15 Best Animation Courses for Beginners
We compared 15 Animation courses currently listed on Udemy and Coursera, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, Coursera, matched to "animation" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Learn 3D Modelling & Animation from Scratch with Blender 3D
3D modelling and animation skills are in huge demand in many industries, such as the games industry, the animation industry, advertising, architectural and medical visualization... the list goes on and on. Incredibly, de...
$39.99listed price -
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Stop Motion Animation for Beginners
Discover the fascinating art of stop motion animation in this easy-to-understand course. You don't need any experience or fancy equipment! This course is for total beginners.All you need to take this course is:Your phone...
$99.99listed price -
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Blender 3D for Beginners: Learn to Model a Balloon Dog
Offered by Skillshare
Hi, my name is 'Harry Helps' and In this class I'll guide you through a fun beginner exercise where we’ll create a 3d balloon dog in Blender. We’ll go through each part of the process step-by-step, so you should find it...
$49.00listed price -
4
UE5: Beginner’s Guide to Building a 3D Environment
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction To Story Boarding
This course is about learning the craft of storyboarding for animation artists, filmmakers, game design artists, graphic designers and people interested in learning how the storyboarding process affects the film, game an...
$19.99listed price -
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Spline Modeling Fundamentals in CINEMA 4D
This course teaches you the spline modeling techniques using the spline tools and functions available in CINEMA 4D. This course first introduces you to the splines primitives and then shows you the functioning of spline...
$19.99listed price -
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Learn Basics Of Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners
Welcome to the “Adobe After Effects - The Beginner's Basics” course.Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production...
$199.99listed price -
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Scratch 3.0 Coding Course: For Kids, Beginners, & Educators
"In this engaging course, discover the world of programming and coding through the exciting lens of Scratch. Developed by MIT, Scratch transforms programming into an enjoyable adventure, making it feel like a game.Our ph...
$29.99listed price -
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LUMION & Complete training from beginner to expert!
In this LUMION course we will start from an initiation level to finish finishing the course by mastering the program at an expert level. And this is not just words. We will do it. I have put all my effort and knowle...
$99.99listed price -
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Lumion for Designers : From Scratch to Pro
Learn how to create stunning architectural renders, animations, and walkthroughs using Lumion — no prior experience required! What You'll LearnHow to use Lumion from scratch, even if you've never opened it beforeImportin...
$19.99listed price -
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After Effects Beginner - Typography Reveal in After Effects
In this course I want to guide you through a nice technique for making a modern & trendy typography project in After Effects which you can easily learn for Yourself and replicate. You will learn how to form, build and re...
$94.99listed price -
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Easy Blender Course for Beginners
Course Description:In this course, you will learn how to model and animate a complete isometric interior scene from start to finish in Blender. We begin by building the entire environment step by step, including walls, f...
$19.99listed price -
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Master GDScript from Scratch with Godot 4 Games
Ready to transform your ideas into playable experiences? Whether you’re an absolute beginner or have dabbled in coding before, this GDScript-driven Godot Masterclass guides you from zero to building real, interactive gam...
$44.99listed price -
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Unity Game Development: Beginner to Intermediate
Offered by EDUCBA
Create engaging and interactive game interfaces with Unity by learning how to design, animate, and script professional-quality GUI systems. In this course, you will build a strong foundation in Unity GUI development, beg...
$49.00listed price -
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Blender Beginners Masterclass - The Cookie Factory
Offered by Packt
This specialization features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress throug...
$49.00listed price
Best Animation Courses for Beginners compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Udemy and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.
Before you enrol
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