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This Specialization, taught by leading artists Lisa Bardot, Smitesh Mistry, and Danni Fisher-Shin, is intended for aspiring and beginner animators seeking to create expressive 2D animations in Procreate Dreams. Through three hands-on courses, you will explore core animation techniques, storytelling fundamentals, and workflow strategies to bring original ideas to life. You’ll gain the skills to plan, animate, and export fully realized projects directly from your iPad.

Syllabus

Course 1: Get Started with Procreate Dreams: Animation for Everyone
Course 2: Animated Storytelling: Emotive Animation in Procreate Dreams
Course 3: Cel & 2D Animation: Streamline Workflow in Procreate Dreams

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4 hours 11 minutes
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Plan and execute an animated short from storyboarding to exporting your final animation with Procreate Dreams. As a multi-disciplinary creative, your instructor, Smitesh Mistry, loves exploring his creativity through different disciplines. From illustrator to videographer to animator to content creator, he has transferred his fun and abstract creative style to tons of different projects, platforms, and softwares—now that includes Procreate Dreams. You might already know Smitesh and his work from Instagram, TikTok, or his previous Skillshare classes, but now Smitesh is here to share how Procreate Dreams elevated his creativity, unlocked new stylistic opportunities, and helped bring new ideas to life through a brand new lens. Now Smitesh wants to share how you can use Procreate Dreams to explore new creative opportunities and fully produce an animated story with three distinct scenes. In this class, you’ll discover how to storyboard, develop your characters and story arc, add music to your animation, and create a final animation filled with organic movement and hand-drawn elements. With Smitesh by your side, you’ll: * Create a rough storyboard to establish your idea * Pair music with the emotion and ideas behind your story * Build out your characters and background * Use the Performing tool and effects like Gaussian blur and glow to complete your piece * Plus, you’ll get a look into Smitesh’s workflow as he creates his own animated short from start to finish. Whether you’re a natural storyteller who wants to give animation a try or you’re an animator looking to dive into a more in-depth animation project in Procreate Dreams, you’ll leave this class with the ability to plan, execute, and export a fully animated story all in one app complete with unique characters, emotional scenes, and fun animated effects. No Procreate Dreams or animation experience is required to take this class. You’ll simply need your iPad and Apple Pencil. Previous experience with Procreate will help you in this class but isn’t necessary. Instructor bio: Smitesh Mistry is a graphic designer and illustrator who specializes in creating fun, abstract, and meaningful visual content. By day, he works on a wide range of design projects spanning digital and print, and in his spare time, he enjoys experimenting with new creative skills, sketching, and producing design content for his YouTube and Instagram channels. Passionate about teaching, Smitesh creates classes that make design approachable for beginners while also helping intermediate learners sharpen their skills. His goal is to inspire students to explore their creativity, gain confidence with design tools, and bring their ideas to life.
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4 hours 25 minutes
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Create hand-drawn 2D and Cel animations from conception to composition all in one app with Procreate Dreams. Welcome to art director and animator Danni Fisher-Shin's course. You may know her from her work in Olivia Rodrigo’s “brutal” music video and her long list of creative campaigns with brands like Apple, Google, and Facebook. She has been using software like Photoshop and After Effects to make eye-catching and emotional animations for years–first building out the idea in Photoshop and then finalizing it in After Effects. As a long-time Procreate user, Danni has now been able to use Procreate Dreams to take all her animation creation and composition all in one app. Since its inception, the app has helped streamline her workflow and boost both the mobility and accessibility of her animation process. Now Danni wants to teach you how you can create a professional, fully completed, and composited 2D Cel animation from start to finish in Procreate Dreams. In this class, Danni will walk you through the creation of an original animation while diving into Procreate Dream capabilities like adding keyframes, creating camera movement, performing, and grouping keyframes and layers. With Danni by your side, you’ll: * Keyframe camera movement * Create a dynamic background * Animate a loop within groups * Use the Performing feature to animate your hero element * Add customized animated elements to add depth and color * Plus, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look into Danni’s workflow and how she creates her work as a full-time animator. Whether you’re a seasoned animator looking to streamline your process or take it on the go or you’re an entry-level animator who wants to explore a new animation software, you’ll leave this class with newfound confidence in using Procreate Dreams and an understanding of how to make all of your future animation projects all in one app. Animation experience whether in Photoshop, After Effects, Procreate, or another animation software is suggested when taking this class. You’ll need Procreate Dreams, an iPad, and an Apple Pencil. Instructor bio: Danni Fisher-Shin is a professional animator and illustrator born and raised in Los Angeles, California. With a passion for intersectional feminism, empathy, and empowerment through art, she strives to create work that reflects what she wants to see in the world, or at least makes someone smile. Currently an Art Director and Designer at Scholar, she’s created work for many clients, including Google, Netflix, Procreate, and more.
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8 hours 43 minutes
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Are you ready to join instructor Lisa Bardot and make animation magic with Procreate Dreams? Introducing Procreate Dreams, a new 2D animation app from the makers of Procreate! Its powerful yet user-friendly tools make anyone an instant animator capable of crafting joyful moving artwork. With Procreate Dreams, you will find exciting new ways to express your creativity -- the best part is you don't need any animation experience to get started! This course starts from the ground up, acquainting you with the Procreate Dreams interface before diving into a series of engaging, hands-on animation projects. In this course, we're not just scratching the surface – we're diving deep into the Procreate Dreams universe as we: * Navigate the app's interface * Get familiar with tools * Master gestures * Explore the three essential animation techniques: handcrafted frame-by-frame animation, precise keyframing, and expressive Performing You'll embark on a series of follow-along animation projects that will have you creating diverse movements like looking, blinking, twirling, falling, driving, flying, swaying, spinning, and more. You'll learn how to: * Animate subjects like balloons, cars, leaves, trees, birds, and more * Animate over video * Create animations with audio * Bring your past Procreate artwork to life with movement * Master essential animation tools like keyframes, anchor points, onion skins, timing, and easing Additional skills to learn include: * Interface & Gestures - I'll guide you through a tour of the Procreate Dreams interface so you can zip around, utilizing all the features and tools Procreate Dreams has to offer! * Animation Essentials - Master the three essential animation techniques: frame-by-frame animation, keyframing, and the innovative Performing feature. * Advanced Techniques - Animate with live filters for effects like opacity, blur, and color changes. Using clipping masks and blend modes in your animations. As a student of this class, you'll receive my Procreate Dreams Resource Pack, complete with ready-to-animate .dreams files, a Procreate file for easy import into Dreams, and a video file to enhance with exciting animations. There's even a fully animated example piece for you to explore, giving you insight into my animation process. Grab your iPad and let's dive deep into the Procreate Dreams universe. Together we'll make some movement magic! Instructor bio: I'm Lisa Bardot, an illustration artist, teacher, and creative adventurer based in California, USA. With the iPad and Procreate as my go-to tools, I've developed digital brushes, tutorials, and art resources that help both beginners and seasoned artists find joy in making art. My tutorials and classes have reached millions, and I’m known for my thorough, concise, and fun teaching style. have been viewed millions of times, and I've received high praise for my thorough, concise, and fun teaching style. I own Bardot Brush where I design Procreate brushes and tools loved by artists. I also run Making Art Everyday, offering drawing prompts and challenges to help people conquer creative fears and build a consistent art practice. Additionally, I lead Art Maker's Club, a joy-filled creative community and learning hub for digital art-makers. When I'm not making things, I like to indulge in long romantic walks through IKEA, making up songs for my three young kids, and dipping french fries in ice cream.