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Toon Boom Certified Animation Course: Character Rigging
PERIOD14 Jun 2025 - 26 Jun 2025
LANGUAGEEnglish
LAB FEE2000 QAR
MODEOnline
GROUP SIZE10 participants
LEVELBeginner to Intermediate
Unlock the secrets to creating unforgettable animated characters with our Character Rigging course. This hands-on training provides the tools and techniques needed to bring your 2D puppet to life with personality and appeal, using industry-standard techniques.
Whether you’re an aspiring artist or an experienced animator, this course offers the perfect opportunity to dive into the creative and technical aspects of character building, all with the support of expert Toon Boom instructors. 2D rigged puppet characters are the new industry standard used by Disney, Warner Brothers and Mercury Filmworks. Step into the captivating world of character creation with our Character Rigging course, perfect for anyone curious about animation and storytelling. Over the course of this learning journey, you’ll learn how to develop characters that can be used to make 2D animation. Using Toon Boom Harmony, a leading software in the animation industry, you’ll explore key techniques such creating rigs with turnarounds, expressions and parts libraries.

The course provides a great exploration of how to build rigs that can be easily manipulated by animators to create professional looking animation. You’ll also delve into the technical side of adding master controllers and deformation, ensuring your creations are production-ready.

By the end of the course, you'll have the basic skills needed to rig puppet characters that truly captivate audiences, whether for film, TV, or digital media. This course is designed for artists at all levels, providing you with the knowledge and confidence to create characters that will leave a lasting impression on any project. Join us to bring your characters—and stories—to life!

A detailed course breakdown will be shared with those candidates who are selected for the course.

Lab Programme

Course Outline
Participants will learn to assess production needs and build standard rigs using a nodal system, deformers, masks, and optimized drawing tools in Harmony Premium. This course is intended for artists who are new to the rigging task and want to learn the fundamentals of constructing character rigs for studio productions.
Topics Covered
  • Harmony Software Introduction
  • Interface Overview
  • Basic Concepts & Settings
Course Format
  • This class is an instructor-led, hands-on activity lab.
Objectives
  • Understand and assess the production needs
  • Create a standard production rig optimized for the production need
  • Issue recommendations on character design for optimal rigging
Certification
  • A Toon Boom course certificate will be provided to participants who complete the program.
  • Participants are eligible for the additional Toon Boom Harmony software certification exam after completing both Character Rigging and Digital Animation courses.
Hours

The course duration is 40 hours. Broken into weeknights (3.5 hours evenings) and 7 hours on Saturdays.

Each session takes place from Saturday through Thursday.

Sunday to Thursday from 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (including a 1-hour lunch break)

Participation is required for all 12 days of each session

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