Procreate Dreams for Beginners Specialization

Plan and execute an animated short from storyboarding to exporting your final animation with Procreate Dreams.

As a multi-disciplinary creative, Smitesh Mistry loves exploring his creativity through different disciplines. From illustrator to videographer to animator to content creator, he has transferred his fun and abstract creative style to tons of different projects, platforms, and softwares—now that includes Procreate Dreams. You might already know Smitesh and his work from Instagram, TikTok, or his previous Skillshare classes, but now Smitesh is here to share how Procreate Dreams elevated his creativity, unlocked new stylistic opportunities, and helped bring new ideas to life through a brand new lens. Now Smitesh wants to share how you can use Procreate Dreams to explore new creative opportunities and fully produce an animated story with three distinct scenes. In this class, you’ll discover how to storyboard, develop your characters and story arc, add music to your animation, and create a final animation filled with organic movement and hand-drawn elements. With Smitesh by your side, you’ll: * Create a rough storyboard to establish your idea * Pair music with the emotion and ideas behind your story * Build out your characters and background * Use the Performing tool and effects like Gaussian blur and glow to complete your piece * Plus, you’ll get a look into Smitesh’s workflow as he creates his own animated short from start to finish. Whether you’re a natural storyteller who wants to give animation a try or you’re an animator looking to dive into a more in-depth animation project in Procreate Dreams, you’ll leave this class with the ability to plan, execute, and export a fully animated story all in one app complete with unique characters, emotional scenes, and fun animated effects. No Procreate Dreams or animation experience is required to take this class. You’ll simply need your iPad and Apple Pencil. Previous experience with Procreate will help you in this class but isn’t necessary.

Create hand-drawn 2D and Cel animations from conception to composition all in one app with Procreate Dreams.

Welcome to art director and animator Danni Fisher-Shin's course. You may know her from her work in Olivia Rodrigo’s “brutal” music video and her long list of creative campaigns with brands like Apple, Google, and Facebook. She has been using software like Photoshop and After Effects to make eye-catching and emotional animations for years–first building out the idea in Photoshop and then finalizing it in After Effects. As a long-time Procreate user, Danni has now been able to use Procreate Dreams to take all her animation creation and composition all in one app. Since its inception, the app has helped streamline her workflow and boost both the mobility and accessibility of her animation process. Now Danni wants to teach you how you can create a professional, fully completed, and composited 2D Cel animation from start to finish in Procreate Dreams. In this class, Danni will walk you through the creation of an original animation while diving into Procreate Dream capabilities like adding keyframes, creating camera movement, performing, and grouping keyframes and layers. With Danni by your side, you’ll: * Keyframe camera movement * Create a dynamic background * Animate a loop within groups * Use the Performing feature to animate your hero element * Add customized animated elements to add depth and color * Plus, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look into Danni’s workflow and how she creates her work as a full-time animator. Whether you’re a seasoned animator looking to streamline your process or take it on the go or you’re an entry-level animator who wants to explore a new animation software, you’ll leave this class with newfound confidence in using Procreate Dreams and an understanding of how to make all of your future animation projects all in one app. Animation experience whether in Photoshop, After Effects, Procreate, or another animation software is suggested when taking this class. You’ll need Procreate Dreams, an iPad, and an Apple Pencil.