Hold on, STICK MEN! Why??!?

If you have to ask that, you might not be ready for the awesomeness of this course. But you could be after watching some of the best stick men animations that YouTube has to offer. Here's a great one with almost 5 million views at the time of this posting. Obviously this style of animation has gotten quite popular, and while it might seem childish, it is a great exercise in character animation. You can work quicker than if you were animating a more realistic figure, but you can still get a great sense for timing and human dynamics.

So here's what this tutorial has to offer in 6 lengthy lessons...

- Designing and Rigging the basic Stick Man
- Walking and Running your Stick Man
- Stick Man Inverse Kinematics
- Stick men Fight Scene Part 1
- Stick men Fight Scene Part 2
- Adding Sounds

After all that you should be trained in the ways of a Stick-Animating Jedi. And as always, the source files are included and the videos are high-def.

This course is taught by Justin Cook, you can find more of his professional work at his own site SeenCreative.co.uk. And if you're interested in poaching one of CartoonSmart's greatest instructors for your own project, send him an email.