Community Rigs and Resources

slipsius · Mar 2017

Welcome to the Rigs and Resources sticky. Please feel free to share your resources (tutorials, articles, tools, etc) and rigs in this thread. Things shared in this thread will also be added to the following site, so be sure to bookmark it for your one stop shop for everything animation.

https://animatorsresourcekit.wordpress.com/

Note: This thread was 3 different threads merged together. Thank you for all those involved in the previous threads.

Arturow · Mar 2017

Free Cartoony Finn from Star wars rig https://gumroad.com/l/rufdB#

_adamturnbull · Mar 2017

There are a bunch of free GDC talks in the GDC Vault online now!

http://www.gdcvault.com/free

Including this years animation Tricks of the Trade:

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024320/Animation-Bootcamp-Tricks-of-the

(ninja edit: SLipsius) And the animation micro talks!

http://gdcvault.com/play/1024314/Animation-Bootcamp-Animation

slipsius · Mar 2017

GDC - Animating Dauntless. Worth checking out! He goes into how they use mocap for their stylized game, as well as using mocap on their creatures. Great talk.

http://gdcvault.com/play/1024081/Animating-Dauntless-Slaying-AAA-Animation

_adamturnbull · Mar 2017

Hi Guys,

I've started putting together a simple blog that links to a load of useful animation resources. I'm hoping that it will become a big collaborative hub that animators can use as a source to go to for tools, rigs, reference material.. etc.

It's still in its early stages but if you know of any resources that you can't live without and think would be useful to others then let me know and I'll add it in!

https://animatorsresourcekit.wordpress.com/

slipsius · Mar 2017

Nice! Good lookin out, Adam!

For courses, there's also http://www.animsquad.com/
https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/ has online courses as well as dvd tutorials

Might be a good idea to link the vimeo to some of the groups. Like this one. https://vimeo.com/groups/gameanim

Arturow · Mar 2017

awesome! it would be cool if you posted that into a sticky thread like the Animation Forum - Posting Tips, Tricks and Resources when you finish it

, nice work!!

Hito · Mar 2017

collection of Rigs, some are already familiar to many here.
https://gumroad.com/truongcgartist#

Arturow · Mar 2017

A talk between Riot animators that was live on Jason Shum facebook talking with Warren Goff about the industry and some tips

https://www.facebook.com/shumface/videos/1417890778234727/

Green_Cheek_Conure · Mar 2017

http://www.animatorisland.com/ tons of tips and goes decently deep in explaining concepts of animation.

AnthonyAnimation · Mar 2017

A great resource for walks

A great resource for bird flight

Something similar

_adamturnbull · Mar 2017

Thanks guys, will keep adding these whenever I get chance! If you think of any more let me know

jasonshum · Mar 2017

Hey everyone, wanted to add on to this thread with some animation tutorials I recently finished.

These video tutorials focus on body mechanics and creating animations for games or demo reel catered to game studios. I'm currently a senior animator in the games industry and these are anims that I see students typically have trouble with, hopefully people find them useful and I appreciate any feedback!

Trailer Overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kwUwIg550

Gumroad Tutorials - https://gumroad.com/jasonshum
- Combat
- Hit Reactions/Death
- Walks/Runs
- Traversal/Jump
There's a couple free videos in there to give you a sense of what I cover in the longer tutorials. I also offer private coaching/feedback reviews if you are looking for critiques on your work. Thanks!

- Jason
jasonshum.com

@Arturow thanks for the callout above on the video interview!

KyleG · Mar 2017

Some more

Keyframe MP

MG Tools

Artella

Frame by Frame

CallumJB · Mar 2017

KyleG said:

Some more

Keyframe MP

MG Tools

Artella

Frame by Frame

Keyframe MP is exactly what I've been looking for

AnthonyAnimation · Mar 2017

Books
Manwatching: A field guide to human behavior
Drawn to Life: Walt Stanchfield Lectures
Stop Staring

Reference
ARKive (a ton of animal reference)
AniRef

Software
Dragonframe (stop motion)

Animation Podcasts
Games Industry Mentor
The Animation Podcast

_adamturnbull · Mar 2017

Thanks guys, keep sending them in. I usually add a batch at a time so if its not on there yet it should be soon!

Fabulous_Fab · Mar 2017

I haven't watched these myself yet but they seem interesting:

Action: The Animator's Process
Becoming a World-Class Animator

AnthonyAnimation · Apr 2017

https://www.2dimensions.com/ An upcoming 2d animation software. Looks really cool!

AnthonyAnimation · Apr 2017

More animation software in beta that has some pretty unique features https://www.mokastudio.com/features.html

Hito · May 2017

Haven't tested any of these yet, but a big collection of Max rigs.
http://rigsarena.blogspot.com/

Arturow · May 2017

2 maya rigs (creature and humanoid) and tools https://gumroad.com/peerke

AnthonyAnimation · Jun 2017

This might help some animators interested in learning some basic game animation

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_adamturnbull · Jul 2017

A new rig by Josh Sobel being released soon -

Arturow · Jul 2017

Lily and Snout characters from the Sketchfab and Artella collaboration are free upon registration https://artella.lpages.co/artella-lily-snout-giveaway/

Arturow · Jul 2017

Oats Studios selling their assets including the crazy Zygote creature. Haven't used them but damn , they look scary and fun to animate http://store.steampowered.com/app/652150/Oats_Studios__Volume_1_Assets/

Hito · Jul 2017

Free, and highly flexible Max rig
https://shalabology.wordpress.com/free-stuffs/free-rigs/3dsmax/shiko-new-rig/

Bansheesix · Aug 2017

Hey! I found a cute rig the other day, here it is:

Has the download link in the video description

https://vimeo.com/213136771

KielFiggins · Aug 2017

Free Spiderman and Web Rig http://www.3dfiggins.com/Store/

Arturow · Aug 2017

Free rig , Jasmine , the face deformations looks reallly cool:
http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/jasmine-rose-rig-free-maya-character-rig-female-character-rig/

shalabology · Aug 2017

Thank you Arturow for pointing out my Rig , i would like to add that you can download it directly from my site here:https://shalabology.wordpress.com/free-stuffs/free-rigs/jasminerose-free-rig-for-maya/

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/fu/0az4zbdd1h5a.jpg

Arturow · Sep 2017

Cool youtube channel with only animals in greenscreen https://www.youtube.com/user/GreenScreenAnimals

marcustaylor · Oct 2017

Longwinter have released a new free rig at https://longwintermembers.com/free/
Haven't had a chance to check it out yet myself, but looks like fun and should be a pretty solid rig!

KyleG · Oct 2017

Rocket Girl
http://vmcomix.blogspot.ca/2017/10/rocket-girl-rig.html

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/l6/m1xaviykb47a.jpg

Arturow · Oct 2017

Really appealing Free Croc rig:
Based on a concept by Axbraun
Model and textured by Olenka Denis
Rigged by Elise Mathez

Image: https://d27nqrvkk22y65.cloudfront.net/cover/image/23929/big_faa87211f5.jpg

https://cubebrush.co/olenka/products/1tsmhg/free-rigged-fantasy-character

AnthonyAnimation · Nov 2017

https://www.nukeygara.com/ This looks like interesting animation software.

AnthonyAnimation · Nov 2017

@_adamturnbull The Engine House Rigs you have listed on the site as "Maya Rigs" are actually Max rigs.

_adamturnbull · Nov 2017

AnthonyAnimation said:

@_adamturnbull The Engine House Rigs you have listed on the site as "Maya Rigs" are actually Max rigs.

Oopsie, thanks for pointing that out. Will change now!

brucemoose · Dec 2017

New atools.... Amazing little program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DezLHqXrDao&t=250s

AGoodFella · Jan 2018

brucemoose said:

New atools.... Amazing little program.

Hell yes!!

ATools is amazing.

MrBFox · Jan 2018

Hello, Heres a BB-8 rig I made for people to tinker with (and test putting stuff up for download).
https://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/bb-8-free-rig-for-maya
heres an example of the rig in action.

AnthonyAnimation · Jan 2018

Two free rigs by Thomas Vialetto and crew.
https://gumroad.com/l/ShUxY
https://gumroad.com/l/AvVUJ

Dancoo · Jan 2018

Hey guys !
I made 2 Rig for Game, work in Maya free to download
Faun : https://gum.co/AvVUJ
Goblin : https://gum.co/ShUxY
feel free to contact me If you have any trouble with the Rigs
and do not hesitate to send me your animation, I would like to see your work !

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/jh/54cfkf1jkm5b.jpg

MrBFox · Feb 2018

Hello, heres a new rig ive been working on available to use, Astronaut Gimbal.
https://gum.co/nAaZq

Image: https://78.media.tumblr.com/c5323b3a0307f171f5ea838015220a74/tumblr_inline_p3kxzuKc001snddrq_540.jpg

Nakedwooki · Mar 2018

I found this rig by Elise Mathez.

https://cubebrush.co/elisemathez/products/vei6g/red-dragon-free-rig

Hito · Mar 2018

Rigged up Countess from Paragon using ART, base and Shogun Skins. The skeleton includes joints from both skins, Shogun version has extra joints. So if you're exporting base skin version, be sure to remove the joints for Shogun version before importing to UE4. The animations should still work, but UE will probably throw warnings about missing joints if you apply the full skeleton to base game skeleton asset.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z520hvf0g0y0wlj/Paragon_Countess.rar?dl=0

Image: https://media.giphy.com/media/i3Qqn0MRq2fj9L6vuM/giphy.gif

assets by Epic

Hito · Mar 2018

Murdock https://www.dropbox.com/s/6q25m4ee2xd0bf4/Paragon_Murdock.rar?dl=0

assets by Epic

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