Animating In Procreate for the iPad (Udemy.com)
Impress your friends and take your animations to the next level with easy to follow lessons.
Created by: Brad Colbow
Last updated May 2020
What you will learn
- How to animate in Procreate on the iPad
- The 12 principles of character animation
How it compares
Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 40% of them
- Reviews1,092#32 of 176 by number of reviews
- Length2.1 hoursshorter than 72% of them
- Last updatedMay 2020earlier than 60% of them
Course Description
The key to making great animations is understanding the 12 core principles of animation. In this course we use the animation assist features in Procreate to learn the basics of animation and apply them to our work in a practical way. We start simple by moving simple shapes and slowly build on those basics with each project. You will be stunned by what you will be able to create by the end of this course.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,092 Reviews
Brad Colbow
Hi, I’m Brad. I’m a professional graphic designer and Illustrator.
I’ve published comics, run conferences but what I’m best known for is running a Youtube channel where I talk about technology for illustrators. In that time I’ve published reviews on everything from the Surface Pro to the iPad pro. And everything in between.
I believe drawing and illustration is a journey, we are all constantly learning and getting better and I blog about that on my channel as well. I think anyone can learn to draw all it takes is practice.
It’s never to late to pick up a pencil and start learning.
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Reviews
By Clarence Franklin Jr. on 7/1/2026
Brad Colbow is actually a good teacher. I've taken a couple of his lessons and they are great and easy to follow along with. I review lessons over and over and he makes it super simple to digest. Now I'm just waiting on him to have a course on " Procreate dream"
By Akmal Ahmed on 5/1/2025
Brad really has a knack for getting concepts across in a fun and simple way. I believe that this course can serve as a great resource for anyone getting into animating. While I may need to rely on other programs somewhere down the line, it's the principles of animation (and how to apply them) talked about in this course that I'll always have moving forward. Thanks Brad!
By Brian Scarpiniti on 11/22/2024
I found Brad on YouTube and loved his teaching style and the content he has created for learning to draw. So when I saw this, I was excited. I enjoyed this class, the only reason why I am not giving it a 5 star is I was hoping for more content. You did do a great job of explaining the tools and the concepts though. I also learned a lot of little tricks that I didn't know about procreate that was fantastic. I would recommend this class, but I would make sure to by it on sale. I wouldn't pay the full price for only 2 hours of content. Looking forward to your how to draw cartoons class.
By Hamza Mushtaq Mian on 1/2/2024
the course overall was pretty fun! there were just sometimes like on the sketching/drawing part was very tedious but of course you had the option to use your sketch by using a file. also maybe if you make another course you can teach us how to animate like a cartoon character or some cool effects. otherwise this course taught me more about procreate and animation. I hope you find this useful.
By Premika on 5/25/2021
This is a great short course to build an understanding of animation through procreate with incorporating layers and groups in frames. I would have preferred to worked through a more complex example of animating forms or characters with more fluidity and movement, exploring form transitions such as walking, dancing, posing, hugging etc, rather than focussing on inanimate objects for the final project. All in all ready to take my animations on Procreate to the next level
By Анастасия Исаченко on 12/21/2020
The author shows in a very cool and unobtrusive way the mistakes that can happen to a beginner. I love it. He shows everything in such a cool and exciting way that the learning process goes easily and naturally. I got a lot of pleasure, learned new features about transforming objects, animation. Bonus like for jokes. Brad, thank you for what you are doing :)
By Celia Ramsay on 11/21/2020
Yes this is what I expected. Keen to see more.
By John Messenbird on 11/21/2020
Very good a clearly explained.
By Khaled Saif on 11/7/2020
Really disappointed with this course, its more like a simple youtube videos rather than a paid course!
Its about 2 hours with two animation examples. One how to change the mouth and eyes of a character and the other is moving circles. Not what I expected. Its more for how to use the animation feature in procreat, not to learn how to animate nor how to make cool animation using the ipad as he claims.
Will refund it ...
By Noemi A Collie on 10/25/2020
Enjoyed. Thank you.
By Anne Marie on 10/19/2020
Trs bon
By Amy Holohan on 9/9/2020
Fantastic course. Covers all basics. I finished this course with enough knowledge to create animations now. Thanks Brad.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












