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 Welcome to my first Skillshare class!
My name is Vera and I am a freelance illustrator and animator from Hamburg, Germany.
In this class, I will teach you how I design characters that tell a story within themselves, and show you, how to create a 2D animation with them.
I recommend this class for a bit more advanced students. But as long as you are feeling confident and are up for a challenge, I encourage every artist to join in! Designing for animation will help you understand characters and movement, and show you a whole lot of possibilities for making your art more exciting.
I will show you how I approach character design with a sense of storytelling, that will be applicable for a little looped 2D animation. You can tag along in my process step by step, and either follow my self-imposed assignment (see class project description), or come up with your own assignment for the character.

Introduction

The Brief

Gathering Reference Materials

Where Inspiration Strikes

Reference Sheet

Sketches

Character Design

Story

Setting up Photoshop for Animation

Principles of Animation

Animation

Last Words

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The Goblin and the Butterfly

Telling a Character's Story with a 2D Looped Animation

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Telling a Character's Story with a 2D Looped Animation

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