ANIMATION COURSE
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SAVE 25%
Save 25% on the select courses listed below for the Winter 2026 term. Each Animation Mentor course is fully online with an hour-long session with a pro mentor each week. Students also receive recorded 1:1 feedback from their mentor each week. The NYU Tisch Animation Industry Essentials course is also fully online but does not have a live instructor component. Offer ends December 7, 2025 or when seats sell out so don’t delay! Just use promo code 25OFFWINTER at checkout.
PROMO CODE: 25OFFWINTER
Maya ANIMATION
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $699 25% OFF
This course is perfect for new and aspiring animators. In six weeks, you’ll get an overview of Autodesk Maya, the animation industry’s preferred software. Start your journey to becoming a successful animator by learning the techniques and tools that pro animators use to create iconic, animated characters.
Creature Animation: Locomotion
12-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 12 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $2499 25% OFF
Learn how quadrupeds walk, run, and move, before animating an exciting shot with our creature rigs. Taught by industry VFX animators from Netflix and Framestore. Ideal for intermediate and advanced animators.
2D Animation for Beginners
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Master the fundamentals of 2D animation with former Disney Animators Jay Jackson or T. Dan Hofstedt. Jay and T. Dan worked on classic, beloved movies like Aladdin, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, and Hercules. Learn from a Disney master and improve your animation skills.
2D Animation: Walk Cycles & Character Movement
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Take the next step in your 2D Animation journey and learn to animate exciting and believable character movement. Longtime Disney Animators Jay Jackson or T. Dan Hofstedt will help you bring your characters to life.
Previsualization Basics for Animators
6-Week course
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Intermediate Animators, add to your animation skill set by learning the basics of previs animation. Previs animators help directors realize their vision, bringing the script to life on screen before principle filming starts. Learn previs and fill a studio’s need for this highly sought-after position in TV and film.
Cartoony Animation for 3D Animators
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Grow your skills with the help of an industry veteran and learn to create animation in the style of classic cartoons like Looney Tunes. Study the masters and then take your animation from 2D planning to polished 3D fun!
Storyboarding 01: Fundamentals
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Master the basics of film narrative and learn to tell a visual story with award-winning Story Artist and Cartoonist Mike Kunkel. You will gain a solid foundation of the fundamentals of storyboarding, such as pacing, beats, camera angles, and timing. Once you finish this course you will be able to break down any story so it can be told visually by an animator, cinematographer, or commercial director.
Storyboarding 02: Intermediate
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of February 16, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Expand on lessons from Storyboarding Fundamentals with more tips and tricks from Mike Kunkel. Write and storyboard a story from scratch, creating the pitch, script, and animatic.
Game Animation: Fundamentals
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Learn basic game animation workflow techniques with animators from top game studios, including the Maya to Unreal Engine workflow. You’ll give life to an animated character that you’ll be able to move with your keyboard or game controller – just like a real playtest!
Visual Development: Principles of Design
6-Week course
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 4, 2027
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Visual development artists are world-builders. Master the foundational skills used by the pros to create epic new character and environment designs for film, TV, and video games. The techniques, theories, and skills you’ll learn in this course can be applied to any visual or spatial medium: games, virtual reality, animation, you name it.
Introduction to Character Design
6-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of February 16, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Bring your characters to life, by exploring the process of character design. Discover how colors, shapes, and sizes can define the personalities of your characters. Learn the fundamentals as you master the art of transforming ideas into visually captivating and distinctive characters.
Out of Shape: Character Design & Storytelling Through Posing
6-Week course
LIVE Q&As | 6 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $899 25% OFF
Learn a fun and approachable method to designing characters with an emphasis on storytelling – starting with simple and easy to draw shapes.
3D Character Modeling
12-Week COURSE
LIVE Q&As | 12 Weekly 1-hour Q&As
START DATE | Week of January 5, 2026
PRICE | $1299 25% OFF
Learn the fundamental principles of 3D character modeling using industry-standard tools like Autodesk Maya and ZBrush. Blizzard Senior Character Artist, Hong Chan Lim, takes you through the entire character modeling process, from idea to final model. Students need to have a basic understanding of prop modelling within Maya and a basic understanding of sculpting within ZBrush before taking this course.
NYU Tisch Animation Industry Essentials
5 ON-DEMAND MODULES
VIDEO LESSONS | HANDS-ON PROJECTS
EARN NYU CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
PRICE | $999 25% OFF
New York University faculty, alongside professional animators from studios like Dreamworks, Disney, and Roblox guide you through the rapidly evolving 2D and 3D animation industries that are dominating what we watch and how we play. We introduce the founding principles of animation, cover the future of the industry, and help you take the first steps in honing your craft.
PROMO CODE: 25OFFWINTER
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