Rigging Courses and Certifications

Daz 3D

Introduction to Rigging in Daz Studio - Daz+ Pro Artist Series

Master rigging fundamentals in Daz Studio through hands-on bone creation, weight mapping, and the Figure Setup Tool for advanced 3D character animation.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Freedom Arts - 3D Animation & Game Developer

Mixamo Fuse to Blender 3.6 - Rigging, Facial Shape Keys, and Lip Sync Tutorial

A step-by-step workflow for bringing a Mixamo Fuse avatar into Blender, auto-rigging it, and setting up facial expression and lip-sync shape keys.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CGDive

Rigify Skeleton Rigging

Master advanced Rigify techniques for skeleton rigging beyond default human rigs, covering legs, arms, torso, neck setup, custom scripts, and game export workflows.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CGDive

Rigify Modular Face Rigging Skin System

Master Rigify's modular face rigging system with comprehensive coverage of Skin rig types, workflow techniques, and practical troubleshooting for professional character animation.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CGDive

Rigging Unleashed - Advanced Character Rigging Techniques in Blender

Master advanced Blender rigging techniques including stretchy limbs, facial deformation, wrinkle automation, and custom UI creation for professional character animation workflows.

• YouTube
• 5 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Polyfjord

How to Create Robotic Arms in Blender

Model and rig Doc Ock-inspired robotic arms in Blender, set up inverse kinematics, attach them to motion-capture animation, and assemble the final character rig.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender Animation & Rigging: Bring Your Creations To Life

1775 ratings at Udemy

Learn To Rig & Animate Models & Characters In Blender, For All Skill Levels. Blender 4 Compatible. EARLY ACCESS!

• Udemy
• 8 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

The Ultimate Guide to Blender 3D Rigging and Animation

Rig and animate 3D objects in Blender: bone hierarchies and inverse kinematics, shape keys, soft body and particle simulations, material nodes, and character walk cycles.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Weight Painting

Learn weight painting in Blender: use its core tools and concepts to deform characters efficiently while avoiding the technique's common pitfalls and confusing behaviors.

• Blender Studio
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CGDive

Rig Anything with Auto-Rig Pro - Tutorials

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Master Auto-Rig Pro rigging techniques for humans, animals, and creatures in Blender through comprehensive tutorials covering everything from basic setups to advanced custom rigs.

• YouTube
• 7 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

PIXXO 3D

Human Meta Rig - Blender 3.0

Set up Blender’s human meta rig by aligning it to a character mesh, generating controls, and parenting the rig to the model.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

PIXXO 3D

Blender's Armature for Beginners - The Basics to Get Started

Learn to add armatures to a Blender modeling workflow by building and naming bones, setting up symmetry, and trying basic poses and keyframes.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CGDive

The New Rigify Face in Blender 3+

Learn to build and use Rigify’s updated face rig, from aligning facial bones and binding eyes and teeth to exploring controls and troubleshooting.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CGDive

Blender - Mixamo Control Rig + Rigify Face Rig

Add a Rigify face rig to a Mixamo character in Blender by combining the rigs, assigning face weights, and preparing animations for export.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Joey Carlino

Easy Mouth Rig in Blender

Build a simple Blender mouth rig with armature bones, weight painting, constraints, shape keys, and drivers for controllable lip-sync animation.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video