Media Arts

Through watching 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVjMFU11hVA

you will learn what stop motion animation is and how we can benefit from using it in new media , advertising or story telling. 

I also suggest you to watch this link which carries 10 best Short stop motions ever made. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DC78aitC10

If you get a chance you can watch 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNCxNntn2yc

done by Aleksandr Petrov, which is one of the best short animation Academy Award for Best Short Film  which is based on the famous book The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway

Have you ever wanted to design your own character?  But where do you start?  The online course Introduction To Character Design gives you all the basic insights you need to start your journey into the world of character design including:  how to sketch, the three (most important) elements of character design, rotating your character’s head in space, simple and complex shapes, breaking up the characters’ clothing into a stronger design, and asking questions of yourself.In this unit you will learn how to make a character that stands out from the others and you can make a naration with it. There are few steps you take to practice how to design the character.

Construction, and drawing forms.

Drawing poses, faces and hands.

Communicating feeling through gesture.

Shape design and style.

Archetypes.

Basic rendering with colour to create a finished character.

Please watch the following videos and make sure you practice it in Photoshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NuaDKfAdk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WJj6iNr6K0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoleEZfQBWI