Agora Studio have created a few Maya rigs and released them for free primarily to be used in the AnimChallenge. Check them out HERE
Agora Studio Rigs
Zelda Rig
The Zelda Rig is a free Maya rig made by Christoph Schoch and is available on his Gumroad page
Link Rig
The Link Rig is a free Maya rig made by Christoph Schoch and is available on his Gumroad page
Johan The Dog
Johan The Dog is a free quadruped rig for Maya for use in non-commercial projects.
Advanced Skeleton
Advanced Skeleton has been used to rig creatures, props, vehicles and just about anything since 1999. It is free to download but if you want to use it for a commercial project you will have to buy a license.
Grey Matter Gary
Grey Matter Gary is a free Maya rig from Squiggly Rigs
Keith Lango Tutorials
Keith Lango has released his collection of tutorials for free! These were originally made between 2005 & 2010 for paid subcribers only but are now available to everyone.
Grease Pencil
Grease Pencil is a feature inside Blender that allows you to animate in 2D while taking advantage of a full 3D suite of features. Definitely one of the best pieces of software that blends the two together so seamlessly (and free!)
Rig – Azri (FREE)
The AZRI Rig is a simple animation rig for Maya 2018 and above, representative of video game projects aimed at retaining a high frame rate when working even on lower-end machines. Featured in the book, ‘Game Anim’
