Animation

• Rigging a biped character for animation - this link has a long list of tutorials for rigging characters to be animated, but the process is quite long and might get confusing for less experienced Maya users.
• 11 Second Club - a site with animation competitions to see which of the many entries each month is the best. A good resource to see how others animate their characters.
• Pre-rigged Characters - several characters that are already rigged and ready to animate, instead of having to model and rig your own for each animation.