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This document provides advanced lesson ideas for animating characters using Procreate, building on a previous lesson about bouncing balls. It guides users through creating a bouncing character, designing backgrounds, sketching, coloring, and adding special effects across 16 frames. The document emphasizes simplicity in character design and encourages experimentation with movement and emotion.

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LearnToAnimateAddingCharacter-ProcreateLessonIdea

This document provides advanced lesson ideas for animating characters using Procreate, building on a previous lesson about bouncing balls. It guides users through creating a bouncing character, designing backgrounds, sketching, coloring, and adding special effects across 16 frames. The document emphasizes simplicity in character design and encourages experimentation with movement and emotion.

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LESSON IDEA PART TWO

Learn to animate:
Adding character
PHYSICS ART

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Lesson ideas
Use these Lesson Ideas to spark your imagination for
using Procreate in the classroom. Feel free to take them further
and make them your own.
Learn to animate 1.

Learn to
animate
This lesson is a more advanced
extension of the Learn to animate:
Getting started lesson.
Please note, this lesson may be
difficult for Procreate beginners.

All you need is an iPad and:

Procreate
Previously... 2.

Ball animation
In Learn to animate: Getting started,
we made a bouncing ball animation.
The bouncing pig 3.

Taking it further Think about...


In this lesson, we will transform the
ball into a bouncing character. Will you BODY PARTS
create a pig? Or perhaps an alien, animal, Try to keep your character simple, without
or monster? too many details. Every body part (legs,
eyes, ears etc.) will need to be animated
across 16 frames.

PHYSICS
Each body part will react to the jump in it’s
own way. For example, the arms may drag
down as the character shoots up, then fly
up as it falls. Perhaps the character smiles
at the peak. Think about these reactions,
but remember you can always experiment
as you go along.
Background 4.

Draw a
background
Create a suitable background for your
chosen character.
Add a new layer for your background.
Only the bottom layer or layer group
can be used for the background frame.
You can hold and drag your new layer
to the bottom of the pile.
Background 5.

Toggle
background
Tap the background frame and select
Background. Now, the background
frame will be displayed throughout
your animation.
Sketch 6.

Sketch your
character
On each frame, sketch your character.
Keep it simple, as each feature will need
to be animated over 16 frames.
Think about how each feature
will move as the character bounces.
Have some fun by adding emotion,
like surprise or laughter.
Paint 7.

Color your character


Create a group around each sketch
character, and create a color version
of your character.

Groups as frames
Layer groups act as single frames.
Group your layers by first tapping
a layer then swiping right on each
additional layer. Then tap Group.
Painting 8.

tips
QuickShape
Draw perfectly smooth straight and curved
lines easily by holding your finger at the
end of each line.

ColorDrop
Drag the Color Button to fill any area
in your artwork.

Palettes
To keep your colors consistent across
your frames, you may want to add
them to a palette.
You will find palettes in your Color Panel.
Simply tap an empty space in your palette
to add a color.
Keep going! 9.

Paint, paint,
paint
Now carefully draw and color your
character for the remaining frames.

16 FRAMES
Final 10.

touches
Special effects
Make your animation complete by adding
special effects. Add action lines to show
speed, or splashes coming from the
mud puddle.
Share it! 10.

Make a video
Tap Actions, then select Animated GIF
or MP4 to export your animation.
Create
Artistic expression helps make
education meaningful, memorable
and fun. Find more creative lesson
ideas at education.procreate.art
To dive deeper into the full creative
potential of Procreate, see our
Handbook at procreate.art/handbook

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