ABOUT ANIMWORKS

Animation is built on people, not just tools

Built for the craft

Animation is evolving, but the fundamentals still matter.

Animworks focuses on that balance, combining modern tools with proven principles to support real growth across games, film, and animation.

More than a marketplace

This isn’t just about downloading assets.

Animworks is about learning from creators, understanding the craft, and building a stronger connection to the work behind the scenes.

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The Animation Collective

About Us

Animworks started from a simple frustration: the tools and rigs you actually need are spread across forums, older websites, and paywalled communities. Finding what works shouldn't be that hard.

So we built a place where professional-grade rigs, plugins, courses, and tutorials all live under one roof, properly documented, compatibility-tested, and made by people who actually use this stuff in real productions.

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Created by Harvey Newman. Powered by the collective.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT

THE AW COLLECTIVE

Meet the working animators, riggers, and technical artists who contribute their expertise, tools, and courses to the Animworks platform.

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Vanessa Ruffra

Animator & Writer at Animworks
  • 17+ years in professional AAA animation
  • Founder of Animotion
  • Worked on Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
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Alex Maniotis

Senior Animator & Contributor at Animworks
  • 15+ years in professional animation, 2D, 3D
  • Animation Consultant at Black Shamrock
  • Former Senior Animator at Airship Interactive
  • Active Animation Educator on YouTube
Michael Frederick, Web & UI Designer at Animworks

Michael Frederick

Web & UI Designer at Animworks
  • 3D animator and technical artist, BFA in Animation from San José State University
  • Producer and Rigging Lead on the 3D hybrid short film Sticky Fingers
  • Designs and builds for the web with React and Tailwind
  • Background in motion graphics and social campaign design
CREATED WITH THE CRAFT IN MIND

BUILT FOR ANIMATORS, BY ANIMATORS

We care about the stuff that actually moves the needle, real workflows, real tools, real results.

Whether it's rigs, plugins, courses, or resources, everything here is built to help you get better at what you do and make stronger work.

Growing Platform

Resources, tools, and creators added weekly

Industry Experience

Built from AAA and professional pipelines

Global Community

Animators and developers from around the world

Creator Network

Independent artists and technical creators

Curated Content

Every product selected for real-world use

Real Workflows

Focused on production-ready animation

I Spent a Year Building This for Animators - Animworks is Finally Here

Animworks Video Announcement

This is the one. After over a year of late nights, redesigns, and more back and forth than I care to admit, Animworks is finally here. I won't lie, there were nerves making this video, but I am incredibly proud of what we built and I could not wait any longer to share it with you. This is the beginning of something I genuinely believe the animation community has needed for a long time, and I am excited to take you through exactly what it is and where we are taking it from here.