Hey everyone!

I come across a lot of cool Blender stuff (for rigging and beyond), but there’s just not enough time in the day to cover it all on the CGDive channel.

So, as a little experiment, here are some of the coolest recent gems in a newsletter format.

A new free Bone Picker

Good rig/bone pickers for Blender are rare. This new pickers looks super promising. On top of that it's free!

Get it here. (Yes, it's free, just enter $0. Or more if you like to support the creator.)

https://munorr.gumroad.com/l/ft-anim-picker-blender?a=477128051

Mesh Jiggle Solution

If you need some mesh Jiggle (not Bone Dynamics but direct Mesh deformation), check out this Geometry Nodes setup. Free download of the setup is available.

Demonstration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb_aHIxf4d c

Download:

https://github.com/Gerstmann-Bradley/Bradley-Presets-Add-on

Shapekey Controller Creator

Another free goodie. This one creates controllers for shapekeys and even makes them stick perfectly to the face geometry.

Demonstration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpx-c_6x8L U

This tool is part of the awesome free Animbox addon

https://blenderartists.org/t/animbo x

Draw your animation?

This addon actually made my jaw drop a little. It allows you to just draw the animation path of your object, and the addon will create the animation. The timing is defined by drawing lines on the path (mind-blown)