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06/12/2026
Struggling to find solid walk cycle references? 🚶➡️ We've got just the list for you! 💪
Put your cat down and check out the full article here ➡️ www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/walk-cycle-reference-ultimate-list-for-animators
Rive's new GPU Canvas layer adds 3D models, custom shaders, and complete rendering pipelines to any Rive project 🤯
Get the full scoop on Motion Mondays ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-8-2026
You asked, we answered! 💪 We’ve COMPLETELY re-recorded (and upgraded) Rive Academy: Volume 1.
Featuring the new UI 🫡 and TONS of new features that didn't exist when the original course was recorded - Introducing Rive Academy: Kickstart! ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/rive-academy-volume-1
STOP destroying your shapes with Pathfinder in Illustrator!
Eyedesyn shows you a better way in this week's Quick Tip 🫡
Want to master Adobe Illustrator? Check out our beginner-friendly Photoshop + Illustrator Unleashed course! ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/photoshop-and-illustrator-unleashed
Mikey Borup has been making plugins for After Effects for years, and he's just released Element Glow - a plugin that's SUPER fast in a way that is hard to describe until you use it!
Find out more on Motion Mondays ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-8-2026
06/09/2026
🎙️ This Thursday's Community Livestream is all about Shape Layers, with Eran Stern!
Eran will dive into powerful, often overlooked features like repeating systems, write-on techniques, boolean operations, and variable fonts, all designed to help you build complex animations with surprising ease.
Join our All-Access community and unlock access to monthly livestreams, and more! ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
06/09/2026
This week's SOM Student of the Week is Sorcha McGlinchey, from Toronto! 🥳
Sorcha is a motion designer currently going through Cinema 4D Basecamp, and rocking the 'Your Favorite Place' assignment! She says School of Motion has been integral to her career, and that she loves how she can learn at her own pace, a little every day. Keep up the great work Sorcha!
More about Sorcha ➡️ https://www.sorchacartoons.com
Find out more about Cinema 4D Basecamp ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-basecamp
This week Rive shipped a 25-kilobyte GPU layer that competes with Unity, X-Particles is coming to Blender, and there is a new After Effects glow plugin that makes the built-in one look embarrassing 😬
It's Motion Mondays! Watch the full episode now ➡️ www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-8-2026
06/06/2026
The font identification struggle IS REAL 😫
Here's our list of tools that can help you identify a font AND keep your sanity in the process.
Read the full article ➡️ www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/how-to-identify-a-font-best-free-tools-2026
Croatian studio Dammit created an After Effects tool called DIIS, which turns non-photorealistic rendering styles into one-click presets directly inside After Effects! 🪄
Get the full scoop on Motion Mondays ➡️ https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-1-2026
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