Random math and rigging links
As I dig into various methods and procedures for CG work, I find little bits of information I keep referring back to. Other times it’s just a random slice to get me over a hump. I trust if you found this, you’ll find it helpful.
General concepts:
- Closest pair of points problem
- Euclidean vector
- Matplotlib examples
- Linear algebra
- Maya rigging wiki 3d-math
Math in 3D:
Maya concepts:
Art, Science and Technical Blogs:
- Brave Rabbit
- CG Monks
- Chad Vernon
- Creature Rigs
- Cult of rig
- Jeremy Ernst
- Lee Dunham
- Marin Petrov
- Melinda Ozel
- mGear Framework
- Nathan Horne
- Red 9 Consultancy
- Rigging Dojo
Maya gems:
- Quickly retrieve vertex positions of a mesh
- Figuring out the maya python api
- Tutorial skinWeights
- Maya python querying soft selection
- Closet point edges to locator
- Membrane
- Fit B Spline
- Poly Duplicate And Connect
- Poly List Component Conversion
- Copy Deformer Weights
- Skincluster weights in maya
- Mesh locator
Tools and repos:
- https://github.com/bungnoid/glTools
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/zootoolbox/
- https://sites.google.com/site/mayariggingwiki/python
- https://code.google.com/archive/p/alembic/
Videos:
Uncategorized:
R’Amen
Religious freedom in a nutshell.
“The reason democracy is failing and science is ignored is not because of Mark Zuckerberg (although he’s not helping), it’s because the system is designed to value belief over fact.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-wonderfully-weird-people-worship-a-flying-spaghetti-monster
Challenger Deep
Journey to the bottom of the sea.
Read more on Wikipedia on the trench.
Mariana Trench
https://goo.gl/maps/rDwtfh6PRzfd8bfM8
Some cool stats on atmospheric depth
And a rabbit hole of course. Would You Float At The Core Of The Earth? – Forbes
Some recent fascinating CG things.
- https://youtu.be/86xWVb4XIyE
https://youtu.be/J90VETgWIDg - https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/events/1679191-iliad-intelligent-layered-imaging-architecture-for-drawing-october-31-live-from-hq
- https://youtu.be/pW6nZXeWlGM
- https://80.lv/articles/open-source-painting-tool-for-3d-artists/
- https://www.geogebra.org/m/xMYUCkEa
- https://80.lv/articles/tutorial-frayed-edges-in-zbrush/
- http://xavierdorion.weebly.com/meshlocator.html
- http://www.braverabbit.com/braverabbit/
- https://www.cgmonks.com
- http://red9consultancy.com
- https://www.riggingdojo.com
- http://www.mgear-framework.com
- https://vimeo.com/342926245
- https://tinyurl.com/y7je4myt
- https://devblogs.nvidia.com/introduction-turing-mesh-shaders/
- https://youtu.be/p98g7Omvwhg
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-advanced-spine-rigging-system-maya-2020-kevin-borjon-piron
Rabbit holes are meant to be fallen into
Been accused of falling into these repeatedly by coworkers like it is a bad thing. So today in raining, sheltered seclusion, I begin some rabbit hole discoveries. Like my rants on social media, mixes I assemble, or pontifications I give to my son, if you don’t read or listen or care, I’m still here. I’m not bothered either way. I’ll try not to insert too much commentary either, but more anecdotal musings and fact pointers for y’all to read or not at your leisure. Cheers!
Today’s rabbit hole falls down this path…
Hank Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams
Trent Reznor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor
Genesis P-Orridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_P-Orridge
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/genesis-p-orridge-died-1805331
Paul Palladino
https://www.nin.wiki/Pino_Palladino
Lindsey Buckingham
https://www.lindseybuckingham.com/
So you’ve got Trent Reznor assimilating Hank Williams, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, and the very recent passing of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV lead transmogrified personalities… P-Orridge. All put together into a compelling piece I’d always dug but not quite put together the source parts on. It’s dark but has a sweet compelling message it. A message that always resonated with me regardless of current events making it more apropos or not.
While I’m Still Here (https://www.nin.wiki/While_I%27m_Still_Here)
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