Epilogue: Happily Ever after

Congratulations if you made it to the end of this book by way of page after page of tutorials and bad jokes. I applaud your fortitude and hereby diagnose you as having a terminal case of being a rigger. You have it; and you might as well own up to it. Let me show you the way to some great books out there that you can continue on to grow your skill.

Art of Rigging: (http://cgtoolkit.com) There are three volumes and they are only available online. I believe one of the volumes is out of print and only available as an ebook. You’ll really get an understanding of MEL with those books. What we covered in this book is mentioned in about two pages of that book! They cover stretchy as well, including an IK/FK stretchy spine. ...

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