Are you excited to start animating with Procreate Dreams using Procreate to tell your own stories, but just not super sure where to start? Are you interested in creating your own Shorts, Reels, and animated Memes, but need some help and guidance getting started? Then this is the class for you!

Over the last seven months, I’ve gotten to know the Procreate Dreams app [though there’s always more to learn!] and have found methods of using it to create my own Animated Shorts/Reels. 

In my experience, for really clean/beautiful animation much of the work is completed in the Procreate app for iPad, before transferring all the pieces over to the Procreate Dreams app, then using the award-winning features there to make everything appear incredibly cinematic!

✨Potential Skills ✨

💙 Procreate Skills
→ Navigating the app [as needed]
→ Animation Assist
- Onion Skins (Frames, Opacity), Frames Per Second, Loop / Ping-Pong / One Shot, Background Frame, Foreground Frame, etc.
→ Layers / Layer Opacity / Blending Modes
→ Exporting / Importing Images / Files [as needed]
→ and more!

💙 Procreate Dreams Skills
→ Navigating the app [as needed]
- Theater, Timeline, Stage, Backstage
- Play, Perform, Timeline Edit, Drawing, Add Track
- Import premade Animations, Backgrounds, Brushes from Procreate
- Edit Settings
→ Actions: Move, Filter, Edit
→ and more!

💙 iPad Skills
→ Drag & Drop Files from Procreate to Procreate Dreams.
→ Save Files in an organized Folder on iPad [as needed].

💙 Artistic Skills
→ Illustration / Drawing
- Form / Structure
- Mood / Vibe
- Shape Language
- Shading / Highlighting
- Composition
- Character Design
- Sketching
- Line Work
- Color Theory
- Textures
- Stylization
- and more!

→ Animation / Story Telling
- Screenplay
- Storyboarding
- Character Design, Expression Sheets
- Frame-By-Frame, Stop Motion
- Key Frames, Breakdowns, In Betweens
- Tie Down / Clean Up
- Walk Cycles
- Timing
- Staging
- Squash & Stretch
- Anticipation
- Exaggeration
- Lip Syncing
- and more!

→ Personal / Social / Emotional [for Art]
- Patience
- Learning Through "Mistakes"
- Trying Again...Then Trying Again, Again.
- and more!

These lessons are collaborative. I will help YOU turn YOUR idea into an animated reality! I will have an overhead view of my iPad as well as the Screen Share option available, so that you will be able to see exactly how I navigate throughout the applications, and make discussion of your project idea easier.

* * Please Note: Traditional 2D Animation can be a slow process, so when animating traditionally on the tablet (drawing frame-by-frame) the project will take several lessons to complete. With other types of animation projects, for example digital "stop motion," it may only take one-two lessons to complete. * *

You do not need any prior experience with Procreate/Procreate Dreams to take this class, though basic drawing skills and knowledge of the Procreate app will certainly help you in this process. However, I am, of course, happy to help you create simple animations, start small, and work your way up to more complex projects!

You will need an iPad, an Apple Pencil [preferred], the Procreate app for iPad [$12.99 from the App Store--check to make sure that your iPad is compatible] AND Procreate Dreams app [$19.99 from the App Store--check to make sure that your iPad is compatible] downloaded and installed. At this time, all Procreate apps are only supported on Apple products [compatible iPads].

**This class uses Procreate Dreams & Procreate for iPad. Please see the Learner Supply List for more information.**

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This is a 110-minute time slot, if interested in a 55-minute time slot, please see the following link:

55-Minute Lesson: https://outschool.com/classes/private-11-animate-short-films-using-procreate-dreams-procreate-hWqiBOqi

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To see more of Ms. Rachel's classes, visit my profile here: https://outschool.com/teachers/RachelM_DrawAlongWithMe