Animation for Beginners

Join Pilar Newton-Katz, who has illustrated and animated for Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, MTV, Ted Ed and Sirius Thinking among many others, as she teaches you animation for beginners.

This series is non program specific as it covers the basics you'd need whether you're working traditionally or digitally.

Posts in this series

Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Bouncing Ball
A bouncing ball is one of the most basic things you will learn as you start learning how to animate. You don't have to be a Rembrandt to draw our ball. Just...
Pilar Newton
16 Nov 2022
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: Animate Shape and Weight in Falling Objects
This tutorial is designed to show how different objects fall at different speeds and paths depending on their shape and weight!
Pilar Newton
17 Nov 2015
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Flying Bird
In this tutorial I will take you through the steps of animating a flying bird. In a short time you will be animating your own flying bird!
Pilar Newton
23 Dec 2015
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Character Walking
In this tutorial I will be taking you through the steps of how to animate a character walking in place!
Pilar Newton
14 Jan 2016
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Character Running
In this tutorial we will be animating a character running. Runs are somewhat challenging to animate, but also extremely fun to animate!
Pilar Newton
11 Feb 2016
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Character Walking From the Front View
In this tutorial, I will be taking you through the steps of how to animate a character walking in place from the front view!
Pilar Newton
14 Mar 2016
Design & Illustration
How to Animate a Character Throwing a Ball
In this tutorial we will be animating a character throwing a ball! Throwing a ball is a fun action to animate because it really gets the character moving!...
Pilar Newton
11 Apr 2016
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate Squash and Stretch
In this tutorial, I will be taking you through the steps of how to animate a squash and stretch. Incorporating squash and stretch into animation of a...
Pilar Newton
9 May 2016
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn
For this tutorial, we will be animating a character turning his head. Animating actions such as head turns give characters such life!
Pilar Newton
6 Jun 2016
Design & Illustration
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Four-Legged Animal Walking
In this tutorial I will be taking you through the steps of how to animate a four-legged animal walking.
Pilar Newton
14 Jul 2016
Design & Illustration