Character Rigging
Building bone structures and controls for 2D or 3D characters, so animators can pose them quickly and consistently.
- Price
- From $45.00 per finished minute
- Free trial
- A 30-second cut from your own footage, no card, no commitment.
What to send us
Character artwork or models, animation software, required movements and whether the rig is for 2D or 3D animation.
What you get back
A character rig with bones, controls and deformation set up for fast, consistent posing and animation.
What to check before you sign off
Test extreme poses. Rigs often look fine in neutral poses but break when limbs or faces move further.
Part of Gesture and Body Language Animation. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the video editing & production guide.
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Video Editing & Production page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
A Practical Guide to Character Animation
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Learn the motion design principles that make animation feel intentional: timing, easing, anticipation, follow-through and staging, with practical fixes.
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A phase-by-phase playbook for interface animation: audit, motion tokens, transform-only builds, reduced-motion alternatives, testing and governance.
Often combined with Character Rigging
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
3D Character Rigging
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Priced per project
Podcast Production
You record. We do everything after that.
From $165.00 per episode
Audio Post for Video
Everything the soundtrack of a video needs after the picture is locked: dialogue cleanup, sound effects, music, the fina...
Priced per project
3D Animation
Rigged, simulated and animated with weight.
Priced per project
Content Production
Researched, cited, and written by a named person.
From $0.45 per word
Newsletter Production
Writing, designing and sending a regular newsletter people actually open, with content planned ahead and results reviewe...
Priced per project
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