Learn how to create a digital animation character with Laverne Moi!

Please note, this course includes four sessions run weekly in October. Course registration includes all 4 sessions:

Session 1: Friday 3 October, 10am to 12pm

Session 2: Friday 10 October, 10am to 12pm

Session 3: Friday 17 October, 10am to 12pm

Session 4: Friday 24 October, 10am to 12pm

Over a series of four workshops, you'll learn how to create your own character from a single hand-drawn illustration to a fully expressive model that can express a wide range of emotions.

You'll learn how to draw your character digitally, set up its body movement and facial features in Live 2D, animate it expressing emotions, and finally have it follow your body movements using Vtube Studio.

You only need to bring your own tablet (laptop + drawing tablet), any drawing software/app you already have experience with installed, a free premium trial of Live2D Cubism installed, and a Vtube Studio installed.

Although we can provide spare laptops and drawing tablets with the Krita and Live2D cubism already installed, it is encouraged you bring your own devices so you'll be able to continue working on your character between workshops.

Tickets for the four week course are $20 for City of Belmont residents, and $30 for Non-City of Belmont residents. Suitable for participants aged 15 years and over. Book your ticket via Humanitix or contact the City.

About Laverne Moi:

Laverne Moi is a professional animator based in Whadjuk Noongar country (Perth, WA). He is well known and respected within the local Perth animation and illustration community for his dynamic, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame character animations with striking angular poses and exaggerated in-your-face angles inspired by the works of the influential animation studios Studio Trigger and Flying Bark.

In his 5-year career in the animation industry, he has worked as an animatic editor for popular web animation series Pencilmation, editing together story reels for 30+ shorts. He has also worked on a wide variety of animation projects, including informational videos for Curtin University and the disability support organisation WAiS, accompanying abstract visuals for one of Blue Room Theatre’s 600 Makes theatre performances, a novelty flipbook for the Marlon Isui series of boutique gifts, and pixel animation for a dating sim dungeon crawler video game funded by Screenwest’s Digital Games Fund. He won the grand prize People’s Choice award at the WAnimate 3|Thirty animated short film competition in 2018 for his film simply titled ‘BOX’.

If you have any questions about this event or need assistance in booking, please contact the City's Arts & Place team on 9477 7248 or via email at artsandplace@belmont.wa.gov.au.

Please note:

Do not attend if unwell.
If you cannot make it to the event, we strongly encourage you to cancel your ticket to ensure your spot is allocated to someone on our waitlist.