Create an animated piece full of bizarre humor
In this course by Paulo Mosca and Abel Sánchez (TRIMONO), learn to produce an animated piece with a large dose of elegance and madness. To do this, dive into the subconscious of these two graphic designers specialized in animation, who help you resolve a proposed audiovisual content in an unconventional way.
In the words of the authors, you learn “a lot of tricks to produce an animation piece, plus a tire for monkey-like levels of fun.”
What will you learn in this online course?
36 lessons & 16 downloads
The idea: drugged neuron
6 minutes, 28 seconds
Script, ¿word to ignore?
14 minutes, 30 seconds
Storyboard, you do not have to know how to read 1
20 minutes, 10 seconds
Storyboard, you do not have to know how to read 2
9 minutes, 51 seconds
Animatic, moves ugly, at the moment 1
20 minutes, 2 seconds
Animatic, moves ugly, at the moment 2
19 minutes, 53 seconds
What's included in this course?
Begin by getting to know the work of TRIMONO as well as their influences.
Next, delve into the incredible world of idea generation, script writing, storyboarding, and the basics of animatics. Immerse yourself in the creation and design of characters and backgrounds, and learn the basics of drawing in an alluring style.
After the theory comes the practice. In the next phase, see how to define the layout or the composition of elements until everything is "in place and crystal clear."
Then do your first animation sketch, tidy up the lines, and add color during the clean-up phase. Add lights and shadows in post-production and, once the final version is ready, take a look at the best ways to promote your work.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Create an animated piece that has a surprising, wild, and even surreal ending. This is an opportunity to put all your creativity to work in the name of bizarre humor.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers, illustrators, art directors, animators, and creatives who want to delve into the world of animation alongside two industry professionals.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of drawing, After Effects, and Photoshop is required. Regarding materials, you need a computer, a graphics tablet, Photoshop to do the drawings, Flash to make the animations, Illustrator for the fonts, and After Effects for the composition, effects, and final render.
Reviews
- 3 months ago
really good, still very relevant
- 5 months ago
goood
- 6 months ago
Estupendo, todo muy bien explicado.
- 7 months ago
Awesome
- 8 months ago
los mejores monos Animados los de TriMono, muy bien explicado y mucho conocimiento de animacion
Most of his work has been developed in the world of animation, as a director, art director, and character designer doing storyboards, animatics, and more. After first studying illustration in Coruña—which served only to learn this path was not for him—animation in Madrid, where he not only learned loads, but made lots of excellent professional contacts, as well as working on a lot of jobs that had nothing to do with art, he started to develop his own style of bizarre illustration that caught people's attention. It was then that he started getting small commissions here and there.
His first big job at a professional level was the headline for Season One of La Hora by Jose Mota, an extremely famous TV show in Spain, directed by Tomás Peña, in which he was in charge of the concept drawings, character designs, and backgrounds. Later, for Season Two, he was in charge of the co-direction of the masthead, together with Tomás Peña, along with the character design and artistic direction, always alongside Tomás. He then worked for a season doing storyboards and animatics for the TV series Jelly Jamm.
He currently teaches visual storytelling at UTAD (University of Technology and Digital Art) and at IED (Istituto Europeo di Design), which he combines with talks, advertising assignments, television etc. In reality, work horrifies him. He truly enjoys is reading comics, drinking beer, and listening to records.
Abel Sánchez
With a degree in fine arts, specializing in plastic arts, from the Complutense University of Madrid, his entire career has been as a designer, graphic artist, and post-producer in various multinationals such as Turner Entertainment, Sony, AMC, and Viacom, for creative departments both freelance and in-house.
In 1999, he founded Tricefalo Studio with his wife.
They currently work intensively on brand and content development for various television programs both nationally and internationally, combining it with advertising and anything that seems interesting and fun.
Content
- U1
Refunds are not accepted!
- Presentation: in these people you have entrusted your money
- Influences, the vacuous debate about the lack of personality
- U2
Pre-production, self-planning your social suicide
- The idea: drugged neuron
- Script, ¿word to ignore?
- U3
Production, chemical-cosmic flagellation
- Storyboard, you do not have to know how to read 1
- Storyboard, you do not have to know how to read 2
- Animatic, moves ugly, at the moment 1
- Animatic, moves ugly, at the moment 2
- Animatic, moves ugly, at the moment 3
- Character design: commercial or subnormal, here is the question 1
- Character design: commercial or subnormal, here is question 2
- The funds also have heart 1
- The funds also have heart 2
- Sexy style drawing 1
- Sexy style drawing 2
- Sexy style drawing 3
- Sexy style drawing 4
- U4
You have to be encouraged!
- Layout, everything in its place and very clearly 1
- Layout, everything in its place and clearly 2
- Layout, everything in its place and clearly 3
- Animation, magic and pain 1
- Animation, magic and pain 2
- Animation, magic and pain 3
- Clean up, total cleaning 1
- Clean up, total cleaning 2
- Clean up, total cleaning 3
- U5
Postproduction That little hand of varnish!
- The Pospo1
- The Pospo 2
- The Pospo 3
- The Pospo 4
- The Pospo 5
- The Pospo 6
- The Pospo 7
- Postproduction on After Effect, step 8
- Audio post-production: The deaf said to the blind man
- Promotion, the echo of your voice
- FP
Final project
- Digital animation in 2D
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to craft effective scripts for animation, develop characters and settings, apply digital 2D animation techniques, and use tools like Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects to produce professional-quality animations.
This is an intermediate-level course, perfect for those with basic knowledge of animation or scriptwriting who want to deepen their skills in professional digital animation and visual storytelling.
You’ll need basic animation and scriptwriting knowledge, plus access to software like Photoshop, Flash (or equivalent), and After Effects. A computer capable of handling animation work is also recommended.
The course guides you through structuring scripts, developing characters, building conflict, crafting endings, and visually adapting content for animation using professional creative processes and storytelling techniques.
Yes, the course includes practical modules on importing, layer organization, animating effects, rendering, and exporting animations using After Effects and Photoshop.
You’ll learn how to build antagonist characters that create conflict, drive the story forward, and add depth to your animated narratives through storytelling and visual techniques.
Yes, you’ll learn to create storyboards and animatics to plan your animations, visually structuring the narrative and streamlining production.