Best way to do shoulders???

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# 1 27-04-2009 , 06:37 PM

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Say, is there a tutorial that shows a simple way to do the shoulders. I'm having problems with its deformation when animated. Looking for a simple way to keep it's looks at extreme positions. (like fully raised).

Thx for any help!

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# 2 27-04-2009 , 07:39 PM

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Best way to do shoulders is by modeling them, because then you can lay out uv's texture them and it will deform.
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Organic modeling is all about understanding the muscles beneat the skin and edgeflow, so buy an anatomy book
and keep practicing.

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# 3 27-04-2009 , 08:10 PM

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Sorry i guess i wasn't very specific.
Screenshots:
Here is the model at neutral pose:

Here what i want to avoid:

Thx for any help.

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# 4 27-04-2009 , 08:23 PM

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you will need to paint weights for the deformation to stabilise. The shoulders are one of the hardest areas to work on a rig because of the diversity in the rotations...just take your time

Jay

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# 5 27-04-2009 , 08:33 PM

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Is there a more simple way?? I think i saw once they using a small poly object to keep the knee undeformed, but i don't remember how they did it.

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# 6 27-04-2009 , 08:40 PM

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Yes those are influence objects. Mainly for knees and elbow type joints. You still have to paint weights to get good results though regardless. There are no perfect shortcuts in rigging...

check the maya help on influence objects

Jay

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