2D Animation Basic Principles

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Macarena Lastra (McKaren)

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1. Module 1 A Frame to Frame Transformation

1. Welcome!.mp4

01:18

2. Tools.mp4

02:17

3. Frame Rate.mp4

01:23

4. Aspect Ratio.mp4

01:41

5. Straight Ahead Action.mp4

00:34

6. Animating Frame to Frame.mp4

06:24

7. Editing.mp4

09:14

8. Your Project.mp4

00:34

field chart 2,14x1.zip
field chart 2,35x1.zip
field chart 4x3.zip
field chart 16x9.zip

2. Module 2 Transformations Pose to Pose

1. Introduction.mp4

00:39

2. Pose to Pose.mp4

00:37

3. Drawing Inbetweens on the Board.mp4

06:52

4. Drawing Inbetweens on Software.mp4

03:32

5. Inbetweening the Edges.mp4

02:06

6. Straight Ahead Action vs Pose to Pose.mp4

03:34

7. Your Project.mp4

00:52

3. Module 3 Animating Bounces

1. Introduction.mp4

00:58

2. Solid Drawing.mp4

01:56

3. Squash & Stretch.mp4

01:10

4. Slow-in & Slow-out.mp4

01:36

5. Animating a Bouncing Ball.mp4

04:34

6. Animating a Bowling Ball.mp4

05:02

7. Anticipation.mp4

00:44

8. Animating a Jumping Ball.mp4

03:10

9. Your Project.mp4

00:39

4. Module 4 Animating a Swing

1. Introduction.mp4

00:42

2. Secondary Action.mp4

01:07

3. Overlapping Action & Follow-through.mp4

01:26

4. Analyzing the Swing.mp4

01:28

5. Animating a Character With Overlapping and Secondary Action.mp4

08:14

6. Your Project.mp4

01:04

Description

Learn Traditional Animation From The Very Start

What You'll Learn?

Understanding of audiovisual elemental concepts such as the Frame Rate and Aspect Ratio
Animation of different kinds of transformations drawing Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
Bounces' animation applying Squash & Stretch, Slow-in & Slow-out, Solid Drawing...
A swing animation applying Secondary Action, Overlapping Action and Follow-through

Who is this for?

This course is for anyone who wants to get into traditional animation. The exercises can be applied to simple forms, so character design knowledge is no required, neither color theory or other complex drawing topics.

What You Need to Know?

If you choose to work on paper: An animation board (or homemade solution), 90gr or less grammage sheets, paper hole punch and ruler with bolts (to hold the sheets). An editing software such as Adobe Premiere.

If you choose to work digitally: A tablet or monitor device with a digital pen and a drawing software with layers and a timeline, such as Adobe Animate or Clip Studio Paint.

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Description
In this course you'll learn to make traditional 2D animations drawing each frame as it's done in anime or Disney movies. The goal of this course is that you learn to animate with simple examples, but understanding all the fundamental principles that make an animation work and look appealing and credible.
If you're a drawing artist but have no experience with animation, this course will give you the basic tools to get a good understanding of movement.
IfÂ you don't have experience with drawing but you're interested in animation, this is a good starting point.

Throughout these 4 modules we'll learn about:

Frame Rate and Aspect Ratio
Principle of Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose Animation
Principle of Solid Drawing
Principle of Squash & Stretch
Principle of Slow-in & Slow-out
Principle of Anticipation
Principle of Secondary Action
Principle of Overlapping Action and Follow-Through
Each module explores the necessary theory of these principles and a series of practic examples that will serve you as a reference to apply in your own projects.
At the end of this course you'll know how to animate different types of transformations, bounces of objects with different weights, hardness and elasticity, or even with a "living" looking, as well as animating in many layers as needed for an animation with more than one element.

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Credits forÂ the material used in this course:
Videos from Pexels by Kindel Media, cottonbro, Engin Akyurt, Artem Podrez, Muhammadrizwan, Peggy Anke and Rodnae Productions.
Archive material from the Internet Archive in collaboration with Prelinger Archives.
Music from Bensound.
Who this course is for:
This course is for anyone who wants to get into traditional animation. The exercises can be applied to simple forms, so character design knowledge is no required, neither color theory or other complex drawing topics.

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2D Animation

Macarena Lastra (McKaren)

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Hola! Soy dibujante de comics y apasionada de la animación. Me gusta construir mundos de fantasía y crear personajes e historias.Deseo compartir con ustedes lo que sé del tipo de animación que a más me gusta, que es la animación tradicional 2D como la que vemos en las películas de Disney o el anime. Te invito a chequear mis redes para estar al tanto de novedades de mis trabajos y próximos cursos que suba.Nos vemos!

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