CHARACTER ANIMATION

Follow these character animation tutorials to learn all about character animation with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya, Create a character walk cycle animation, and Make a claymation character for stop motion animation.

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How to work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Work an Advanced Rig for character animation in Maya

Character rigging is important. Advanced Rigging makes it easier to ...more

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How to create a character walk cycle animation

Create a character walk cycle animation

Animating character walk cycles is easy! This free online video lesson about animation will teach you everything you need to know, from work ...more

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How to make a claymation character for stop motion animation

Make a claymation character for stop motion animation

Here is a video tutorial that offers basic tips on crafting a simple ...more

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How To Create an Animation Character

Create an Animation Character

Designing a character for an animation video isn't easy. It has to be, simple to draw (for example, Mickey Mouse has a round head because ...more

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How to create sprite animation In Flash

Create sprite animation In Flash

Learn how to animate sprites (like characters from video games) that you can download using Adobe Flash

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How to animate hierarchical characters in Maya

Animate hierarchical characters in Maya

Dissect the object of its parts. Select the curves to rotate, model or scale the whole character. The Maya hot keys are as follows: W ...more

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How to discover claymation stop motion animation

Discover claymation stop motion animation

Making an animated film? This short and easy animation tutorial provides beginners the bare minimum to begin creating a claymation or stop ...more

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How to create animation with Flash

Create animation with Flash

A tutorial series on creating basic character animation in Flash.

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How to animate a walk cycle in Poser 7

Animate a walk cycle in Poser 7

Do you find it hard to make your 3D characters walk naturally? In this 3-part video tutorial Larry Mitchell teaches the basics of true ...more

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How to create per-character 3D text in After Effects CS3

Create per-character 3D text in After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz ...more

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How to set up a basic animation rig in Maya

Set up a basic animation rig in Maya

In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a basic rig in Maya. Animation rigs are the bone and muscle structures used to animate and move ...more

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How to learn 9 creative techniques for stop motion animation

Learn 9 creative techniques for stop motion animation

Want to draw a stop motion animation but need some advice as to how ...more

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How to use squash and stretch animation techniques in Maya

Use squash and stretch animation techniques in Maya

In this animation lesson we will learn how to breathe life into a ...more

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How to use MDD files in modo

Use MDD files in modo

MDD files are a great way to bring in character animation or any deformation based animation from other 3D software systems. This modo 301 ...more

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How to create a voyage tracking animation in After Effects

Create a voyage tracking animation in After Effects

This After Effects tutorial shows you how to create a voyage tracking ...more

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How to use selection masks in Maya 8.5

Use selection masks in Maya 8.5

Something that's particularly useful in Autodesk Maya 8.5 is masking. Check out this video tutorial on masking for your animation. There's ...more

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How to animate a character in Maya

Animate a character in Maya

This is the basic bone animation using a character set and the hypergraph within Maya. Geared for kids to learn 3D modeling and animating ...more

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How to create walking characters with Poser software

Create walking characters with Poser software

Learn how to make characters walk and move using the computer program ...more

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How to make a stop motion animation with Legos

Make a stop motion animation with Legos

Watch this instructional stop motion animation video to learn how to animate a Lego figure using stop motion animation technique. This ...more

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How to add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

Add secondary foot controls to the Maya character kit

In this Maya lesson we will learn how to add attributes to the foot ...more

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