We are excited to offer you the opportunity to study with award winning illustrator and animator, Lisette Murphy. Her grounded, relatable nature makes her a powerful instructor who has already displayed tremendous leadership through our sister project, The Vision Train.
This class has taken place in 2022. Between these sessions, you will be invited to participate in our community where you will be able to interact with your teacher and other students. This is a place to share your work, ask questions, and stay connected between and ongoing after class. Access to this community and all course content will be organized clearly and easily located in your Vitra Academy Library.
We know you will love your time shared in class with Lisette, but we are also confident she will help guide you in the direction you are ready to take your artwork.
Let's take the next step together!
Part 1:
LET’S GET DIGITAL!
INTRO to PROCREATE
(4 hours)
Whether you’d like to use Procreate to create digital art for a romp in NFT land, content for your social media pages, interesting presentations, mural / installation proposals or more, Lisette will get you grounded into the functionality and power of Procreate to quickly create stunning digital graphics.
With tips and tricks developed using Procreate full-time as a graphic designer, professional illustrator and award-winning animator, Lisette will get you nice and comfortable navigating Procreate’s tools to open up a whole new world of creative possibility.
As always, you can expect Lisette to deliver the knowledge with a sprinkling of play, mini-adventures, big messiness and lots of laughter.
AND: Bring your specific questions to the table! We will have a full hour reserved for active working and question-answering during this foundational workshop, so you leave feeling confident and stoked.
* Requirements: Students will need to have access to an iPad with Procreate (download in the App Store) & a stylus. The Apple Pencil is my preference.
EVOLVING INTO THIS:
Part 2:
E-MOTION: INTRO to PROCREATE for ANIMATION
(4 hours)
Give ‘em something they can feel with digital graphics in motion. Come learn the fundamentals of animation to create impact, emotion and add a whole new realm of possibility to your art using Procreate’s powerful animation tools.
Let Lisette anchor you in the cool history of motion in art and share some next-level ways of thinking about animating images using Procreate with a series of hands-on exercises resulting in attention-grabbing, mesmerizing, animated loops. Guaranteed.
AND: Bring your specific questions to the table! We will have a full hour reserved for active working and question-answering during this foundational workshop, so you leave feeling confident and stoked.
Requirements: Students will need to have access to an iPad with Procreate (download in the App Store) & a stylus.
INSTRUCTOR
LISETTE MURPHY
"My work is an ongoing, multi-disciplinary exploration of my path through trauma to wellness. Tender and often haunting, self-portraiture and animation seek to open lines of dialogue with my past and future selves, creating a theatre for deep healing."
Lisette Murphy is a second generation visionary artist and advanced-stage cancer survivor living and working in the Pacific Northwest. She is a contributing member of the Vision Train, is the founder & host of The Art of Dying Creative Death Cafe, and regularly offers workshops, talks and courses in experimental animation, new media & creative gamification.
Lisette received a 2008 Princess Grace Award Honorarium for Film resulting in her third independent animation focusing on women, cycles and freedom- core themes she continues to explore and expand in traditional, digital and time-based media.
She has screened at the Toronto Visionary Art Exhibit, South Beach International Animation Festival, the Boston Underground Film Festival, the Women Action Media Film Festival, the 48 Hour Film Festival, the Berlin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival along with several screenings with her alma mater.
Lisette holds a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA in Film & Animation.
