Taking a quick moment with this tutorial to give a preview and explanation for a totally awesome new feature in Blender 2.49, which should be released soon. There is a release candidate for Blender 2.49 available on blender.org, so you’ll have to download that to follow along with this tutorial. The feature I’m talking about is Etch-a-ton, which allows sketch-based rigging. It’s an incredibly powerful tool that’s certain to help speed up and simplify the process of rigging in Blender. This tutorial walks you through the basics of how to use it. Of course, there’s a lot more to this tool that what I can show in 10 minutes, but this should plenty to get you started. As with before, you can download this tutorial directly to your computer and it has also been uploaded to YouTube and Vimeo. Have fun!
