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Animworks is three things: courses taught by working animators, production-ready rigs and tools (some of them free), and one-to-one mentorship from people shipping games and films.

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7 courses · Learn Learn from animators who ship From Unreal and mocap to showreels and 2D. For anyone moving from tutorials to production shots. Browse courses 102 rigs and tools · Get tools Get production-ready rigs and tools Rigs, scripts and plugins for Maya, Blender and Unreal, made by working animators and riggers. Some are free, so you can try the quality first. Browse rigs and tools 8 mentors · Get feedback Get feedback from a mentor One-to-one sessions with senior and lead animators, booked instantly and recorded. From £60 an hour. Find a mentor
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Featured course · Unreal Engine 5

Unreal Animation Unlocked: The Full Production Workflow

Alex Maniotis
Alex Maniotis
Gameplay animation in Unreal · Mentor in the Collective
  • Animation brought in cleanly from Maya and controlled in Sequencer
  • Keyframe workflows with the Curve Editor, Animation Picker and Control Rig
  • Mocap cleanup, MetaHumans and facial capture with Live Link
  • Cinematic and gameplay animation you can hand to a studio pipeline
£149once, lifetime access
5 parts · 37 chapters · 9h 30m · English
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Facial Animation Boot Camp Aaron McGriff · 12h 15m £260 Trailer
Motion Capture For Games Harvey Newman · 203 students £199 Trailer
Crafting a Showreel for Games That Studios Will Love Harvey Newman · 3h £99 Trailer
Spine Jam Juliano Castro £150£75 Trailer
Animation Demo Reel Workshop Aaron McGriff · 2h 51m £70 Trailer
SPLASH - Spinemation Juliano Castro £50£25 Trailer
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Production-ready rigs, scripts and plugins from working animators and riggers. Some are free, so you can see the quality before you buy anything.

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  1. Erlich Dynamic Tools for Maya Santi Erlich £35Plugin
  2. Unreal Animation Unlocked: The Full Production Workflow Alex Maniotis £149Course
  3. Emma and John Rig Bundle Abyss Animation £30Rigs
  4. Nubian Rig Harvey Newman £5Rigs
  5. VFX Rig Pack for Maya James Sitthipol £10.50Rigs

The Animation Collective

Learn 1-on-1 from 8 industry veterans, the people behind the games and films you grew up on. Senior and lead animators with shipped credits at Blizzard, Bungie, Ubisoft and DICE.

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New mentor Brad Faucheux Brad FaucheuxCinematic & Gameplay Animation Credits: NetherRealm Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Reel FX Diana Donado Diana DonadoGameplay, Cinematic & Technical Animation Credits: Ubisoft, Asobo Studio, Sumo Digital Nate Thomas Nate ThomasSenior Animator Credits: Bungie, Aspyr, Steamroller Studios Dionysis Douliakas Dionysis DouliakasSenior Creature & Character Animator | VFX Film · Game Cinematics Credits: Pixomondo, Rise FX, Puppetworks Wilhelm Ogterop Wilhelm OgteropGameplay & Character Animation Credits: Raven Software, Deep Silver, Traveller's Tales Alex Maniotis Alex ManiotisGameplay Animation Mentor Credits: Black Shamrock / Virtuos, Airship Int, Dark Tower Int Johnny Dell’Angelo Johnny Dell’AngeloAnimation, Leadership, Cinematic Credits: Steamroller Animation Harvey Newman Harvey Newman3D Anim & Rigging Mentor Credits: Eurocom, Crytek, Lionhead
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