Class 2D Digital Animation

  In this course students will be introduced to the concepts and techniques of 2D digital animation and its implementation in video games.

Not applicable

- Understanding the movement image by image - 12 Animation Principles: Animation Then and Drawings key (and respective intervals), Anticipation, acceleration and deceleration, Timing and rhythm, Arches, "Crush" and "Stretch", exaggeration, Secondary Shares, Follow Through and Overlapping action, Drawing solid, captivating character, Staging; - Introduction to 2D animation for games - Model Sheets - Sprite Sheets, - Bone Animation - Sprite Animation

project based learning

AUGUSTIN, Andrew - Dream. Create. Play. 2D Animation for Games Kendall Hunt Publishing; 1st edition (August 9, 2024)  ISBN-13 : ‎ 979-8385149803 COOPER Jonathan - Game Anim: Video Game Animation Explained CRC Press; 2nd edition (April 19, 2021) ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0367707651 BLAIR, Preston - Cartoon Animation, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc., Laguna Hills, 1994. FURNISS, Maureen - Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics, John Libbey & Company Pty Ltd, Sidney, 1998. HALAS, John - The Contemporary Animator, Focal Press, London, 1990. HOOKS, Ed - Acting for Animators, Ed. Heinemann, Portsmouth, 2000. MAESTRI, George - Digital Character Animation - 1, New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, 1996. PATMORE, Chris - The Complete Animation Course, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003. WHITE, Tony - 2D OR NOT 2D: How to draw animation, traditionally or digitally. (ANIMATION LEGACY SERIES) Drawassic (January 13, 2024)