Links:

Thanks to my friend Damir an amazing 3d artist for inspiring me to put this page together, its a bit rough but at least a starting point.

If your into dinosaurs and monsters and stuff like that...

http://www.damirgmartin.com Damir G Martin

http://www.johnson-mortimer.co.uk Julian Johnson Mortimer

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Tutorials. I am currently re-writing some my old tutorials.

Only available by request joel@joel3d.com

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Misc. Links

advancedSkeleton auto rigging scripts shelf

abAutoRig another really good auto rigging tool

A couple of my favorite MEL scripts! Sadly, no longer working.

Not compiled for Maya 2011 http://scroll-lock.eu/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&view=viewcategories&Itemid=28 Two of the most useful scripts for setting up a facial rig. jsFacialWin.mel, mp_mirrorBlendshapesUI.mel

Not compiled for Maya 2011? hyperRealMeshParent.mel by Erick Miller. This also requires decomposeMatrix (ships w/ Maya) closestPointOnMesh (ships w/ Maya' dev kit, it may need to get compiled for your version of Maya)

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General

http://cgsociety.org Forums for all related digital media

http://www.creativecrash.com Great resource for free character rigs and MEL scripts.

http://www.turbosquid.com Buy sell models.