
Use onion skins to display past and future frames at reduced opacity for Procreate frame placement. Adjust frames, opacity, and colors, then use ping pong playback and easing in Procreate.
Learn to combine the animation assist and layers panels by grouping layers into frames, duplicating frames for a ping-pong animation, and animating arms, head, and eyes with layered control.
Learn to animate with Procreate frame by frame, move, rotate with correct pivots, and redraw like a flipbook, then enrich with liquify, gradient map, or glitch for gifs and videos.
learn how to resize a Procreate animation to exact dimensions by duplicating the document, using crop and resize with resample canvas, and snapping to 800 by 600.
From ideation to a looping Happy Sun animation, use boomerang playback. Integrate gradients, grain, onion skin, symmetry guides, and planning groups for a 248 by 248 NFT square.
Procreate is a mighty art and illustration tool! It has such a rich set of features. Among these features is the ability to animate—in Procreate! Which is crazy. The fact that you can create amazing illustrations and animations using just one app on your iPad is mind-blowing.
Being able to animate is a fantastic and super versatile skill to have in your tool belt. It's fun. It adds life to your work. And it opens up a new world of possibilities. With this new skill you'll be able to:
Create storyboards.
Breathe life and movement into your artwork.
Create fun animations to bring your work more attention + engagement.
The class has been updated in 2023 (with a lot more content and material). It covers both practical and theoretical aspects of animating in Procreate. If you're new to the world of animation I break everything down and explain things in an approachable way. The class covers the following topics:
Animation basics
Animating in Procreate
Creating looping animations
Animating existing artwork
Export GIFs, animated PNGs, and videos
A bunch of Procreate tips and tricks
Having some experience in Procreate will help, but you should be able to pick things up pretty quickly if you're new to Procreate. If introducing movement and life into your work sounds like fun, come take the class!
I can't wait to see what you create!