General
Anatomy and Mechanics
- Google Body Browser
- Bio Digital Human – 3D anatomy
- Pose Maniacs – Poseable 3D anatomy model
- Human Hand and Foot Proportions
- Bird Skeleton Rotations
- Bird Flight
- Dinosaur Anatomy
Theory
- Hamish McKenzie’s Matrix Math Tutorials
- HippyDrome – Modelling and articulation examples and theory.
- HippyDrome Videos
Rigging Tutorials
Rigging Scripts and Tools
- zooToolbox – Rigging and Animation Tools by Hamish McKenzie
- JTD Rigging Tools – John Doublestein
Free Models
- Free Head Scan model from ten24
- Free Character Models from CGSociety
Maya Scripting
- MEL Tutorial
- Python Scripting for Maya Artists by Chad Vernon
- List of Maya’s File Path Environment Variables
- Maya API Docs Demystified for Python Users by Ryan Trowbridge
- Pymel Documentation
General Python
- Learn Python The Hard Way – Beginning Python Book
- Dive Into Python – Beginning Python Book
- Google’s Python Class
- Text2RE – Interactive help creating Regular Expressions
- List Comprehension
