Beginners Animation and Procreate Dreams Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Learn the fundamentals of creating animations using the Procreate Dreams app. Procreate Dreams is an increasingly popular software amongst illustrators, artists and content creators wanting to create animations and social media content.
Taught through a combination of illustrated lectures, practical exercises, 1-1 feedback and sharing within group sessions, this course provides an insight into creating engaging animations using the Procreate Dreams app.
Students will learn the fundamental animation skills that can be applied to any software and/or method of animating.
By the end of the course, students will finish with an artistic and technical 'toolkit' necessary to create engaging animations on the Procreate Dreams app and have built a portfolio showcasing their industry-recognised skills.
To get the most out of the course, students are advised to spend 30 minutes using the app outside of class.
Who this course is for
This intensive online course is aimed at beginners with little to no experience in animation or using the Procreate Dreams app. No animation or drawing experience is required.
It would benefit illustrators, creatives, content creators, and indeed anyone interested in working with animation. It is also an excellent fit for individuals who are aspiring to study animation, work in the animation and games industry and/or make short films and experimental moving image content.
Key information
Topics covered
- Different methods of animating within Procreate Dreams
- A detailed exploration of the Procreate Dreams interface
- Fundamental, essential animation techniques (including ‘The 12 principles of Animation’)
- Character animation
- Looping animations
- Inbetweening
- Keyframing
- ‘Onion-skinning’
- Rigging
- Compositing using masks, imported assets and blending modes
- Working with video and photos
- Rotoscoping
- Importing work from Procreate
Learning outcomes
- Utilise a variety of animation techniques in order to make and refine work
- Identify animation methods and styles that you might want to introduce into your practice and experiment with further
- Analyse and improve your work, so that you can continue to develop as an animator
- Display a small, animated portfolio demonstrating industry-recognised skills
- Meet classmates who you may wish to collaborate with on your future animation projects
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
Please have the following materials to hand for the first lesson:
- Procreate Dreams installed on a fully charged iPad
- Fully charged iPencil
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Tutor
Kate Sullivan
Kate Sullivan is an award-winning animator/designer/director and documentary filmmaker. Since graduating from the Character Animation PG Cert (now MA) at CSM, she's worked on a wide variety of high-profile content. Clients include Cartoon Network, BBC, Ch4, Zeekay Junior, CITV CBeebies, CBBC, Google and NBC. Recent work includes: Designing and animating titles, credits and establishers for 'Upstart Crow' - Designing and animating titles and ad-break bumpers for 'Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping" - Animating a pilot for a preschool show voiced by Sophie Ellis Bexter. Kate is currently creating an animated documentary project about the creator of the world's first computer-generated cartoon character.
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