These are my own articles on rigging, hopefully filling some of the gaps in rigging knowledge that is publicly available online.
Picking Good Default Rotate Orders
Early work from a friend showing the chaos they witnessed when switching to splined keys, and after re-ordering the rotation of the shoulder controls. Good default rotation orders are incredibly important but often forgotten about, sometimes even in high quality rigs. Please don’t just think of rotation orders as un-important or a black-box that can’t be understood! A good default rotateOrder setting could be the difference between a rig that’s a joy to use and one that makes an animator want to tear their hair out. ...