The Final asset in the demo reel was a collection of rigging tools that I had built for myself to make my workflow more streamlined and efficient. Most of the coding was done using a combination of Python, MEL, and PyMEL script. I used QT Designer to create the basic designs and layouts for my GUI interfaces. However, I chose to create the GUIs manually. I wanted to expand my coding knowledge and this was a great way to do that. Most of the GUI elements were easy to build. The only aspect that was hard to understand was the "tabLayout" which I used inside the Rigging Kit GUI. It took a lot of trial and error to fully understand it. But the results were well worth the headache. Learning to tabs inside a GUI has proved to be a really useful bit of coding. It has allowed me to include so much more into smaller interfaces. Another new concept at the time was building interactive "radioButton"s and "checkBox"s. Going into it, I wasn't too sure how to use them. But luckily it was a simple matter of using if statements. The Rigging Kit was mainly a way to move a few shelves worth of scripts and tools into an single easy to use GUI. That way whenever I need to switch PCs or versions of Maya, I only need to import a single script. I had the same thought when I built my Renaming Kit and CV Controls Kit. All in all, I probably got rid of 3 shelves worth of buttons. This made my OCD very happy. So the Rigging Kit is divided into several sections. I made the divisions mainly using "formLayout". The windows section has "iconTextButton"s that open various Maya windows that I commonly use. The constraints section uses the same concept with constraints. I also used "checkBoxes" for easy access to the Maintain Offset option. Next there's a tabbed section with 3 tabs. The Joints tab has all the common joint tools I use with a few custom joint chain generators at the bottom. This way I can create joint chains with 5, 10, 20, and 50 joints with only a single click. These have saved me so much time. The Controls tab has all the custom scripts I use when adding CV control icons to my rigs. Using these simple scripts I can mirror the icons across the X axis for symmetrical rigs. I can do various pivot and parent snapping for exact translation and rotation values. There's also a padding script that I use for creating parent groups in the outliner to give me more control and allow for other systems to be added later on in the process if needed. The building tab contains several procedural systems, like the flexi plane, so I don't have to recreate them every time I want to use them. I also included a few pre-made attribute sets for hands and feet. This alone can save me upwards of ten minutes worth of repetitive clicking and typing. Another tool I needed to build was an IK/FK system generator. This script allows me to quickly create an arm, leg, or other appendage that requires the functionality of an IK/FK setup. All I need to do is select the joints and icons, then load them into the tool and press go. The script will create the IK, FK, pole vector, and auto switch with the appropriate custom attributes. It saves a lot of time having a tool like this.  The next interface is my CV Controls Kit. The layout is similar to the Rigging Kit and the color scheme is the same. This is the primary toolset I use when adding and creating the control icons for a rig. I have 12 pre scripted CV curves that I use on a constant basis. Then I have several buttons that change the color of the control via the drawing overrides under the shape node. I could just change the color of the entire node, but just changing the shape node color allows me to just change that particular curve and not have to worry about hierarchy. Then I have some basic CV tools that make building a CV control icon fast and easy. Also, since I usually work in Maya, CV curves don't like to render. So I've come up  with a simple pipeline to combat that issue. Basically I attach a brush to the curve, convert the paint effects to polygons, and then parent the result under the original cv node for a clean outliner. The third and final GUI is the Renaming Kit. Basically it's just a modified version of Maya's own renaming tools. These custom versions are just a little more intuitive and more centrally located.