Course curriculum

    1. A message from the instructor

    2. How to use this course

    3. Before we begin...

    1. Course Preview

    2. What is Blender?

    3. Installing Blender

    4. Blender User Interface

    5. Move, Rotate, and Scale Tools

    6. Create a New Project

    7. Mesh Shading and Display

    8. Edit Mode and Toolbar

    9. Camera Settings

    10. Setting Keyframes

    11. Render Animation

    12. Recap

    1. Course Preview: Maya Interface

    2. Intro to Maya

    3. Camera Views and Panel Layout

    4. Outliner

    5. Maya Manipulators

    6. Test your learning

    7. Animation Preferences

    8. Renaming Objects

    9. Setting Animation Keys

    10. Playblast

    11. Graph Editor

    12. Recap

    1. Course Preview: Bouncing Ball and Bowling Ball

    2. Bouncing Rubber Ball - Scene Setup

    3. Blocking Animation

    4. Bouncing Ball Rotations

    5. Bouncing Ball Scaling

    6. Bouncing Ball Clean-Up and Coloring

    7. Bowling Ball - Scene Set-up

    8. Bowling Ball Blocking

    9. Bowling Ball Rotations

    10. Bowling Ball Clean-Up, Material and Color

    11. Recap of Animation Basics for a Bouncing Ball

    1. Course Preview: Jumping Sphere and Jumping Snowman

    2. Jumping Sphere - Scene Set-up

    3. Blocking Animation

    4. Fence jump stretch and squash

    5. Fence jump rotations

    6. Snowman Scene Set-up

    7. Snowman Jump Translations

    8. Snowman Squash and Stretch

    9. Snowman Jump Rotations

    10. Snowman Jump Lighting

    11. Recap of Animation Basics for a Snowman Jump

    1. Course Preview: Modeling a bookcase

    2. Course Preview: Modeling a bookcase

    3. Shading objects in the viewport

    4. Changing an object's properties

    5. Changing an object's properties

    6. Changing an object's properties

    7. Changing an object's properties

    8. Adding Decorations

    9. Bevel the edges to add realism

    10. Coloring the bookcase

    11. Recap

About this course

  • Free
  • 85 lessons

Demand for animators

As animation becomes more ubiquitous, animators are increasingly sought after by employers.

You can see examples of animators' work everywhere, including:

  • animated icons on your phone

  • visual effects on the latest feature films

  • interactive worlds and characters on games consoles

  • multi-million-view viral web animations

Discover your potential, starting today