Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony
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Intermediate
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Online
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1h
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Flexible
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The Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony course is designed to teach learners how to create fully rigged, ready-to-animate characters for professional 2D animation projects. This course covers the fundamentals of character rigging, including building skeletons, creating deformation rigs, setting up controls, and preparing characters for smooth animation workflows.
Learners will explore advanced techniques for rigging facial expressions, body movements, and dynamic poses, ensuring characters can move naturally and respond to animator input effectively. The course highlights the use of Toon Boom Harmony’s powerful tools to streamline the rigging process, allowing learners to focus on creativity and storytelling while maintaining technical precision.
Ideal for animators, character designers, and digital artists, this course equips learners with skills applicable to professional animation studios, freelance projects, and independent productions. By completing the Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony course, learners will gain confidence in creating versatile rigs, optimise workflow efficiency, and prepare characters for high-quality animation sequences.
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Understand the fundamentals of character rigging in Toon Boom Harmony.
Build skeletal structures and control rigs for characters.
Create rigs for facial expressions and body movements.
Apply deformation techniques for smooth animation.
Optimise character rigs for efficiency and usability.
Prepare fully rigged characters ready for animation production.
The Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony course is suitable for animators, character designers, digital artists, and students interested in professional 2D animation.
It is ideal for beginners with basic drawing or animation knowledge who want to learn character rigging, as well as experienced animators seeking to enhance their rigging skills and streamline workflows. The course is particularly valuable for those preparing characters for animation studios, freelance projects, or personal productions. By completing this course, learners will gain practical skills to create dynamic, versatile rigs that improve animation efficiency and quality.
There are no formal entry requirements for this course. It is suitable for learners aged 16 and above who are interested in animation, character design, or digital art. Basic drawing skills and familiarity with computer usage are recommended but not mandatory. Learners should have good English skills, basic numeracy, and general IT competence. This course provides step-by-step guidance to ensure accessibility for beginners while offering practical, professional-level rigging techniques for those aiming to enhance their animation capabilities.
Upon successful completion of the Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony, you will qualify for a UK and internationally recognised professional certification. You may also choose to formalise your achievement by obtaining your PDF Certificate for £9 or a Hardcopy Certificate for £15.
This course offers flexible, self-paced online learning, allowing learners to study at their own convenience. Expert-designed modules focus on practical, career-oriented skills in character rigging and 2D animation.
Learners gain transferable skills that enhance a CV and support professional development in animation, gaming, or multimedia projects. Completing this course equips learners to create fully rigged, production-ready characters, optimise animation workflows, and improve efficiency in professional environments. The practical, results-oriented approach ensures learners can immediately apply rigging techniques to real-world projects and animations.
Yes. The course introduces character rigging concepts and Toon Boom Harmony tools step by step, making it accessible to learners with basic animation knowledge.
Learners gain professional rigging skills applicable to animation studios, freelance projects, and multimedia productions, enhancing employability and portfolio quality.
The course is fully online and self-paced. Learners can access content anytime from any device, making it easy to balance study with work or personal commitments.
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Subjects
- Animation
- Animation Workflow
- Animation Software
- 2D Character Rigging
- Rigging in Harmony
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This course provides a comprehensive guide to **character rigging in Toon Boom Harmony**, starting with an **introduction** and covering the process of **separating body parts and adjusting pivot points**. Learners are guided through **creating and assigning pegs, parenting layers, building a head rig**, and finally **creating animations**, equipping them with the skills to rig and animate characters effectively.
Course Curriculum
- Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony
- Module 01: Introduction
- Module 02: Separating the body parts
- Module 03: Changing the pivot points
- Module 04: Peg
- Module 05: Assigning peg for layers
- Module 06: Parenting the layers
- Module 07: Creating head rig
- Module 08: Creating Animation
- Module 09: Thank you
Character Rigging in Toon Boom Harmony
