# School of Motion

School of Motion teaches motion design, animation, design, 3D, and creative career skills through online courses, critique, workshops, and All-Access membership.

## Core Pages
- [Course Library](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses): Browse motion design, animation, design, 3D, and career courses.
- [Learning Paths](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths): Recommended course sequences for common motion design goals.
- [Free Resources](https://schoolofmotion.com/free): Free courses, downloads, guides, and motion design resources.
- [Blog](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog): Motion design articles, interviews, tutorials, and industry guidance.
- [Team Training](https://schoolofmotion.com/training-for-teams): School of Motion training options for studios, teams, and companies.

## Courses
- [16-Bits of Character Animation, Action, and Nostalgia](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/16-bits-of-character-animation-action-and-nostalgia): Fraser Davidson and the talented team at Cub Studio explore the creation of Super Jonny 150k
- [A Motion Design Masterpiece](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/a-motion-design-masterpiece): The team at Ordinary Folk walks you through their creative process on an award-winning project.
- [A Wild, Bug-Filled World of 3D](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/a-wild-bug-filled-world-of-3d): Doug Alberts walks you through his creative process on Bugged, his mixed-media 3D animated film.
- [Advanced Motion Methods](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/advanced-motion-methods): Advanced Animation Training in After Effects
- [After Effects for Video Editors](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/after-effects-for-video-editors): Video editors! Learn the basics of After Effects in no time.
- [After Effects Insider](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/after-effects-insider): Achieve After Effects expertise that makes you work faster, smarter, and with total confidence.
- [After Effects Kickstart](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/after-effects-kickstart): Master the After Effects interface and upgrade your animation skillset with the #1 animation app on the planet.
- [Animation Bootcamp](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/animation-bootcamp): Learn to use the principles of animation inside of After Effects.
- [Blender for 3D Artists](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/blender-for-3d-artists): Your fast track to learning Blender for real-world projects
- [Cavalry Kickstart](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart): Learn to create procedural 2D animation with Cavalry’s powerful animation tools!
- [Character Animation Bootcamp](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/character-animation-bootcamp): Learn & practice character animation essentials with pre-rigged After Effects characters.
- [Character Design Fundamentals](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/character-design-fundamentals): Imagine and illustrate animation-ready characters.
- [Cinema 4D Ascent](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-ascent): Next-Level Cinema 4D Techniques.
- [Cinema 4D Basecamp](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-basecamp): Master the 3D skills that will take your career to the next level.
- [Cinema 4D Insider](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider): Cinema 4D Insider is a professional-level course that transforms how you work in Cinema 4D—covering faster workflows, scene organization, Redshift mastery, and team-re...
- [Crafting Visual Essays](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/crafting-visual-essays): Award-winning director Joe Donaldson talks about the series of 3-minute animated films he created for The New Yorker
- [Demo Reel Dash](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/demo-reel-dash): Make your work stand out from the crowd
- [Design Bootcamp](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/design-bootcamp): Master designing for motion in this project-based course.
- [Design Kickstart](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/design-kickstart): Your introduction to the design principles behind all great work
- [Developing Your Voice Through Personal Projects](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/developing-your-voice-through-personal-projects): Clim shares his creative process for making It’s About Time, his beautiful 3D film
- [Directing Your Dream](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/directing-your-dream): Sofie Lee walks you through her creative process on Dream, her beautiful, abstract animated film.
- [Explainer Camp](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/explainer-camp): A Full-Project Freelancing Masterclass
- [Expression Session](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/expression-session): Master Expressions in After Effects
- [How to Create Brilliant Shots](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/how-to-create-brilliant-shots): Art director and animator Nidia Dias takes you on a deep dive into the process for making her bold Echoic X Ident
- [Illustration for Motion](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/illustration-for-motion): Learn to Illustrate for Animation
- [Level Up](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/level-up): Reveal the path forward for your Motion Design career
- [Lights, Camera, Render](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/lights-camera-render): Advanced 3D Lighting & Cinematography
- [Mogrt Mania](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/mogrt-mania): Create customizable templates in AE to supercharge your Premiere workflow
- [Photoshop + Illustrator Unleashed](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/photoshop-and-illustrator-unleashed): Master the basics of Photoshop & Illustrator in this introductory level course.
- [Premiere for Motion Designers](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/premiere-for-motion-designers): Add the art of video editing to your motion design toolbox.
- [Rive Academy Kickstart](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/rive-academy-kickstart): Learn the basics of interactive animation with Rive.
- [Rive Academy: Volume 2](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/rive-academy-volume-2): Create complex, real-time responsive interactions for websites using Rive's powerful tools.
- [Substance Painter for Motion Designers](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/substance-painter-for-motion-designers): Master Substance Painter and create stunning, photorealistic and NPR textures for your 3D models.
- [The Art of Spontaneous Filmmaking](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/the-art-of-spontaneous-filmmaking): Johan Eriksson, explores a more spontaneous approach to filmmaking can lead to amazing results.
- [The Client Code](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/the-client-code): The freelancer’s guide to finding, booking, and keeping clients.
- [The Curious Craft of Demo Reel Titles](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/the-curious-craft-of-demo-reel-titles): Motion Designer Sekani Solomon explores the art of demo reel title cards
- [The Essential Ingredients to Creating Stylized 3D](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/the-essential-ingredients-to-creating-stylized-3d): Award-winning 3D Designer and Animation Director Jonathan Lindgren discusses changing perceptions and growing your opportunities through your work
- [The Path to MoGraph](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/path-to-mograph): Explore the art and industry of motion design in this intro course for FREE.
- [Unreal Engine for 3D Artists](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/unreal-engine-for-3d-artists): Enter the world of real-time with Unreal Engine!
- [Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/unreal-engine-for-broadcast-design): Learn Unreal Engine's real-time broadcast design workflow and build polished 3D motion graphics packages.
- [UX Animation Essentials](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/ux-animation-essentials): Learn to transform static interfaces into engaging experiences using industry-standard UX motion tools.
- [VFX for Motion](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/vfx-for-motion): Learn the art of creating visual effects in After Effects.

## Learning Paths
- [UX Animation & Interaction](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/ux-animation-and-interaction): Learn to design product motion that feels useful, polished, and shippable. Start with UX motion strategy and handoff, build the After Effects foundation for precise mo...
- [The Complete Professional](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/the-complete-professional): Complete a real client project and position yourself as a pro in the motion design field.
- [Cinema 4D Generalist](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/cinema-4d-generalist): Learn and master the most popular 3D app in motion design, building a solid 3D foundation.
- [Designing for Motion](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/designing-for-motion): Design is the foundation for all great work. This path will change your portfolio forever.
- [Master After Effects](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/master-after-effects): Learn After Effects from the ground up, going from beginner to advanced animator.

## Free Resources
- [John Hughes, Associate Creative Director](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-2d): A reusable B2C landing-page template for a School of Motion student testimonial.
- [After Effects Kickstart - Lesson 1](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-after-effects-kickstart): A reusable B2C landing-page template for a free School of Motion class.
- [Learn Unreal Engine](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/learn-unreal-course-comparison): Compare School of Motion's Unreal Engine courses and choose the path that fits your creative direction.
- [Node Ninja for Unreal Engine](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/node-ninja-unreal): A free Unreal Engine plugin that scans texture folders and builds complete production-ready Unreal materials with one click.
- [Node Ninja for Cinema 4D](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/node-ninja): A free Cinema 4D plugin that reads a texture folder and builds complete production-ready Redshift materials in seconds.
- [The Motion Design Hiring Guide](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/motion-design-hiring-guide): The most complete motion design hiring resource ever made. 86 pages of salary data, role definitions, skills checklists, and interview guides, built from 13,287 job li...
- [500 Studios You Need to Know](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/500-studios): A curated compendium of the world's most incredible motion design studios, from industry legends to hidden gems across 41 countries.

## Blog Highlights
- [Sculpt in Blender With Your Hands & Real-Time Fire in AE | Motion Monday](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-july-13-2026): Mixos puts a PBR texture studio right in your browser, After Effects gets real-time fluid simulation with Plumebus, and Blender is officially making its first feature...
- [After Effects Kills FX Console & Junior Artists Feel the Pinch | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-july-6-2026): This Motion Mondays roundup covers After Effects 26.3, the junior artist hiring gap, Blender 5.2 physics, new AI tools, great motion work, and School of Motion course...
- [Figma Adds Animation + Adobe Buys Topaz Labs | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-29-2026): Adobe is making a massive move by acquiring Topaz Labs, Figma just shipped a full native animation timeline, and a motion designer runs live experiments to find out if...
- [The Best FREE After Effects Text Presets in 2026](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/best-free-after-effects-text-presets): Discover the best free After Effects text presets in 2026. These time-saving animation tools will transform your titles and typography in seconds.
- [Introducing Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/introducing-unreal-for-broadcast-design): Master Unreal Engine for broadcast design. Build polished lower thirds, transitions, and full-screen GFX with real-time 3D workflows in this 4-hour course.
- [After Effects Killed Roto Brush + Unreal 5.8 Is Out | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-22-2026): After Effects replaces Roto Brush with AI masking, Unreal Engine 5.8 ships with true 3D terrain sculpting and an experimental vibe-coding plugin, and Epic shares their...
- [50,000 Shaders in After Effects + C4D's UV Editor Gets a Full Rebuild | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-15-2026): Cinema 4D 2026.3 drops a completely rebuilt UV editor, Houdini 22 rigs and animates Gaussian splats, and a veteran commercial director asks if we're the last generatio...
- [FREE TOOL: Node Ninja for Unreal Engine](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/node-ninja-for-unreal-engine): Setting up PBR materials in Unreal Engine by hand is a grind. We built a free plugin to automate the whole process.
- [Should Motion Designers Learn Unreal Engine?](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/should-motion-designers-learn-unreal-engine): Unreal Engine now has dedicated Motion Design tools for mograph artists. Here's what it offers, where it fits your workflow, and whether you should learn it.
- [Walk Cycle Reference: The Ultimate List for Animators](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/walk-cycle-reference-ultimate-list-for-animators): The best walk cycle references for animators, from Muybridge classics to modern resources. Biped walks, quadruped gaits, and pro tips included.
- [Rive Does 3D Now + The Fastest Glow Plugin EVER? | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-8-2026): Rive shipped a 25-kilobyte GPU layer that competes with Unity, X-Particles is coming to Blender, and there is a new After Effects glow plugin that makes the built-in o...
- [How to Identify a Font: The Best Free Tools in 2026](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/how-to-identify-a-font-best-free-tools-2026): Discover the best free font identification tools for 2026. From WhatTheFont to browser extensions, find the perfect typeface for your next project.
- [The Viral Formula Unlocked + After Effects Plugin of the Year? | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-1-2026): A long-hidden After Effects stylization extension comes to light, Epic (barely) teases Unreal Engine 6, and a developer just made all of his plugins free.
- [Unreal Engine 6: What We Know So Far](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/unreal-engine-6-what-we-know-so-far): Epic Games teased Unreal Engine 6 at RLCS Paris Major 2026. Here's what motion designers need to know about UE6's platform unification vision.
- [You Don't Need a Motion Design Job - You Need a Life | FutureProof '26 Keynote](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/you-dont-need-a-motion-design-job-you-need-a-life): SoM founder Joey Korenman breaks down why chasing a job is the wrong goal, and how to design a career on your own terms.
- [Blender Gets Serious About Physics + a Motion Designer Built His Own App | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-may-25-2026): A motion designer at Shopify built a whole new mograph app from scratch, and Blender is having a big week for physics simulations.
- [10 Things You'll Learn in Our Cinema 4D Courses That Will Change How You Work](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/10-things-youll-learn-in-our-cinema-4d-courses-that-will-change-how-you-work): Discover 10 essential skills you'll master in School of Motion's Cinema 4D courses -from parametric modeling to MoGraph animation systems!
- [Redshift Solves Repeating Textures + Free C4D Plugin | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-may-18-2026): Redshift solves the repeating texture problem for good, Unreal 5.8 lands in preview with a list of quality-of-life fixes, and we just launched our first C4D plug-in, a...
- [FREE DOWNLOAD | Node Ninja for Cinema 4D + Redshift](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/free-tool-node-ninja-for-cinema-4d-redshift): Setting up materials for Redshift in Cinema 4D can be a real time suck. We built a FREE tool to massively speed up that process.
- [Plugins for ALL + Maxon Doubles Down on Autograph | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-may-11-2026): Maxon made Autograph free for entire studios this week, and there are more plugins dropping than we know what to do with.
- [10 Websites with Great Animation in 2026](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/websites-with-great-animation-2026): Looking for inspiration for adding great animated elements to your website? These 10 websites showcase scroll-triggered effects, 3D interactions, and microinteractions...
- [A Vibe Coded After Effects Clone + Claude is Inside Blender Now | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-may-4-2026): Photoshop drops a big AI update, a Buck animator vibe codes a browser-based animation app, and Anthropic connects Claude directly to Blender and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- [Getting Started with Cavalry: 5 Things Every Beginner Should Know](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/getting-started-with-cavalry-5-things-every-beginner-should-know): Learn the 5 essential concepts every motion designer needs when starting with Cavalry, the procedural 2D animation tool.
- [Cavalry Is FREE! Is Canva Trying to Mog Adobe? | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-april-27-2026): Cavalry went free, Canva is quietly building a full creative pipeline, and The Verge declared war on Adobe.

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