2D Animation Essentials
About This Course
This intermediate-level course provides aspiring animators and media professionals with essential skills to create professional-quality 2D animation sequences. Covering the full pipeline from script analysis and sketch ideation to compositing, character animation, and refinement, the course equips learners to meet real-world production demands. Learners will use industry-relevant tools to plan, animate, and edit scenes while applying foundational principles like perspective, timing, and motion. Ideal for those with basic drawing or media experience, this course supports job upgrading opportunities in animation, media production, game design, or motion graphics roles.
What You'll Learn
• Script & Storyboard Analysis – Interpret scripts and determine animation requirements based on production parameters.
• Keyframe Ideation & Sketching – Generate character poses and visual styles aligned with creative direction.
• Shot Planning & Perspective Use – Apply perspective to stage scenes using storyboards and animatics.
• Compositing & Editing – Use layering, masking, and effects to refine and align animation sequences.
• Motion Refinement – Incorporate feedback loops to enhance animation flow, consistency, and realism.
• Digital Tool Proficiency – Work with creative software for animatics and keyframes.
• Principles of Motion & Pose Breakdown – Apply squash/stretch, anticipation, and elasticity in movement.
• Character Animation Execution – Create expressive, complex keyframes using cel or vector techniques.
Entry Requirements
Age: 18 years old and above
Minimum Education: Secondary
Minimum PSLE English Language Score of C (pre-2021 system) or AL6 9post 2021 system)
Working experience: No minimum working experience
Be able to speak, listen and read English at a proficiency level not lower than the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualification (ES WSQ) Workplace literacy (WPL) Level 3