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Use your creativity and technical skills to bring characters and stories to life as a 2D digital animator. Learn how to go from concept to finished animation, using industry-standard tools and the latest techniques from prominent animators in the business.
- Learn the basics of animation and character development for 2D.
- Apply storytelling principles to your animations.
- Practice with exercises in Adobe Animate and Toon Boom Harmony.
Overview
Syllabus
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- Course 1: Learning 2D Animation Principles
- Learn the basic principles of animation to build characters that interact naturally with their environments, convey realistic emotion, and talk and walk convincingly.
- Course 2: Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters
- Learn to draw cartoon characters for classical cel animation, digital animation, comic books, or just for fun.
- Course 3: Adobe Animate Essential Training
- Learn how to use Adobe Animate to develop animated and interactive assets for websites, apps, and experiences.
- Course 4: Animating in Photoshop
- Learn how to create traditional hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop.
- Course 5: Migrating from Flash to Toon Boom Harmony
- Transition from Flash to Toon Boom Harmony. Learn about Flash tools and their Toon Boom equivalents and how to complete common drawing and animation tasks in Toon Boom Harmony.
- Course 6: Toon Boom Harmony Essential Training
- Bring your stories to life with Toon Boom Harmony. Learn to use Harmony for 2D animation and character rigging.
- Course 7: Sharon Ross: Character Designer for 2D Animation
- Get insights from a real character designer. In this interview, Sharon Ross explains how she went from art student to illustrator to character designer for Family Guy.