$295.00 — or $98.50 / month for 3 months
WHEN:
January 31 – May 16, 2025
Hands on, step-by-step animator training. Weekly lessons released on 16 Fridays + 9 live Q&A question and answer sessions. This class covers Intro to Animation levels one through three. Students who complete all 16 lessons and the required assignments can qualify to enroll in our Mastering Animation Live Class.
Live Q&As – Question and answer sessions to get personal help, ask questions and receive answers live from your teacher via Zoom.
These events typically are scheduled twice per month from 4:00-5:30PM Mountain Time (3pm Pacific / 5pm Central / 6pm Eastern) and depending our schedule that week will occur on a Wednesday or on a Friday.
DATES: WED 2/5, FRI 2/14, FRI 2/28, WED 3/12, FRI 3/28, FRI 4/11, FRI 4/25, FRI 5/9, FRI 5/23
WHERE:
ONLINE
INCLUDES:
• Weekly Intro to Animation video classes (16 weeks)
• Live online Q&A question and answer meetings (9 sessions)
• Additional access to the teacher during the week through online support
“This class exceeded my expectations. I loved learning how to animate digitally and working on the assignments. It was awesome to have the opportunity to learn with other artists and ask questions if we needed to.” – Kim (5th grade student)
EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK: Video of student work from previous Intro to Animation classes for levels one and two:
To see more examples of work from our students as a result of what we teach in this class, please visit our blog page here.
Check out what this 5th grade student said about her experience in our class:
Would you like to learn the foundational techniques for drawing cartoon animation? This class will help you begin animating now and get you started on your animator journey. You will also be introduced to some of the drawing techniques that you should practice everyday as you are developing your skills as an animator. You will receive the following practical, hands-on application from week to week:
• The essentials to animate
• The most important drawing technique for animators
• Create your first animations
• Principles to make your animations look good
• Create animations applying these principles
• Create an animation based on your own original idea
WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING
“The class was great. I learned something new about how to animate every week. Thank you so much for this class! I enjoyed being part of this group and I really enjoyed having an AWESOME teacher!!” – Laurel (4th grade student)
“I very much enjoyed this class. I loved learning how to make my characters move. I liked Mr. Fisher’s teaching.” – Indigo (3rd grade student)
“I thought animating was going to be harder. It was easier than I thought, so this class was great. I really liked animating my characters and what I learned was really helpful.” – Finley (4th grade student)
“This class exceeded my expectations. I loved learning how to animate digitally and working on the assignments. It was awesome to have the opportunity to learn with other artists and ask questions if we needed to.” – Kim (5th grade student)
REQUIRED MATERIALS
This class teaches an important practical balance between working digitally and working with natural media. Students will need the following:
1) Blank paper (a sketchbook is recommended), pencils, sharpener, and an eraser.
2) ONE of the following digital devices to draw and animate with:
A – Windows or Mac desktop or laptop computer with a basic drawing tablet: I recommend the Wacom Intuos S drawing tablet
B – Touch screen Chromebook with a drawing stylus
C – iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil
D – iOS or Android touchscreen device (older iPad, iPhone, Android tablet, smart phone, or Kindle Fire) with a drawing stylus: We recommend the Adonit Pro drawing stylus available on their website for $30. Also, right now the Adonit Pro 3 is available on clearance for $18
3) The following apps installed:
Rough Animator app ($7)
4) A digital device with internet access and the zoom app installed to connect to and participate in our Live Q&A Question and Answer Sessions – it can be the same device used for #2 above, but it is often easier to follow along if these devices are separate.
To participate in this program, the student and the parent/legal guardian are entering into the following contractual agreement
• FIRST SELECT YOUR CLASS START DATE,
• THEN SELECT THE ‘ONE PAYMENT’ OR ‘THREE PAYMENTS’ OPTION:
(after your payment has been received, we will send you a form for you to submit info about your student, and we will send you info for your student to access everything included with this class)