# 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.
- [Press Kit](https://schoolofmotion.com/press): School of Motion logos, company boilerplate, facts, and All-Access descriptions.

## 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.
- [AI Foundations for Motion](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/ai-foundations-for-motion): Use AI with taste, control, and confidence in your motion design workflow. Learn durable principles and direct an AI-assisted spot from first idea to final frame.
- [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
- [Grease Pencil Field Guide](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/grease-pencil-field-guide): Learn to combine hand-drawn 2D animation with Blender's 3D tools to create stunning illustrated scenes.
- [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 Data Binding](https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/rive-academy-data-binding): Make Rive respond to the real world. Build a six-page interactive Year in Motion experience that turns runtime data into responsive layouts, changing content, animatio...
- [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): Design product motion that clarifies behavior, improves the feel of an interface, and carries from concept to interactive prototype. Start with UX motion strategy, bui...
- [The Complete Professional](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/the-complete-professional): Become a more self-directed, client-ready motion designer with clearer professional positioning, better project judgment, and a reel that makes your work easier to und...
- [Cinema 4D Generalist](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/cinema-4d-generalist): Become a capable Cinema 4D motion designer who can build, animate, light, render, and refine polished 3D work. Start with C4D’s core tools, move through MoGraph and si...
- [Designing for Motion](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/designing-for-motion): Build the design eye, creative direction, and illustration-ready asset skills to make motion work that feels authored—not assembled from defaults. Learn the tools, mak...
- [Master After Effects](https://schoolofmotion.com/learning-paths/master-after-effects): Become a confident After Effects motion designer who can take a project from a blank comp to polished final delivery. Build your foundation, sharpen your animation ins...

## Free Resources
- [You’re in.](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/b2c-interest-confirmed): Your School of Motion learning recommendations are on their way.
- [Jordan Bergren, Motion Designer/Creative Director](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-cavalry): Meet Jordan, a talented motion designer and creative director who works with top brands like HBO, Hulu, Netflix Adidas, and Coach. School of Motion was an important pa...
- [Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead Artist](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-blender): Meet Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead at BIEN, a studio renowned for authentic, industry-leading creative work across top brands. As a 3D artist, art director and designer, she...
- [Ivan Witteborg, UX Motion Designer](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-rive): Meet Ivan, a talented UX Motion Designer at Google bringing experiences to life with motion. School of Motion was an important part of his motion design journey. Ivan...
- [Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead Artist](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-unreal-engine): Meet Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead at BIEN, a studio renowned for authentic, industry-leading creative work across top brands. As a 3D artist, art director and designer, she...
- [Abbie Bacilla, Creative Director/Illustrator](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-photoshop-illustrator): Meet Abbie, a talented designer and illustrator who has worked in the industry for a decade. She was Frame.io’s resident motion designer and today, hangs her hat at Ad...
- [Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead Artist](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-cinema-4d): Meet Deanna Reilly, 3D Lead at BIEN, a studio renowned for authentic, industry-leading creative work across top brands. As a 3D artist, art director and designer, she...
- [Jordan Bergren, Motion Designer/Creative Director](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-after-effects): Meet Jordan, a talented motion designer and creative director who works with top brands like HBO, Hulu, Netflix Adidas, and Coach. School of Motion was an important pa...
- [Ivan Witteborg, UX Motion Designer](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-ui-ux-design): Meet Ivan, a talented UX Motion Designer at Google bringing experiences to life with motion. School of Motion was an important part of his motion design journey. Ivan...
- [Abbie Bacilla, Creative Director/Illustrator](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-graphic-design): Meet Abbie, a talented designer and illustrator who has worked in the industry for a decade. She was Frame.io’s resident motion designer and today, hangs her hat at Ad...
- [Jordan Bergren, Motion Designer/Creative Director](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/student-story-motion-design): Meet Jordan, a talented motion designer and creative director who works with top brands like HBO, Hulu, Netflix Adidas, and Coach. School of Motion was an important pa...
- [Cinema 4D Scratches Scene File](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/c4d-scratches): A free Cinema 4D scene file for exploring Redshift's Scratches shader and procedural worn-edge material setup.
- [Rive Academy: Volume 2 - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-rive-academy-volume-2): Watch the first lesson of Rive Academy: Volume 2 free.
- [Unreal Engine for 3D Artists - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-unreal-engine-for-3d-artists): Watch the first lesson of Unreal Engine for 3D Artists free.
- [Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-unreal-engine-for-broadcast-design): Watch the first lesson of Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design free.
- [Rive Academy Kickstart - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-rive-academy-kickstart): Watch the first lesson of Rive Academy Kickstart free.
- [Photoshop + Illustrator Unleashed - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-photoshop-and-illustrator-unleashed): Watch the first lesson of Photoshop + Illustrator Unleashed free.
- [Design Bootcamp - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-design-bootcamp): Watch the first lesson of Design Bootcamp free.
- [Cinema 4D Basecamp - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-cinema-4d-basecamp): Watch the first lesson of Cinema 4D Basecamp free.
- [Cinema 4D Ascent - Free Lesson](https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/free-class-cinema-4d-ascent): Watch the first lesson of Cinema 4D Ascent free.

## Blog Highlights
- [5 Rive Interactions You Can Add to a Portfolio Site](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/5-rive-interactions-you-can-add-to-a-portfolio-site): Five useful Rive interactions for a portfolio site include hover responses, click toggles, scroll-triggered motion, character interactions, and meaningful loading indi...
- [Join the 2026 School of Motion Holiday Card](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/holiday-card-2026-registration): Register your name and topic for the 2026 School of Motion Holiday Card, and create a three-second animation inspired by “2027, it’s time to _________!”
- [Greyscalegorilla Just Made C4D Easier + The Figma Node ARRIVES | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-september-28-2026): Greyscalegorilla tackles three everyday Cinema 4D headaches, Figma and Weave turn a trading-card design into a reusable AI workflow, and Andrew Price tests whether vir...
- [Introducing Rive Academy: Data Binding!](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/introducing-rive-academy-data-binding): Rive Academy: Data Binding is an advanced School of Motion course about connecting runtime data to responsive Rive layouts, components, animation, and behavior.
- [5 Signs It’s Time to Raise Your Freelance Motion Design Rate](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/raise-freelance-motion-design-rate): It may be time to raise your freelance motion design rate when you are consistently booked, clients return, your specialty is in demand, you take on creative direction...
- [Three NEW After Effects Plugins + Canva Launches ProSuite | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-september-21-2026): Canva takes direct aim at Adobe with its new ProSuite ecosystem, Jake Bartlett calls out misleading AI motion graphics tools, and Putty gives After Effects a modern me...
- [5 Ways to Make Your Motion Design Portfolio Easier to Hire From](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-design-portfolio-easier-to-hire-from): A motion design portfolio is easier to hire from when it clearly states your specialty, puts the demo reel first, shows relevant case studies, explains your role, and...
- [Clankers are EDITING now? + Rive Gets Brushes | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-september-14-2026): AI assistants are finding their way into creative apps, Rive is getting closer to that Flash feeling with a new Brush Tool, and After Effects has a new trick for textu...
- [Introducing AI Foundations for Motion!](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/introducing-ai-foundations-for-motion): AI Foundations for Motion is an intermediate School of Motion course that teaches motion designers how to use AI with taste, control, and responsibility in a real prod...
- [10 Tiny Typography Decisions That Make Motion Graphics Feel Designed](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/tiny-typography-decisions-motion-graphics): Better motion graphics typography comes from deliberate choices about hierarchy, space, copy fit, line breaks, contrast, spacing, and motion.
- [AE Beta Gets Editable Illustrator Text, Artstation AI Policy | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-september-7-2026): Adobe dropped three updates this week across After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator, EDGY adds real physical wear and damage to 3D geometry in Cinema 4D and Blender...
- [6 Sales Mindset Shifts That Make Freelancing Less Icky](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/6-sales-mindset-shifts-freelancing): Freelance sales feels less icky when outreach starts with the client’s needs, relevant proof, clear communication, useful questions, and long-term relationships.
- [New AE Particle Plugin + Blender 5.3 Teases New NPR Shading | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-31-2026): There's a fast new GPU-based particle plugin for After Effects in beta, an AI agent lives inside After Effects and actually impressed Jake Bartlett, and Blender is get...
- [10 After Effects Preferences to Change Before Your Next Project](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/after-effects-preferences-to-change): Change these After Effects preferences to make the interface easier to navigate, previews easier to judge, and daily animation work less frustrating.
- [Duolingo BUYS Animade + Your Phone Is an After Effects Camera | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-24-2026): Duolingo acquires Animade, Phone Cam Controller turns your phone into a virtual After Effects camera, and Dan George Hill shows why everydays still work.
- [New Course: Grease Pencil Field Guide](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/new-course-grease-pencil-field-guide): Grease Pencil Field Guide is an intermediate School of Motion course that teaches hand-drawn 2D animation in Blender and its integration with 3D tools.
- [7 Ways to Turn an Illustration Skill into a Motion Design Superpower](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/illustration-skills-motion-design): Illustration helps motion designers turn abstract briefs into clear visual concepts, plan scenes before animation, and make more intentional choices about type, color,...
- [KitBash BUYS ArtStation & Sketchfab?! + Blender on Android | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-17-2026): KitBash acquires ArtStation and Sketchfab from Epic Games, Autodesk officially discontinues Mudbox, and the Blender Foundation previews Blender running on Android tabl...
- [8 Places Motion Designers Can Look for Freelance Clients Besides Job Boards](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/freelance-clients-besides-job-boards): Motion designers can find freelance clients beyond job boards by contacting hiring studios, production companies, collaborators, other freelancers, and companies in mo...
- [After Effects' AI Agent is HERE & Rive Can't Stop Won't Stop | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-10-2026): After Effects can now take spoken instructions and build an editable rig, Rive shipped another pile of serious animation tools, and Dash Bash is bringing five hundred...
- [10 Rive Superpowers You'll Learn In Rive Academy Kickstart and Rive Academy: Volume 2](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/10-rive-superpowers-rive-kickstart-rive-academy-volume-2): Rive Academy Kickstart and Rive Academy: Volume 2 cover Rive vector illustration, rigging, animation, state machines, runtime integration, and production workflows.
- [NEW Maxon Updates + This Tool Fixes Blender Materials FOREVER | Motion Mondays](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-3-2026): Lottie Creator 2.0 takes aim at interactive animation workflows, Crayon Box brings smart material tools to Blender, and Maxon drops procedural scratches in Redshift 20...
- [Introducing Type Chopper!](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/type-chopper): Type Chopper is a free After Effects extension that turns one type layer into a ready-to-animate setup, split by letters, words, or lines.
- [Where to Find and Download FREE 3D Assets For Blender](https://schoolofmotion.com/blog/where-to-find-and-download-3d-assets-for-blender): Find free and premium Blender models for motion design, learn which formats, licenses, polygon counts, PBR textures, and rigs to check, and organize assets in Blender’...

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