There's a crapload of online classes out there that is too overwhelming for most Malaysians to start. I thought I might start a list of some good online classes based reviews, recommendations and my personal experiences with a few of them.

For starters, here's where you can find some lists of good schools:

Best Online Animation Schools by CreativeBloq
Brad Colbow's list 2020
ConceptArtEmpire's series of list especially list of the best online figure drawing courses.

For beginners:

DrawABox.com
Completely basic yet useful lessons. Free

Watts Atelier Online
Start with the $99 Drawing option, then jump straight to the Quicksketch Fundamentals, then Figure Fundamentals, then Head Fundamentals, before moving to Head Phase 1 or Figure Phase 1. Looks complicated at first, but once you sit the eff down and follow along the lessons, it get s easier It's $99 monthly, so schedule wisely.

Proko
Start with Head & Figure drawing, then move on to Anatomy. There's a Caricature course, as well, if you want to one-up that abang at KL Sentral. Every course starts with $59 for portrait & $99 for figure.

Aaron Blaise.
Former Disney animator for Brother Bear teaching some art & animation lessons. So if you want to learn to draw Disney style cartoons, it's good time now, since prices are now discounted to free, $1, and onwards

Studio Technique
Online class by another former Disney animator, Samantha Youssef. More emphasis on Figure Drawing and basic 2D Animation. Quite pricey, at USD850 per class and schedule based on Canadian time zone.

SVS Learn
SVS Learn is a new online school started by industry vets aimed at teaching art & design at lower cost than typical Western art schools. The one I've linked is a learning path, so you'll know where to start first. Price list

21-Draw
A Kickstarter backed online art school. List of instructors includes Warren Louw, whose art style in same caliber as Artgerm.

Schoolism
A well-known school from the before 2010s. Instructors include vets from Pixar and that one Kim Possible/Danny Phantom artist. Annual sub is $299 so if interested, wait for sale.

New Masters Academy
Quite pricier and lot more legit as it's taught by more elite artists such as Glenn Vilppu, Steve Huston etc. Wait for the special discounts during the US holidays.


Intermediate:

Constructing a Human Figure
Once you get your basic figure drawing down, it's time to learn anatomy. This one teaches how to lay down the bones & muscles one by one. It takes patience to follow through, though. Almost similar to Michael Hampton's lessons. $75

FORCE Drawing
If you want to push your gesture further, check this site out. You can start with the bundle thats about $120. Memberships has crits & reviews of your art.

Paintable
If you want to focus more on digital art, you can start here.

CTRL+PAINT
Same as above, but free.

Gnomon Workshop
Some great lessons by industry vets. Used to be priced per lesson, but now it's subscription.

CG Master Academy
It's quite good, if you can pour yourself into it. Be warned, there are hardware requirements, every lesson is per priced, starting from $699 and US schedule may conflict with Malaysian, so if interested, talk with the representatives and know what you get yourself into.

Animation Mentor Workshops
The overall Animation Mentor course is pricier than f**k, but there are some more concentrated workshops worth checking out such as storyboard, concept art & 2D animation. Scheduling is like above, so talk with reps before considering. $899 is still pricey for every lesson.


Advanced:

Animation Mentor
If you want a fully certified online animation school, this is where you can start. Recommended by many animation studios. Pricey, high hardware & software requirements and maybe complicated, so talk with the reps for more info

CG Spectrum
Same as above and as just pricey. Covers more courses than just animation. Still, have a chat with reps for more info.

Full Sails Online
The closest thing to being the Harvard of online design school. It's accredited and pricier. Again, have a chat with reps, bla bla, if interested, 'cos it assumes you know your basic training.


And that's far as I know.

I'll keep updating if I find some more good online, or you can recommend some good online classes.

This post has been edited by Trebuchetti: Jun 14 2020, 10:18 AM

that's a very insightful post
I'm only thinking about getting some boost for my art skill and switching to more digital stuff. Think I should check some of the platforms listed 😚

You're welcome!

I've looked around Lowyat forums and realized there aren't a lot of recommendations. So I went with I considered the best of the lot.

If there are any other classes worth checking out, let me know. I'll do my best to update.

Finally, a real art post. Keep this alive please.

Thanks!

Keep this thread updated as well by recommending more good online classes.

Thanks for the post. I’m looking for free Vray class actually.

This is a welcome information. In addition to your post.

There are some of the online animation classes, where you can get more enlightenment .

you can as well, watch online videos on you-tube for basic animation concept. before choosing animation schools.

In-spite of this, you can google search for some online animation portfolios 2d animation

Thanks