Animation Track
Start learning frame by frame 2D animation and become a 2D Animator. Starting with the basics of animation from Animation principles to facial expressions and lipsync with industry expert Mariam AbdelLatif she will guide you step by step towards your first steps in your learning journey to become a 2d animator.
Animation work by Our Students
Workshop Content
Lesson 1: Introduction: Animation techniques and pipeline
Presentation: major common animation techniques, production pipeline overview.
Exercise: drawing warmups.
Lesson 2: The 12 principles of animation
Presentation: overview of the 12 principles of animation
Demo: drawing basic 3D forms, interface, frame by frame tools and timeline in animation software
Exercise: drawing objects from multiple angles using the constructive method, squashing, stretching and twisting objects.
Lesson 3: Timing & spacing and arcs
Presentation: timing, spacing and arcs in animation
Demo: linear, smooth and snappy animation, animating in 3D space
Exercise: animating a floating dot with different timing, spacing and paths
Lesson 4 Squash & stretch
Presentation: using squash and stretch in frame by frame animation
Demo: planning and executing a bouncing ball animation
Exercise: animating multiple bouncing balls of different materials
Lesson 5 Follow through & overlapping action
Presentation: using follow through in traditional animation
Demo: breaking down the movement of a flexible object through multiple joints
Exercise: animating a triple pendulum
Lesson 6 Straight ahead & pose to pose, anticipation, secondary action
Presentation: animation workflow for different types of shots, anticipation and secondary action
Demo: planning a simple character animation through key poses
Exercise: animate a character jump
Lesson 7 Staging
Presentation: storyboarding basics for animation
Exercise: create a storyboard for a short scene
Lesson 8 The Wave principle
Demo: animating effects from a simple wave to smoke and cloth
Exercise: animating a static shot with visual effects
Lesson 9 Creating appealing and iconic characters for animation
Presentation: character design fundamentals for animation
Demo: character design through proportions, making model sheets
Exercise: create a simple animatable character with a model sheet
Lesson 10 Character walks and runs 01
Presentation: using reference to plan character walks and runs
Demo: drawing a character walk keyframes
Exercise: planning the keyframes of a character walk using the previously designed character
Lesson 11 Character walks and runs 02
Demo: arm movement in a walk cycle, moving the character from one place to another
Exercise: inbetweening and exporting the character walk animation
Lesson 12 Making an animatic: timing and audio
Presentation: animatics for short animated films
Exercise: developing ideas, storyboards and animatics for the final workshop project
Lesson 13 Designing animation backgrounds: layout and visual styles
Presentation: the role of layouts in animation
Demo: making a background and character layout
Exercise: designing backgrounds for the final workshop project
Lesson 14 Rough animation for action shots
Demo: planning and animating difficult shots
Exercise: final workshop project rough animation
Lesson 15 cleanup and coloring techniques in 2D animation
Presentation: visual styles and techniques for rendering characters in 2D animation
Exercise: cleaning up and coloring the animation for the final workshop project
Lesson 16 Compositing animation in After Effects (Compositing and audio)
Demo: compositing 2D animation in Adobe After Effects
Exercise: compositing and exporting the final workshop project
Course Requirements
- Intermediate to Advanced drawing skills
- Laptop and graphic tablet
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Learning Outcome
It is a project-based learning experience. you will have a full project to apply what you learned
Apps
- Certificate of completion after submitting your project
Instructors
Nareman Nashaat
A 2D artist with 4 years of experience, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University. Worked on animated advertisements for Zanad TV and Gemini Studios, focusing on character design, concept art, and animation. Also works as an instructor at AUC-SCE.
Kareem moheeb
Karim Moheeb, 2D animator and animation instructor. Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in 2016, currently working there as a TA, taught animation courses at MSA and AUC. Worked on animated ads and series including one for Cartoon network, as well as 2D games.
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