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Useful links and resources

NextGen has curated this library from around the web to help NextGen students, and all aspiring creatives, to be inspired, learn and refine skills, and have access to some great free resources to practice with. It includes tutorials, industry interviews, breakdowns of movies and games, and free rigs and other assets for use in your practice.

Please note that the copyright for all materials remains with the original owner, please check and adhere to all stated Terms and Conditions when using the free assets.
GAMES
The Work of a Video Game Artist
Lisette Titre-Montgomery, Art Director at Double Fine, shares insights from her career in the games industry
VFX
Why 'The Mandalorian' Uses Virtual Sets
A fascinating insight into how Disney merged traditional cinematography techniques with advanced world-building technology to create The Mandalorian
Filmmaking
The Real Fake Cameras of Toy Story 4
A fascinating insight into how Pixar choose to mimic real-life cameras to help tell their stories
Storyboarding
Lessons from The Parasite Storyboards
We can learn a lot by studying the work of a master like Bong Joon-Ho. His Parasite storyboards provide a lot of insight into his process and work
Games
Breaking into the Video Games Industry
Founder of Playtra Games, Dan Bernardo discusses how he broke into the games industry, offers insights and advice for aspiring game developers, and reveals what inspires him to keep on creating
3D Modelling
3DS Max Tutorials by Kenzorman
Friend of NextGen Ken Turner’s YouTube channel has a wealth of tutorials from first steps through to advanced techniques to help you refine your 3DS Max skills
Games
Crafting A Tiny Open World: Short Hike
In this 2020 GDC Virtual Talk, Adam Robinson-Yu talks about how he decided to put a major project on the back burner in favour of a new prototype, which ultimately became A Short Hike
Film Making - Editing
Video Editing Assets, Fonts and Sounds
From vintage sound effects to custom animated transitions, here’s links to 100+ free assets from Premium Beat
Rigs
Bony / Beefy Rigs
A series of rigs to download and use for free. Includes Bony, Beefy, Walker, Hands, Tails, and more!
Rigs
Stewart and Squirrels Rigs
2 professional quality rigs from Animation Mentor with intuitive controls and a simple design for Autodesk® Maya. Great for animators of all levels
Rigs
Hotel Transylvania Zombie Rig
Sony Pictures Animation is excited to provide artists and animation enthusiasts with a fun opportunity to animate using an actual character rig from Hotel Transylvania
Rigs
Mery Character Rig
A free character rig from the Mery Project for practise and educational purposes, can you make Mery come to life?