process. The work of the riggers is to create rigs for anything that moves in an animation.
Skills required to become a Good Rigger
- Must have a good knowledge of 3D animation programs
- Must have a good knowledge of Coding
- Must have an ability to work as a team
- Always ready to learn new ways to improve the rigs
- Problem solving
- Have a good eye for the aesthetic & form
- Always ready to meet the deadlines given by the clients
Career prospects of Rigging Artist
With the growth of digitilization in India, the demand of hiring in an animation industry are rising day by day. As we all of us know that a rigging artist is responsible for creating the skeleton of 3D model, ensuring that all the joints, bones & muscles work correctly & accurately. So, the animators creates the models more creatively. Rigging artist helps to develop tools for animation production processes, collaborate with animators & develop the new techniques to solve the character challenges. That’s the main reason, a good rigger would always find a job. Besides movies, animators are required for creating games. Hence the increase in scope of placements. The following are the some areas where an animator should be hired:
- Animation
- Games
- Advertising
- Design services
- TV & film industries
- Software publishing
- Computer system design
Eligibility Criteria for Rigging Artist
Any aspirant can become rigging artist after completing his/her class 12th from any recognized board with any stream background either it is science, commerce or arts.
