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Sophoria Academy – Dragon Animation Masterclass

12-04-2025, 23:14. Author: Beautygirl

Sophoria Academy – Dragon Animation Masterclass
Duration 12 weeks MP4

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Course overview
Have you ever wanted to learn how to animate a Dragon? This 12-week course will take you through all the fundamentals you need to know to accomplish the infamous challenge of animating a dragon in all it's glory. The only one of it's kind online!

In this 12 week course you will learn how to animate a dragon flight cycle, dragon walk cycle. build animation asset to use later on, learn how to land the dragon and roar! At the end of the course you will learn how to animate the Dragon taking off.

Your instructor has also created animation presets for you to load, aswell as cached animation files to enable you to reference in real-time while you work.

Animating a Dragon is no easy task, the course starts off with an in-depth introduction to the character and the rig before you actually begin. Do not skip this part as there is so much to learn!

Jonathan Symmonds, your instructor, former lead animator of the Game of Thrones and House of Dragons, will teach you all the tips and tricks you need to know.

Introduction to the rig and how a dragon moves
Understand the fundamentals of flight
Create your own set of flight cycles and build up your library
Learn how to animate a character on a path and landing
A much better understanding of weight and timing
Landing a dragon and moving into a roar
Behavioral shifts in creatures during action
Asset library build and layered animation design
Learn how to take-off an extremely heavy creature
Camera switching and scripting cameras
Basic lighting setups for final look with Light Rig
Playblasting techniques and fine-tuning animation
Learn how to animation a Dragon Walk Cycle
Learn how to animate and cut an in-scene camera

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