Looking for a new job? Need to build a specific skill to progress your animation career? We’ve got three amazing opportunities for you to sharpen your animation chops. These workshops are only being offered for two-sessions and then they are gone. So don’t think about it too much, jump on in!

– The Animation Mentor Crew

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Exploring the World of Story – Mentor Mike Kunkel

Learn to tell your story from Mike Kunkel, Story Artist, Herobear and the Kid, Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network



Pixar’s long standing motto is that “Story is king.” A great story resonates with an audience no matter what medium it is in. From comic books to TV,and feature film, there are so many stories left to tell.

Now it’s time to tell yours.

This 6 week workshop will help you understand foundation techniques for staging, clarity, emotion and other fundamental principles for telling stories visually. This will be done by studying film and TV examples and breaking down what works and why. Then through weekly assignments you will storyboard situational story moments. And ultimately, you will create a simple short story and board it to completion. Weekly story assignments will be submitted in the form of animatic sequences and image files.


Register Now for Mike’s Workshop

All levels of drawing skill are welcome.

Price: $899
Duration: 6 weeks
Session 1: Aug 10 – Sept 18, 2015
Session 2: Sept 28 – Nov 6, 2015

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Animation Feedback – Mentor Bobby Pontillas

Improve your demo reel and get feedback from Bobby Pontillas, Disney Animator, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Wreck-It-Ralph

Bobby’s breakdown shot in Frozen

Here’s your chance to get direct feedback on your work twice a week for 6 weeks from a seasoned Disney animator who has worked on some of the most exciting films in the last decade. You will meet with Bobby twice a week for live, recorded feedback sessions. Bring shots you are currently working on, or have already completed to get the feedback you need to help take your work to the next level.

If you cannot attend your live session and have submitted work you WILL receive recorded video feedback.

Register Now for Bobby’s Workshop

All levels of skill are welcome.

Price: $899
Duration: 6 weeks
Session 1: Aug 10 – Sept 18, 2015
Session 2: Sept 28 – Nov 6, 2015

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Cartoony Animation for 3D Animators – Mentor Mark Oftedal

Create compelling animation shots with Mark Oftedal, Chief Creative Officer – Digital Fish, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monster’s Inc



In this 6 week workshop you will expand your visual vocabulary and give yourself the tools you need to gain competence in the animation medium as well as improve your ability to pose, plan, experiment and learn.

You begin with hand-drawn master studies of great animation, which will teach you cartoony tricks that are most efficiently absorbed via drawing. Once the juices are flowing, you will explore shape change and flexibility in a series of quick mini-lessons. Finally, you will create a simple cartoony animation following the traditional workflow, and when done re-create that animation, and workflow on a 3D character.


Register Now for Mark’s Workshop

All levels of drawing skill are welcome.

Price: $899
Duration: 6 weeks
Session 1: Aug 10 – Sept 18, 2015
Session 2: Sept 28 – Nov 6, 2015