Sign up for all 4 modules and earn a signed Course Diploma plus a "Just Add Imagination" 2D animation T-shirt . Completed "Module 4" films are also eligible to enter for a "Junior Golden Pencil" award at the 2024 "DRAWTASTIC Animation Festival"!
Students successfully completing all 4 modules will receive this signed course Diploma.
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Masterclasses in Animation Diploma Program.
Join master animator, Tony White, for his amazing "live & online" Diploma animation classes. Learn everything you'll ever need to know about animation and making animated films - in a simple way - and while earning this beautiful, signed diploma at the same time!
This course is perfect for...
Beginners who want to learn animation for the very first time. College Students who want to supplement their studies with a real knowledge of movement. Artists & Illustrators who want to know how to make their art move well. Professionals who want to take their animation skills to the next level. Check-out our extensive course introduction video for more info... Tony's classes are presented live on Zoom each week. But if you can't attend his live classes, then Tony will recorded them and make them available to you in a private online classroom. That way you will miss nothing of the instruction - as well as be able to easily share your course work and have it expertly critiqued by Tony. 
Tony's young 2022 graduate students.
Originally, Tony's "live & online" classes were designed specifically with high school students in mind*. However, more recently, as his classes have grown in popularity - and his new book, "ANIMATION MASTERCLASSES ~ from Pencils to Pixels", has received such critical acclaim - the classes are now attracting students of all ages and with all capabilities - especially in terms of artists and industry professionals who are keen to take their work to the next level!
* Note: Eligible high school students are able to acquire 1 Art credit for an art elective course by concurrently registering to this joint-course in conjunction with the Seattle Voctech School. www.seattlevt.com*
YOUR INSTRUCTOR / TONY WHITE:
It is said that a picture in worth a thousand word and an animated picture is worth 24 times that! Instructor Tony White's "2023 Showreel" will clearly demonstrate how amazingly qualified he is to teach these classes... Specifically, the curriculum for each course module is broken down as follows... MODULE 01:
Starting September 2023: "Module 01" covers all of the core principles of animated movement, using drawn digital techniques. The software of choice is "Rough Animator" - however, students are free to use any animation approach they prefer, to complete the exercises. 
WEEK-BY-WEEK CONTENT:
MODULE 02: Starting December 2023: "Module 02" covers further essential "core principles of movement" that every animator should know. Again, each student can choose their own animation approach to complete the exercises - but it will be demonstrated using rigged digital animation techniques, using the "MOHO" software. A 12-week Moho license is loaned to each student for this course to complete the exercises. (Although students should check it's compatibility to the hardware they are using.) (Note: This is NOT a Moho software training course - although the basics of operating Moho will be explained, so students can easily use the software for their required assignments.)
CLICK HERE FOR "MODULE 2" SIGN-UP 1-MONTH AHEAD OF CLASS STARTING. MODULE 03: Starting March 2024: Now students have learned how to animate, it is natural that they will now want to make their own short film. "Modules 03" therefore introduces students to the essential stages of Pre-producing a film - all the way through to a final Animatic, in preparation for finishing their film in Module 04.
CLICK HERE FOR "MODULE 3" SIGN-UP 1-MONTH AHEAD OF CLASS STARTING. MODULE 04*: Starting June 2024: Having completed all the stages of pre-production, students will learn in "Module 04" how to animate and complete their own short animated film. They will be personally mentored throughout on the finer points of animation execution and production by Tony. Finished films will be automatically entered into the "Junior Golden Pencil Awards" category at the "DRAWTASTIC Animation Festival".
* Note: This schedule is based on a traditional 2D animation approach. However, it will vary and be tailored to individual needs, if students choose to use Moho or other animation production approaches.
CLICK HERE FOR "MODULE 4" SIGN-UP 1-MONTH AHEAD OF CLASS STARTING. |
GRADUATION 2024:
September 2024: Digital. Final film screenings and the awarding of signed completion Diplomas to successful students. Completed films will also be automatically entered into the 2024 DRAWTASTIC Animation Festival's "Golden Pencil Awards" for public judging.
September 2024: Digital. Final film screenings and the awarding of signed completion Diplomas to successful students. Completed films will also be automatically entered into the 2024 DRAWTASTIC Animation Festival's "Golden Pencil Awards" for public judging.
FURTHER NOTES:
"Live" classes run from 6:00 - 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) each Tuesday night on Zoom. Students unable to attend the live classes, for whatever reason, will be given access to the full class recording the next day, in course's private online classroom. They will also get Tony's full mentoring support, as with the live students.
There are 12 classes per module. (Late sign-ups and remotely located students are eligible too for these classes, as each one is recorded and posted into a private classroom on the "2D ANIMAKERS" network the following day.) Access to the classroom videos for signed-up students will continue for at least 6-months after graduation.
"Live" classes run from 6:00 - 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) each Tuesday night on Zoom. Students unable to attend the live classes, for whatever reason, will be given access to the full class recording the next day, in course's private online classroom. They will also get Tony's full mentoring support, as with the live students.
There are 12 classes per module. (Late sign-ups and remotely located students are eligible too for these classes, as each one is recorded and posted into a private classroom on the "2D ANIMAKERS" network the following day.) Access to the classroom videos for signed-up students will continue for at least 6-months after graduation.
Cost: $840 (per 12 x 2-hour class Module - which is $35 per hour of tuition.)
A 20% discount is available for remote students**.
Scholarships available for proven and enthusiastic students who have resource challenges.
** "Remote students" are those who cannot attend the Tuesday night "live & online" classes for either work or time zone clashes!
Finally, hear what Tony has said during his classes in the past - at a time when they were taught locally, in the classroom, prior to Covid...
Filmed in pre-Covid times, when Tony's teaching was in-classroom and locally located, in Seattle.