Beginning Animation with Stefan Gruber

Beginning Animation
with Stefan Gruber

Carla Sonheim Presents: Stefan Gruber

Lessons are pre-recorded with forever access
Class Itinerary: see below on this page
Overview lesson is immediately available on signup.

This class includes:

• 5 prerecorded video lessons plus Overview lesson;
• Unlimited access to all the teaching materials of this class;
• The ability to watch the class at your pace, at the time you choose, as often as you want. You can watch it from your computer, but also from your tablet or phone. Internet connection is required; the lessons are also downloadable for personal use only.
• Access to the class forum
• Forever access; Lessons are available according to the class itinerary, see below for the planned release schdule. The Overview lesson is immediately available upon signup.

This class is only available for customers
outside United States & Canada

If you live in The United States or Canada, please visit www.carlasonheim.com to purchase this class

Price:
USD 59 (Outside EU)
EUR 65 (EU incl 21% VAT)

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Class Itinerary

The video lessons are pre-recorded and will be available to view on the following schedule:

Overview – Available upon signup

Lesson 1 – Tuesday, July 14
Lesson 2 – Wednesday, July 15
Lesson 3 – Friday, July 17

Lesson 4  – Tuesday, July 21
Lesson 5 – Thursday, July 23

Lessons

Lesson 1: Animation with Home Supplies

We’ll begin the class completely analogue as we want to start the process kinetically. You’ll get a benefit out of starting off animation in a physical format and getting the tactile feel of a flipbook and your markings on paper. We’ll animate with home materials—all things you likely already have or can find in an office supply store if not. On one 3″x3″ sticky note pad, you’ll start with a dot or line and make it speed up and slow down as you repeat it in shifting positions on each page. My advice is let the process dictate the end result rather than a preconceived idea, and this dot or line will wander and show it has a mind of its own. The goal is to answer the question “What is your intrinsic style of line?” at the end of Lesson 1 you will have made your first 3-second animation!

Lesson 2: Beginning Steps for Animation on iPad Procreate

Now that you’ve made a tactile paper animation, you’re ready to see how digital tools can enhance your experience. We’ll again work with a simple line and see where it goes, and at the same time getting to know Procreate and the simple technical steps needed to both create and export your 3-10 second line animation.

Lesson 3: Building a loop for your animated work

Lesson 4: Coloring Your Animation Loop

Now it’s time to add some color! First, go through each frame of your animation carefully to make sure there are no gaps in the linework, and then you’ll go through each frame of the animation and add color by dragging the color dot in the top right corner into the desired fill-in spot. We will think about color as an element of motion and change the colors slightly each frame… a subtle but exciting trick!

Lesson 5: Adding a sense of space with shadows


It’s time to mount your favorite drawings! I’m going to demonstrate little tricks I’ve learned to mount drawings to wood panels as well as how to add a protective wax coat to the finished pieces.

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