>Keyword
3D character rigging basics
Building the skeleton and control system that makes a 3D character move. Bones, constraints, and controllers that turn a static mesh into an animatable puppet.
Pillar
Clarity
Tier
Foundation
When to Use
First Call
Unhinged Definition
putting invisible bones inside a 3d model and then spending 4 hours making the elbow bend correctly because apparently digital elbows are harder than real ones. the knee bone's connected to the... inverse kinematics chain
Analogy
Like building a marionette's string system. The puppet already exists -- rigging is designing which strings go where so every movement feels intentional and natural.
Replaces
character setup, animation setup, skeleton creation
Category Lens
Pipeline-stage keyword targeting animators and character artists. Captures users at the post-modeling, pre-animation stage. Use in workflow content.
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