Explore animation

ByJanys Hyde
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Just started a fun course with FutureLearn — ‘Explore Animation’ — a free online course created by The National Film & Television School (NFTS). I calculate that there are about 1000 of us on the course — students of all ages from all over the world meeting up online for four weeks to discuss and experiment with simple animation techniques. Looks as if it’s going to be great fun, and I will probably be uploading some of my attempts in here so when that happens, feel free to take a look and keep up with my progress.

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