Become a 2D Digital Animator
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
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.
Syllabus
Courses under this program:
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.
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.
Courses
-
Learn to draw cartoon characters for classical cel animation, digital animation, comic books, or just for fun.
-
Learn the basic principles of animation to build characters that interact naturally with their environments, convey realistic emotion, and talk and walk convincingly.
-
Bring your stories to life with Toon Boom Harmony. Learn to use Harmony for 2D animation and character rigging.
-
Learn how to use Adobe Animate to develop animated and interactive assets for websites, apps, and experiences.
-
Learn how to create traditional hand-drawn animation in Adobe Photoshop.
-
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.
-
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.
Taught by
Dermot O'Connor, Joseph Labrecque and Sharon Ross
Related Courses
Fundamentals of Animation in After EffectsDomestika Character Animation and Expression with Maya
Domestika Rigging y deformación de un personaje
Domestika Rigging y animación de personajes en Moho
Domestika Animating 2D Characters: Harmony to Unity
LinkedIn Learning