Introduction
2D animation is the process of creating moving images in a two-dimensional space, where the characters, objects, and environments are created using height and width, but no depth. Unlike 3D animation, which adds depth and volume to its subjects, 2D animation focuses on traditional hand-drawn or digital techniques to create the illusion of movement on a flat surface. It is one of the oldest forms of animation, but it remains widely used in films, television, advertising, video games, and more.
Deep knowledge in understanding the principles of animation result to bring character to live with realistic and exaggerating movement. This course will give you perfect understanding of pose-to-pose and straight ahead animation. You will also be guided on how to pose, stage and tween character for efficient and fluid motion. Other features that would be thought are inbetweeners, ease-in/ease-out, timeline movement etc.
2D Character Animation
2D animation remains a versatile and powerful medium that has evolved with technology while retaining its traditional roots. Whether through hand-drawn cels or digital software, the basic principles of animation — timing, spacing, and creativity — are essential in creating captivating and memorable animated content. We will cover the use of Adobe Animate for frame drawing and animation, and other
necessary tools will also come in handy.
At the end of this course, you should be able to create a professional 2D character animation for website, app, game, education and TV commercials. We use an industry-based standard approach for 2D character animation with compatible tools and software on all computers.
What You Will Learn
Students should be confident to handle any of the below areas at the end of the course.
Introduction to 2D character animation
Overview of the 2D character application
Exploring application interface
What to do before starting animation
Script breakdown and visual interpretation
Character design and digital drawing
Basic principles of animation
Background creation and environmental design
Essential principles of animation
Working with other applications in Adobe Animate
Creating your first 2D character animation
Dialogue animating
Body mechanics and kinetics
Push and pull animation
Using other assets
Rendering and polishing
Building your portfolio for job
Essential knowledge of graphics design with is a prerequisite. Necessary drawing skills will also be an advantage for a student offering this course.
Student Requirements
Interested student must come with one passport photograph and four four thousand naira for registration.
Students should also come with a well functional computer with a minimum operating system of at least 64bit (Window 10 or Mac) and minimum of 4gig RAM.
Course Duration & Schedule
Weekdays (10 Weeks)
- Mondays and Wednesdays
- Fridays and Saturdays
2 Sessions per day
- 9:00am – 11:30am
- 1:00pm – 3:30pm
* Students can only choose one session
Weekend (12 Weeks)
- Saturdays only
2 Sessions per day
- 9:00am – 1:00am
- 2:00pm – 6:00pm
* Students can only choose one session