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Richard Katz

@rotu.bsky.social
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Principal/Lead Technical Artist 25+ years in gamedev Previously: Respawn, Blizzard, Zenimax, etc www.linkedin.com/in/richard-katz

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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chapter 6 of the CATS Rigging Framework retro explores many of the foundational rig components in the system. This should provide insight into the structure that all of the components in the framework follow. www.katz3d.com/2026/09/comp...
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Component Library – Part 1 – Richard Katz
In the last chapter, I described the ComponentBase Abstract Base Class, which would be inherited by the rig components in the system.
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Chapter 5 of the CATS Rigging Framework retro details the abstract base component class, the component library that holds the class definitions, and the processor module that contains the instances of the components. www.katz3d.com/2026/09/cats...
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CATS: Components – Richard Katz
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Chapter 4 of the CATS Rigging Framework retro is now live. Building on basic core functions, I started creating classes for building the rigging components and later working with rig systems in future tools. www.katz3d.com/2026/08/cats...
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CATS: Classes – Richard Katz
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The next part of the CATS Rigging Framework retro is live: www.katz3d.com/2026/08/cats... In this chapter, I go over the rest of the core library modules.
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CATS: Core (part 2) – Richard Katz
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm Rich Katz, Technical Artist in the game industry specializing in rigging, tools, and pipelines. I’ve built rigging systems for multiple studios. I wrote a deep dive into my rigging framework, which I plan to release every 2 weeks via www.katz3d.com. The first chapters are available now.
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Richard Katz – Richard Katz : Technical Artist
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The most theater, more than anyone has ever seen before.
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Spoiler: it did, eventually.
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
The cool thing about living on the west coast is that i can watch the ball drop on tv at 9 pm and then go to sleep.
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
X marks the spot
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Bowtie
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Richard Katz @rotu.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
First post. I’ve been in a game developer for over 25 years: 7 as an artist/animator/lead, and nearly 20 as a Technical Artist specializing in rigging, tools, and pipelines. Here’s my office-mate, Archie.
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