About the Elephant Walk Cycle Course

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🐘 Learn Creature Animation for Free – From Elephants to Dragons

Start your animation journey with Sophoria Academy’s free tutorials and explore the exciting world of creature, character, and VFX animation. Whether you’re mastering animation overlap, walk cycles, or looking to simulate realistic muscle movement – this is the place to begin.

Taught by Jonathan Symmonds, the former lead animator of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, our free lessons open the door to professional techniques used in real productions.

🎓 Featured Course: Elephant Walk Cycle

Learn to animate heavy quadrupeds with realistic motion and weight. The Elephant Walk Cycle course teaches you how to create muscle-like movement, even if the rig doesn’t have a muscle system. It’s an essential skill for any animator focusing on realism.

  • ✔️ Animate an elegant African elephant walk cycle
  • ✔️ Work with similar curves and layering techniques
  • ✔️ Improve your anatomical understanding of large animals
  • ✔️ Peer feedback and no prerequisites
  • ✔️ Add unique quadruped cycles to your demo-reel

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From rig breakdowns to cinematic animation techniques, every course at Sophoria Academy is designed by industry veterans with a passion for teaching. Learn from Jonathan Symmonds, a recognized creature animation expert with over 17 years of experience.

🌟 Don’t just watch – animate! Begin your journey with our free tutorials, and when you’re ready, step into the world of cinematic creature animation with our full courses.

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Student Testimonials

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As part of the SOPHORIA ACADEMY dragon animation course led by the incredible Jonathan Symmonds, I tackled the challenge of animating a dragon flying and landing. This exercise focused on honing my creature animation skills, and I'm excited to share the results.

Will Noon3D Creature Animator
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Thanks for this amazing dragon rig and the priceless knowledge you give your students in your Dragon Animation Masterclass Jonathan Symmonds.

Marina Peters3D Animator at TRIXTER
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I’m super excited to share with everyone my Irex Run and Roar animation! It was a lot of fun working on it, and I can’t wait to do more.
A special thanks to Jonathan Symmonds for the amazing course I took at SOPHORIA ACADEMY!

Andrea Resera3D Character Animator
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I recently completed my first creature animation and spent a lot of time focusing on understanding the anatomy and motion of animals or creatures. I also delved into animation principles such as overlapping action. I received much help from the SOPHORIA ACADEMY and learned much from their classes. I highly recommend their course, especially if you're interested in quadrupedal and creature animations. It has valuable knowledge, tips, and tricks that have significantly improved my animation speed.

Muhammed Basel3D Character Animator
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I learned so many things about dragons that I had never known before! Understanding where the weight shifts when a dragon flies, how to handle the Y-axis movement of the body as the wings flap, which secondary animations should be saved in the studio library for reuse, and how to animate the tiniest details like the neck fins and tail... it was such an eye-opening experience.
Big thanks to Sophoria Academy for introducing me to the world of dragon animation! 🐉✨

Quan Dang3D Animator
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I am thrilled to share that I have completed the "Animate an Elephant Walk Cycle" course at SOPHORIA ACADEMY. 🐘✨
This course has been an incredible journey, allowing me to hone my animation skills and bring an elephant walk cycle to life. I'm excited to apply my knowledge and continue creating dynamic animations.

SeeMa ShaikhFeature Film Animator
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Thanks to Jonathan Symmonds from Sophoria Academy, I have been able to have extra access to invaluable teaching to pursue my passion of becoming a 3D animator!

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