Week 02 - Animating a Dragon climbing (Preview)

Dragons don't just fly in a straight line, in fact they turn glide, dive change speeds and of course climb. Here we will animate a dragon climbing and add the final animation asset to our library so we can use it in the next scenes. To fully understand this part of the course, one must have already done the previous flight cycle courses as we will build the turns and climbs on top of the underlying flight cycle.

To become a successful animator, one must test and push their skills to the limit. Animating a dragon is no easy challenge, but with Jonathan Symmonds guiding you along the 12 week Dragon animation Masterclass, you will feel at ease!

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Have you ever wanted to learn how to animate a Dragon?
This 12 week course 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!

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.

What will I learn?
- 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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