Coloso – 2D Action Animation Starter Pack 2024-2

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Coloso – 2D Action Animation Starter Pack 2024-2

2D Action Animation Starter Pack course. Ready to take your first step into creating dynamic action scenes with 2D animation? Learn the basics of animation from start to finish as we cover every step of the process of creating action scenes. You’ll learn everything from parallax effects, backgrounds, hand-to-hand and weapon-based combat scenes, and more.

What you will learn

Building a Foundation for 2D Action Animation: Get started with 2D animation by understanding the essential principles and techniques used in different scenarios. Expanding your horizons will be much easier once you learn the basics.
Use interframes to your advantage: Understanding the spacing and position of interframes is critical to showing speed and weight. You can use this to your advantage and set any action to your desired speed.
Character Movement Expansion: Your character’s movement is directly related to its personality, attitude, and form. Show what your character is with his actions, not say.
Create original fight scenes: Add more characters to the scene and create some kind of interaction and coordinated combat with and without weapons. Create some kind of exchange and reference communication between the “giver” and the “receiver”.
Add effects by implementing other elements: Use hit frames, dramatic effects, camera work and animated backgrounds to dramatize your fight scenes. Learn how and where to add these elements to specific scenarios in your animation.
Finding inspiration for action: Composing action scenarios from the top is challenging, especially if they need to look anatomically and socially correct. Let’s explore a variety of resources to help you create dramatic fight scenes that your audience won’t be able to look away from.

This course is suitable for people who

2D animation enthusiasts
Digital artists
Game designers
Anyone who wants to improve their animation skills

2D Action Animation Starter Pack course specifications

Publisher: Coloso
Instructor: Mary Kim
Training level: beginner
Training duration: 8 hours and 33 minutes
Number of courses: 21

Course headings

SECTION 01. OT
01. Orientation
Introducing your instructor
What you will learn
Helpful websites and software programs
SECTION 02. Animation Starter Pack
02. Before We Start 2D Animation
Importance of breaking down a movement
Principles of animation
03. Frame Rate and Timing Charts
How frame rates work
Holding frames
Using timing charts
04. Mastering Speed with Inbetweening
Inbetweening basics
Distribution of inbetweens for weight and speed
Understanding Smear Frames
05. Introducing Digital Animation with Clip Studio Paint
Introduction of Clip Studio Paint (CSP)
Animation tools on CSP
Animation folders and lightbox
SECTION 03. Adding Action to Your Characters
06. Animating Characters
Understanding the body
Poses and positioning
Character Movement and Expression
07. Building Basic Choreography
Adding more movements to one character
Creating a combo
Creating a tempo
08. Interaction with Additional Characters
Adding one or more characters in the set
Planning interaction
Keeping track of one or more characters
9. Characters with Weapons
Adding materials and weapons to characters
Short range and long range weapons
SECTION 04. Indication of Impact and Intensity
10. Animating Various Effects
Animating smoke FX
Animating luminous FX (fire and lightning)
Liquid FX
Solid elements
11. Impact Frames
When to use impact frames
How to make impact frames
12. Camera Motion
Staging
Camera pans and tracking
Camera shakes
13. Parallax
Adding a still image as a background
Adding a moving object
Keyframing and parallax effect
14. Animated Backgrounds
Adding motion to the backgrounds
Motion lines and blurs
SECTION 05. Composing Combat
15. Planning and Storyboarding
Thumbnailing and storyboarding
Indicating key poses
Flow and story
16. Expanding Choreography Knowledge
Importance of finding inspiration
References and how to use them
Rotoscoping and breaking down materials
Style and Identity
Application and influence
SECTION 06. 2D Action Animation Demonstration
17. Hand-to-Hand Combat
Determining interaction (initiator and receiver)
Handling two characters at the same time
Cell separation
18. Applying FX
Characters with FX
Direction and impact of the FX
Subtle FX vs. apparent FX
Combination of FX and impact frames
On hit vs. Follow up FX
19. Using Weaponry
Characters with their weapons
Distance and interaction
20. Environment and Setting Interaction
Characters making use of their setting
Impact upon the environment
SECTION 07. Conclusion
21. Finishing Thoughts
Thoughts for continuous improvement

2D Action Animation Starter Pack course prerequisites

This course will use Clip Studio Paint EX (Alternatives: Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony, Blender, TvPaint). Please purchase and install these program(s) for an optimized lecture experience.