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AI Mentor: Asha
Track 01 · Foundation to Career-Ready

Animation & VFX

From your first bouncing ball animation to compositing real visual effects — 24 weeks, 29 lessons, 6 phases, with Asha guiding every step in the language you're comfortable in.

29Lessons
6Phases
24Weeks (self-paced)
11Languages
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₹999

W4Y Creator tier — Phases 1–2

Free preview available. No card needed to start Phase 1.

Curriculum

Six Phases, Twelve Months, One Portfolio

From your first bouncing ball animation to a professional VFX showreel — here's exactly what you'll learn, build, and walk away with.

1

Animation Fundamentals

Months 1–2

Before you can make explosions or alien worlds, you need to understand how things actually move.

Skills TaughtThe 12 principles of animation (squash & stretch, anticipation), timing, spacing, weight
ToolsPencil2D, Krita, FlipaClip
The Mission"The Ultimate Bouncing Ball" — animate a heavy bowling ball and a bouncy ping-pong ball to show how weight changes movement
Real-World ExampleEarly Disney pencil tests and the "illusion of life"
🎬 Mentor Demo: a "bad" bounce vs. a "good" bounce — how a few frames of timing changes everything
2

2D Animation Basics

Months 3–4

Now we bring characters to life — from animating shapes to making a character walk, breathe, and act.

Skills TaughtKeyframing, in-betweening, basic rigging, walk cycles
ToolsToon Boom Harmony, Adobe Animate
The Mission"Walk This Way" — rig a simple 2D character and animate them walking confidently across the screen
Real-World ExampleAvatar: The Last Airbender, Gravity Falls — strong poses conveying emotion
🎬 Mentor Demo: building a basic digital skeleton so a character can be posed like an action figure
3

3D Modelling & Character Design

Months 5–6

Time to add a whole new dimension — from flat drawings to virtual worlds you can rotate and explore.

Skills Taught3D navigation, polygonal modelling, texturing, lighting basics
ToolsBlender
The Mission"Build Your Dream Room" — design a low-poly 3D version of your bedroom or a sci-fi base
Real-World ExamplePixar's Up, Minecraft — simple shapes combined into complex environments
🎬 Mentor Demo: a survival guide to Blender's interface without getting overwhelmed
4

VFX & Compositing Basics

Months 7–8

This is where the movie magic happens — combining real-world video with digital effects.

Skills TaughtChroma keying, masking, rotoscoping, adding fire/smoke/lasers
ToolsAdobe After Effects, DaVinci Resolve (Fusion)
The Mission"Superhero Landing" — green-screen jump shot with camera shake, dust particles & glowing effects
Real-World ExampleBehind-the-scenes of Marvel films and The Mandalorian
🎬 Mentor Demo: pulling a clean key and fixing messy edges like frizzy hair
5

Industry-Scale VFX Pipeline

Months 9–10

How do blockbuster movies actually get made? Learn how hundreds of artists coordinate to build a single shot.

Skills TaughtPre-visualization, 3D camera tracking, pipeline departments, render farms
ToolsBlender (tracking), DaVinci Resolve
The Mission"Alien Invasion" — track a 3D UFO into real smartphone footage of your street or backyard
Real-World ExampleVFX breakdowns of Dune and Godzilla, shot by shot
🎬 Mentor Demo: Sudhanshu Dube on the Ramayana: Part-I VFX pipeline — UK, India, Canada & Australia studios working together
6

Portfolio Project & Showreel

Months 11–12

Studios don't care about your grades — they care about your reel. Package everything into something worth showing.

Skills TaughtEditing to music, sound design basics, project organization, final rendering
ToolsDaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro
The Mission"The Director's Cut" — edit your best 10 months of work into a 60-second showreel set to music
Real-World ExampleReal portfolios of junior artists who just got hired at major studios
🎬 Mentor Demo: cutting clips exactly on the beat to make a reel feel cinematic
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Meet Asha, your AI mentor

Asha reviews your animation principles, gives feedback on your VFX composites, and speaks in whichever language you're most comfortable thinking in — Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and 8 more.

See VFX at the biggest scale — Ramayana: Part-I

W4Y mentor Sudhanshu Dube breaks down how a mega-budget production pipelines VFX across global studios — UK, India, Canada & Australia.

Pricing

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Every plan includes Asha, your AI mentor. W4Y Sprint and W4Y Certified also include a real Waves4Youth human mentor for deeper guidance.

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₹0
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  • Meet Asha, your AI mentor
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W4Y Creator

₹999
  • Phases 1–2
  • Free software only (CapCut)
  • AI-graded critique workshop

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₹4,999
  • Phases 1–4
  • Tool mastery (CapCut/DaVinci/Premiere)
  • Your first full project
🎁 Free merchandise worth ₹1,499

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W4Y Certified

₹14,999
  • All 6 phases
  • Specialization + portfolio
  • Mock interview + verified certificate
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