Stylized Male Muscle Rig For Blender 2.9

This pack contains 2 meshes: one medium-poly rigged male mesh, and a high-poly un-rigged version of the same male mesh for quick visual reference.

What you get:

• 1 .blend file containing 2 scenes, two meshes, and 13 premade poses.

  • 1 Rigged medium-poly stylized male muscle rig:

    • Major muscle groups separated into individual meshes for easier control in sculpting, tweaking, rotating, and viewing.

    • Rigify generated custom IK/FK rig with finger curling controls for quick hand posing*

    • Corrective shape keys to preserve volume in most joints and simulate major human muscle deformations.

    • A rigged penis (*´∀`*)

    • Preset mask modifier to hide genitals in object mode and renders - On by default

  • 1 Un-rigged high-poly stylized male muscle body

    • Major body parts left as separate meshes to allow you to rotate, hide, or otherwise view any portion of the body independently for your needs.

  • 13 premade poses stored in Blender’s built in Pose Library

  • 5 Body Preset shape keys: chest size, genital size, and a thicker body preset.

  • A primary preset lit scene + ambient occlusion material designed for quick and easy reference screenshots.

  • A secondary preset lit scene + toon material designed for shadow references for 2D illustration.

• 2 videos showing the process of creating a pose and saving it to the pose library.

• A tips, tricks, and resources PDF for best practices with the rigged mesh, how to turn it manifold for sculpting, addon suggestions, and links to free videos and courses on how to use Blender and Rigify if you are not well versed with the program or addon.

*Installing Blender’s Rigify addon is suggested for an easier time hiding and showing bone layers, using head follow, IK stretch, and IK/FK snapping, but it is not mandatory if you understand how to use these tools within Blender without the Rigify script UI or don’t wish to use these advanced features.

Other useful uses include:

• A remeshable basis for sculpting muscular male characters

• Posing for art references and paint-overs

• Pulling it apart to see what makes it tick

• Screaming at it for fear of the unknown

Disclaimer and Known Limitations:

• I am not a professional 3D artist, as such there are undoubtedly improvements that could be made to the rig and mesh. It may break in unusual ways, and does not perfectly recreate human body movement, but I have attempted what may be needed for a 3D sculptor or 2D illustrator to work off of to the best of my ability.

• This project is not edible, and was not designed for floatation, animation, extreme poses, or as a 100% accurate male human body template; it is stylized based on my own knowledge and collection of references, with the major visible muscle groups and drivers being those I feel are most important to myself to define when illustrating in 2D or sculpting stylized characters in 3D. I’ve done my best to create this to accommodate somewhat realistic character creation, however there may be areas where it is lacking due to my own shortcomings.

• This rig has non-manifold geometry; as such, it may behave oddly when setting it up for sculpting. However, I have included in the README several methods you can use to make the mesh manifold to use as a basis for sculpting.

• While the body will deform well in many realistic poses, this may not always be the case for more unusual or extreme poses. Manual re-shaping is recommended in those instances.