Resources
Though there are many great rigs available online, the following are those we've found the most versatile and expressive for the 11 Second Club competition. For a more complete list, check out the Animation Buffet or Highend3D.
Maya & 3DS Max
Eleven
Community collaboration, 11SC members
Designed by the 11SC community as a versatile go-to biped for the competition. Great starter rig.
Norman
Leif Jeffers, Morgan Loomis, Peter Starostin, Neal Thibodeaux · CC BY-NC-SA
Long-time 11SC staple. Clean deformation, expressive face, easy to pose.
Morpheus
Josh Burton
Wildly customizable body proportions via the Morpheus body builder. Strong for stylized acting.
Moom
Ramtin Ahmadi
Minimal, snappy, cartoon proportions. Beloved for fast blocking and broad performances.
Max (for Maya)
Peter Starostin, port by James Hunt
The 3DS Max classic, ported to Maya. Animator-friendly controls, robust body mechanics.
Max (for 3DS)
Peter Starostin
The original. Cartoon proportions, clean controls. A solid intro rig for 3DS Max animators.
Mery
Antonio Mendez Lora & José Manuel García · non-commercial
Community-standard free female rig. Deep facial system with a GUI-driven picker.
Azri
Matthew Bachnick & Sol Brennan via Game Anim · non-commercial
Stylized, expressive rig with a strong picker. Tied to Jonathan Cooper's Game Anim book. Maya 2018+.
Bishop
AnimationMentor · students only
Copyrighted rig for AM students. If you'd like to use it, enroll.
Blender
Rain
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 4.1+
Production-quality stylized female biped (v3, CloudRig). IK/FK snap, stretchy spine, layered face with correctives.
Snow
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 4.1+
Rain's male counterpart (v4). Same feature set. Solid default for body mechanics practice in Blender.
Einar
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 3.5+
Protagonist of the open movie Charge. Realistic humanoid with a scavenged robotic arm, full facial rig, and production-grade CloudRig setup.
Huginn
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 3.5+
Einar's small robot companion from Charge. Simpler rig, beautiful shaders and materials worth studying.
Phil
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 3.3+
Bearded party-carry character. Hauls gear, cooks. Full body rig with finger controls and a small facial pose library.
Ellie
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 3.3+
Protagonist of Sprite Fright. Stylized teenager with a built-in facial pose library. Great for acting shots.
Spring
© Blender Foundation · CC-BY · Blender 2.80+
Shepherd girl from the 2019 open movie Spring. BlenRig-based production rig. Requires the BlenRig Spring Script.
Rigify
ships with Blender
Blender's built-in auto-rigger. Generate a biped rig from a metarig in seconds. Ships with a "Basic Human" starter.