Getting Started in 2D Animation with Howard Wimshurst
Release date:2022
Author:Howard Wimshurst
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
For a one-time enrollment price, I guide you through everything from the very basics of equipment and how to use it, all the way through my full animation workflow. I use step-by-step exercises you can learn and apply in your own animation projects. You can take these lessons in any order and at your own pace.
This is the ultimate guide to getting started in 2D animation, with a curriculum of over 110+ training videos (19+ hours) with exclusive downloadable material to complement your learning.
1 Introduction & Context
00 – introduction to the course – What youll learn
01 – About me
02 – Sm-1
03 – Books and resources
04 – What is animation – a context
06 – Types of Animation
07 – Our specific focus
08 – the limits of fbf
09 – Sm-2
2 Tools Of The Trade
01 – software comparisons and personal preferences
02 – Pipelines Explained
03 – One software is all you need to start
04 – Bitmap vs Vector (1)
05 – setting up your tablet for animation
06 – How to import source files and VIDEO footage into any software
3 The Basics Of Adobe Animate CC
01 starting a new document
02 getting the most out of your brush
03 introducing the main interfaces
04 setting up your tablet for animation – Animate version
4 The Basics Of TV Paint
01 interface and shortcuts
02 brushes and other tools
03 adding textures to your animation frames
03 customizing your brush
04 demonstrating the timeline #1
05 demonstrating the timeline #2
06 demonstrating the timeline #3
07 motion tweening
08 colouring frames
09 repeating actions
5 Drawing Fundamentals
01 – SELF MOTIVATION #3
02 – Drawing exercises for animation
03 – Perspective Cube part 1
04 – Perspective Cube part 2
05 – Perspective Cube part 3
06 – New Drawing organic objects with form – exercise
07 – Drawing the body from imagination – part 1
08 – Drawing people from imagination – part 2
09 – Gesture 1
10 – Gesture 2
11 – gesture 3
12 – Gesture 4-3
13 – Drawing Natural landscapes with form and avoiding tangents
14 – Urban environments
6 Principles Introduction
01 – Principles (1)
02 – Step Animation Refinement Process – lecture 1
03 – Step Animation Refinement Process – lecture 2
7 Animation Exercise 1 Swarm In Flash
01 – onion skin
02 – moving particle 1
03 – varied spacing – particle 2
04 – motion streak – particle 3
04 – SELF MOTIVATION
05 – starting a swarm – secondary action
06 – swarm 2
07 – exporting
08 – encoding
09 – using symbols
10 – SELF MOTIVATION #5
8 Animation Exercise 2 Bouncing Ball
01 – introducing gravity and the bouncing ball
02 – explaining the bouncing ball
03 – setting trajectory 2
04 – drawing the keyframes
05 – breakdowns
06 – timing the keyframes
07 – inbetweening
08 – making adjustments
09 – editing multiple frames
10 – adding a tail
11 – 3d perspective
12 – Bouncing ball in perspective – animation demo
13 – Sm
14 – Sm
EXTRA – timelapse of making ball bounce examples + commentary
[Animator Guild] Getting Started in 2D Animation with Howard Wimshurst.7z
[Animator Guild] Getting Started in 2D Animation with Howard Wimshurst_Subtitles.7z
09) Animation Exercise 3 – Walk Cycle in TVPaint
01 – introducing the walk cycle concept
02 – simple robot walk cycle
03 – full body legs walk (IMPROVED)
04 – annotating the poses
05 – adding the arms
06 – walk cycle at a 3d angle (advanced)
07 – walk cycle moving forward
08 Sm-8
Animating a Beautiful Walk Cycle – My Process
Prep 1 – frame order
Prep 2 Anatomy-1
10) Animation Exercise 4 – Turn and Aim in TVPaint
01 Inbetween lesson 01 – direct inbetweens and timing
02 inbetween lesson 02 – favoring and spacing
03 – introduction to the turn and aim demo
04 – thumbnailing and studying reference
05 – starting strong with some good key poses
06 – information rich animation + what not to do
07 – adding extra keys and breakdowns
08 – the order of drawing your frames
09 – Adding subtlety and detail to your animation
09 Sm-9
10 – Timing your animation after keys and breakdowns
11 – Dramatic anticipation and distorting your frames
12 – Making Exaggerated – Cartoony Movement
13 – about timing charts
14 – timelapse process with explanation
15 – timelapse process with explanation
16 – How to research and choose colour for your animation
18 – dividing light and shadow – plan
18 – the rule of values
19 – cel shading the animated character
20. How to fill your animation frames with colour (in record time!)
21 – colouring lines
Background painting in Photoshop demo
Bonus – how to add motion blur
11) Animation Production
00 – How to make a Shotlist for your animation
03. Compositing in After Effects (part 1)
04. Compositing in After Effects (part 2)
05. Compositing in After Effects (part 3) OPTIONAL 3D background trick
06. How to add SOUND to your animation (lesson 1)
07. How to design the SOUND of your animation (lesson 2)
10 steps of animation production
12) Reference and Inspiration
02 – Reference
03 – inspiration
13) Story
04 – Making a story
05 – heirarchy of story
story structure explained – fixed audio
14) Storyboarding Fundamentals
06 – Montage Theory
180 rule lecture 1
180 rule lecture 2
30 rule lecture unedited
composition for storytelling 1
composition for storytelling 2
composition for storytelling 3
15) Conclusion
10 Sm-10
Getting Started in 2D Animation (Ch 9-15).7z
Getting Started in 2D Animation (Ch 9-15)_Subtitles.7z
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Wow…..haha thanks man! Appreciate it!
Wait, there’s chapter missing in the first section. The number five. It would mean so much if it can be fixed. Thank you!
17 of section 10 is missing too
Can you upload the remaining chapters?
done, thanks
Awesome
Wow. Thank you very much.
Can u also upload mastering motion course which is from same author?
done: Mastering Motion by Howard Wimshurst
Thanks a lot. You are great.
Thank You so much for this ! 😀
Also, will you be adding ‘Mastering Motion’ by howard wimshurst ? it is advance and follow up version of this 2d animation course.
Thank You.
Did you tried using search bar at the top right of the page?
I did, ‘Mastering Motion’ was uploaded two days later.
Have to tried checking dates before replying to people ?
Thank you!
Here’s the complete list of videos: https://animator-guild.teachable.com/p/getting-started-in-2d-animation
There are quite a few videos missing, especially from Chapters 11 and 14. Would be great if you could include them.
yeah.. pretty important ones are missing
Many video missing
can you please be more specific?
sorry my mistake. i see zip have files.
i compare with course sale page and all video and file here.
thank you for sharing. i am grateful.
hai strawberry can you compare the original source in this link
https://animator-guild.teachable.com/p/getting-started-in-2d-animation
because there still missing pieces that strawberry can please update it in the future
Thanks for this 🙂. I’ve wanted to check this guy’s courses for a long time.
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Hello
I’m really glad i finally found the course.
Thanks to the admin as well as uploader..
I would like to ask is there any way to download the whole course all together :-] ?
can you please upload this course pls?
https://coloso.us/mediadesign/2danimation_jungjonghyun_us
This is probably the longest course list I’ve seen so far 🤣
Hi, there’s a course that is highly recommended. It’s a 2D Animation course.
Here’s the link to the website –
https://animationclub.school/professions/traditional-2d-animation/
please consider this for providing it for free…