What's in it for me?

In this class you will learn all the drills to approach a dance shot or cycle, with personality and some very effective techniques for blocking and polishing.

  • Skills up!

    Improve and expan your animation skills by the hand of Federico Abib - Senior animator from Argentina with over 14 years of experience in the animation industry.

  • English Subtitled

    No good english? No problem, all the workshop is on English subtitles so if you are not a native english speaker you'll be able to read everything of what's going on.

  • Free ToyRig license

    Free full access to ToyRig for 6 months to use it for this course and any personal/student shot you'd like to do.

  • Animbot coupon

    Get a 10$ discount coupon on animBot licenses.

  • Flexible

    No deadlines. You can adjust the progress to your personal situation in case you are working, or studying something else. So don't stress ;)

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Intro to the course

  • 2

    Getting started - Planning

  • 3

    Blocking

    • Blocking the Golden poses Part 1

    • Blocking the Golden poses Part 2

    • Blocking the Golden poses Part 3

    • Posing the face Part 1

    • Posing the face Part 2

    • Posing the face Part 3

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 1

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 2

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 3

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 4

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 5

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 6

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 7

    • Continuing with Golden Poses Part 8

    • Rotating the Character from a different Pivot

    • Creating a cycle animation
  • 4

    The Contrast

    • Basics of Animation Contrast

    • Wait : No rules. Just try and see.

    • Animation Contrast Part 1

    • Animation Contrast Part 2

    • What to Polish first
  • 5

    Animation Layers

    • Animation Layers Part 1

    • Animation Layers Part 2

    • Animation Layers Part 3

    • Animation Layers Part 4
  • 6

    First Blocking Pass

    • First Blocking Pass
  • 7

    Stretchy Smear Animation

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 1

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 2

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 3

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 4
  • 8

    Multiple Limbs

    • Multiple Limbs
  • 9

    2d Blur Lines

    • 2d Blur Lines Part 1

    • 2d Blur Lines Part 2
  • 10

    Polishing

    • How far to go when Polish

    • Spacing and Motion Trial

    • Polishing Part 1

    • Polishing Part 2

    • Polishing Part 3
  • 11

    Course files for your study

    • Download Package

Who is teaching this?

Federico Abid - watch his vfx and cartoony reel below!

Federico Abib is a Senior Animator from Argentina with over 14 years of work experience in the animation industry. He is currently working at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver where he has worked on projects like Small Foot, Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse, Angry Birds 2, Spiderman: Far From Home and Mitchels vs. the Machines, which is currently in production.
Watch Intro Video

Who's teaching this?

Federico Abib- Watch his cartoony reel here

Watch Intro Video

Watch Federico's VFX reel here!

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