Maya Rigs - Free and Paid

Some cool free rigs:

Sony's Zombie Rig: http://splinebomb.com/hotel-transylvania-free-zombie-rig/
Hulk Rig: http://dharmindoshi.com/blog-posts/hulk-rig-free-maya-rig/
AnimSchool Rig: http://www.animschool.com/DownloadOffer.aspx
Animation Mentor Rig: http://www.animationmentor.com/free-maya-rig/
Various!: http://www.11secondclub.com/resources

Paid Rigs:
Joe's Mega Pack: http://artofjoe.blogspot.com.tr/p/blog-page.html

Other Sources:
Great Collection of Rigs: http://animationbuffet.blogspot.com.tr/
http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/ultimate-rigs-maya-rigs-maya-character-rigs-free-maya-rigs/
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/

There are so many good free rigs out there now, have a look on animbuffet for most needs

Keith Lango

This:
https://keithlango.com/animationclinic/cart/

$99 bucks for all 61 videos - They are amazing and well worth it

His videos on moving holds and timing were extremely helpful to me

Animation Websites

I used to spend hours reading everything I could find on the internet and amassed a huge list of blogs and websites over the years, now I have less time on my hands but I thought I would share the links:

NOTE: Some of these links are to the main blogs, you need to search through older posts for gems of information!

Blogs
http://splinedoctors.com/
http://wjacobgardner.com/blog/
http://animationmonkey.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2138
http://vfxsolution.com/allanmckay/2010/10/overtime-vs-productivity/
http://brendanbody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.chriswoodsanimation.com/tutorials/actionanalysis.html
http://animationprogression.blogspot.co.uk/
http://animatorsresource.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.penciltestdepot.com/
http://bobbyboom.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.thinkinganimation.com/
http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/
http://blog.navone.org/
http://fliponline.blogspot.co.uk/
http://keithlango.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.kylekenworthy.blogspot.co.uk/

Hints &Tips
http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials/old/popThru/polish.html
http://www.carlosbaena.com/resource/anim_OllieJohnston.html
http://www.carlosbaena.com/resource/anim_Blinks.html
http://www.carlosbaena.com/resource/anim_EdHooks.html
http://www.brianlemay.com/animation/animindex.html
http://animationsalvation.com/free_tips/lip-sync/1
http://frankandollie.com/PhysicalAnimation.html
http://www.shaunfreeman.com/animating_tips/
http://animatorsworld.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/28-principals-of-animation/

Tutorials
http://wjacobgardner.com/blog/?p=196
http://www.11secondclub.com/helpful_hints/acting_it_out
http://www.spyingforlying.com/
http://www.warpedanimation.com/ibl_for_animators/
http://www.jrawebinar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=158

Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emotions
http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies_eyes.php
http://www.referencereference.com/
http://www.rhinohouse.com/
http://www.scott-eaton.com/category/bodies-in-motion
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/12/magazine/14actors.html?_r=0#index

Rigs
http://animationbuffet.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.joshburton.com/projects/morpheus.asp
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/
http://lesterbanks.com/2010/03/22-of-the-most-fun-rigs-for-maya/

Animation Books

When I first started to animate I bought a massive bunch of books on the subject, so I thought I would list them if anyone cares to read them:

The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams.
The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnstone
Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair
Acting for Animators by Ed hooks
Timing for Animation by Harold Whittaker
All About Techniques in Drawing for Animation Production by Sergi Camara
Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation by Wayne Gilbert

Character Animation Crash Course by Eric Goldberg
Body Language: How to Read Others' Thoughts by Their Gestures by Allan Pease
What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro
People Watching by Desmond Morris
This Visual Story by Bruce Block
How to Cheat in Maya by Eric Luhta and Kenny Roy
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa brother

There are so many other great books that you can buy but I've not got around to buying them yet so keep looking!

Reading list

I haven't posted anything on this blog for nearly 6 months! Oops!

Im still going ahead with my animation plan and will post up my work asap but in the mean time I want to let you know what ive been up to.

I recently bought loads of books after reading Carlos Baena's animation resources page: http://www.carlosbaena.com/resource/resource_books.html

I ended up getting these plus a few more:

"Timing for Animation" - Harold Whitaker & John Halas

"Peoplewatching" - Desmond Morris

"Cartoon animation" - Preston Blair

"Impro: Improvisation and the Theater" - Keith Johnstone

"A Practical handbook For the Actor" - Bruder et al

"Body Language: How to read other's thoughts by their gestures" - Allan Pease

"The Visual Story (Second Edition): Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media" - Bruce Block

So that's what I have been doing and will be doing until xmas! (along with the weekly checking of tons of bookmarked animation pages and working etc...)