Keywords: Maya, Rigging, Overview

Maya Rigging series of articles:

Tools & Plugins

ngSkinTools is a skinning plugin for Autodesk Maya, introducing new concepts to character skinning such as layers, any-pose-mirroring, enhanced paint brushes, true smoothing, and more.
https://www.ngskintools.com/

antCGi Rigging Toolkit (aRT)
https://www.antcgi.com/art-tool

Mansur-Rig is an advanced modular rig builder for Maya, based on a dedicated C++ node library written to allow easy rig setups.
https://mansur-rig.com/

Tutorials

Let’s Rig a Beetle in Maya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3kgvqt_BXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mxaEsUzW0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkI9WSDpRBI

Realtime Creature Rigging Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrZbdO1zmBI&list=PL8hZ6hQCGHMUIOilrww1u-mo0sTwYs2W5

Character Rigging in Maya!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRqG5OCFuw&list=PLL3OEv6vd5VBh8vnehdnp2ITpE0q8jAeo

How to Do Rigging For Animation? Basics Tutorial - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFPkuA77WS8
Learn Rigging Basics Tutorial - Part 2 - Controllers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJEiJpUzcE
How to Animate in 3D - Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj8rhIQDcAw

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