universal human body rig for blender

Other useful uses include:

• A basis for sculpting and texturing new characters
• Posing for art reference and paint-overs
• Animating
• Instructional presentations
• Pulling it apart to see what makes it tick

Here is a work in progress demonstration of the rig from April 2019. Improvements have been made in the interim (including disabling Bendy Bones to improve torso deformation), so the final product differs slightly in appearance.

Owners of both the Body Rig and the Face Rig will receive a 100% off discount code which can be applied to the Body & Face Rig. The codes have to be generated and sent out manually, so there may be a delay of up to half a day or so (if it doesn’t arrive, check your spam). If you purchased both using different email addresses, please let me know so I can verify.

MAIN FEATURES

• Designed to accommodate realistic character creation and animation
• Neutral base mesh averaged from male, female and 3 races. Both genders can be enabled by applying one of the Male or Female base meshes that are sold separately. Note: only the male OR the female is required – there is no need to purchase both.
• Full IK body rig, including fingers (ideal for pressing against surfaces). Note that the feet are rigged to accommodate shoes, so while toes are present, they are not individually rigged. Facial rig is not included, but is planned for a separately sold future upgrade
• On-the-fly customisable skeletal proportions; easily and non-destructively edit the rig for innumerous human body types, humanoid creatures and stylised characters (see video demos above).
• 2 UV map variants: full body, and face-focused
  Lightweight mesh for responsive performance. Poly count (before subdivision): body: 5,454 faces (quads); eyeballs: 692 faces (quads) each
• Topology optimised for animation and posing; edge loops follow wrinkles and muscular direction where possible, without compromising deformation quality. Modelled with separate clothing in mind (i.e. geometry is less dense in typically covered areas)
• Corrective shape keys to preserve volume in most joints
• IK/FK switching
• Soft IK to dampen “popping” when IK chains are near full extension
• Finger curling controls for quick hand posing. See demo.
• All quads
• Compatible with Blender 2.79, 2.8x and 2.9x
• No complicated script installations or add-ons necessary; just load and go!

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

• IK/FK switching latency in Blender 2.79 (no latency apparent in 2.8x)
• No IK/FK snapping is implemented, so IK controls will need to be manually realigned when switching from one to the other
• A side effect of one of the posing features is that the Torso and Thorax controls drift from the spine if the
• pelvis is moved in X or Y. A workaround is to select both pelvis and torso and move them in unison.
• While the body will deform well in most situations, this may not always be the case for more unusual or extreme poses. Manual re-shaping is recommended in those instances.