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Introduction to Animation in Maya (Udemy.com)

Learn Maya animation with easy to follow exercises and projects | This course is for Beginners.

Created by: Nexttut Education Pvt.Ltd.

Last updated June 2023

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What you will learn

  • Principles of Animation
  • Ball Animations
  • Walk & Run Cycle Animation
  • Body Mechanism
  • Combat Animations

How it compares

Against the other 545 rated Udemy courses in 3D Modeling on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 56% of them
  • Reviews313#236 of 546 by number of reviews
  • Length10.2 hourslonger than 67% of them
  • Last updatedJune 2023more recently than 56% of them

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Course Description

Are you a beginner who wants to learn the tools and techniques for animation inside of Maya? Would you like to learn animation with easy to follow exercises and projects? If that is the case then I welcome you to nexttut’s Introduction to Animation in Maya.

Course Goal:  At the end of this course you will be able to animate scenes using universal techniques and concepts. You will understand how to apply the different principles of animation and how to utilize the tools inside of Maya to create great scenes.

What I Will Learn: In this course we will be covering:

  • Animation tools in Maya

  • Principles of Animation

  • IK and FK systems

  • Body Mechanics

  • MASH

  • Rendering

I will start the course by teaching you the basics of animation in Maya, we will explore some of the most classical exercises like the bouncing Ball and the Pendulum Swing to understand some core concepts. We will then jump into more advancer animations like a Walk Cycle, Body Mechanics and even a combat animation. I have designer this course for students who want to learn the basics of the animation world inside of Maya.

Basic knowledge of the Maya interface is recommended. We will be using Maya and Arnold so make sure to have both elements installed.

Join me and you will be animating inside of Maya in no time

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Instructor Details

Nexttut Education Pvt.Ltd.

Welcome to Nexttut Education, Myself Nalini Kanta Jena, I am the founder and director of Nexttut Education. I have been teaching and working in the game industry since 2008.

I have been teaching here on Udemy since 2017 and have created few bestseller courses. student seems to love my work and I love them as well. Everything was fine but except one problem and that is student's growing demand to create various courses for them. I realize that I can never fulfill such massive number of request to create different courses so that is when Nexttut Education took it's shape.

We only create courses with highly talented professionals who has at least 5+ years off experience working in the film and game industry.

The single goal of Nexttut Education is to help students to become a production ready artist and get jobs wherever they want. We are committed to create high quality professional courses for 3d students. If you are a student learning from any local institution or a 3d artist who has just started working in the industry or an artist who has some years of experience, you have come to the right place.

We love you and your feedback. Please give us feedback on how we can make better courses for you and how we can help you in any ways.

thank you for reading :)

Regards,

Director

Nalini kanta jena

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Reviews

4.6

313 ratings on Udemy

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By Free Soul on 7/31/2026

I came there with 0 knowledge of Animation and just basic Knowledge of Maya but now i think i can easily create intermediate level animations for games even without Practicing a lot but i know practice make thing's more better and add depth to it. Ssssssssssssooooo thankful to AB Leal :)

By Bruno Pedro on 7/14/2026

Very good course. I am not a native English speaker, yet I was able to understand everything clearly. Thank you for helping me take my first steps into the world of animation. The explanations are simple, clear, and still leave room for our imagination. This is not just a step-by-step tutorial; it provides a real understanding of the principles and mechanics behind animation, allowing us to continue developing our skills independently.

By Victoria Nicole Parrish on 5/1/2026

So far it is going good. I did one of his tutorials on youtube. I came here because I have run out of material to follow online. My class dosent start for another 2 weeks I want to be as ready as I can. So I know this will be helpful.

By Christopher Sellwood on 1/25/2023

Excellent starting points for beginners. However you do not have key-bind app that shows your keyboard presses and along with how fast you speak and move (especially when you model something) it's impossible to follow. Sometimes you skim over topics that need deeper analysis, it feels like the teacher is following a tutorial and you're following him following a tutorial = nightmare. I've watched most of the videos at 0.5% speed and sometimes that's even too quick. The course quality for beginners is excellent though I would definitely think about updating/editing the video with mouse/key clicks as it would only take an afternoon. The first bouncing ball video was awesome, take a look at how you constructed that video and re-do the others.

By Zhane Randall on 1/14/2023

Im a little over halfway through but i have to say this is a great experience and i am learning a lot, i had some very surface level ideas learning from iclone but this has helped me out a lot and has got me practicing more then i have before. It reignited my interest and i really want to get better now. would love to see a follow up class. The instructor is very clear and has a very good voice for teaching.

By Soumyodeep Ghosh on 1/7/2023

I am just loving the course. There is just a little thing which I want to mention that is before the video lesson you should show the final result first and then start with the course. It makes it clearer to the learner to know what he/she is doing . BTW thank you for such a great and interesting course

By Atharva Deshpande on 1/4/2023

Came back for the revision stuff and yeah completely satisfied with what I expected.

By Daniel Brito on 7/4/2022

Learned a great deal of information about Maya and animation. Helped me a lot with understanding timing and how to control and edit timing in Maya. This course is great value, for beginner or beginner next step into more advance animation. The instructor is really good and has great knowledge of Maya. Highly recommend this course.

By Florian LOUFFAR on 2/5/2022

Hi Abraham, This course met my expectations. The exercices were very very cool and it was a real pleasure to follow them. Everything was well explained. so I'm ready for the next one "Advanced Animation in Maya 2022". Bye bye

By Todd Thomson on 12/5/2021

I'm doing something I rarely ever do - rate a course while still in its early stages. I've abandoned many courses on Udemy, because I can't stand listening to the instructor drone on and on about nothing. Abraham's presentation style is simply fantastic. He's clear and concise and is a pleasure to learn from. Added bonus: his voice isn't like fingernails on a chalkboard.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100