Master 2D Animation in Procreate Dreams: Basics for Digital Art

Overview

“In this unit, I’ll guide you through the process of designing a simple character. We’ll focus on how to create appealing, easy-to-animate designs that can express emotion and movement. You’ll learn how to keep your designs clear, fun, and manageable for animation.”

In this video lesson Brookes Eggleston addresses the topic: Character Design Basics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Planning Our Animation. Storyboarding and character design for animation..

Partial transcription of the video

“This is the part of the course I've been really excited to get to. It's fun to get acquainted with the tools in Procreate Dreams, but ultimately our results have been really silly and really just demos to show how something works. But they haven't well thought out artistically approached animations. Like we said toward the beginning, animation needs a plan. It needs storyboards, character designs, and even some pre-made assets in Procreate. So first we'll start with a character design. Now when I'm usually designing a character, I'm thinking about the medium that they're intended for. For e...”

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Course summary for: Course 4: Planning Our Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 9 students
• 4 units
• 4 lessons (35m)