Create animated 2D characters using Procreate and Animate CC

Name: Create animated 2D characters using Procreate and Animate CC
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Learn to draw fun cartoons on your iPad with your Apple Pencil and then turn your art into simple animations.

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Created byAlan Balodi

Last updated 3/2019

English

What you'll learn

Draw cartoon characters using iPad Pro and Procreate App
Create fun animations using Adobe Animate CC

Course content

3 sections • 21 lectures • 3h 47m total length

Introduction1:16
Welcome to the course, please make sure to import the necessary Procreate brushes in Lecture 2.
Importing Brushes6:48
Unzip and Import the 4 cartoon brushes we will be using for this training.
Procreate UI Basics14:30
Quick overview of basic ui elements and tools.
Tracing and Coloring10:22
Learn to trace any image and learn the basics of drawing in Procreate.
Adding Highlights and Shadows12:36
A few final touches to make an appealing final art work.

Rough sketching our character13:17
We will begin sketching our character, feel free to download the sketch and simply trace over it if you want to stay close to the final character.
Creating Clean Outlines Part 17:06
Lets trace our sketch, creating clean outlines.
Creating Clean Outlines Part 28:03
Continue creating clean lines while also keeping all the layers separate.
Add color to our character12:01
Lets decide what color our character should be and then paint every part individually.
Final Touches, highlights and shadows17:41
In this lesson we will make our character more interesting by adding highlights and shadows.
Export to Photoshop as PSD for quick resizing7:39
Export our character as PSD file out of Procreate.

Size and Import our character into Animate CC11:18
Once we size our PSD Procreate file in Photoshop we will import it into Animate CC and adjust a few settings.
Animate Basics: Orange Ball Part 110:10
Let's take a look at the basic tools, and create a fun orange ball.
Animate Basics: Orange Ball Part 214:34
Our ball needs awesome glow and reflection otherwise it simply doesn't look as cool :)
Animate Basics: Orange Ball Part 315:55
Finally we create a fun jelly bounce with our super awesome orange ball! Life is good.
Orange Monster Animation Part 110:13
Now we will start animating our orange monster.
Orange Monster Animation Part 213:52
We will create movie clips for each part of his body.
Orange Monster Animation Part 38:42
We will continue tweaking our animation and testing it inside Animate CC.
Orange Monster Animation Part 413:34
We will recreate our pupil and animate it inside Animate CC.
Orange Monster Animation Part 512:34
Final tweaks and animation timing adjustments.
The End5:04
Export to Video!

Requirements

Procreate App for iPad Pro with Apple Pencil
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Animate CC

Description

Ever wanted to create fun cartoon animations for Social Media? Why not create a short on YouTube? Well, with this training you will be able to do just that. Learn to draw incredible quality art on your iPad Pro with Apple Pencil then bring your art into an amazing Animate CC to create simple animations.

If you love to doodle and have been looking to jump into the digital art world, this is it! I take you from the very beginning. You will be able to take your existing sketches or create new ones and turn them into final polished high resolution art pieces which you could then use to create your very own animations.

You Will Learn How To:

Draw Fun Cartoon Characters in Procreate App on iPad Pro using Apple Pencil
To Import Custom Brushes
To Import Reference Images
Sketch Using a Pencil Brush
Draw Clean Outlines by Tracing Your Sketches Using Custom Paint Brush
Fill In Colors, Add Gradients, Highlights and Shadows to Your Final Art
Export Your Art to Photoshop for Resizing
Import Layered Art Files into Animate CC
Create Movie Clips
Learn How To Animate
Export Final Video for Social Media

I can't wait to get started!

Remember your only limitation is your own imagination!

So sharpen your pencil and jump right in, well I meant charge your pencil :)

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone who loves to draw cartoons
Anyone who wants to learn the basic techniques for creating simple animations

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OVERVIEW: Basics5 lectures • 46min

PROCREATE: Create 2D Cartoon Character Ready for Animation6 lectures • 1hr 6min

ANIMATE CC10 lectures • 1hr 56min

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