Creative Development: Modeling and Rigging a Cartoon Shark in 3ds Max with Stewart Jones

Introduction
Reference & Model Sheet
Setting up an image plane
Beginning the box modeling phase
Refining the shark model
Cleaning up the shark model
Additional fixes of the shark model
Finishing up the shark model
Preparing the scene for rigging
Creating and placing the bones
Linking the bones together
Blocking in the skin weights
Skinning the shark
Blending the skin weights
Continuing to blend the skin weights
Finishing the skin weights
Using a Wave Modifier to automate swimming motion
Adding a SplineIK Solver to the bones
Creating a custom IK control to automate swimming motion
Finalizing the shark rig
Bonus: Looking at another shark rig
Bonus: Adding corrective shapes to the shark rig