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Sign up your child
for the course of Animation and Cartoon Creation from IT STEP Computer Academy

9-15 hours

Online classes

Your child will acquire new digital skills and learn the full cycle of drawing cartoons – from a scratch to the final product.

Present to your child a new exciting hobby!

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How are the classes going?
Creativity and lots of practice.

Our credo is only fun lessons and game techniques that will help the child to achieve success in a new hobby and reveal all creative potential.

The course of Animation and Cartoon Creation IT Step Academy is a great chance for your child to spend free time in a fun and useful way, to learn creating digital content with his own hands: cartoons, 2D animation, graphics and stop-motion videos! Now your child will not sit in a gadget just watching other people's cartoons, but will actively make his own creative projects.

The course will help the child to “dive headfirst” into a new exciting hobby, and maybe to make the first step to a future career in the field of animation.

Enrollment in groups is already underway -
register your child while there are still places available!

6

months of exciting practical classes

56

lessons with interesting homework tasks

30

new acquired skills

The course suits you if your child:

Likes to watch modern cartoons

We will teach the child how to create his own exciting animation from a scratch to the final product – a full-fledged cartoon.

Likes computer games

With us, the child will learn to create characters with his own hands and bring to life entire computer animation worlds.

Likes to fantasize

During the course, the child will learn to write exciting scenarios for his own cartoons, voice and edit them, and fully visualize and materialize from imagination to reality. Also, the course will develop the child's logical and spatial thinking.

Is interested in computing

The course is a great chance for a child who likes to spend time at the computer to get better acquainted with the possibilities of modern digital programs for creating animation and video content, or even choose a future career direction in the field of animation, 2D design or graphics.

The results of the course
will excite both you and your child:

The child will have a good time
The child will learn useful digital skills
The child will try himself in various fields of animation and 2D design
You will make sure that your child has useful and interesting leisure time during the year and you will also be more relaxed having no need to pick-up and drop-off your child

Exciting classes

Exciting classes in 2D animation and Stop Motion, working with Chroma key and impressive special effects, inventing a story, voice acting and editing a cartoon and many more interesting lessons are already waiting for your child!

Present your child to a new interesting experience and the opportunity to feel like a professional artist in the course of Animation and Certoon Creation!

During the course the child will learn to:

  • create their own animation projects – from an idea to a finished cartoon;
  • write scripts for short works;
  • make storyboard cartoon scenes;
  • work in programs of the Adobe package;
  • draw concept art of characters and surroundings of a 2D cartoon in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop;
  • animate pictures in Adobe Animate;
  • record sound effects for an animated film;
  • voice their own cartoon and select music;
  • work with different styles of Stop Motion animation and create one;
  • use the Stop Motion Studio mobile application;
  • animate infographics using the Cutout technique;
  • animate and "make alive" a paper 2D character;
  • create an object animation of the cooking process;
  • shoot a book trailer using the object animation technique;
  • work with chroma key;
  • create special effects for a cartoon;
  • create a clip for the child's favorite musical composition using the Claymation technique;
  • shoot a Doodle video;
  • make a group project in the Pixilation technique;

Course program:

Learn more about the full program of the animation course:

module 1
2D animation

Basics of 2D animation

The history of 2D animation (video presentation)

12 principles of Disney's animation

Animation pipeline. Idea and script writing

Creating a storyboard. Basics of frame composition

Creation of illustrations for animation. Working with the Adobe package: Illustrator and Photoshop

Overview of software interfaces and tools

Creation of character and environment concepts. Work with moodboards and references

Basics of coloristics and psychology of form perception

Introduction to Adobe Animate

An overview of the interface and tools for animation. Concept of keyframe, animation clip and Opion Skinning

Preparation of concept art for animation

Animation of characters and background elements. Choosing best length of plans and speed of movement

Animation of emotions

Voicing of cartoons

The work of foley artists. Creating audio effects

Selection and creation of background music. The influence of sound on the perception of the frame

Synchronization of sound and video

Animation of dialogues. LipSync

module 2
Stop Motion animation

Introduction to Stop Motion

An overview of Stop Motion animation styles

Getting to know the Stop Motion Studio mobile application

Workshop on creating the first cartoon (the construction of the place, lighting and camera settings, production of props)

Cutout Motion

Text animation. Creation of titles for cartoons

Creating and animating a paper background

Animation of 2D characters

Creating animated infographics

Object animation

Stop Motion cooking

Puppet animation and action loops

Working with chroma key and special effects

Creating a book trailer

Claymation

Morphing

Animation of plants and water

Methods of 3D speech animation

Creating a clip for child's favorite song

Pixilation

Doodling

Real-world animation techniques

Group project. Creation of a fan short film in pixelation technique

The final project is
the child's creation of his own animated film: from a scratch to the final product.
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Just imagine:

just in six months your child knows how to make cartoons using 2D animation and Stop Motion techniques, understands the styles of animation, can voice and edit a video, knows how to work with chroma key and special effects!

Hurry up to make a child's dream come true!

Forms of study

Choose your method of payment

Animation and Cartoon Creation

Schedule
2 times per week
Duration
7 months
Age
10-15 years old
Time:
as per schedule

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it necessary to download and install computer programs for teaching a child and where to find them?

At the beginning of classes, we will send you a link with all the necessary platforms and programs, for the child to be ready for learning. All programs are free, some do not even need to be downloaded, but work online.

What software is used in the course?

Your child will learn to work in programs from the Adobe suite: Illustrator, Photoshop and Animate. And also children will use the Stop Motion Studio mobile application for filming.

Are there any discounts for IT Step Academy students?

Yes. Discounts are available for students of the Academy! Call our manager for details.

What are the technical requirements to join the course?

The child only needs to have a computer and internet connection. And, of course, the desire to create and be creative!

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