In this incredibly fun class, you'll join me, Isaac Ramos, as together we learn how to animate a character walk, run, and jump! It's great to know how to draw, but to see your creations come to life is a whole different ball game! Using a program called "Krita" (free), we will learn how to create hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation, just like you remember from the good ol' 2D Disney days!

Learn to create vibrant, dynamic storyboards that will translate your illustrations seamlessly into animation! In this easy-to-follow class, freelance art director, illustrator, and motion designer Sarah Beth Morgan shares her tried-and-true process for crafting a creative brief any client would be excited to receive.

Creature Animation Pro v3.66 Win x64 | Creature is the Cutting-edge 2D Animation Software designed to add stunningly fluid animation to your digital content. Take advantage of Creature's Directable Automated Animation Engine and powerful workflow to produce amazingly complex animation in an incredibly easy and time-efficient manner.

Packt Publishing – Learn Animation Production with Blender | Use Blender 3D to create your own amazing 3D animations

In this class you will learn how to create a small 3D animation project with Autodesk Maya, planning out a small-animated scene by designing dynamic poses based on your own ideas.

MP4 1280x720 | Total time: 1h 57m | ENG | Project Files Included | 514 MB

In this tutorial, Senior Animator Elaina Scott shares her workflow for creating a full-cg shot for Visual Effects, from previs to final animation. In the initial chapters she discusses shot language, lenses and how to create dynamic poses for superhero animation. She begins by taking an existing animation and sets up a very rough set and some lights, so that she can illustrate how quickly one can create a narrative using camera lenses, movement

Character animation class to inspire confidence and energy!! We'll touch on character, rhythm, keyframes + breakdowns, anticipation, arcs, staging, and more!

Cartoon Animator 4 (formerly known as CrazyTalk Animator) is a 2D animation software designed for both ability of entry and productivity. You can turn images to animated characters, control characters with your expressions, generate lipsync animation from audio, accomplish 3d parallax scenes, produce 2D visual effects, access content resources, and wield a comprehensive photoshop pipeline to rapidly customize characters and create content.

In the motion design field, knowing lots of different approaches to animating characters is extremely valuable. And while you can get by on rigged characters for most projects, a hand-drawn character can do a lot to add life, personality, and value to an animation. And when it's done well, clients LOVE it!