Teaching · Technical rigging training

Rigging the way
studios do it.

Rigging Artist and Technical Director with credits on Secret Level (Blur Studio · Amazon) and the Marathon cinematic trailer. Seminars and hands-on labs for degrees, master's programmes and schools, in person (Madrid) or online.

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Schools

Where I have
taught.

Movie School

How I work

Four ways
to work together.

Masterclass

Up to 3 h

Lecture with a live demo. Ideal as a one-off activity, event day or forum.

Seminar

3 to 6 h

Applied theory and guided practice with production files. Every student leaves with a deliverable.

Hands-on lab

3 h

Students build the rig from scratch, step by step, with a complete reference rig as a guide.

Tailored

As needed

Several seminars combined, or content designed with the academic coordinator for the student profile.

FormatIn person in Madrid, in the school's classroom with one workstation per student, or live online on the school's platform (Spain and Latin America).

FitAdapted to the group's level and designed to complement the school's programme, not replace it. Materials and working files included.

Seminars

Specialised
seminars.

3 h

Rigging Fundamentals for Production

Prop rigging in Maya: hierarchies, constraints, control rig and pipeline.

Understand the hierarchical structure of production rigging
Build a working prop rig following a studio workflow
Apply the naming and scene organisation of a real pipeline

Level: Beginner
Software: Autodesk Maya
Taught at: CEU San Pablo

3 h

Rigging in Maya + Unreal Engine

Rigging for games: export, IK Rig, Modular Rig and Control Rig.

Know what travels from Maya to Unreal Engine 5 and prepare skeleton and geometry for export
Work inside the engine with IK Rig, Modular Rig and Control Rig
Understand the technical constraints of a game pipeline

Level: Beginner
Software: Autodesk Maya · Unreal Engine 5
Taught at: CEU San Pablo

6 h

Rigging Automation in Professional Environments

Rigging with AdvancedSkeleton: body and facial rig, tools and pipeline.

Build a character's body and facial rig with AdvancedSkeleton
Iterate on the rig when the model changes, without redoing the work
Show the rig in motion for their demo reel

Level: Beginner to intermediate
Software: Autodesk Maya · AdvancedSkeleton
Taught at: CEU San Pablo · UNIR (online lab)

3 h · 6 h

Quadruped Creature Rigging

Hands-on lab: students build a horse rig from scratch, from the skeleton to the animation controls.

3 h: legs with hock and hoof control, spine, neck and head
6 h: all of the above, plus winged creatures, skinning, tail and facial rig on the reference rig

Level: Intermediate
Software: Autodesk Maya
Taught at: New in 2027

Also available: tool development with Python and the Maya API, in-house tools with PyQt, and cartoon rigging. Just ask.

Contact

Seminars
for your school.

Tell me about your school and programme, the students' level and group size, whether you need it in person or online, and rough dates. I'll reply with a proposal.

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Rigging the waystudios do it.

Where I havetaught.

Four waysto work together.