Salsa Dance


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


*Streaming courses do not include assignments, teacher feedback, or certifications.

Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Tips & tricks 2- Salsa Dance Intro with Federico Abib
  2. 2

    • The planning foundations

    • Planning: Animation reference(s)

    • Scene Set up and Basic Layout

    • The Picker and the Selection Sets

    • Analyzing Animation Reference(s) - Identifying Golden poses/Inbetweens Part 1

    • Analyzing Animation Reference(s) - Identifying Golden poses/Inbetweens Part 2

    • Analyzing Animation Reference(s) - Identifying Golden poses/Inbetweens Part 3

    • Analyzing Animation Reference(s) - Identifying Golden poses/Inbetweens Part 4

    • Analyzing Animation Reference(s) - Identifying Golden poses/Inbetweens Part 5

    • Optimizing the rig

    • Overall planning the timing of the scene
  3. 3

    • 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. 4

    • Basics of Animation Contrast

    • Wait : No rules. Just try and see.

    • Animation Contrast Part 1

    • Animation Contrast Part 2

    • What to Polish first
  5. 5

    • Animation Layers Part 1

    • Animation Layers Part 2

    • Animation Layers Part 3

    • Animation Layers Part 4
  6. 6

    • First Blocking Pass
  7. 7

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 1

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 2

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 3

    • Stretchy Smear Animation Part 4
  8. 8

    • Multiple Limbs
  9. 9

    • 2d Blur Lines Part 1

    • 2d Blur Lines Part 2
  10. 10

    • How far to go when Polish

    • Spacing and Motion Trial

    • Polishing Part 1

    • Polishing Part 2

    • Polishing Part 3
  11. 11

    • Download Package

Who is teaching this?

Senior Animator

Federico Abib

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.