Rigging and Animation in Maya

An online course on how to bring almost any 3D character to life, whether it is a human or an animal!

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Rigging and Animation in Maya

Course Overview

Maya is the industry standard for animation and rigging. If you want to animate characters like 3D animators from Disney, you are in the right place. In this course, you will learn how to create a rig that can be
quickly and easily animated manually or automatically.

Whatever character you have, whether it is a human or an animal.
We will start simple, with questions: Do you need a rig at all?
What cases do require it? After that, we will gradually proceed
from using mGear systems to creating our own setups.

This course is for those who have very recently discovered Autodesk Maya. You should be prepared that rigging requires a high level of concentration as well as some experience in working with 3D. At times it won’t be that easy, but rigging is the only way to bring your character to life.

Level
Basic
Format
Online
Lessons
9
Duration
4h+
Required Software
Autodesk Maya
Language
English
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Complete Production Pipeline

This course covers the entire classical process. You will understand how to approach any animation project starting from rigging
and ending with the final animation.

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Practical Tasks

In this course, you will get 90% of practice. Everybody is talking about a theory that is boring. We’ve prepared something more interesting to train your skills better.

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Real experience tricks

The course is based on a real video that was created for motion design school. Find out how the characters were animated. Give them personality and make them dance!

COURSE CURRICULUM

What will I learn?

LESSON #1

Introduction to MGear

Import Geometry. Guides setup

L1 1

LESSON #2

Controlers Setup

Controllers customization for better rigging workflow

L2 2

About the author

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Hi, I’m Victor Abramovskiy!

Inspired by Pixar cartoons, I became pretty interested in animation programs and 3D Max caught my eye (it was popular at that time). And then, a friend of mine showed me, Autodesk Maya. Since that time, this icon is always on my desktop.

Currently, I’m a 3D Generalist. As a freelancer, I also cooperate with different studios and freelancers all around the world.
Why character animation and rigging? Everything is quite simple, a model comes to life only in motion, and you can’t achieve that without rigging. Besides, rigging has plenty
of room for technical creativity. At the interface of visual
and technical creativity, the idea of the course was born.

Our students working in top companies

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Michael gardner
Michael Gardner

The lessons are great. You get what you’re looking for and a little more.

Katarzyna wisniewska
Katarzyna Wisniewska

I work for Accenture and animated videos are on a daily basis. Our clients loved the few effects that I was able to learn at the course. Also, I still go back to the lessons and find something new to learn.

Elizabeth gallian
Elizabeth Gallian

Great classes and I’m happy that invested in them. I definitely learned a lot of new ways of working that made me faster and better at my job.

Nikki slaughter
Nikki Slaughter

I’ve watched some of the shorter classes and have loved them! The teaching style is fantastic and engaging ? I’ve also enjoyed seeing everyone’s work in the FB groups. Everyone seems to be excited to give helpful feedback and encouragement! I recommend your classes to my coworkers and friends all the time (am a full time sr. designer).

Matthew mcdonald
Matthew McDonald

The Science of Character course was extremely helpful. It was easy to follow and the lessons were top notch. Your team produces high quality learning experiences that I haven’t found in other places when it comes to motion graphics. Keep up the great work!

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Elys Muda

Yes, I found the courses extremely helpful and well put together. I was researching online tutorials for my colleagues who are just beginning to learn AE and was testing out a MDS course to see if I could recommend it. I ended up learning a lot myself 🙂

Rigging and Animation in Maya

Bring almost any 3D character to life

The best way to create your own cool 3D animation portfolio

Fast skillset upgrade for beginners and experienced 3D artists

New and fresh approaches to already known software

Permanent access to all course updates

Rigging and Animation in Maya

An online course on how to bring almost any 3D character to life, whether it is a human or an animal!

LEVEL

Basic

LESSONS

9

DURATION

4h+

Product guarantee
100% money back guarantee

If unhappy with the course, you can request a refund within 14 days after the purchase and get every cent back. Courses purchased before the actual starting date refund can be requested up to 14 days after the first lesson becomes available. Note: not applicable if purchased with a discount coupon