Become a 2D Digital Animator

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.

• 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.