
However, these are my top picks, primarily cartoon-style rigs – inspired by Pixar, Disney, and Blue Sky Studios. There are several lists online of character animation rigs available already.


Instead, it is a simple resource to bookmark and share when animators are ready to do character animation. This list is provided for character animators or TDs looking for quality rigs for training, studying, animation, short films, demo reels, character acting, 11-second club, etc. I am using them to study rigging and practicing character animation in Maya.

Have you ever watched a student highlight demo reel and said, “where did they get that rig from” or “what character rig is that”? Since I’m exploring CG character animation, I have searched and found several rig downloads.
