Ingenio Digital Art - AnimationPublished 11/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 2.19 GB   

| Duration: 0h 54m
Exploring Empathy through Animation
What you'll learn
Identify and interpret nonverbal pet communication (body language) to understand emotions.
Define empathy and plan appropriate responses to observed nonverbal emotional signals.
Use Procreate's Animation Assist (Onion Skin, Duplicate) to create smooth, looping movement.
Design an animated pet by building and refining simple shapes into an expressive moving sequence.
Requirements
It is required to have access to an iPad with Procreate drawing app downloaded. A stylus is not required.
Description
Snap Shot: Animate Your FeelingsIgnite your creativity! Dive into a 10-minute animation challenge using Procreate to become a storyteller of feeling.The Challenge: Create a short, looping animation of a pet showing a big mood through one tiny movement (like a happy tail flick or a slow blink). You'll use this art to master the super-important real-world skill of empathy-reading nonverbal signals.Before you start, we'll play a game to warm up your observation skills by guessing feelings from short animated loops and planning a kind response. This practice will help you better understand what movement is best to show a feeling. We will begin by learning the tools using a fun splash effect.What You'll Learn:Art Power: Deconstruct animals into simple shapes (circles, ovals) to make complex drawing easy.Procreate Secrets: Unlock Animation Assist and the "Ghost Helper" (Onion Skin) to make your movements incredibly smooth. You will also practice using the 'Duplicate' frame feature.The Big Win: Learn to read the silent messages your body and your art are always sending. This skill makes you an amazing animator and a more empathetic friend.Get ready to make the smallest movement tell the biggest story! Start Creating!!
This is for children, teens and adults who want to explore the world of animation whilst learning a vital social skill!