Nathan Comes

I'm Nathan Comes — a Rigging Tech Artist and tools developer with over 15 years in the games industry. I build the systems that make character pipelines faster, smarter, and more reliable.

My focus sits at the intersection of rigging, tooling, and AI. I've built a full AI-integrated assistant for Maya that understands the application inside and out — every tool, every workflow, every scripting language. It serves as an intelligent help desk that knows Python, MEL, rigging, modeling, and animation workflows, and it has full knowledge of my custom codebase, meaning it can execute tools and code on demand. It's not a chatbot bolted onto a DCC app — it's a working co-pilot for artists and TDs.

Beyond games, I built and launched Notera — a live AI platform designed for production managers and producers. Notera connects the platforms and data sources a production team already uses and brings everything together into a single, intelligent assistant that actually understands the project.

On the rigging side, I've spent years building production-ready character rigs and auto-rigging systems across Maya, Unreal Engine, and MotionBuilder. My toolsets are built to scale — from custom rigging frameworks to batch pipelines to full animation toolboxes — all designed to help teams ship better content without the bottlenecks.

I write code every day. Python, PyMEL, MEL, and C# are my core languages, and I'm most at home building the tools that sit between artists and the engine.