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2D Animation Storyboards
September 19, 2019

Before you can start animating your story, you need to have a storyboard. Storyboards are meant to give you the ability to organize and setup the visuals of your story. They are not only the story, though: They are also a way to set up how your animation is going to look. With the storyboard, you will be making decisions like whether or not to use a “close-up” shot or a “medium” shot. Or maybe you only want to show the viewer your character’s feet for a little while. Those are the kind of things that your storyboard should also show.

Below are the empty storyboard sheets so that you can print more on your own if you want to, and I have also included some examples of storyboards from famous movies/animations so that you can see how the professionals use storyboards to plan their animations.

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Examples  /  Project Information
2D Animation Examples
September 18, 2019

So, to hopefully help you have a better sense of what you can do with your animation, I have linked below examples of student animations from previous years. Keep in mind that some are far more complicated than what you might want to do. That being said, if you are willing to spend extra time after school and during free periods, you might be able to do something a bit more complicated. I debated including “Bubble Trouble,” because that represents a very large undertaking, but it’s such a great animation I couldn’t not show it to you. Just keep in mind that took over 20 weeks!

So, enjoy these videos, and pay attention to the story structures and use them to help you springboard your ideas!

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Handouts  /  Planning  /  Project Information
2D Animation Project Proposal
September 18, 2019

Attached below is a worksheet that will help you plan out your animation and animation characters little bit more.

2D Animation Story Planning SheetDownload
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Planning  /  Project Information
2D Animation Character Design
September 12, 2019

In order to start your animation, you need to design your character. Remember that your design needs to be simple so that you can easily re-draw it multiple times.

You also need to draw your character from 3 different viewpoints: Front, Side, and Back. This way you will have a good reference for how your character will look for most of the shots you may do for your animation.

Below are some examples of some character design sketches. Note that some of them have facial studies on them as well – you do not have to do that. Some of them also draw the torso from the side without the arm so that you can see detail in the rib-cage area. This is also not necessary, although if you do it, I certainly won’t deduct points, as long as we can see how the arm will look in other views.

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Welcome
Welcome to Animation
September 2, 2019

Welcome to the Animation Class blog.  This blog will be where I will be posting handout, assignment information, as well as recordings of any demonstrations that I do in class.  It will be a very important resource for you during the class, and you will want to visit regularly.

On the right, you will see a link that says “Subscribe to This Blog.”   I want you to enter your email address so that the blog will automatically send you a notification whenever something important is posted.  Don’t worry too much – it won’t be emailing you every day.  ðŸ™‚

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