Rugby League Challenge Cup Final from Blue Zoo on Vimeo.
This has good style to it. The character design is very simple yet really appealing.

Eye Rigging Tutorial

Just found an amazing eye rigging tutorial. This is a really good method for rigging an eyelid.

http://www.riggingdojo.com/2013/06/04/rigging-tips-and-tricks-beautiful-eyes-marco-giordano/

Here is another good reference for cartoony eyes 
video.disney.com/

Just set up my hand rig. There are a few is issues that are a problem to me but it's looking promising.

Here is an update with my rig. Just added the feet controllers. Over all it still need a lot of work but it's coming along nicely.

   

Rig Test - Shoulder/Upper Arm Deformation

  Here is a character I am working on. Doing some rigging test. It has nice shoulder deformation, and it's all joint based. It will probably need some corrective blendshapes for volume preservation but it is working nicely for starters.

original implementation by TD-Matthttp://td-matt.blogspot.com/2010/11/no-flip-upper-arm-roll-joints.html

Bird Flight Tutorial

This is a great tutorial from Brendan Body. Good reference for those who want to animate birds or other flying creatures.

Flight_Tutorial from Brendan Body

Awesome short by Luke Randall!

http://vimeo.com/65529665

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