Beginning 2D Animation: The Absolute Beginner's Entry (Udemy.com)

Learn the foundations of solid, smooth hand drawn animation

Created by: Jeff Mumm

Produced in 2018

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What you will learn

  • Animate an object smoothly turning in "3D space"
  • Plan out an animated sequence completely without guesswork.
  • Create a solid, clean, smooth animation every time.

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Overall Score : 86 / 100

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Course Description

This course is an absolute beginner's entry point to learning the foundations of smooth, solid animation. We will cover the exact, step-by-step approach that is needed to consistently make great looking animations every time. The example we will be using is a Jack O'Lantern turning in 3D space. This will help us learn what it takes to make an animated drawing look "three dimensional," as well as how to make the animation look smooth and clean.
We will cover one of the 12 animation principles, "easing," that will serve as a foundation for all animation education moving forward. This is a relatively quick course to complete, to get you up and running in no time. After completing this course, you will be on your way to creating the animations you've always wanted to.
There are absolutely no prerequisites for this course or required software. Any drawing software with layers will do. If you prefer traditional materials, you can also use pencil, paper, and a lightbox. Anything works, as we are covering the general animation principles in this course, and not the specifics of a particular piece of software.
The course is structured in a very straight-forward manner, beginning with the first few frames as sketches and moving through inking and coloring.
Included with the video lessons are step-by-step breakdowns in image format for easy reference. If you're curious about animation, or are frustrated with your own attempts at making animated drawings, this course will help you understand the basics and help guide you to approach animation in a structured, efficient, and pragmatic way that will produce clean, smooth results every time.
This course serves as the starting point for any new animator, whether you want to get into video game animation, character animation, movie animation, TV animation, Flash animation, web animation, YouTube animation, or your own independent projects.
Who this course is for:
This animation course is for absolute beginners entering into the exciting world of animation.
This course teaches the basics that will serve as a foundation for an extensive education in animation.
This course is not for intermediate or advanced animators looking to refine their skills.
This course does not teach how to use any specific software.

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Instructor Details

Jeff Mumm

I created the animated series, "Guinea Something Good" and am working on the animated game, "Guinea Pig Parkour." I studied cartooning at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont and traditional animation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

I've been drawing comics and publishing them online since 1999. I started with a comic series based on the guinea pig, "Joe" and updated weekly. In 2004, I created the comic strip, "Obscured by Species" which updated about two-three times a week. At the Center for Cartoon Studies, I developed the graphic novel, "featuring Talking Guinea Pigs!" (now titled, "Notes from Outerworld"), a comedy sci-fi story about guinea pigs from outer space who travel to 19th century Russia. I updated this about twice a week from 2008 to 2010. At the Academy of Art University, I developed my comic and animated series, "Guinea Something Good". The animated series updated about once a week on YouTube and the comic twice a week on my website.

I began production on the fully hand-drawn animated game, "Guinea Pig Parkour" in 2014. This game is a comedy platformer about a guinea pig that can perform crazy parkour moves. All the graphics in the game are hand-drawn in frame by frame animation.

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By Nichole Brochu on 12/6/2020

This course has exceeded my expectations as a developing (beginner) 2d animator!
I finished the basic pumpkin animation using Clip Studio Paint, and I am currently working on the bonus content. Everything is explained very clearly, every step is in great detail. More advanced animators wouldnt find this course helpful as it goes into only the bare bones for animation.

By Dark-Videogamer on 10/24/2020

Things are broken down in clear basic terms without getting too wrapped up in a lot of terminology. well done!

By Donavan Scott Whisler on 10/20/2020

very good and well thought out!

By Bailey Gwartney on 10/12/2020

So far it's a good refresher of the basics.

By Alec Longstreth on 10/10/2020

Such a great course! I learned a lot, and Jeff's instruction had very clear explanations and tons of wonderful examples. Recommended for beginning animators!

By Jacynta Mckechnie on 10/7/2020

Super easy to follow!

By Anne Sofie Volhj on 10/4/2020

very new to animation, but this is very easy to follow along!!

By Joseph Volkel on 8/27/2020

Informative, but a little too abbreviated for me.

By Lorin Merkley on 6/15/2020

there was to much over explaining

By Rebecca Fusconi on 3/12/2020

Lesson 2 was unclear in its explanations

By C. Andrew Wolfe on 2/20/2020

The course explained what I expected it to.

By Samhayesapps on 9/6/2019

It was excellent! I wish the instructor would have taught us the correct way to animate the arms on the idle animation (instead of just copying and pasting the arms over the loose ends of the belt). Other than that, I learned a lot and it was great.