Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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AN2D 3230 - Character Animation + Motion Studies


Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio

This junior-level studio course further develops the student’s skills in the analysis and application of movement. Students are encouraged to develop and investigate personality and emotion in their animation. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have a greater understanding of weight, motion, timing, and various aspects of drawing related to believable character animation.

Prerequisites: AN 1230 - Fundamentals of Animation  and AG 2300 - Animation + Game Art Sophomore Portfolio Review  

Notes: (Formerly AN 3310 Character Animation + Motion Studies)


Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Create character animation with a strong emphasis on weight, physics, performance, and acting. 
  • Recognize and apply proper character motion principles to create quality animation. 
  • Apply phoneme mouth shapes to dialogue and lip-sync exercises.

AN2D 3230 Course Learning Outcome Rubric   

Required Textbooks:
Character Animation Crash Course! - ISBN: 978-1879505971
Required Course Materials:

  • ToonBoom Harmony



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