Welcome to the facial rigging course! Before we get started, here's a brief summary video about the different facets we're gonna build with blender. The course will be compatible with Blender 5.0 and up and will use a few (optional) addons that are freely accessible through the Blender Extensions platform. You can enable them in the user preferences under the 'Extensions' tab.

The following (optional) addons are gonna be used for this course:

Add Selected Bones to Vertex Group

Easy Weight

Pose Shape Keys

Cloudrig

The following python scripts will be used to speed up the workflow:

Blender File · 922 bytes · Krystal Institute bone_mirror_subtargets.py

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Blender File · 3.9 KB · Krystal Institute shapekeys_automatic_driver_assignment.py

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Storm clean face blendfile:

Blender File · 5.5 MB · Krystal Institute storm-face_clean.model.blend

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Download the Geometry Nodes setup for linked shape keys:

Blender File · 116.9 KB · Krystal Institute GN-linked_shapekeys.blend

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