Hand-Drawn Animation: Principles, Timing and Drawing Skills

Hand-Drawn Animation: Principles, Timing and Drawing Skills

Hand-Drawn Animation: Principles, Timing and Drawing Skills

One-on-one instruction in hand-drawn animation principles, including keys/inbetweens, timing, squash-and-stretch, weight and drawing practice to build animation skills.

Hand-Drawn Animation: Principles, Timing and Drawing Skills

Paid once.

Level
Mixed Level
Ages
13–18
Duration
55 min
Classes
1 / Week
Weeks
6

Class Experience

Individual tutoring that follows college-style animation fundamentals: keys and inbetweens, easing, squash-and-stretch, weight, and character exercises like the flour sack. The instructor demonstrates techniques, gives personalized feedback, and assigns at-home practice so students progress at their own pace.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain core principles of animation

  • Apply keys, inbetweens and timing in short animations

  • Animate easing, squash-and-stretch and weight

  • Improve drawing skills for animation exercises

Prerequisites

Students should be proficient in general computer usage.

Materials needed:

Students will need a device capable of running the Rough Animator software and a way of drawing either with a stylus or their finger.

Please be logged in from the same device as the student will be working on so I can assist them via screen-share.

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Meet your Instructor

Joined August, 2026

4.4

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An experienced team of animation and game design professionals leads practical classes that cover drawing, timing, tweening, frame-by-frame techniques, and character motion for games and animation. Instruction blends fundamental drawing skills with software workflows to help lear…

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