VCUarts Qatar at the 2025 London Design Biennale - June 5–29, 2025

04) Animation: Cut & Create (Adobe Illustrator & imotion)

Vcu Animated Silhoettes 585 362 80

About this class

Students develop their skills in Adobe Illustrator and imotion via a fun, quirky, and creative process. The class will first create
diverse paper cut silhouettes, then translate them into digital vector shapes, and finally animate them using the imotion app.
Students’ own unique perspectives are encouraged!

Class Outline

Topics to guide the schedule:


1. Cut, Collect, and Scan Shapes –

  • Translate shapes into digital vector shapes in Adobe Illustrator

2. Animate the Vector Form with imotion –

  • Create a second stop-motion animation


3. Repeat the process, starting with cut shapes –

  •  Students are free to try another variation of their choosing!

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

N/A

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Wed, 30 Oct, 2019
End: Wed, 20 Nov, 2019
Lessons: 4
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: VCUQatar
Cost: QR 800

Register

To register for this course, access the form.