Classes

This eight-week course continues to refine artist and animator skills explored in After School Animation. Continuing students should arrive prepared to work with software and digital drawing tools while gaining additional animation techniques and tips. Students will be working to build portfolio...

Successful animators have a comprehensive understanding of basic animation techniques and principles. This eight-week course focuses on one of these concepts each class by working traditionally with paper and pencil. Using a light table students create, trace, and refine their drawings frame by...

Animation is a versatile medium that allows animators to explore storytelling beyond traditional drawing. Paper, clay, and even sand have proven to be other unique ways to animate a tale. This eight-week course will focus on understanding basic animation principles, with each class working with a...

Animation is a versatile medium that allows animators to explore storytelling beyond traditional drawing. Paper, clay, and even sand have proven to be other unique ways to animate a tale. This six-week course we will focus on understanding basic animation principles, with each class working with...

Animation is a versatile medium that allows animators to explore storytelling beyond traditional drawing. Paper, clay, and even sand have proven to be other unique ways to animate a tale. This six-week course we will focus on understanding basic animation principles, with each class working with...

Bring your imagination to life in this hands-on experimental animation Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum. Participants will explore unconventional, creative techniques to design and animate their own characters, materials, and visual ideas. Drawing inspiration from early innovative animation...

Ever wonder how certain animations seem to go on forever? Or how a GIF is made? Well, look no further than this special Class! Students will explore how to create fun, timeless animated loops by breaking down the structure of a loop and what important aspects are needed to make it seamless. Students...

Procreate offers a variety of powerful features that any artist can use! Join us in this two-week course to learn how to animate on an iPad using Procreate. The course will cover how to navigate the app’s tools, and students will learn fundamental animation principles to make their own animated...

If you enjoy telling and making stories, then this is the perfect Class for you! Students will explore the foundations of character and setting through RPG—or role-playing game—exercises. They will learn the importance of creating characters with flaws and establishing arcs for their characters to...

Spark creativity and imagination in this youth imaginative environment Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum! Young artists will design their own characters, landscapes, and fantastical settings using surprising and unconventional materials that inspire inventive thinking. By the end, each...

This unique Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum covers how to draw animals and understand their features and movements through observation, utilizing techniques that helps artists drawing from live reference. The Class also explores how to incorporate their artistic style into making a creature...

In this digital animation Class at The Walt Disney Family Museum, students will be introduced to important digital software and learn the core principles of 2D animation. Throughout the two-week session, students will complete short exercises using techniques that everyday animators utilize to build...

Sketchbooks are the windows into an artist’s soul. They often contain the beginnings of new ideas and experimental pieces that give insights into that artist’s perspective. This Class will cover how to utilize their personal sketchbook to its fullest potential. Students will practice important...