🧊 3D & Blender intermediate

Blender Grease Pencil & 2D Animation

Create 2D animations and illustrations in a 3D environment using Blender's powerful Grease Pencil toolset.

36 lessons
22 hours
intermediate
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Course Curriculum

Module 1

Grease Pencil Basics

18 lessons
  1. 1 What is Grease Pencil? Free 5:58
  2. 2 Drawing in 3D Space Free 7:03
  3. 3 Stroke and Fill Materials Free 7:43
  4. 4 Layers and Objects 6:55
  5. 5 Sculpting Strokes 7:26
  6. 6 Modifiers for Grease Pencil 13:07
  7. 7 Visual Effects 13:44
  8. 8 Camera Setup for 2D 8:09
  9. 9 Using 3D Objects as Reference 6:44
  10. 10 Line Art Modifier 9:49
  11. 11 Tint and Texture Effects 10:48
  12. 12 Custom Brushes 12:36
  13. 13 Interpolation Tools 7:58
  14. 14 Masking Techniques 7:04
  15. 15 Compositing 2D and 3D 12:33
  16. 16 Rendering Grease Pencil 7:38
  17. 17 Exporting Frames 7:42
  18. 18 Storyboarding in Blender 13:43
Module 2

2D Animation

18 lessons
  1. 19 Animation Principles 10:10
  2. 20 Keyframing Grease Pencil 9:51
  3. 21 Frame-by-Frame Workflow 12:38
  4. 22 Walk Cycle 2D 13:56
  5. 23 Run Cycle 2D 7:38
  6. 24 Lip Sync Basics 14:55
  7. 25 Facial Expressions 6:40
  8. 26 Secondary Motion 14:48
  9. 27 Camera Moves in 2D 7:52
  10. 28 Scene Transitions 6:14
  11. 29 Sound and Timing 14:17
  12. 30 Short Animation Planning 10:26
  13. 31 Background Art 10:21
  14. 32 Character Turnaround 14:38
  15. 33 Title Sequences 9:34
  16. 34 Exporting Final Animation 9:51
  17. 35 Social Media Formats 12:14
  18. 36 Final Animation Project 14:18