Our Maya Scenes and Assets/Presets have had a large update to match with the latest Zoo Tools 2.7.0 . These new packs upgrades our Hive rigs, adds new shaders from... read more →
This three part series is about drills, tenacity and finishing. Drills is about creating a large volume of work. Tenacity is about the mastery curve and how to trust in... read more →
Andrew is starting a free Maya generalist 3d course on his personal youtube channel! This low quality course will cover a large amount of 3d material from beginner and up... read more →
Zoo Tools Version 2.7.0 brings the Hive Auto-Rigger out of Alpha and into Beta. Hive now supports support dynamic names with a new tool window Hive Naming Convention which further improves game engine support and helps match... read more →
This version of Zoo Tools introduces Custom Space Switching for the Hive Auto-rigger and V-Ray is now supported in the HDRI Skydome Browser . The Zoo Tools Shelf now has colored icons that distinguish between tools with and without UIs. We’ve tweaked... read more →
Here's our Natalie Rig included with Zoo Tools Pro live linking from Maya 2023 to Unreal Engine 5 in realtime. Loads of potential here!! Hive is our Zoo Tools auto-rigger... read more →
This Free Bouncy Ball Tutorial is a fun and easy beginner walkthrough that will get you started in Maya’s Graph Editor. Grab the rig and follow along at https://create3dcharacters.com/maya-rig-demo-bouncy-ball/
The Natalie Rig and this poses scene is now included with Zoo Tools (and the site subscriptions) keep the tools and all assets forever! Nat is our Hive demo rig... read more →
Zoo Tools Pro now comes with middle-click drag virtual sliders in our Shader Presets (Multi-Renderer) image browser. Assign, manage and copy and paste shaders in Maya effortlessly. Supports Maya's default... read more →
Our student Ming Bong (now working in the industry!) has created this 3d vehicle based off James Castillo's 2d design. It was begging to be rigged and animated so we... read more →
Zoo Mirror Instance is a neat couple of buttons and hotkeys that automates a mirror workflow which should be in Maya by default. Using the hotkeys it's "alt shift m"... read more →
This scene comes with our latest asset pack upgrade 1.7. Kitbashed with free assets. The Sci Fi Fighter is neat space scene that runs for the viewport and will be... read more →
Zoo Tools Pro 2.6.8 is here with full support for Maya 2023. This version has had Hive upgrades and many bug fixes. New Hive templates are compatible with our latest Hive rigs and support for... read more →
We've just released our new Maya Scenes Pack, upgraded to include many new rigs, scenes and shaders. This pack is included with any site purchase. All scenes can be loaded... read more →
Organise large asset libraries in the latest version of Zoo Tools. We've added tree-view categories for all image browsers so you can group, and manage complex folder hierarchies for all asset browsers. This... read more →