December 12, 2022
Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence. Read More »
August 7, 2021
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles. Read More »
March 7, 2021
Get this neat toon-shaded 3D character based on Reimu Hakurei from the Touhou Project games. Read More »
November 30, 2020
Updated: Check out our list of great seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware. Read More »
October 22, 2020
Master real-world games animation workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's new Maya tutorial. Read More »
September 27, 2020
Get this neat full-body and facial rig, created by movie animators Vladimir Mokhov and Luciano Muñoz Sessarego. Read More »
July 23, 2020
Check out the new features in Character Creator 3.3, iClone 7.8 and the SkinGen Premium plugin. Read More »
November 29, 2019
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets. Read More »
November 12, 2019
3D modelling and animation tool gets new mPath render engine, new Planar IK solver for character rigging, new Edge Chamfer tool. Read More »
September 22, 2019
Get Squiggly Rigs' expressive free Maya character rigs, designed for educational and demo reel use. Read More »
August 16, 2019
It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format. Read More »
June 13, 2019
Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved. Read More »
July 25, 2017
Viewport 2.0 becomes the primary viewport; new features added to the MASH motion graphics and Bifröst fluid simulation toolsets. Read More »
December 29, 2016
Free Maya character rig includes facial controls and linked proxy rig for real-time and blocking work. Read More »
June 28, 2016
Open-source rigging system creates character rigs that work across Maya and Softimage. Now with faster biped rig setup. Read More »
October 14, 2015
Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates. Read More »
September 17, 2015
Make horses do handstands with this cool free squash-and-stretch quadruped rig for 3ds Max. Read More »
October 8, 2014
Sony Pictures Animation releases a free simplified version of one of the zombie rigs used on the movie. Read More »
May 20, 2014
Character TD Ahmed Shalaby's biped rig creates awesome stylised animation. Worth it just for the video. Read More »
October 16, 2013
Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig. Read More »