Soul of Puppet

Soul of Puppet delivers high-end 3D character rigging for Maya and Blender—built by artists, for artists.

With unmatched Optimal budget performance and production-ready quality, we combine technical mastery and artistic vision to bring your characters to life with soul, precision, and flexibility.

We adapt to any challenge: from a single character rig to an entire production, all in record time.”

Our Maya plug-in, PuppetSoul, makes rigging fast, limitless, fun, and ready for any challenge. It offers maximum flexibility and can easily integrate into your pipeline if needed.

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WORKS

Ash

• TV Serie Teaser

• All Rigs done with PuppetSoul

• Role : Character TD.

• Done in September 2024. (No video available yet)

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Guerlain

• Advertisement for Illogics Studio

• All Rigs done with PuppetSoul

• Role : Character TD, PuppetSoul Dev+Support. Puppet Soul was used by the team.

• Work In Progress from November 2024.

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Pierre the Pigeon-Hawke

• Feature movie for Toonz Entertainment.

• All rigs done with PuppetSoul.

• Role : Character TD, PuppetSoul Dev+Support. Puppet Soul was used by the team.

• Work In progress from April 2024.

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PuppetSoul is the solution we actively use and continue to develop. It has been successfully used for over 10 years. Check PuppetSoul.

highlights

From rig to motion — in record time.

Cost-Efficient Without Compromise

With our industry expertise and PuppetSoul, we streamline rigging to save time, cut costs, and boost quality.

Over 20 Years of Experience

From indie shorts to AAA productions, we've been crafting rigs since 2002. We know what works, what breaks, and what animators truly need.

Cutting-Edge Tool Development

We don’t just rig—we build the tools too. PuppetSoul is the result of years of R&D, with exclusive features for riggers and animators. We craft custom tools to fit your unique production like a bespoke suit.

Loved by Animators

Fast. Intuitive. Expressive. Our rigs get out of the way so animators can focus on what matters: performance. "It just feels good to animate with." — that’s the feedback we live for.

Creative & Agile Team

We're artists first, techs second — and we speak both languages. Our team adapts fast, thinks outside the box, and works as true creative partners.

Flexible Services

Need a single rig? A studio-ready toolset? Pipeline consulting? We scale to your needs and plug into your team seamlessly.

Production-Proven

Our rigs and tools have been battle-tested in real productions, under real deadlines. Reliability and quality are baked in.

SERVICES

At Soul of Puppet, we offer flexible, high-end rigging solutions to fit every production, from indie teams to major studios. Whether you want us to handle everything or prefer to empower your internal team, we’re here to make your characters shine.

Ready-to-animate rig: We build the rig. You animate.

You send us your character — we deliver a fully functional, production-ready rig. Clean, animator-friendly, fast in the viewport, and packed with features.

Collaboration with Your Rigging Team.

We work hand-in-hand with your team using PuppetSoul, our in-house Maya plug-in designed for fast, high-quality rigging. It’s easy to learn, powerful to use, and customizable for your pipeline.

Character TD Expertise.

Need experienced eyes on a complex setup? We offer senior-level Character TD consulting for rigging supervision, troubleshooting, optimization, and setup design. We bring both artistic sensitivity and technical depth.

Pipeline Integration.

Smooth pipelines make better productions. We help connect your rigging tools and workflows with the rest of your production chain — from modeling to animation to export. Custom or standardized, we get it flowing.

Custom Tool Development.

Every production is unique — so your tools should be too.We build custom scripts, modules, and UI tools tailored to your team’s needs, fully integrated into your rigging and animation workflow.

Rigging without limits. Animate without compromise.

TOOLS

We made the rigging solution we always wished existed.

Puppet Soul

PuppetSoul is our powerful in-house rigging plug-in for Maya, built with years of expertise, it combines flexibility, speed, and user-friendliness to create high-end rigs.

PuppetSoul craft complex rigs quickly, while offering full customization. It’s the result of a deep understanding of what riggers and animators need to bring characters to life.

DISCOVER

Flux
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Flux is a pipeline management tool for Blender, built to streamline 3D production with asset tracking, task management, and automation.

It integrates smoothly with Blender and connects to Kitsu and ShotGrid, offering flexible, customizable workflows for efficient, organized production.

DISCOVER

I first heard of Puppet Soul through his inventor/owner, who was working for us at that time as Technical Director. I have to say we were amazed and very enthusiastic about the demo he showed us and we therefore decided to try it for our current 3D production. I can testify this tool was efficient, easy to manage and it has saved lots of time, energy and money. I strongly recommend the use of Puppet Soul !

Cristobal Martinez

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Production Manager on 'Foot2Rue'

I was working as a 3D character animator on challenging projects, and I when I played with the rig made with Puppet Soul I was like "damned, that's good !" Everybody had a blast animating with it on my short short film Dip N' Dance. I strongly recommand Cedric and his Puppet Soul autorig !"

Hugo Cierzniak

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Animator/Director on 'Dip N'Dance'

High-end character rigging, with soul, precision, and speed

WORKS