🧊 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 5:59
  2. 2 Drawing in 3D Space Free 6:32
  3. 3 Stroke and Fill Materials Free 10:23
  4. 4 Layers and Objects 7:36
  5. 5 Sculpting Strokes 13:24
  6. 6 Modifiers for Grease Pencil 7:28
  7. 7 Visual Effects 11:52
  8. 8 Camera Setup for 2D 9:07
  9. 9 Using 3D Objects as Reference 14:38
  10. 10 Line Art Modifier 11:57
  11. 11 Tint and Texture Effects 5:56
  12. 12 Custom Brushes 6:59
  13. 13 Interpolation Tools 6:58
  14. 14 Masking Techniques 11:04
  15. 15 Compositing 2D and 3D 11:23
  16. 16 Rendering Grease Pencil 8:25
  17. 17 Exporting Frames 13:25
  18. 18 Storyboarding in Blender 10:32
Module 2

2D Animation

18 lessons
  1. 19 Animation Principles 9:25
  2. 20 Keyframing Grease Pencil 12:11
  3. 21 Frame-by-Frame Workflow 13:38
  4. 22 Walk Cycle 2D 10:20
  5. 23 Run Cycle 2D 12:46
  6. 24 Lip Sync Basics 7:25
  7. 25 Facial Expressions 13:59
  8. 26 Secondary Motion 10:50
  9. 27 Camera Moves in 2D 11:52
  10. 28 Scene Transitions 11:29
  11. 29 Sound and Timing 10:01
  12. 30 Short Animation Planning 5:38
  13. 31 Background Art 9:20
  14. 32 Character Turnaround 14:43
  15. 33 Title Sequences 10:17
  16. 34 Exporting Final Animation 5:40
  17. 35 Social Media Formats 12:43
  18. 36 Final Animation Project 5:07