Digital Creature Rigging: The Art and Science of CG Creature Setup in 3ds Max

by Stewart Jones

Get an inside look at the creation of production-ready creature rigs for film, TV and video games. Garner strategies and techniques for creating creatures of all types, and make them ready for easy automatic use in many different types of media (transmedia): film, TV, games - one rig for all. You will move step by step from idea, to concept, and finally to completion through a proven production-pipeline. "Digital Creature Rigging" gives you the practical, hands-on approaches to rigging you need, with a theoretical look at 12 rigging principles, and plenty of tips, tricks and techniques to get you up and running quickly. This is the definitive guide to creating believe production-ready creature rigs with 3ds Max. The companion web site has all scene files, scripts, tutorials from the book.

413 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Blossom Ghuntla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its been a while for the book, but still might be relevant for the people who wants to dive deep in the topic of rigging.
This got me into rigging, and rigging correctly.

He has provided in depth info on rigging and 3ds max software

and plus the character is a gaming character, superb quality.

This book starts with how and brain functions, character characteristics, rig acc. to requirement of traits and ends on a note, by giving clue to readers how to even start modeling, this is just the bare surface, just read it for.
this book is ultimate in terms defining how you should present your work and not just complete it.

The quality of the book is also really cheap, not extremely paperback, good thick quality pages.

My suggestion not at all a waste of time.

good luck guys.