Intro to Animation and Materials

[New Masters Academy]

In this lesson with instructor Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, you will take a first look at the definition of animation. She will introduce you to all the materials needed to start your animating journey. You will learn about peg bars, papers, lightboxes, field guide, color pencils, etc. Kathleen will also teach you the importance of the exposure sheet and quickly talk about cels.

This lesson belongs to the course The 12 Principles of Animation. In this course, professional animators Michael Cedeno, Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, and Marshall Lee Toomey will introduce you to the 12 principles of animation. You will explore timing, slo-in slo-out, squash and stretch, arc, anticipation, pose to pose, straight ahead, and many more. Kathleen will show you how to set up a downshooter to transfer your pencil sketches to an actual film. Michael will demonstrate how to employ the principles in animated scenes to achieve good flow and continuity. You will practice developing appealing characters and exaggerating your design to evoke emotions. Lastly, Marshall will walk you through a quick overview of clean-up animation. After this course, you will become familiar with the 12 principles of animation; from there, begin to utilize them in your creation.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.

[Jeremy Frias]

Posting again here because Discord is overwhelming to keep up with, posts get lost, and it’s nice to have a separate forum for each lesson!

Hi all! I’m Jeremy and I love practicing movement and figure drawing. I’m learning how to draw for its own sake and as a foundation towards traditional hand drawn animation. Ryan Woodward and Glen Keane are some major inspirations, as well the polish and joy centric animation of many Nintendo games.

Excited about the existence of this course! Traditional animation instruction seems really hard to find online.

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