Curves/controllers

I will be using nurbs curves/ shapes to mostly make all my controllers adding a text letter here and there in case I want to have a certain think being controlled. For the feet and around the body I will be using circles because they are one of the easier shapes to select when animating and it seems to be the general thing to do when I was looking at other people’s rigs. For the shoulders I will either be using an upward arrow or a curve in a tunnel kind of shape to go over the model. This is most to show the animator what this is actually going to affect when they are moved. For the head and neck I will be using and capital H and N respectfully so there isn’t any confusion when animating.

Another thing I noticed when I was looking at other peoples rigs that their controllers where coloured. The controllers in the middle of the rig were yellow, controllers on the left were red and controllers on the right were blue. Which I will be adding to all my rigs because it seems to be common practice and if I wanted someone else to animate my rigs it might make it less confusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Mfpdspo2c