Just a few things to finish off the year. First off, I promised to post some the from my recent webinar on rigging. There are so many good resources out there but these are a few of my favorites. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments.  Hope everyone has a great Holiday and Happy New Year.

Resources:

Jason Schleifer -
jasonschleifer.com/afr/animator-friendly-rigging-part-1/

Maya Rigging Wiki -
sites.google.com/site/mayariggingwiki/

Rigging Dojo –
www.riggingdojo.com

Hamish McKenzie
www.macaronikazoo.com/

Rigs:

Advanced Skeleton-
www.facebook.com/pages/AdvancedSkeleton/114793298585853

 11 second club-
www.11secondclub.com

Lester Banks free rig links-
lesterbanks.com/2010/03/22-of-the-most-fun-rigs-for-maya/

Animation Buffet-
www.animationbuffet.blogspot.com/

Commercial Plugins:

The Setup Machine -
www.anzovin.com/products.html

F-stretch -
cgaddict.com/index.html

Ikinema -
www.ikinema.com/

This video to finish off the year is based on a request I've had come up a few times recently on the new Characterization window in MotionBuilder. We've made lots of improvements to the workflow and although it's exactly the same now as setup in Maya, based on requests, I thought it deserved a look.

This is how to create a looping walk cycle using a larger clip that isn't initially set up to loop.