Head Rigging in Autodesk Maya

Take the next step to get realistic mouth movement on a head model in Maya. In this lesson, learn to get the upper and lower teeth to move independently.

It’s time to get your model to smile! In this lesson, you learn how to blend shapes to animate your model’s expressions using vertex mode in Maya.

Get into the nitty gritty of animating a model in Maya! In this lesson, learn to create blink blend shapes for the eyes, and set up controllers for animation.

At this point, you’ve made a ton of blend shapes and controllers for the model. Now, learn how to clean up your work so you can pass it on to an animator.

Now that your model’s expressions are mapped in Maya, it’s time to create controls! In this lesson, create a custom controller for facial expression animation.