Matt Watts on rigging characters in Harmony

Matt Watts 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. He recently joined the team at Digital Gravy. We invited Matt on our livestream to discuss his work on the rigs that we are using in our Introduction to Rigging and Advanced Rigging courses as well as to answer questions about what studios look for from rigging artists.
You can find our previous interview with Matt Watts on our blog, where we explore the Punk Rig used in our new training courses:
blog.toonboom.com/training-pu...
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[@TheMikero]

Matt is a great guy to work with, glad to see him interviewed here!

[@mattwattsart]

Hey thanks Mike!

[@Yakusoku1]

Very clear, well done Matt - good call on the punk shoe design change

[@GilFavor101]

Some real gold here. Great tips.

[@vip_2496]

Wow ..please can you make many videos focusing in shark 360 master controller way ..its amazing Matt watts

[@OulanAnimado]

I've never used toon boom, but I intend to use

[@Makaruu]

Ooo this was really informative to watch, he really knows what he's talking about!

[@ToonBoomAnimation]

We would hope so! He built these rigs for our training courses. -Mike

[@jamestaylor2958]

Matts Brilliant!

[@mattwattsart]

:) Thanks James. So fun to see your face pop up in these comments :)

[@lisaanim1]

I found this video to be very instructional even as a 2d production coordinator. Harmony and I have a love hate relationship, fortunately the love wins out 98% of the time lol Thank you for this :)

[@juandavidgallego6679]

Pretty useful, thanks! I love the cat btw.

[@ArilsonOZ]

31:48 Cuttest moment

[@vipbilal]

I would ask ..how do you make MC controler for rotation 360 and for tilt like 3d with out getting mess 🤔

[@yongqingmd16]

holy this is so cool

[@CartoonBalls]

Hello. Why do controllers disappear when moving a character to another scene (project)?
sorry, I'm using a translator

[@Lola.Owlace]

Any links or tutorials for those trees set up and fabulous rig controllers ??

[@vipbilal]

Mattwatts..smaaaart guy..awesome 👌

[@mattwattsart]

Haha! LOL:)

[@NaitorStudios]

On 22:46, wouldn't torso tilt override the body turn? Is the default master controller thing smart enough to consider both or is this a custom script?

[@slawek382]

I'd like to know it too. It actually looks like it does override, and the body turn M.C. was used just to turn legs. Does somebody know where this shark can be downloaded?

[@lesqie]

Bro that shark rig is fucking cool

[@TiffanyNg100]

How do you change the hand rotate in 7:33?

[@NaitorStudios]

Is it possible to control a Master Controller with another?

[@Omnitrix8]

Pls is this advanced? Or premium?

[@Defooriginal]

So leave all the shortcuts as they are.
But change them as well?
LoL!? What?