Creature Animation| VFX Animation | Realistic Animation

Learn animation in a different way. Through the lens of creature animators.

What we offer

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Pre-Recorded Lectures

Pre-recorded animation courses on various subjects that you can purchase and watch on your time and at your own pace.
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Mentorship

Join us regardless of your level for live sessions of Q&A and reviews. 
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Live Workshops

Grab a seat at one of our periodical live masterclasses, check our calendar.

ABOUT US

Creature animation is usually treated as an Advanced course, one of the last things you should tackle after your learnt all the basics and workflows. We believe creature animation can actually be a great way to learn from scratch.

There's a reason why drawing classes usually start from still life and life drawing, it's great to understand the real world and anatomy to be able to stylize it later. We believe you shouldn't be locked into replicating and studying the industry standard of stylization, instead you should be knowledgeable on realism so you can be free to explore any styles you want and even creating your own. 

With that in mind we figured learning realism doesn't need to be boring at all. We won't be stuck only to locomotion and gaits, our goal is to use amazing characters and fantastical creatures to help you study realism in a fun and exciting way, including fights, performance and acting. Learning the anatomy and details of body and face is amazing and will break many misconceptions we create when thinking only visually. This can be a great way to understand our world to be able to break and bend the rules.

Character Animation Mentorship

Join the Mentorship Live Classes where you can bring any Questions, Shots Reviews, Demo Reel Reviews. The instructor creates a learning plan specific to you depending on your skills and objectives. Learn any style of your preference.

Get access to the Creature Animation Crash Course videos while your subscription is active. The course contains Lectures, Demos, Theory, Analysis and more that we will reference to on the Live Classes.

Check out our Pre-Recorded Courses

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Learn With Us

Either you want to learn animation from scratch or you are professional already we have content for you. We offer a range of courses on demand or live.

Our goal is to provide animation classes that can open your mind to the best workflows for each situation and share all the tips and tricks we picked up along the road, leaving nothing out, helping you have a better understanding of the animation process technically and creatively. 

Benefits of our courses

 We believe learning in a realistic animation  environment can unlock you to break into any other style, you'll know how to perfectly mimic our world so you can break any rules when you want to. The transition can be much smoother when you know the most complex motions and need to stylize them later.

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Learn from Experts

Our award winning instructors are experts in their field, with years of experience working on major studios around the world  and vast experience in teaching. They will teach you all about their work process in a clear and intuitive way.

Many of our former students went on to work at studios like Sony, Framestore, Blizzard, Agora, Superseed, Supercell, Steamroller, MPC, Icon, Bardel and others.

testimonials

What our students say about us

I learned so much I can say there is a mark in my career before and after studying with Fernando. Today I feel confident I can tackle shots that I never thought I could have before.
— Felipe Nani
I highly recommend studying with Fernando, the environment of the class was always light and fun, everyone felt comfortable to ask questions about our assignments and our day to day work.
— João Schuler
Studying with Herrera gave  me important insights in animation. It's funny, when I had questions he could dig that out in simple words to me. The way he passed his experience made a huge difference in my learning process.
— Bruno Fabian
I have no words to describe how grateful I am for everything I learned. It's a method of teaching focused on improving and optimizing your workflow and training your eyes to bring richness to your shots. Highly recommended!
— Vitor Maia
After taking Basic Foundations I already felt a big difference on my knowledge of timing and spacing, my arcs naturally improved as well. I learned many details that I used to ignore in my animation but make a big difference. My animation skills had a very noticeable improvement.
— Jonas Silva
Taking lessons with Fernando was by far the best decision I've ever made. He was always able to teach in a light and clear way. I even thought it was easy learning animation given how fun were the classes every week. The environment was so great that our class became a group of friends.
— Gustavo Leite
Studying with Fernando was a great experience, he is able to guide students to achieve the best possible result for their animations through light and dynamic teaching.
— Pedro Queiroz
Since the beginning the lessons made me evolve, I used to be confused by some things in animation, and after a while you have a "snap" and realized how much you grew.
— Jorge Venicio
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Have any questions? We'd love to hear from you.