Maya Learning Channel

This movie shows you how to create a basic set of IK, FK, and result leg joints and blend between them.

This movie shows you how to parent the neck joint to the rest of the torso and then clean up the rig.

This movie shows you how to create head and neck controls and allow the neck to squash and stretch.

This movie shows you how to setup the basic joints for a neck rig

This movie shows you how to incorporate a character torso rig into the character's overall global transform, as well as how to hide unused nodes and attributes, as well as other important odds and ends.

This movie shows you how to add squash and stretch to your IK spine so the rig can always meet the translation of the controls.

This movie shows you how to add FK controls to control an IK spine rig.

This movie shows you how to create IK control curves for your IK spine, set the proper rotation orders for them, and add twist via the ikHandle attributes.

This movie shows you how to create a set of spine joints that can be manipulated from a pair of bind joints.

This movie shows you some of the most common pitfalls and suggests some best practices when rigging characters in Maya.