Animation for Social Media : Create a Short 2D Animated Reel

Unleash the magic of movement and create your own Animated Reel for social media. 

Ever since Debjyoti Saha was a kid, he lived and breathed all things Animation. What started as doodling in his school notebooks has grown into the creation of an Indie Animation studio with work on projects for Netflix as well as hip-hop artists like DIVINE and Prabh Deep. Now a full-time animator and illustrator, Debjyoti’s animated reels and professional projects have brought him tens of thousands of fans on social media.  

In this class, Debjyoti reveals the basic animation principles that helped kick-start his career, plus how to create and format animations for social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Crafted with the amateur animator in mind, with a focus on storytelling, this class will take you step by step through creating and sharing your first-ever animated short using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Audition.

With Debjyoti by your side, you’ll:

• Discover the twelve most important animation principles
• Design an animated character and jot your ideas down by thumbnailing 
• Learn how to storyboard all while streamlining your animation process
• Produce an Animatic from your storyboard and implement the 12 principles in your rough animation
• Craft a final, 9:16 vertical animation complete with colors, compositing and sound design

Plus, as Debjyoti animates his own project within the class, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the professional techniques he uses to create realistic and emotive shorts. 

Whether you’re a self-taught animator looking for some guidance from the pros or have never explored animation before, this class will give you the fundamental skills you’ll need to make an engaging reel for social media or even take your creative hobby to the next level. 

You don’t need any previous animation experience to take this class, but some illustration skills will help you animate more easily. To follow along with Debjyoti, you’ll need a computer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Audition. You’ll also need a drawing or graphics tablet and a stylus. If you don’t have a tablet, you can also draw within Photoshop using a mouse.

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Understanding the Basics
• Ideating
• Storyboarding
• Creating An Animatic
• Drawing A Rough Animation
• Finishing Inbetween Drawings
• Adding Secondary Actions
• Cleaning Up
• Filling Color
• Compositing
• Adding Audio
• Final Thoughts