Hand-Painted GIFs: Bring Your Illustrations to Life in Procreate

In this class you will learn how to transform your illustrations into animated GIF stickers for use on your Instagram stories!

This class is suitable for all illustration techniques, but if you work traditionally, you’ll specifically learn how to prepare your paintings and animate them using simple techniques that can all be done in Procreate!

You will learn how to:

• Hand-paint illustrations
• Import
• Four different animation techniques — liquify, rotation, erasing & painting
• Export
• Make your GIFS searchable on GIPHY
• Share your GIFs on Instagram stories

The skills you will learn here would make a great starting point if you wanted to pursue animation further. As an illustrator, GIF-making is a really useful and sought-after skill that can bring your work to life on social media, set you apart, help you to reach new audiences and broaden the types of commission you can get.

You don’t need a background in animation to take this class; in fact it’s perfect for dipping your toes in. However, some basic experience using Procreate would be helpful. We will be starting with just one still image and making it move; this is quicker and simpler than frame-by-frame animation, but very versatile nonetheless.

Not to mention, it’s an incredibly fun and rewarding process and once you’ve mastered it you’ll be whipping up GIFs all the time!

You can see Louise’s GIFs here, plus check out her website and find her on instagram!

• Introduction
• Class Orientation
• Planning your GIFs
• Painting for Animation
• Import & Selection
• Animation Features in Procreate
• Technique 1: Liquify
• Technique 2: Rotation
• Technique 3: Erasing
• Technique 4: Painting with Procreate
• Mix it Up
• Exporting
• Make your GIFs Searchable with GIPHY
• Your Instagram Stories
• Conclusion