Meet some of the characters that you can animate on our course:

You can design your own character, so not restricted to just this assortment of oddballs!

We also have an interesting selection of environments and props:

The Character Animation school will follow the same format as our creature course:

*No registration fee at all. (why do you have to pay this on other courses?)
*You will learn from a top Feature Film professional.
*No frills, just a pure learning experience.
*Competitive course costs:

-Around £10K less than most other online character animation schools!!!!.
-Around £35K less than a degree course in character animation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

*£1000GBP discount if you already did either the Online or 5 Day Creature Courses.
*Students will produce the highest quality keyframe animation that you expect from animationaTeam.com.
*Work in your own time and from home.
*Build up your sequences like a real studio.
*Get Maya free for course duration and beyond (industry standard).

The mentor for the course is Chuck Duke who has just finished work on Frankenweenie.
You will therefore have the benefit of personal, bespoke tutoring from one of the most experienced 3D animators around. Chuck has 20 years of feature film stop frame and 3D animation experience and has worked at Walt Disney Pictures, Lucas Film, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios to name but a few.

Productions that Chuck has worked on include Frankenweenie, Hellboy, Rango, Fantastic Mr Fox, Star Wars The Phantom Menace, Small Soldiers and James & The Giant Peach and many more.

Chuck Duke Character Animation Reel

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Uptake will be on a first come first serve basis, so if you are interested to join the character school please register here and get ahead of the queue, of course there is no commitment at this stage.

or contact me: rob.hemmings@3dhem.com.

Check back soon for more updates.

Chuck will also be mentoring a Stop Motion course, if you would like more information then please add your email address here.

Special Offer:
Just because a new character animation school is starting here at animationaTeam.com it doesn’t mean the creatures are going to be taking a back seat. There’s bound to be a little period of adjustment:

But we’re all going to be getting on just fine…eventually!!

Infact we now have a special offer that combines two course to give you the maximum learning experience in the shortest time and for the best price.

Two for the price of one:
The 6 Month Character animation course costs £4995.00GBP for students with Maya experience. However if you take the 5 Day Creature Short course first, then you get an amazing £1000GBP discount, the approximate price of the 5 Day course….so you are getting two courses for the price of one.

The 5 day Course is ideal preperation for the character course, you learn full body animation techniques on the creature school that will then provide you with skills to accompany the facial and other animation methods that you study during the online character lessons…. the perfect combination.

If you are interested in this offer then please register here
and type the word “offer” after your name.

or contact me: rob.hemmings@3dhem.com.

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Student Reel
(All work is created through observation and keyframe – no mocap or roto undertaken.)

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You’ll not find another mentored animation school that combines our comparatively low course costs with such high quality student work.

These are the kind of projects a skilled creature or character animator can work on:

John Carter
© 2012 Disney Enterprises inc. All rights reserved. Images Courtesy of MPC       www.moving-picture.com

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
© 2010 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Courtesy of MPC www.moving-picture.com

10000BC
Rob Hemmings – Animation Supervisor – Terrorbird

Quite a few animation schools don’t display the student animation work on their website.  It’s always really important to see student examples before deciding on a course because this is the kind of work you will be producing should you take up a place.

The aim of our 6 month online animation school is for the student to design and complete at least one keyframed animated sequence. They cover all the techniques during the making of this first sequence. Most students like to start and finish a second, it really depends on how much time you want to dedicate. The student can decide to animate a character from the character school for their second sequence.

The course is structured in a way that is similar to how a shot would be developed within a VFX animation studio environment. All the exercises contribute towards the making of the sequence.

A student may not hand in an assignment for a month, but then work more intensely at other periods,  basically it really is up to you how frequently you submit work for crit.

So you can see, the course is specifically designed to have the flexibility that allows you to factor in a full-time job or college course and study at the online animation school at the same time.

Find out more and register here.

3D Artist have run a two page spread on the 6 Month Online Animation School here at animationateam.com

Some great resources for the serious VFX Creature Animator, go visit the store here.
The items on sale have been designed to help the animator speed up his/her workflow
and are useful for anyone involved in film, games or TV animation production.

animationateam.com’s Rob Hemmings, was asked by Skillset, the industry body which supports skills and training for the UK creative industries, to take a masterclass hosted by Ravensbourne Media College.

Rob addressed tutors and students from Skillset’s accredited animation courses and media academies,  explaining the process by which sophisticated animation for VFX is created and what might be done to provide specialist teaching and learning to help new talent answer the VFX industry’s call for skills in realism.

See Skillset Masterclasses here

animationaTeam.com has arranged interviews for six students
of our Online Creature Animation School at top London Film
VFX Studios. Go here to see latest job opportunities.

The Creature Animation School is offering a variety of Keyframe animation training courses in realistic  VFX creature/character keyframe animation, the next courses are end of February 2012. This is a great opportunity to learn the vital techniques employed to create the highest quality film VFX animation first hand from a highly experienced film professional.

“Thankyou for sharing the techniques and tips, I finished my animation 1 day ahead of schedule at work (not showing off!)”

“Overall I will remember this course as a rewarding and fun experience.”

The techniques learnt will help you to create keyframe animations from start to finishing, so that you will confidently try creating more complex sequences.

A series of short courses are to take place at a location in the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside. The tranquil setting and mix of relaxation and business facilities are designed to enhance the learning experience. Indoor pool, mini-gym, spa bath and sauna will help you to unwind after a long day, you can then relax in the bar, before enjoying a local dish in the restaurant if you so choose.

Venue:

Latimer Place is a magnificent destination set in 30 acres of grounds on the edge of Chiltern’s countryside -  It’s just a 35-minute train ride straight into central London, with Heathrow airport also only 19 miles away.

For more details go to:

5 Day Short Course

Our animators love animating creatures but they have a diverse range of animation skills. You can see their work completed at the VFX Creature Animation School and also character animation examples here.

A Link to animator reels  and their contact details are provided, so if you are looking to hire an animator then please contact them direct.

There are no recruitment charges for any student who has attended the Creature Animation School.

Every month I select an animator who deserves recognition for excellent work.

It is an opportunity for me to highlight students who have completed the online course to a very high standard.

October/November belongs to Deepak Venkatraman.

Deepak is an extremely fast learner who really adapted quickly to our techniques
here at animationaTeam.com. He hadn’t completed much animation before starting the course
but soon proved he has a natural instinct and flare for this kind of work.

He required absolutely minimal feedback from me his tutor, using initiative
and a fantastic eye for subtle nuances that are so important in creature/character animation.

Have to say I was extremely impressed by Deepak.

Animation sequences completed on my course by Deepak:

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30 Second Interview With Deepak

Rob: What was the most important thing learned on the course?
Deepak: The workflow.

Rob: What was the hardest thing to overcome?
Deepak: Is the eagerness to add details in the beginning itself, rather than thinking about the overall feel of the shot.

Rob: How has the course changed the way you worked previously?
Deepak: This course has changed lot of things in me. In short if I have to say I do not think about animation principles
anymore, rather I think about the feel which I have to bring into the shot.

Just the point we’ve been making here at animationAteam.com for quite sometime now.

Check out this talent survey highlighting the problem finding the skills sought after for games and vfx industries. These “hard skills” are already being taught here, right now at animationAteam.com