Character Animation Courses and Certifications

Reallusion

Create Awesome-Looking Character Animation with the 12 Principles

Learn to apply the 12 principles of animation to make character movement feel natural rather than robotic.

• YouTube
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reallusion

Create Awesome-Looking Character Animation with the 12 Principles

Use the 12 principles of animation to make character movement feel expressive and natural rather than stiff or robotic.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reallusion

Create Awesome-Looking Character Animation with the 12 Principles

Use the 12 principles of animation to make character movement feel lively and natural, through demonstrations and comparisons of effective and awkward animation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reallusion

Create Awesome-Looking Character Animation with the 12 Principles

See how the 12 principles of animation make character movements feel natural, with a breakdown of a ballerina animation.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

School of Motion

Insanely Easy Character Animation in After Effects - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Step-by-step guide to character animation in After Effects using Duik plugin, covering joint creation, rigging, and animation techniques for a stop motion look.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unreal Engine

UE5 Animation Layers - Non-Destructive Camera Shake and Character Tweaks

Master UE5 Animation Layers for non-destructive camera shake and character tweaks with intensity control using weight sliders for easy adjustments and partial motion application.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nvidia

Fine-tuning Character Animation with Autodesk Maya and NVIDIA ACE

Adjust settings in Autodesk Maya to fine-tune character animation, focusing on personality, reactions, and facial movements using NVIDIA ACE technology.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intermediate Computer Animation (Ages 13-18) (Live Online)

In this course, teens dive into advanced computer animation techniques, mastering rigging, texturing, and dynamics to create more complex character movements and visual effects.

• CourseHorse
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• $250.00

Advanced Hand Drawn Animation (Ages 13-18) (Live Online)

Advance your hand-drawn animation skills by mastering how to convey character through human motion and body mechanics.

• CourseHorse
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• $250.00

Polyfjord

Animate a Character in Blender

Model, rig, and animate a quadruped in Blender with directional walking and randomized movement.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Jesse J. Jones

How to Animate Walking - FlipaClip Tutorial for Beginners

4 ratings

Learn to animate a full-body character walk cycle by drawing key poses, in-betweens, and a looping sequence in FlipaClip or other software.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Ultimate 2D Game Character Design & Animation Course

1845 ratings at Udemy

Learn how to design and animate a character in Photoshop that can stand up as professional work

• Udemy
• 5 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Blender to Unreal Engine Character and Animation Basics

29 ratings at Coursera

Learn Blender fundamentals, model 3D assets, light and render scenes, then create and animate original characters in Unreal Engine.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

3D Animation in Unreal Engine: Create an Original Character

Create a custom Metahuman in Unreal Engine: navigate the editor, sculpt your character in Metahuman Creator, record iPhone facial capture, and play it in a template level.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Animation Fundamentals

Learn character animation in Blender by example, working from a bouncing ball through drag and follow through, biped walk cycles, body mechanics, pantomime and acting.

• Blender Studio
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course