Weight Painting Courses and Certifications

Joey Carlino

Easy Character Rigging, Simple and Stylized - Blender 2.92

Learn character rigging in Blender 2.92 with step-by-step guidance on armature creation, IK setup, weight painting, and posing techniques for simple and stylized characters.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Unity

Sprite Rigging Workflows in 2D Animation

Explore Unity's new Sprite Rigging tools for 2D animation, featuring efficient workflows and components to bring characters and worlds to life with tight iteration loops.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

PIXXO 3D

Blender - Rig a Character From Scratch - Clear Beginners Guide

Comprehensive beginner's guide to character rigging in Blender, covering setup, IK systems, symmetry, and weight painting for creating functional 3D character rigs.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Michael Pavlovich

Character Creator Cloth Simulation and Painting Weights, with ZBrush Cloth Sculpting

Learn cloth simulation, weight painting, and ZBrush cloth sculpting techniques for character creation. Master AccuRig, GoZ, pose tools, and advanced features in Character Creator and ZBrush for realistic cloth effects.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CG Cookie

Blender- Introduction to Character Rigging

Learn essential character rigging techniques in Blender, from basic bone structures to advanced controls, enabling you to bring your 3D characters to life with realistic movements and animations.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Auto-Rig Pro Tutorial - Rigging Humans

Learn to rig human and humanoid characters using Auto-Rig Pro's smart tools. Master complex model rigging, facial setup, and manual weight painting techniques for professional character animation in Blender.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Blender - Unwanted Stretching, Bending and Twisting in Rigged Characters

Learn techniques to fix unwanted stretching, bending, and twisting in rigged Blender characters. Covers Bendy Bones issues, weight painting, and solutions like removing BBones, adding bones, and pinning props to mesh.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Auto-Rig Pro - T-Rex Rigging - Blender Tutorial

Learn to rig a T-Rex in Blender using Auto-Rig Pro. This tutorial covers model setup, hand and face rigging, weight painting, and advanced techniques for creating a fully animated dinosaur character.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Bone Heat Weighting Failed - Automatic Weights Doesn't Work in Blender

Learn techniques to resolve Blender's "Bone Heat Weighting failed" error when binding complex meshes to armatures. Explore solutions like merging vertices, scaling, splitting parts, and using specialized addons for successful automatic weighting.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

AccuRig - Easy Auto-Rigging

Learn to auto-rig characters using AccuRig, export to Blender, convert to Rigify, and retarget animations. Covers custom character setup, joint tweaking, texture reassignment, and weight painting.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reallusion

Utilizing SkinGen and Posing Characters in Character Creator - Tutorial 4

Learn advanced character creation techniques in Character Creator, including SkinGen for tattoos and makeup, facial and body posing, and lighting setups to finalize your 3D character designs.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dikko

Character Rigging in Blender - Weight Painting Tips and Techniques

Discover advanced weight painting techniques for character rigging in Blender, including smoothing, high-poly meshes, clothing, and time-saving plugins.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Joey Carlino

Rig MagicaVoxel Characters in Blender

Learn to rig MagicaVoxel characters in Blender, covering export, import, model cleanup, materials, armature creation, parenting options, and weight painting tips for smooth animations.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Rigify Course in Blender 4 - Rigging Basics

Learn essential manual rigging techniques in Blender 4, including bone manipulation, parenting, inverse kinematics, and custom shapes. Gain a solid foundation for working with Rigify and creating effective character rigs.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CGDive

Complex Human Rigging in Blender 4.0 with Rigify - Face and Fingers - Lecture 4

Learn to create a complex human rig with facial features in Blender 4.0 using Rigify. Master meta-rig alignment, weight painting, and troubleshooting for professional character animation.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video