Private 1 on 1 Hand Drawn Animation!

Completed by 7 learners

Ages 10-18

Live 1-on-1 Lessons

In this class students will progress at an individual pace and learn about the art of hand drawn animation!

Animation Atelier

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(28 reviews)

Live video meetings

Meets on demand

55 min

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What's included

Meets on Demand

schedule meetings as needed

55 mins

per session

Teacher support

Class Experience

Interested in making animation? You’ve come to the right place! This class, for teenagers who’d like to study computer animation in depth, will jump-start your animation journey with the same scope and sequence of a college Animation course!

Using his experience as a successful College Animation Instructor, Conor MacFinn covers the principles of animation. 

As this class is a one on one tutoring session, the pace and topics will be adjusted based on the student's needs.

The students will show receive feedback to strengthen their skills. Then Conor demonstrates and explains the techniques for the next new topic, which the student will work on in class and that week’s work at home. 

Students are supported in understanding what they have done well and what they need to work on, but grades are not given: animation is an art, and appreciating a work of art is subjective.

Lessons throughout the course build on one another!

Other Details

Parental Guidance

Students will need a device capable of running Rough Animator. There will be no outside accounts used.

Pre-Requisites

Student should have a working knowledge of how to use a computer or tablet.

Supply List

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.

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Rough Animator

Offered by

Animation Atelier

Joined September, 2022

4.9

28reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Conor MacFinn is an American/ Canadian filmmaker / animator / UX designer whose animated shorts have been distributed by Tribal TV on Hulu, AOL On, Roku and Amazon and have won awards, been nominated, and screened at over 40 festivals internationally. His animated storytelling mobile media was twice selected for SIGGRAPH’s Appy Hour showcase of creativity and innovation and distributed through iTunes. Other 3D character animation credits include The Museum of the Dog in New York City, Pearson, and Behrman House. Conor was honored that his trilogy of shorts inspired by his Native heritage was invited to show at Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Owáyawa (Defenders of the Sacred Water School) at The Water Protector's Camp in Standing Rock, North Dakota. He is a 2019 New York State Council on the Arts Arts Alive grantee and received a 2020 Artist’s Support Fund grant.

Conor’s credits as a teaching artist include seven years as a college instructor, and over 10 years teaching Storyboarding and Storytelling, Scratch and basic programming and animation in person and online to kids in grades 3 – 12.  Additionally, he has worked remotely with teenagers teaching animation and storytelling for film and animation.  As an Art School Portfolio coach, he’s successfully mentored students in crafting their submissions, resulting in his students’ admissions to Pratt (scholarship), Parsons, FIT and other competitive schools.  He enjoys meeting students where they are and guiding their unique expression through art and programming.

When Conor isn't working on his animation or teaching you can see him playing guitar or playing with his dog!