ANIMATION: Make it Move!
Age Group: Juniors (Grades 3-6)
Class Size: 12 max
What happens when a drawing suddenly comes to life?
In this exciting two-day animation workshop, young creatives will explore the magic of movement as they design their own original character and learn how animators create personality, emotion and energy through motion. Guided by animator Oscar Ramos, students will discover how even the smallest movement can completely transform a character on screen.
Across the two days, students will begin by creating and refining a simple animated character before learning how to reference real movement and animate their character performing a dance sequence. Through hands-on creative exercises, they’ll explore the foundations of animation including timing, movement, expression and character acting — while experimenting with how different personalities move, react and express emotion.
Designed especially for juniors, this workshop encourages imagination, observation and playful experimentation while introducing students to core animation principles used across film, television and games. Whether they already love drawing or are brand new to animation, students will leave with a deeper understanding of how animators bring characters to life frame by frame.
Teacher: Oscar Ramos
Oscar is a rising animation artist with a distinctive, contemporary visual voice shaped by mentorships with leading creators. He trained under Ethan Becker (Voltron: Legendary Defender, The Legend of Korra) and studied with Rad Sechrist (K-Pop: Demon Hunters, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts), and holds a Bachelor of Animation from Collarts (Australian College of the Arts).
He has worked professionally across visual development, character design, and key art on productions in Australia and overseas (currently under NDA). Oscar is a Lead Visual Development Artist on The Mothmen (upcoming), a project helmed by Michael V. Schrayder (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Hotel Transylvania 3; The Emoji Movie) and Tristan Torg (host of The Indie Magazine podcast). He is also directing and co-writing an independent project with collaborator Chelsea Merk.
Dates: 6 & 7 July (2-day workshop)
Time: 10am-2pm both days
Age Group: Juniors (Grades 3-6)
Cost: $250 (incl GST)
What to bring: Please bring lunch, snacks and a water bottle. If you have an IPAD with ProCreate then please bring that with you. If you don’t have one please email us at hello@yasstudio.com.au and we will provide one for you.