Animation courses in London & Online
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
- 3D animation with BlenderCourse start date: Tue 21 Feb 2023 (and 1 other date)
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.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - City Lit Pro DragonframeCourse start date: Sat 22 Apr 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John HorabinCity Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace.This fast paced practical course takes you through the professional techniques and processes of Dragon Frame and shows you why it is the application of choice for the major animation studios and professional independent animators alike.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Animation in PhotoshopCourse start date: Sat 6 May 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John InchLearn how to produce eye catching 2D GIF animations using the wide range of brushes and tools with the animation timeline in Adobe Photoshop to create work with a unique looks ranging from hand-made to pixel art. Learn how to exporting your work as movies or animated GIFs for use on social media and websites.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Digital drawn animation with Animate CCCourse start date: Thu 23 Feb 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Benjamin AustinThis beginners course introduces Adobe Animate CC - an accessible and powerful digital animation program. The course explores traditional methods of drawn and cut-out animation in a digital context with a focus on creating engaging character animations.
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 - Stop motion animation: personal projectsCourse start date: Mon 24 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsAre you ready to develop your own stop motion animation project? Whether it’s experimental or narrative, to be shown in a gallery, on social media or in film festivals, this course offers you the expert guidance to help you realise your own individual animation project.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - City Lit animation
Course start date: Tue 18 Oct 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Litza JanszPassionate about animation? Fancy spending a year building skills in traditional and digital animation techniques and producing your own animation project? Taught by professional animators, this exciting fast-track practical course gives you the opportunity to explore both commercial and experimental approaches to animation using professional equipment and software. Whether you’re a complete beginner or have some animation experience you can join our award winning alumni.
A fantastic start to a new career or simply a chance to pursue your passion with like-minded people.Full fee £2,269.00 Senior fee £1,815.00 Concession £1,475.00
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