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Learn 2D Character Animation for Games in Spine Essential (Udemy.com)

From rigging to play - A complete step by step 2D game character animation course in Spine Essential

Created by: Think Citric

Last updated March 2020

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What you will learn

  • Build character rigs for animation
  • Animate in Spine 2D Essential
  • Get comfortable with Spine Essential UI, and work like a Pro with useful hotkeys
  • Create essential 2D game animations: idle, walk cycle, jump and more
  • Enhance your animations to a professional level with Graphs and Offsets
  • Useful work practices to save time & increase animation process efficiency
  • Overcome common issues

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Course Description

Making awesome, professional-level 2D animations for games is a passion that we would like to share with you in this easy and very detailed Spine Essential animation course!

You will get familiar with all of the steps: from character rigging (using Photoshop or any other graphic redactor you use), to setting up your game’s character for animation in Spine, finishing with a polished top-shelf 2D animations set ready for use.

Why choose Spine for your game character animations?

Spine 2D Animation Software has gained an immense following both from game developers and 2D digital animators. In fact, it is one of the leading tools for 2D skeletal animation to date. The reasons are quite straightforward:

- Spine is easy to learn, and intuitive in use.
- The software is fit both for beginners and advanced animators.
- Spine game animations are easily integrated with most game engines.
- Excellent integration with illustration tools for artwork import.

Plus, in this course we will show you how to get the max out of your Spine Essential licence. So, if you want to learn how to create exceptional animations, hop on!

What will you get from this course?

This is a Spine Essential 2D animation course, and we will explore all of the aspects of that software with a gentle nod to integration of your animations into your game.

- Explore the planning, rigging and preparation of your character to animation.
- Detailed explanation on Spine game rigging process.
- Proper use of Spine 2D Essential functions for animation.
- Create smooth 2D animations, and enhance them to perfection.
- A lot of useful work practices, some fixing of common issues, and more practical principles to make your animation process easier.

But that’s not all too. We plan to expand on the information here in the future. And it’s great for you, because once you buy this course you will enjoy all of the updated content free of charge!

Why choose this course to learn 2D animation?

If you were ever wondering how to learn 2D animation in the most efficient way, the answer is simple: with a lot of trial and error. This can sometimes be discouraging; especially for beginners.

This course is designed in a “from basic to advanced” manner, easing your way into Spine 2D animation software, as well as the animation process in general.
And on top of that we offer you:

- Personal guidance and answer to any questions (within reasonable response time of up to 1-2 work days, depending on the day of the week).
- Additional materials on the use of Spine Essential.
- Quizzes at the end of each course section to fortify your knowledge.
- Lifetime access to course materials (including any future updates in the course).

And of course, we love games and our main drive is to share knowledge with those interested in 2D animation for games. So, feel free to take advantage of that as well.

Sing up to this course, and let’s start animating us some 2D game characters!

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Instructor Details

Think Citric

Think Citric is an independent game development studio. Our recent work in Spine 2D animation has led to a successful YouTube channel where we post tutorials on the tool alongside with our game development videos. More and more users turning to us with questions had led to the idea of sharing our knowledge on Udemy. We are passionate about game development, and support anyone interested in getting into this field.

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Reviews

4.6

251 ratings on Udemy

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By Joel Sanchez on 5/4/2024

I had bought Spine Essential two years ago, but for some reason, none of the tutorials on the official page were making me understand the process. Come this tutorial, i am now making animations for my game. Really takes the time to make you understand the usage and the know how's of the software. Much recommended.

By Shallon Thorpe on 5/31/2023

I love how simple she explains the steps, explaining how the timing coincides with the translation of each bone (joint) is extremely helpful. I can see after understanding the basics there is room for more complex movements to express the characters personality when doing a simple walk cycle.

By Siamak Pourbahrami on 6/1/2021

The course was good, mostly focus on the main and important options of spine. The instructor voice and energy was good. I like how the videos were short so you won’t feel bored watching them. In general, it was a very simple course which is good for beginners, the video didn’t overwhelm me with information. Thank you so much

By 0ve Dahl on 5/22/2021

Have been through one third of this course. It is about animating things from Photoshop images. If one can't afford Photoshop, this is a waste of time and money. I expected that Spine would work with images from other programs, but no help here.

By Chris Pham on 4/9/2021

It was clear, informative and easy to follow. One thing I wish is that the teacher would just do all the steps in real time instead of "saving us time" so we can follow all the steps.

By Myke Folkes on 4/6/2021

This course made me decide to upgrade Spine Essentials to Pro so that I can do more with it. It makes me feel like I can animate with Spine and achieve good results! Good introduction to Spine!

By Will Lacey on 6/26/2020

This was a great course walking through the basics of Spine Essential. I would love to see more material on the PRO version of the software! If you ever add more content or make a new course, you can be sure I will get my hands on it.

By JP - on 5/14/2020

One of the best, if not the best Spine animation course in Udemy! The teacher was easy to follow and showed some practical tips making the animating easier. I'm now waiting for "Spine Pro" course to dive even deeper in Spine!

By Jake Bowler on 5/9/2020

It was the perfect match for me. It contained everything I was looking for and then some. It went above and beyond other spine courses and I really felt that I've gained invaluable knowledge about how to better navigate this animation program. The only thing I hope for is a course focusing on the features of spine pro next!

By Jon Bickel on 4/13/2020

Followed think Citric's tutorials on youtube and was pleased to find out there was a course on here. this course was easy to understand, focused, and has high quality audio/video. The course really solidified the basics. Hopefully this will be followed up with a course for those of us with the pro version. You know, meshes, IK, etc. I'd certainly buy it

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Overall Score : 92 / 100