Animation Basics in 14 Minutes (6 Big ideas for beginners)
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Published 2022-04-05
Welcome to Animation for Anyone. In this first class, we dive headfirst into six of the big ideas behind animation and how to start thinking about them together.
A note on software:
We don't touch on software in this class because I believe there are already lots of great tutorials out there but if you're interested in low cost options to get started there are a few that come to mind- Blender is a free 3D package and includes a "Grease Pencil" mode if you're interested in learning 2D animation. Procreate on IOS is inexpensive and has new animation features (simply turn on Animation Assist in the canvas menu). Adobe Creative Cloud suite is certainly not "low cost" but some of you may have access to it for other uses. If that is the case Photoshop and Animate CC both offer powerful animation tools and will be included in your Creative Cloud Membership. I have an in depth, but quite old tutorial for using Photoshop as animation tool here vimeo.com/80851591
All Comments (21)
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This is a perfect primer for anyone learning animation! :D Such a brilliant presentation
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my journey begins
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As someone who is literally starting at zero in animation, this felt pretty great and was easy to grasp, Thanks a lot for this
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Love how you framed it with how the animation is "feeling." Reminding beginners it's an intuitive process is really important!
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Just amazed how is it even free, far more better than some paid courses thank you for making it available for all. You made it so simple to understand the concepts it's easy to follow along πβ¨ thank u so much once again
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Really love how the principles arent framed as rules to sweat over but more as a toolkit to help see whats working and what isnt
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You gave us homework??
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it feels illegal that this content is free
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This is really really brilliant. I've been teaching animation for over 10 years (in schools/workshops/uni) and there's definitely a few approaches to teaching here I've never thought about before! Thanks alex!
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Never seen these ideas expressed so clearly and accurately. Really learned a lot with this
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This is like the best tutorial ive ever seen for anything on youtube. Its clear, its specific, and it explains things rather than leaving it in the air for guessing
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Probably the best animation course ever...I started teaching animation years ago and had to take a long break now I'm coming back into it and this is incredible
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this was so well structured and awesome that I feel bad for watching it for free.
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wow , this is the perfect place to start , instead of going into details stuffs, you go right in and talk about big concepts in general . really helpful. This is what I am looking for.
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I cant thank you enough for this amazing animation crash course, I always wanted to see these core principles of animation put together, the 12 ones are kinda overwhelming to me sometimes, you put it so well, thank you so much, your channel is like a goldmine for beginner animators like me, so entertaining and easy to understand! You are such a great teacher! THANK YOU!!!
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This is going to improve the quality of animation EVERYWHERE and make it so accessible. Mad props Alex, I hope you know how much of a game changer this is ππππ
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Loved it. Short, sharp and punchy. I look forward to the next lessons!
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Oh my gooooooood!!! I can't believe how well this is presented and how long it must have taken you to do these, And what blows my mind is this is all free.. Thank you soo much alex you have helped plebs like us big time with this, These tuts will be game changer
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Hell yes, this is awesome. The whole vid doesn't feel rushed or bloated, feels just as long as it needs to be to get those ideas down.
