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Our Online Courses
New ones coming up every season!
by Jorge Vigara
+ 28 hr
MasterCartoon
Learn how to push the limits of your imagination and of any 3d character rig by the use of all sort of different techniques to give your shots a rare and unique feel.
by Andres Bedate
5 hr
Spider Body Mechanics Part 1
Follow Andrés Bedate - animator for "Spiderman into the Spiderverse" from Sony Pictures Imageworks in this online course with complete spiderverse themed Body Mechanics tips&techniques.
299 $
or 2x175 $
by Stephen Eusebio
5 hr
Finding the Shot Through Rhytm
Finding A Shot Through Rhythm is another method of executing your shot but starting from the Rhythm and the Energy. Study a lecture and walk through a shot with Stephen Eusebio
by Jorge Vigara
+ 12 hr
The Essence of 3d animation
A complete hands-on 3d animation course, full of theory and techniques as we do a blocking advanced on 2's for a quality film animated shot.
549 $
by Federico Abib
5 hr
Salsa Dance
In this course you will learn all the drills to approach a dance shot or cycle with personality and some very effective techniques for blocking and polishing.
149 $
1 hr 30 min
Snappy Run
Learn in this course the basic approach to do a cycle, with simple and very effective animation techniques to make your shot looks energetic and appealing.
149 $
or 3x199 $
OPTIMIZING
by Jorge Vigara
+ 30 hr
Sparkling the Cartoon
In early 2020 we hosted an event called "Sparkling the Cartoon" in which Jorge Vigara reproduced his real workflow for the creation of a cartoon acting shot. These are recordings of a live process - meaning no cuts, no speeds up.
* We are working in optimizing this course to make your Online Courses Experience more enjoyable.
149 $
by Scott Wright
5 hr
2d Faces Unleashed
Unleash your artistic skills with drawing faces full 360° and improve your facial acting from any angle with traditional animation techniques by Scott Wright - a 25 year veteran from the animation industry.
189 $
by Stephen Eusebio
OPTIMIZING
10 hr
Maya+Animbot Fundamentals
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the essential understanding of Maya and AnimBot that will allow them to further their studies in animating in Maya.
* We are working in optimizing this course to make your Online Courses Experience more enjoyable.
Freebie
by Scott Wright
OPTIMIZING
15 hr
2d Power Ups for 3d animators
In this course we will explore how traditional drawing and design principles can be used to create extraordinary 3-D animation and take your animation skills to new heights.
* We are working in optimizing this course to make your Online Courses Experience more enjoyable.
249 $
by Kevin Nguyen
OPTIMIZING
17 hr
Hybrid Workflow
In this course, Kevin will give you a systematic approach that includes the old school ways that 2d animators used and the new workflows that take advantage of the computer and make the program work for you.
* We are working in optimizing this course to make your Online Courses Experience more enjoyable.
249 $
by Kevin Nguyen
OPTIMIZING
17 hr
Close Up Facial Acting
In-depth crash course on close up in facial acting, from the chest up to the head. Understand core concepts of acting in live-action and how it applies to animation. Very close focus on the face and less on the body.
* We are working in optimizing this course to make your Online Courses Experience more enjoyable.
249 $
by Jorge Vigara
+ 30 hr
Rounds Stream
Twice a week, animators from all around the globe sits together to receive feedback and mentoring for skill improvement. These are the recordings from all our sessions from you to learn by watching the critiques and the evolution of the shots our Students worked on those sessions.
29 $
OPTIMIZING
by Jorge Vigara
33 hr
La esencia de la animación 3d - Español
Un curso completo , lleno de las mejores técnicas de animación que Jorge ha acumulado en sus 15 años de animador profesional en cine. Realiza un plano a 2's y recibe feedback de tu plano personal !
* Estamos trabajando en optimizar este curso para que tu experiencia con nuestros Online Courses sea la mejor.
359 $
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Online Course
Breakdown
Our longer courses split up into parts.
by Jorge Vigara
3 hr 30 min
The Essence of 3d animation - part 1
The animation essentials and preproduction.
In this first part is where we talk mostly about all the most important concepts to know : The importance of appeal, timing, workflow ... Also, we will talk about some core creative process to get genuine and fresh ideas in our animation and posing to plan our shots.
190 $
by Jorge Vigara
3 hr
The Essence of 3d animation - part 2
First blocking pass, flow and & entertainment.
In this second part we start our shot by posing the core poses. We will go through the main points we have to consider in also to get good appeal and start to work on some advanced points such as flow and entertainment value.
190 $
by Jorge Vigara
5 hr 40 min
The Essence of 3d animation - part 3
Blocking Plus - Working up the timing and breakdowns.
In this third part we finish our shot on 2's or achieve the so called " blocking advanced" by breaking down our poses and working a good sense of timing and flow.
190 $
by Jorge Vigara
5 hr
MasterCartoon - shot #1
" Hi, Intro shot!" is about strong and appealing posing. Basic workflow, from blocking to spline. Basic Spline workflow. Basic work frame by frame. Basic multiple limbs and smears work.
89 $
by Jorge Vigara
3 hr
MasterCartoon - shot #2
"Suspicious Looking. Close Up Shot" is about composing an interesting timing. Isolated animation. Focusing the work in a concrete part of the character. Medium complexity workflow and spline. Medium work frame by frame, adding extra push on breakdowns. Extreme pushing poses and snappiness.
89 $
by Jorge Vigara
6 hr 30 min
MasterCartoon - shot #3
"AGH! Scared Take" is about high performance in cartoon making for feature level. High complexity on workflow. First blocking pass, blocking advance and spline. High frame by frame detailed work. Big distortions, waves, and organic follow through work to add organicity.
89 $
by Jorge Vigara
2 hr 30 min
MasterCartoon - shot #4
" Flying Away" - Explore in this shot how we do a straight ahead animation. Going with the flow requieres a certain amount of experience and skillset to apply the techniques that we are already very familiar with, so this is a pure exercise of free style animation on the go. No planning. No set time range. Just go.
89 $
by Jorge Vigara
3 hr 20 min
MasterCartoon - shot #5
"Karate Moves" is about basic drills and tips to work on a shot done on 2's. Pose to pose workflow under the "limited animation" philosophy. How to plan your timing ahead for a good balance in snappiness/effective results. How to do poses for camera deformation . How to apply multiple limbs.
89 $
OPTIMIZING
by Jorge Vigara
6 hr
MasterCartoon - shot #6
"Acting Shot - Blah Blah Blah". How to plan an acting shot for a cartoony shot: the self observation. Main workflow for an acting : Golden Poses, Key Poses, Accents, Mechanical Lypsinc, Creative Lypsinc, Breakdowns and Polish.
89 $
or 3x179 $
489 $
299 $
or 2x175 $