Digital 2D Animation introduces students to the study and practice of 2D animation and drawing applied to animation. Through theoretical sessions and hands-on exercises, students acquire the technical and artistic skills needed to create characters, compositions, and animations in digital 2D environments, integrating both digital animation tools and the principles of traditional animation.
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Digital 2D Animation introduces students to the study and practice of 2D animation and drawing applied to animation. Through theoretical sessions and hands-on exercises, students acquire the technical and artistic skills needed to create characters, compositions, and animations in digital 2D environments, integrating both digital animation tools and the principles of traditional animation.
Objectives
- Learn the basic principles of 2D animation
- Master the specific tools of a digital 2D software
- Create characters and compositions using drawing and digital 2D programs
- Gain practical experience in creating 2D animations across different styles: cut-out, puppet, and drawn animation
- Establish the foundational knowledge to create a character with its hierarchies, libraries, and deformers (rigging)
- Understand the render and export processes for both film and image sequence formats
- Learn and practice traditional animation techniques implemented within a digital 2D environment
- Program interface
- 2D drawing tools
- Timeline and keyframe creation
- Easing and morphing
- Camera work
- Character setup creation with deformers
- Working with libraries and import/export of formats
- Character animation with setup
- Introduction to and practice of traditional animation
- Turnarounds with traditional animation
- Node view: layer organization and preferences
- Scene composition with effects
- Effects creation with traditional animation: animated effects
- Effects created with the node library
The course combines lecture-based introductions to key concepts with hands-on practical exercises carried out directly in class. Collective viewing and analysis of exercises helps reinforce knowledge and progressively improve results. Learning is cumulative: theoretical content is immediately applied in practice, and the final project is developed throughout the entire course with ongoing corrections and feedback.
- ractical exercises (40%) — Compilation of all exercises completed during the course, delivered as an edited film published on an internet channel
- Final project (50%) — Animation project developed throughout the course, delivered as a film via an internet link
- Continuous assessment (10%) — Engagement and work demonstrated during class sessions
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