Learning paths
Animation Fundamentals Training
If you’re new to our industry and looking to build a solid and broad foundation, then we recommend exploring our selection of animation foundation courses to give you the skills you need to find your place in the industry.
This can also be a chance to dip your toe in the waters of Motion Design with our free courses.
Mentorship
Learn 2D Animation
Our most popular class is a 9-week mentorship that brings you up to speed through professionally guided animation fundamentals training. This interactive experience will go in-depth on what it really takes to be a professional motion designer. Learn along with dozens of other classmates and create original work you can use in your portfolio.
A 9 week mentorship to help you master animation principles and the workflow of animating with Adobe After Effects. You will spend your time animating and learning to animate complex scenes using Adobe After Effects, with both vector and pixel-based assets.
Courses
Learn Motion Design
Our courses are designed to skip over needless information and teach you the techniques and principles you need to thrive. These in depth courses exist to help artists flourish in their careers. We encourage hands on learning in every course and portfolio building is at the heart of our mission.
Michael Jones
FREE
Are you new to the field of motion design? Then this online course is designed for you. This will provide you with an overview of the disciplines you need to study to master motion design.
We’ll look at animation and design principles and how they relate to motion design. We’ll also get you up and running with project files and software demos.
Michael Jones
FREE
This course is dedicated to getting motion designers up to speed on using Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.
This course will cover drawing, digital painting, mixed media design, flat vector illustrations, and more.
Impossible
Acoustic
FREE
Great motion needs great sound. Learn how sounds are made, what makes good sound design, and designing in Adobe Audition.
Training from the team at Impossible Acoustic will show you the best practices and techniques to create and mix sound design to your visuals.
Kenny & Irene
FREE
The purpose of this course is to help you understand the process of Observational Drawing & Painting. This can help you improve dramatically with form, perspective, value, and color. Motion Designers who want to improve their Art Foundation should consider getting out their paintbrushes and following along.
The Basics
If you’re totally new to Motion Design, then these online animation foundation courses are just for you. Our goal with free courses is to give a broad introduction to the relevant concepts, techniques and tools used in Motion Design. A great starting point for any new artist.
Resources
Resources, Scene Files & Rigs
Dig into our collection of resources to help you create work or simply experiment and be inspired.
MoGraph Mentor
$79
$79
Handcrafted, drag-and-drop design assets across media types. This Studio Art Asset Pack is for any motion designer who loves that mixed-media style.
– 700+ High-Quality Assets
– Animated Loop
– 11 Media Categories
– Ready for After Effects, Photoshop, and C4D
Remington
Markham
FREE
Start practicing your 3d character animation skills with this free, premium blender character rigs.
Michael Jones
FREE
Practice 3d character animation with these free, premium rigs made for Cinema 4d. These rigs will help you work your way from simple, to more complex. Bo, the ball, is rigged for advanced squash and stretch controls. Iggy, our bi-ped ball, is rigged for more advanced poses with tons of controls.
Remington
Markham
FREE
Bring your MoGraph Renders to the next level with our free MoGraph Texture Pack!It includes 33 free textures and 6 patterns to mix up your textures.
Blog
Blog & Tutorials
Explore our blog and tutorials to learn more motion design tips, tricks, and news.
How To Create A Rolling Sphere Simulation in Cinema 4D
The classic sphere rolling down a path using Cinema 4D. An easy process with a few notes to make sure your simulation works correctly. We’ll also look at building our shaders and lighting the scene for a final render.
How To Create Stylized Smoke/Liquid Effect In Cinema 4D
https://youtu.be/LMj4sUKT9jI Overview of using a particle emitter to create flowing geometry, relying on the metaball. A fun technique that can be used for stylized smoke, …
The Rusted Pixel’s Halloween Short Film: Extended behind the scene interview
https://youtu.be/ZfSzNI_BRpo We sat down with Paul McMahon a.k.a. TheRustedPixel to talk about his latest Cinema 4D short film. In this extended interview, check out the …
How to create a stylized 3D fridge model in Cinema 4D
In this free chapter preview from our Ultimate Guide to Stylized 3D Modeling with TheRustedPixel, you will learn how to create a stylized 3D fridge …
Animating a Shoe, Frame By Frame in The Photoshop Timeline
Learn More Elevate Your Mixed Media Design Work Handcrafted, drag-and-drop design assets across media types. This Studio Art Asset Pack is for any motion designer …
Mixed-media assets for motion designers
Long live mixed-media projects! While there is no doubt we love great motion work that is flat and minimal, sometimes you just have to get …
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