Make your rough character sketches ready for the big screen by adding color, emotion and dynamic movement.
Stepping into a world of dragons, trolls, and talking dogs is just an average day for animator and story artist, Toniko Pantoja. Over the past decade, Toniko has spent countless hours developing captivating characters, directing animated shorts, and collaborating on blockbusters like How to Train your Dragon 3, Trolls, and Croods 2. Toniko’s technical precision and unique animation style has captivated millions of viewers helping him build a community of over 335K on YouTube and Instagram.
In this class, Toniko draws from both his personal and professional experience to help any aspiring animator create realistic and purposeful character movement with Adobe Animate. With Toniko by your side, you’ll clean up your character designs and properly proportion your character so that they’re ready to be brought to life with walk cycles and beyond.
With Toniko’s engaging teaching style, you’ll learn how to:
- Maintain consistency with your character as they move throughout each scene
- Create impactful key poses
- Animate your character in a walk cycle or movement of your choice
- Clean up your rough character design and add color to your animation
- Simplify your animation process by using a motion tween and the library
Plus, you’ll learn how to expedite your drawing process through Toniko’s top animation tips and tricks.






