I'm Monica, aka Academic Phoenix Plus. I'm an artist, art director, and teacher. This website focuses on tutorials primarily for Maya, Photoshop and After Effects.

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Why should you listen to me? I've been a professor for 9 years, and I worked in the animation industry for 8 years: I contributed to animations like the Way to Heaven, PBS, shorts and more. 

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Creating good art is hard enough without the tools getting in the way. Let me make things easier for you!

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This is a (mostly) free resource for digital tutorials!