Handmade Animation

Quarters
Winter Open
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Benjamin Popp

Animation is a moving image and time based medium that allows for ideas and imaginations to come to life. In the world of animation, anything is possible. In this course we will focus on handmade techniques including drawing, cut out, collage, persons, objects, spaces, and puppetry while engaging with basic principles to enrich your understanding of the possibilities afforded to you within this particular art form and craft. Students will work with both physical 2-d and 3-d formats in playful and sometimes collaborative exercises. In addition to the visual, audio and editing will also be utilized as companion and inspiration to your projects. Additionally, historical and current animated works will be screened and discussed throughout the course as they relate to topics being covered. Students will ultimately create a short work using one or more of the techniques discussed in class. Both the narrative and abstract will be welcomed and explored.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

4 - Stop Motion Animation

Registration

Academic Details

Animation, Media Arts,

4
25
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

Schedule

Winter
2026
Open
In Person (W)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Evening
Schedule Details
Olympia