Animation courses can help you learn character design, storyboarding, 2D and 3D animation techniques, and visual storytelling. You can build skills in timing, movement, and creating engaging narratives that resonate with audiences. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe After Effects, Blender, and Toon Boom Harmony, that support bringing your animated projects to life and enhancing your creative workflow.

Skills you'll gain: Computer Graphic Techniques
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Virtual Environment, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Visual Storytelling, Model Optimization
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Program Development, Software Engineering, Programming Principles, Animation and Game Design, Software Development, Event-Driven Programming, Computer Programming, Computer Programming Tools, Code Reusability, No-Code Development, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Animations
★ 4.7 (3.9K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Conceptual Design, Ideation, Storytelling, Design, Game Theory, Software Documentation, Creativity, Writing
★ 4.7 (2.9K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, Application Development, Interactive Design, Video Game Development, Animations, Animation and Game Design, Programming Principles, Computer Graphics, Python Programming, Game Design, Program Development, Computer Programming, Computational Logic
★ 4.8 (3.3K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Epic Games
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unreal Engine, Video Game Development, Software Design Documents, Ideation, 3D Modeling, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Visualization (Computer Graphics), User Experience Design, Usability, User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, User Interface (UI) Design, Interactive Design, Virtual Environment, Software Documentation, Version Control, Prototyping
★ 4.3 (651) · Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Virtual Environment, Unreal Engine, File Management, Animation and Game Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Simulations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Android Jetpack, Android Studio, Android Development, Android (Operating System), Kotlin, Mobile Development, Object Oriented Design, UI Components, Application Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Object-Relational Mapping, Code Reusability, Software Design, Mobile Development Tools, User Interface (UI) Design, Animation and Game Design, Software Development, Game Design
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Event-Driven Programming, Algorithms, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Programming Principles, Application Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Probability, Video Game Development, Bioinformatics, Interactive Design, Animation and Game Design, Python Programming, Data Analysis, User Interface (UI), Computer Science, Computer Programming
★ 4.8 (4.1K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Color Theory, Version Control, Typography, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, Software Versioning, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Front-End Web Development, AI Integrations, Application Deployment, Image Quality, Web Development Tools, User Interface (UI) Design
★ 4.7 (3.7K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, Virtual Environment, Cinematography, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animations, 3D Modeling, Grading (Landscape), Photo/Video Production and Technology, Visual Storytelling, Computer Graphic Techniques, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Import/Export, Layout Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Virtual Environment, Cinematography, Animation and Game Design, File Management, Video Game Development, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Game Design, Animations, Computer Graphic Techniques, Grading (Landscape), Photo/Video Production and Technology, Visual Storytelling, Model Optimization, Simulations, Data Import/Export, Layout Design
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months