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    Introduction

    Thanks for enrolling in the Frame by Frame Ninja course. You’ve made the right choice and there is a
    wonderful adventure waiting for you ahead. Let’s see what you need to take with you on that
    journey so that you can reach the final destination and become a real Frame by Frame Ninja.

    So, if you’ve opened this page hoping to discover an easy and quick way to achieve your goal —
    you’re in the right place. This is so obvious that everyone around you already knows about it. If you
    want to achieve success in animation, 3D modeling, video production, or anything else, the main
    thing you need to do is to practice as much as possible.

    It sounds usual and boring, but it really works.

    Here’s what you need to do:

    1. Create a public portfolio profile on Instagram.

    This will help you to keep track of your progress. You’ll start seeing it only after you upload your 10th
    shot. What is more, having a public profile can motivate you to keep on a posting schedule. Over
    time, it will promote you as an author.

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    2. Ask professionals and promote yourself.


    All cool artists are humans made of flesh and bones, just like you. Don’t hesitate to send them your
    works, ask for comments or advice, there’s no harm in asking.

    As a school, we can help you in many ways:

    Tag us @motiondesignschool or use hashtags #motiondesignschool and #mds_homework in your


    shots and stories in order to get advice on how to improve your work.

    Also, we can help you with promotion by posting your works in our profile. We don’t always have
    enough time to answer everyone in direct messages, but we gladly check tagged posts.

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    3. Work every day → Work efficiently

    All the motivational articles say you should work every day. However, you aren’t a robot, you have
    your personal life. Your goal is to make at least 2 animations per week, but each next work should
    be somehow better than the previous one.

    4. Don’t bother too much �

    And do not get stuck on some work for a long time. It’s better to come back to it later and start doing
    another one for now than waste a lot of time on suffering. (Please, read it twice)

    Actually, that’s all. Take the first step right now and in 3-4 weeks you’ll get a certain experience, some
    interesting works, and tears of joy.

    Good luck! 🔥🔥
    Lesson #0 Introduction
    Here’s a quick course introduction. This is not a how-to-use software course, you can follow along in
    any 2D animation software.

    But since we are going to be using ToonBoom Harmony, it might be good to take a look at the
    program’s interface.

    – 00:06 – Course Introduction


    – 02:06 – Toon Boom’s Interface
    Lesson #1 Drawing Fundamentals and Posing
    In the first lesson, you will learn how to think when you draw, using a process that makes sure your
    character poses have life and volume.

    Part 1: Structure
    – 01:07 – Solid Primitives
    – 08:14 – Specific and Complex forms
    – 14:53 – Breaking characters into those forms

    Practice: Break a character design into 3D shapes and draw each part turning in space.
    Files: Promo Characters Line Up

    Part 2: Gesture and Posing


    – 00:59 – What makes a good pose
    – 16:23 – Gesture

    Practice: Doodle 5 gestures from photo reference.

    Files: Reference Photos

    Part 3: Drawing Characters


    – 01:09 – Gesture Sketch
    – 04:22 – Adding Structure
    – 09:26 – Tie Down

    Practice: Create 3 poses using these steps:


    – Gesture
    – Structure
    – Tie-down
    Lesson #2 The Face and the Expressions
    We’ll go over the basic construction of the head, and understand how to draw relatable characters
    through strong facial expressions.

    Part 1: Basic Anatomy of the Face


    – 00:43 – Eyes
    – 05:28 – Mouth

    Practice: Draw different mouth shapes and different eye directions for those 5 heads

    Files: Head Bases

    Part 2: Basic Knowledge of Expressions


    – 00:35 – Simple Expressions
    – 15:37 – Complex Expressions

    Practice: Draw 5 facial expressions from grid and create 2 combinations

    Files: Simple Expressions Grid

    Part 3: Specific Combinations


    – 00:40 – The variables
    – 02:40 – Specific Combinations

    Practice: Draw 5 different expressions changing these variables:


    – Expressions (kind, intensity, combos + asymmetry)

    – Eye direction

    – Mouth shapes

    – Head angle
    Lesson #3 The Animation Principles
    Here you’ll understand and apply the 12 principles of animation developed by the great masters of
    the craft, as well as get into other very useful tips and tricks

    Part 1: Solid Drawing, Timing, and other principles


    – 01:14 – Solid Drawing
    – 02:21 – Timing
    – 06:34 – Ease In, Ease Out
    – 14:04 – Squash and Stretch

    Practice: Bouncing Ball 1

    Part 2: Arcs, Follow through and Anticipation


    – 00:11 – Arcs
    – 03:24 – Follow Through and Overlapping Action
    – 09:12 – Anticipation

    Practice: Bouncing Ball 2


    (Side movement, tale, and trigger)

    Part 3: Secondary Action, Staging, and other principles


    – 00:12 – Secondary Action
    – 03:06 – Staging
    – 07:00 – Exaggeration
    – 07:30 – Appeal
    – 07:44 – Straight Ahead Action and Pose-to-Pose
    – 09:53 – Other tips and tricks

    Practice: Analyze a short animation identifying 1 example for each principle

    Files: List of principles to identify


    Lesson #4 Animating a Simple Shot
    In this class, we will deeply cover breakdowns, the key to understanding and controlling movement.

    We will also apply that knowledge-creating a whole new shot from scratch.

    Part 1: Breakdowns
    – 00:40 – Context
    – 01:43 – What is a Breakdown?
    – 07:37 – Multiple Breakdowns
    – 12:50 – What to think when creating Breakdowns

    Practice: Animate 3 head turns with the same keys and different breakdowns

    Files: Toon Boom File with head turn keys

    Part 2: Animating a Simple Shot (Rough, Tie-Down, and In-betweens)


    – 00:59 – Rough Gesture Keys
    – 02:26 – Keys Tie Down
    – 04:33 – Breakdowns 01
    – 10:08 – Breakdowns 01 Tie Down
    – 18:20 – Breakdowns 02
    – 19:43 – Breakdowns 02 Tie Down
    – 22:40 – In-betweens

    Practice: Animate a simple shot of your choice

    Part 3: Animating a Simple Shot (Clean & Color)


    – 00:17 – Cleaning
    – 07:43 – Coloring

    Practice: Clean and color your shot from Part 2


    Lesson #5 Dynamic Shots & Camera Moves
    You are finally ready for some more advanced stuff, and here we will cover dynamic timing for
    action shots, as well as some very important concepts on camera moves.

    Part 1: Camera Moves


    – 00:25 – Context
    – 02:22 – Examples
    – 05:04 – Contrast in Composition
    – 07:27 – Analysis
    – 10:00 – Practice

    Practice: Create 3 sequential compositions changing these variables:

    – Horizon line/vanishing point

    – % used space- Focus point

    Part 2: Dynamic Timing


    – 00:52 – Favoring keys
    – 02:20 – Showing Resistance
    – 03:03 – Golden Moments
    – 05:10 – Practice

    Practice: Create rough in-betweens for layout compositions from Part 1


    Lesson #6 Planning and Roughing
    From this class on, you will closely follow the process of animating a complex action shot.

    In this class, we will go from coming up with the idea, to planning and refining it to the point where
    it’s ready to tie down.

    – 00:37 – Setup
    – 01:00 – Doodling first ideas
    – 02:45 – Main character first gestures
    – 09:20 – Planning interactions
    – 17:00 – Explanation
    – 20:38 – Refining idea
    – 24:38 – Planning Stage ready

    Practice: (Only in Class 8)


    Files: Planned Shot Render
    Lesson #7 Tie down and in-betweens
    Continuing the process, we will work our way through making actual drawings on model from our
    roughs, and adding good inbetweens that don’t spoil our timing, but actually enhance it.

    – 00:25 – Main Character Tie Down


    – 05:04 – Main Character Inbetweens
    – 12:06 – Other characters Tie Down and Inbetweens
    – 20:14 – Background
    – 30:47 – Characters Tie Down 2
    – 37:33 – Follow Through Pass

    Practice: (Only in Class 8)


    Files: Tie Down and Inbetween Shot Stages Render
    Lesson #8 Clean & Color
    Finally, we will clean and color our shot using specific techniques that make the process a whole
    more efficient. By the end of this, you should be able to create your own hand drawn animated shot
    from scratch.

    – 00:15 – Cleaning Main Character


    – 07:22 – Cleaning Other Characters
    – 12:30 – Cleaning Background
    – 14:48 – Coloring Main Character
    – 22:05 – Coloring Other Characters
    – 26:04 – Coloring Background
    – 28:03 – Final Touches

    Practice: Animate a complex shot of your own.


    Post it on Instagram with #framebyframeninja and tag @motiondesignschool to get a chance to be
    featured.

    Files: Clean and Color Shot Stages Render

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