Animation courses in London
Animation is the most popular and creative form of filmmaking. It’s as limited as your imagination and allows you to tell stories and express ideas in a myriad of visually exciting ways. Taught by professional animators we offer a wide range of digital and traditional animation courses in drawn, model, experimental, cut out, motion graphics and animated SFX using professional applications, equipment, and processes.
Whether you’re interested in creating narrative or experimental animations for social media, publishing online, film festivals, gaining commissions or for use in narrative or documentary films or fine art installations we have the course for you at a level and time that suits you.
This could be a great start to a new career or a new interest to keep you animated!
Animation classes available both in-person and online
At City Lit, you can choose to study in-person or online. Our fantastic in-person courses are taught in our attractive campus, located in the heart of Covent Garden, central London. Here, our students can benefit from a variety of services and resources, including our café and state-of-the art equipment.
Our online courses are tailored to give you a social and interactive online learning experience, allowing you freedom to study from anywhere and with like-minded fellow classmates from all over the country without the need to travel. Use the Location filters on this page to choose your preferred learning method. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.
For more information please contact Visual Arts: VisualArts@citylit.ac.uk
- Stop motion animationCourse start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsLearn how to do traditional model armature puppet animation and plasticine animation. On this practical course you will learn the principles of animation and apply them to the puppet sequences produced during the sessions. You will be introduced to some examples of professional puppets used on broadcast TV and, using professional equipment and you will learn how to use timing and performance to create dynamic animations.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Experimental animation for fine art practiceCourse start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsDiscover the exciting innovative work of internationally renowned artists and enjoy exploring the potential of experimental animation to develop your fine art practice. On this practical course you will create your own short experimental animated film using a range of stop motion and digital techniques.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Start animating in Blender
Course start date: Wed 15 Jan 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Benjamin AustinIf you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at 3D animation this short intensive taster course will get you up and running with the basics of how to work with the free, powerful 3D Software application Blender, and put you on the path to creating your own polished CG Graphics and Animation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Try it out: animation Course start date: Mon 27 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Litza JanszEver fancied producing your own animations for web, devices and video? Come and learn the basics of creating professional-looking animated sequences using the software application Adobe After Effects CC.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Stop motion animation for social mediaCourse start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsStop motion animation is the most popular form on social media. Engage in an exciting exploration of storytelling using a range of animation techniques and genres. See your drawings and models come to life and create a series of exciting animated sequences to enhance your social media posts or your professional show reel.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Animation in PhotoshopCourse start date: Wed 19 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John InchLearn how to produce exciting 2D animations using the wide range of brushes and tools with the animation timeline in Adobe Photoshop to create work with a unique hand-made look.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Animation in Adobe After Effects Course start date: Thu 20 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John InchAnimated GIFS are the most popular form on social media. On this fast paced practical course learn how to turn your images and illustrations into exciting animations in After Effects and give your posts the best chance of going viral.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Model animationCourse start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsTraditional model animation is more popular than ever. On this short practical course you will learn how to create and animate engaging and effective 3D puppets and create an exciting short animated sequence for your showreel.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Hand-drawn animationCourse start date: Mon 14 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsDue to its versatility, drawn animation is one of the most exciting animated forms favoured by artists and animators alike. Whether you’re interest is in traditional or experimental animation, whether you’re confident with drawing or not, you will enjoy developing your skills on this practical user friendly course.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Animating still life weekendCourse start date: Sat 26 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsUsing the professional application Dragon Frame to capture stop motion and a range of stop motion techniques and processes you will create an exciting and surprising animation. This weekend course will introduce you to some of the techniques of internationally celebrated animators such as Jan Svankmajer and Paul Bush.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Storyboarding and animatics for animators and filmmakersCourse start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsStoryboards and animatics are crucial for planning, developing and communicating your film and animation projects to clients, funders or collaborators. Learn how to represent your project in still and moving image format showing different camera shots, framing, camera movement, action, timing and sound. - Stop motion animation with Dragonframe Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Stop Motion has always been at the heart of the animation industry. On this short practical course you will find out why Dragon Frame is the stop motion application of choice for the major animation studios and professional independent animators alike.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - 3D animation with Blender Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Benjamin AustinIf you are new to 3d animation, you’ve had a go at teaching yourself but are not making progress, or perhaps you are transferring to Blender from a different 3D program, this course is for you.
It will take you through a professional approach to creating characters and environments in 3D from scratch, as well as introducing workflows and techniques to help produce polished 3D animations of your own.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Puppet animationCourse start date: Tue 8 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsLearn how to create a short 2D puppet animated sequence. Starting from concept and storyboarding to designing your articulated puppet you will learn how to animate, film and edit your own stop-frame narrative animated sequence.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Stop motion animation weekendCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsThrow yourself into the world of stop motion animation on this introductory practical course. Enjoy exploring a range of materials and techniques to produce innovative drawn, cut out and 3D animation sequences. An invaluable introduction for anyone interested in developing their animation practice.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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