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Character Animation Course

What will I learn?

Unlock your animation potential with our Character Animation Course, catered for arts professionals looking to up their game. Delve into the fundamentals of character design, mastering expressive features and archetypes. Explore animation principles like anticipation, timing, and squash and stretch. Learn storyboarding techniques and sharpen your workflow with advanced software tools. This course offers practical, high-quality content to transform your creative vision into captivating animations.

Apoia's Unique Benefits

Online course with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you want to study
Customise your course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study anytime, no internet required

Build skills

Enhance your practical skills in the areas listed below

Master animation workflow: Refine, polish, and add secondary actions seamlessly.

Enhance character design: Create expressive features and simplify for animation.

Apply animation principles: Perfect anticipation, timing, squash, and stretch.

Develop storyboarding skills: Craft compelling narratives with timing and pacing.

Utilize animation software: Keyframe techniques, layers, and onion skinning.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but it offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.