You can read our full discussion below, along with previews of the Punk rig from the new training courses.Ī first look at the Punk rig used in the Toon Boom Training Courses on Cut-out Animation and Rigging. We asked Matt about the care and craft that went into adapting Vanessa Bouchard’s Punk character into a cutout rig for our new training courses, his day-to-day experience working as a rigging artist in TV animation, as well as his advice for aspiring creators who want to work in the industry. He recently joined the team at Digital Gravy. Matt is an accomplished self-taught animator and rigging artist based out of Utah, who not only has a decade of freelance work under his belt but also came recommended by his colleagues from his TV production work in Canada.

Remote training is now also available for Cut-Out Animation, Paperless Animation, Compositing, and Storyboard Art.Īmong the professionals we approached to develop assets for our new courses is Matt Watts. Interested in building your career in animation? The new Toon Boom Training Courses on Rigging are intended for artists who are new to the craft and want to learn the fundamentals of constructing character rigs for studio productions, under the guidance of a remote instructor.

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