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Course Details:

Join acclaimed Disney animator, director, and artist Aaron Blaise as he guides you through the 10 Essential Actions Every Animator Should Know! With nearly 17 hours of instruction, Aaron takes you step-by-step through a series of classic actions that form the backbone of character animation. These are the same fundamentals he perfected at Disney, and now he’s sharing them with you in this comprehensive, easy-to-follow course.

Using traditional paper animation techniques, Aaron demonstrates each action from rough gesture to refined performance. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of weight, timing, spacing, balance, appeal, emotional clarity, and physical believability—all while following along with real-time demonstrations.

What’s Inside the Course:

• Introduction & Materials: Aaron explains his setup, drawing tools, flipping technique, and why paper animation remains one of the best ways to learn the fundamentals.
• Walk Cycle: Break down contact, recoil, passing position, and push-off. Learn how to add personality, attitude, and rhythm to a character’s walk.
• Run Cycle: Explore speed, arcs, gravity, and dynamic posing. Aaron shows how to push energy and keep the action fluid and believable.
• Jump: Understand anticipation, squash & stretch, airborne arcs, and strong landings. Perfect for both realistic and exaggerated styles.
• Lifting a Heavy Object: Learn how to convey strain, weight, resistance, and body mechanics so your character feels physically grounded.
• Throwing a Ball: Master the mechanics of rotation, follow-through, and body torque to create powerful and appealing motion.
• Sneezing: Study micro-acting, anticipation, energy release, and comedic timing in a small but expressive action.
• A Startled Take: Learn facial acting, and emotional clarity.
• Baseball Swing: Follow along as Aaron animates a full athletic motion involving twists, arcs, and rapid weight transfer.
• Nervous Look: Explore subtle gestures, eye darts, head turns, and timing choices that reveal personality.
• Yawning: Animate slow, stretchy, relaxed motion with strong acting beats and believable breathing rhythms.
• PLUS Bonus Tips: Timing charts, flipping techniques, breaking down poses, finding the performance, and polishing your animation like a pro.

About Aaron Blaise:

Aaron Blaise has been a professional artist and animator for over 30 years. He joined Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1989 and contributed to films such as "The Lion King," "Pocahontas," and "Mulan." He served as a supervising animator on multiple characters and co-directed the Academy Award®-nominated "Brother Bear."

After leaving Disney, Aaron has dedicated his career to teaching and inspiring artists worldwide. His clear, approachable teaching style has made him one of the most popular online art instructors. Follow Aaron on YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook for more art & animation content.

Subtitles & Closed Captions COMING SOON:

• English CC (Coming Soon)
• Spanish (Coming Soon)

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