150 Animation Exercises to Improve Your Skills

150 Exercises to boost your skills

We're liking this list of 150 animation exercises created by independent animation artist David Mattock at his website Animator Artist Life. 

David Mattock has created a wide variety of exercises for any animator to tackle, from simple tasks like animating a vibrating telephone or a falling leaf, to complex character animation.  It's a great list, super useful for any animator who might need a little practice or inspiration for what to animate next. 

150 Animation Exercises to Boost Your Skills

Animator Artist Life

David Mattock has created 150 animation exercises at his website Animator Artist Life. They start with the basics, such as:

Level 1 - Super Basic - Animate Inanimate Objects

• Vibrating Phone
• Falling Leaf
• Car Speeding Off
• Falling Block
• Swinging Pendulum
• One hard ball knocks another
• Floating balloon
• Spinning Top
• Dominoes
• Jack in the Box
• Arrow Hitting a Target

Many (but not all) have been animated, so you can get a feeling for what the exercise ought to look like.

You can find the full list here.