Animation Mentor vs Creature Art Teacher

Animation Mentor offers web-based animation courses and workshops, including Character Animation and Game Animation courses that each run for 12 weeks. Its workshop choices include 12-week creature animation and 3D character modeling, plus six-week standard, Maya, and Out of Shape workshops. Learning features include guided projects, instructor feedback, live classes, and progress tracking. Animation Mentor is a paid service with no free plan. Prices for the listed courses and workshops are not provided, but interest-free payment options are listed in six, four, or three monthly installments. The platform listed is web. Animation Mentor was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA. The duration and subject of each course or workshop are specified, so prospective students can compare formats by topic and length; the listed payment options describe installment counts rather than the cost of an offering.

Creature Art Teacher offers art and animation lessons, tutorials, courses and digital downloads, alongside concept art and animal paintings. Its membership library describes more than 850 hours of lessons spanning animation, traditional art, animal drawing, painting, character design and storytelling. Courses, brushes and downloads are also available for individual purchase. The Locomotion Reference Library contains nearly 400 animal movement clips across 55+ species, with search, movement filters, looping playback, favorites and optional high-resolution downloads. A streaming membership provides access to most courses, with new courses available 60–90 days after release and offline access through the iOS app. The site also advertises a TVPaint discount for subscribers, redeemed on TVPaint’s website. The Streaming Membership Plan is listed at $9.99 a month; its page also advertises $9.99 for the first six months, then $14.99 per month. Annual Premium Membership is $189 a year, and Lifetime Premium Membership is $549, paid once. The site is available on web, iOS and Android, though Android offline access is described as coming soon.