Animation Mentor vs Proko

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.

Proko is an online art-learning platform and community for developing skills and connecting with peers and mentors. Its courses cover drawing fundamentals, anatomy, figure drawing, perspective, painting, character design, and comics. Depending on the course, premium materials may include extended videos, assignments, demonstrations, eBooks, critique videos, and 3D models. Free lessons are available; Drawing Basics lists 58 free lessons among 185. Proko sells products individually rather than through membership access, and course access is for life. Students can share assignment work in the community for feedback, and instructors may use submissions in critique videos. Drawing Basics videos are downloadable as 1080p MP4 files for offline viewing, but that does not include future videos outside the course. Proko also lists Skelly anatomy modeling for iOS and Android, a web drawing timer, Zolly perspective practice for iOS, Android, and Windows, and a web value study tool. Drawing Basics Full costs $159, paid once payment.