Rigging Courses and Certifications

Character Animation: Design and Animate Your Original Character

Design and animate an original character using Adobe Animate. Learn sketching, rigging, frame-by-frame animation, tweening, walk cycles, and scene composition with backgrounds, music, and camera moves.

• Skillshare
• 2 hours 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Professional Character Design & Rigging

Learn to design and rig professional characters in After Effects using advanced tools. Create flexible, expressive rigs for unique animations that stand out from cookie-cutter styles.

• Skillshare
• 2 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Cinema 4D Basics: Model & Animate A 3D Robot

Learn to model, rig, and animate a 3D robot character using Cinema 4D. Master essential tools and techniques for creating lively 3D animations, applicable in both C4D and C4D Lite.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introduction to 3D Animation With Blender

Learn essential 3D animation techniques using Blender, from basic tools to complex movements. Create space scenes, walking characters, and more through hands-on projects. Suitable for beginners with up-to-date content.

• Skillshare
• 5 hours 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Getting Started in After Effects: Flag Animation

Learn to animate flags in After Effects using three methods. Explore illustration, texturing, and character animation techniques. Apply skills to various projects from branding to social media GIFs.

• Skillshare
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Learning MotionBuilder

35 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

An approachable and concise introduction to MotionBuilder, Autodesk's motion-editing software

• LinkedIn Learning
• 2 hours 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Rigging Mechanical Objects in Maya

31 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn techniques for rigging mechanical objects, machines, and other inanimate objects in Maya.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Modo 2019 Essential Training

32 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn the essentials of MODO, a unique and powerful 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and texturing tool with a fast and intuitive workflow.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 5 hours 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

STOP MOTION: When Two [Objects] Become One

Learn stop motion animation techniques to make objects collide and transform. Master acceleration, rigging, clean plates, rig removal, and SFX. Perfect for beginners and experienced animators alike.

• Skillshare
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blender 2.8 Character Creation

28 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Explore a new frontier in 3D animation with the character creation tools in Blender 2.8.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 16 hours 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

3ds Max: Tips, Tricks and Techniques

27 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Stay on top of the latest 3ds Max tools and techniques.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 22 hours 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blender: Tips, Tricks and Techniques

26 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Discover insider tips, tricks, and techniques that can help you work smarter with Blender, the powerful open-source software for working with 3D graphics.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 20 hours 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Blender for Beginners: An Introduction to Rigging

Learn rigging in Blender, covering key concepts like weight painting, kinematics, and constraints. Ideal for beginners, this class helps you create complex setups and become a well-rounded CG artist.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Creating a Production Ready Character in Blender

23 ratings at Pluralsight

In this series of Blender tutorials, we'll look at how to create a character following an animation pipeline as if we were in a team production. Software required: Blender 2.73.

• Pluralsight
• 16 hours 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Game Character Animation in Unity and Maya

24 ratings at Pluralsight

Creating character animation for games is easier than ever, thanks to Maya’s tight integration with Unity. In this course, Game Character Animation in Unity and Maya, you will learn how to create a hero character in Maya and export it to Unity. First,…

• Pluralsight
• 2 hours 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available