Character Rigging and Animation with Moho
A course by Mauricio Esparza Santa Maria , Director, Animator, and Art director
Joined April 2019
Learn to create and animate characters and get professional results with this simple software
Learn to create and animate characters and get professional results with this simple software
Joined April 2019
Bringing inanimate characters to life with natural movements and smooth animation is easy if you have the right tools. For Mauricio Esparza, professional animator with more than 20 years of experience, Moho is his go-to software. In this online course, he teaches you the secrets to rigging and character animation in this easy-to-use program.
Discover how to use the intuitive system of bones and dials to rig and animate characters, and see how to integrate them into a background scene.
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 33 downloads
- 92% positive reviews (90)
- 2,315 students
- 18 lessons (2h 15m)
- 33 additional resources (25 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Moho Pro 12What is this course's project?
Create a short animated scene using Moho to rig and animate the main character and After Effects for the composition.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Animation enthusiasts who want to learn how to enrich their stories with professional-looking character animation.
Requirements and materials
Basic notions of animation are required for this course.
For materials, you need a computer with access to Moho, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects.
Reviews
A course by Mauricio Esparza Santa Maria
Mauricio Esparza is a graphic designer by trade with a passion for direction. He has more than 20 years of experience in animation, making short films and directing different projects in the Peruvian audiovisual industry. He has worked as a post producer at Movistar TV, as well as a director and manager at the animation studio Zepellin. He is currently an animation teacher at ISIL and UCAL.
Mauricio also runs his own animation studio, Polirama, together with his business partner and brother Luigi. They've made feature films, such as Mochica, as well as the preschool series Ciudad Jardín, the first made 100% in Peru. They are currently working on two other major animation projects: Babi y Maiki and Ultravioleta.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do during the course?
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U2
This is Moho!
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Cut out animation / MOHO basic environment
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Draw and edit in MOHO / Import files
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Character preparation for rigging
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Bones in Mold and its tools
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Bone union by layers and drawings
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Switch layers, constrains and dynamic bones
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Smart bones and dial system
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U3
Rig and easy animation
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Character body rigging
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Facial Rigging / Default Dials
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How to animate in Mold
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Thumbnails and key poses
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Intermediates to give life
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Node Animation / Final Settings
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U4
Almost ready!
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Camera and render in alpha
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Background composition in After Effects
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FP
Final project
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Rigging y animación de personajes en Moho
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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menadiegojl
PlusExcelente curso me gusto muchísimo y sobre todo aprendí lo esencial para poder comenzar animar, fuiste muy claro, didáctico y rápido para ir enseñando paso a paso desde el principio.
También valoro mucho la calidad de la intro de los videos, la imagen y el sonido de toda la composición del curso, es excelente y de calidad. También se agradece las referencias a los libros!!!...
Muy agradecido de haber comenzado en este fascinante mundo de la animación con vos!.
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armanditorodriguez
Excelente, me gustaría que hicieran uno avanzado.
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tomas.villalta
Super entusiasmado con el contenido de este curso, recomendado al 1000%
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kcildorpb
Gostei do curso, é muito específico, mas é o intúito do curso, é para quem já tem um conhecimento intermediário, mas é bem ágil e direto ao assunto
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jeicksongil
Buen curso, hasta el momento que he visto el curso las explicaciones son muy bien dirigidas y entendibles
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