• $80

Getting Started with Procreate Dreams: Animation for Everyone

  • Course

Are you ready to make animation magic with Procreate Dreams? This course starts from the ground up, acquainting you with the Procreate Dreams interface before diving into a series of engaging, hands-on animation projects. Animate over video, enhance your projects with audio, and breathe life into your past Procreate artwork. Procreate Dreams makes animation accessible for everyone - no prior experience is required.

Buy course individually or join the club below to start animating!

There's never been a better time to join!

By becoming a member, you're putting your creativity as a top priority. Art Makers who choose the annual membership will enjoy a discount for going all in and investing in their happiness. I can't wait for you to experience all the benefits the club has to offer you!

  • $180/yr

Art Maker's Club - Annual Subscription

Join as an annual member during the sale and save $100 over the year compared to paying monthly. You’ll get steady Procreate practice, fresh tutorials each month, and a creative community to grow with.

  • $20/mo

Art Maker's Club - Monthly Subscription

Get full access to tutorials, brushes, and the community with the flexibility to join month-to-month. Perfect if you want to explore Art Maker’s Club before going all in.

Added Resources to help you learn!

Don't forget to download all your course goodies in the Procreate Dreams Resource Pack! I've got you covered with ready-to-animate templates, so you focus on learning.

Hands On Experience

You'll embark on a series of follow-along animation projects that will have you creating diverse movements like looking, blinking, twirling, falling, driving, flying, swaying, spinning, and more. You'll learn how to:

  • Animate over video

  • Create animations with audio

  • Master essential animation tools like keyframes, anchor points, onion skins, timing, and easing

Procreate Dreams Deep Dive

In this course, we're not just scratching the surface – we're diving deep into the Procreate Dreams universe as we:

  • Navigate the app's interface

  • Master gestures

  • Explore three essential animation techniques such as frame-by-frame animation, keyframing, and Performing

Here's Some of the Skills You'll Learn

Interface & Gestures

I'll guide you through a tour of the Procreate Dreams interface so you can zip around, utilizing all the features and tools Procreate Dreams has to offer!

Animation Essentials

Master the three essential animation techniques: frame-by-frame animation, keyframing, and the innovative Preform feature.

Advanced Techniques

Using clipping masks and blend modes. Animating with live filters for effects like opacity, blur, and color changes. How to import and animate your past Procreate artwork.

Meet your Teacher Lisa Bardot!

Lisa Bardot is an illustration artist, teacher, and all-around creative person. Her educational videos about drawing and illustration have been viewed millions of times, and she receives high praise for her thorough, concise, and fun teaching style. Additionally, she runs Making Art Everyday, providing drawing prompts and challenges to help people overcome creative fears and develop an art-making practice.

Contents

Introduction

Hello fellow illustrators, art makers, creators, and animators! Are you ready to dive into the Procreate Dreams universe and bring your artwork to life with a few simple taps of your Apple Pencil!? Let's get started!

Welcome!
Class Project
Tools & Resource Pack

The Basics

In this section, you'll get an introduction to the Procreate Dreams app, then learn all the basics like navigating the Procreate Dreams app interface like a pro and mastering gestures.

What is Procreate Dreams?
Interface Tour
Gestures
How to Import Brushes to Procreate Dreams
How to Share your Animations in Art Maker's Club

App Updates: Things to Know

Procreate Dreams is a brand-new app that is sure to come with rapid updates, improvements, and additional features. In this section, I'll have important notes about app updates that may affect the course lessons, or are just things that are good to know in general!

1.0.6 Update (released Dec 12, 2023)
1.0.7 Update (released Dec 21, 2023)

3 Key Ways to Animate in Procreate Dreams

In this section, we'll explore three key animation techniques: the classic frame-by-frame animation, the precision of keyframing, and the innovative Performing tool that allows you to instantly animate through acting and feeling. Get ready for hands-on experience!

3 Key Ways to Animate in Procreate Dreams
Performing a Balloon
Keyframing a Car
Frame-by-Frame Animation Fun

Follow-Along Animation Projects

In this section, you'll embark on a series of follow-along follow-along animation projects that will have you creating diverse movements like looking, blinking, twirling, falling, driving, flying, swaying, spinning, and more.

Twirling and Tumbling: Autumn Leaves
Looping Animation: Spinning Shape Characters
Animating your Procreate Artwork: Cactus Scene
Animation Over Video: Pep-in-your-Step
Animating a Scene: Breezy Palm Tree
Exporting Your Animations + Backing Up

More Animations to Inspire + Conclusion

Congratulations on making it this far in the course, you have learned SO much! Before we wrap things up, I've got a few more animations to inspire ideas as you venture out to create your own animations.

A Look at my Swimming Fish Animations
More Examples of My Animation Work
On Your Own...
Conclusion - You Did It!