The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation – Toniko Pantoja

I Beginning and Learning Hand Drawn Animation (1hr 48m)

Chapter 1 is an introduction chapter where I talk about learning hand drawn animation, animation terminology, animation software you can use, how to read a timing chart and exposure sheet. There is also a 45 minute to an hour part on the Twelve Principles of Animation, and a discussion for each of the principles. Each video also talks about how to practice each of those principles.

1. Introduction to Learning Animation
1. Anyone can learn Hand Drawn Animation
2. The Benefits of Learning Hand Drawn Animation

2. Beginning Discussions and Starting Guides
1. Choosing your Hand Drawn Animation Software
2. Animation Terminology
3. The Exposure Sheet
EXTRA – 2D Animation Habits to Keep (2015)
EXTRA – Understanding Timing Charts (2015)

3. The 12 Principles of Animation
1. Introduction
2. Squash and Stretch
3. Arcs
4. Overlap and Follow Through
5. Anticipation
6. Staging
7. Slow in and Slow Out
8. Straight Ahead VS Pose to Pose
9. Timing
10. Secondary Action
11. Solid Drawing
12. Exaggeration
13. Appeal
14. Conclusion

II The Basic Fundamentals of Animation + Full Demos and Discussions

(6h 41m)

Chapter 2 are demo and assignment collections that focus heavily on the basic fundamentals of animation. These are classic assignments animation teachers give their students to slowly introduce each of the twelve principles and how to utilize them in animation. Each assignment has two main videos – a summary of me explaining and discussing key lessons from each assignment, and a full process video of me animating the assignments from beginning to end.

0. Introduction to Assignments

1. Bouncing Ball Stationary

2. Waving Flag

3. Bouncing Ball with tail and movement

4. Pendulum Swing

5. Hammer Hits a Nail

6. Fish Swimming

7. Arm Throw

8. Walk Cycles

9. Flour Sack Drawing

10. Floursack’s Leap of Faith

III General Animation Lectures

(2hr 35m)

Chapter 3 is a collection of animation lectures where I talk about animation related discussions such as dialogue, acting, movement, animation process and structure, techniques and drawing for animation. These contain more discussions on lectures that are not restricted to the fundamentals, but food for thought when approaching 2D animation.

1. Animation Process
1. Importance of Thumbnailing and Exploration
2. Rough Layout Pass
3. Golden Poses
4. Approaching Pose to Pose Animation
5. Sculpting your Animation Scene

2. Movement and Mechanics
1. Believable Action
2. Overshoots and Mini Anticipation
3. Walk and Run Cycles
4. Smears – The Hand Drawn Motion Blur
5. EXTRA – Introduction to Breakdowns

3. Performance and Character

1. Evoking Life
2. Controlling our Performance
3. Pantomime Acting
4. Subtle Acting

4. Drawing for Animation

1. Top Drawing Skills for Animation
2. Drawing for Animation part 1 – Roughs and Short Hands
3. Drawing for Animation part 2 – Tiedown and Solid Drawing

5. Dialogue and Lip Sync

1. Dialogue Intro
2. Dialogue Tips and Advice

6. EXTRA – Full Inbetweening Demo from 2015

IV Introduction to Character Animation + Full Demos and Discussions

(17h 31m)

Chapter 4 like Chapter 2, is a collection of demo and assignment collections that now introduces character animation with the fundamentals of animation. This is a very dense and hefty packet containing hours of both discussions and process videos.

Acting and performance are also now considered in these videos, as well as more character-oriented mechanics.

0. Introduction

1. Bon Bon Jumps (Character Bounce)

2. Pug Chases Butterfly

3. The Surprised Take

4. The Swordsman
1. Pose to Pose Approach
2. Straight Ahead Approach

5. Tennis Player Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead

6. Human Walk Cycles
1. Standard Walk
2. Aggressive Walk
3. Happy Walk

7. Character Run Cycles
1. Jogger (8 Frame Run)
2. Warrior Sprint (6 Frame Run)
3. Running Fox (Freestyle)
4. Running Pig (4 Frame Run)

8. Head Rotation

9. Tiny Nomad

EXTRA PRODUCTS

Celuloid Retro Video Tutorial Files
1- Retro Celuloid Animation
2- VCR Analog Video Effect
EXCLUSIVE – Retro Analog Animation Look – CasualAnimation Walkthrough
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Pipeline – Bon Bon’s Workspace (scratch to final)
0-preview-1
1-Introduction
2-Overview and Preparation
3-Animation
4-TieDown
5-Inbetweening
6-Character Animation Coloring
7-Background Painting in Photoshop
8-After Effects final composite

Pipeline – Making the Shot – A pleasant Surprise (scratch to final)
1 – Animation
2 – Animation Coloring
3 – Lighting, Lanterns and Other Effects
4 – Background Painting
5 – Post Production in After Effects

Part 1 – Introduction

01 – Introduction
01-Anyone can Learn 2D Animation
02-Benefits of learning 2D Animation

02 – Familiar Terminology, Reading Charts and X-Sheets
01- Choosing your Hand Drawn Anim Software
02- Animation Terminology
03- The Exposure Sheet
EXTRA- 2D Animation Habits to keep in mind
EXTRA- Understanding Timing Charts (Extra from 2015)

03 – The Twelve Principles of Animation
00 – introduction To The 12 Principles Of Animation
01 – squashandstretch
02 – arcs
03 – overlap & Follow Through
04 – anticipation
05 – staging
06 – slow In And Slow Out
07 – straightahead Vs Posetopose
08 – timing
09 – secondary Action
10 – Solid Drawing
11 – Exaggeration
12 – Appeal
13 – Conclusion

Part 2 – Classic Assignments Full Demos and Discussion

00 – Introduction to Assignments
Demo-Introduction

01 – Bouncing Ball Stationary (Slow in Slow Outs, Squash and Stretch)
00-Bouncing Ball Stationary (Introduction)
01-Bouncing Ball Stationary – Discussion
02-Bouncing Ball Stationary – Full Demo

02 – Waving Flag (Overlapping Action, Spacing, S and C Curves)
00-Waving Flag (Introduction)
01-Waving Flags – Analysis And Discussion
02-Waving Flag 1 – Full Demo
03-Waving Flag 2 – Full Demo

03 – Bouncing Ball Movement (Overlapping, Arcs)
00-Bouncing Ball Movement (Intro)
01-Bouncing Ball Movement – Discussion
02-Bouncing Ball Movement – Full Demo

04 – Pendulum Swing (Arcs, Solid Drawing, Spacing)
00-Pendulum Swing (Introduction)
01-Pendulum Swing – Discussion
02-Pendulum Swing – Full Demo

05 – Hammer Hits a Nail (Inbetweening)
00-Hammer Hits Nail (Introduction)
01-Hammer Hits a Nail – Discussion
02-Hammer Hits a Nail – Full Demo

06 – Fish Swimming (Straight Ahead, Spacing, Timing)
00-Fish Swimming (Introduction)
01-Fish Swimming – Discussion
02-Fish Swimming – Full Demo

07 – Arm Throw (Pose to Pose, Smears, Anticipation, Time Charts)
00-Arm Throw (Introduction)
01-Arm Throw – Discussion
02-Arm Throw – Full Demo

08 – Walk Cycles ( Up and Downs, Overshoots)
00-Walk Cycle (Introduction)
01-Walk Cycle – Discussion
02-Walk Cycles – Full Demo

09 – Flour Sack Drawing (Appeal, Solid Drawing+Talk on Character Acting)
00-Flour Sack Drawing Demo (Introduction)
01-FlourSack Drawing Demo and Discussion

10 – Floursack’s Leap of Faith (Intro to Character Acting)
00-Flour Sack leap of faith (Introduction)
01-Floursack Leap – Discussion
02-Floursack Leaps – Full Demo<br/

Part 3 – Animation Lectures

01- Animation Process
01-Importance of Thumbnailing and Exploration
02-Rough Layout Pass
03-Goldenposes
04-Approaching Pose to Pose Animation
05-Sculpting Your Animation Scene

02- Movement and Mechanics
Believable Action
Overshoots And Mini Anticipation
Smears The Hand Drawn Motion Blur – Extra-1
Walk And Run Cycles

Extra – Introduction to Breakdowns

03- Performance and Character
01-Evoking Life
02-Controlling Your Performance – Soundedit-1
03-Pantomime Acting
04-Subtle Acting

04- Drawing for Anim Notes
01-Top Drawing Skills for Animation
02-Drawing For Animation Part 1 – Roughs And Short Hands
03-Drawing For Animation P2 – Tiedown

05- Dialogue and Lip Sync
01-Dialogue Intro
02-Dialogue Tips And Advice

Extra – Inbetweening Demo from 2015

Extra – FinalTest

Part 4 – Character Anim Assignments

00 – Introduction
00-intro-1

01 – Character Bounce
00 Character Bounce Intro
01 CharacterBounce (Demo)
02 CharacterBounce (Discussion)

02 – Pug Chases Butterfly
00 Pug Chases Butterly Intro
01 Pug Chases Butterfly (Discussion)
02 Pug Chases Butterfly (Demo)

03 – The Surprised Take
00 The Surprised Take
01 The Surprised Take (Discussion)
02 The Surprised Take (Demo)

04 – Swordsman Approaches P2P VS Straigtahead
00 Swordsman Intro
Pose to Pose Approach 01 Pose to Pose (Discussion)
Pose to Pose Approach 02 Pose to Pose (Demo)
Straight Ahead Approach 01 Straight Ahead (Discussion)
Straight Ahead Approach 02 Straight Ahead (demo)
Straight Ahead Approach Straight Ahead overlap notes render
Straight Ahead Approach Straigt Ahead Swordsman Render

05 – Tennis Player Posetopose and Straightahead
00 Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead Intro
01 Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead (Discussion)
02 Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead (Demo)

06 – Human Walk Cycles
00 Walk Cycle Intro
01 Walk Cycles (Discussion)
Walk Cycle 1 Standard (Demo)
Walk Cycle 2 Agressive (Demo)
Walk Cycle 3 Happy (Demo)

07 – Character Run Cycles
00 Run Cycles Intro
01 Run Cycles (Discussion)
Jogger Run 8 Frame Cycle (Demo)
Pig Run (Demo)
Running Fox (Demo)
Warrior Run 6 Frame Cycle (Demo)

08 – Head Rotation
00 Head Rotation Intro
01 Head Rotation (Discussion)
02 Head Rotation (Demo)

09 – Tiny nomad performance
00 Character and Dialogue Performance Intro
01 Character and Dialogue Performance (Discussion)
02 Character and Dialogue Performance (Demo Part 1)
03 Character and Dialogue Performance (Demo Part 2)

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