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Bachelor of 2D Animation

Study a Bachelor of 2D Animation at Collarts and develop advanced skills in animation, visual storytelling and production. Learn to create compelling characters, worlds and narratives through hands-on projects guided by industry experienced animators.

2

Years full-time (Accelerated) or 3 years (Standard)

60

Hours of industry placement

STUDY MODES

On Campus, Online, Blended

NEXT INTAKE

June 2026

LOCATION

Melbourne (Collingwood), Sydney (Waterloo)

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Study Your Bachelor of 2D Animation Degree with Collarts

Make characters move, stories resonate, and worlds feel real.

CRICOS Code 110537G (2 years)/110538F (3 years)/110539E (2 trimesters)/110540A (3 trimesters)

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If breathing life into characters, crafting immersive worlds, or weaving captivating narratives sounds like your perfect career, take your first step with Collarts’ 2D Animation degree.

With our Bachelor of 2D Animation Degree, you can study on campus in Melbourne (Collingwood) or Sydney (Waterloo), or online. This degree has an in-depth focus on animation, visual storytelling, and media literacy, this Bachelor of 2D Animation, will also help you build a toolbox of physical skills spanning drawing, storyboarding, sound design and more.

Under the close mentorship of our experienced lecturers, you'll refine these skills and gain the theoretical knowledge to create stories that resonate with your audiences.

Prepare your path into the animation industry with project-based learning, industry placements and capstone projects. Whether you want a coveted spot in a major studio or to forge your own career, you leave Collarts with fundamental skills covering everything from animation principles to production design, motion design, and screenwriting for animation.

Voted as Australia's #1 provider of creative arts courses for Teaching Quality and Engagement, Collarts will get you there.

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Course Benefits

The Bachelor of 2D Animation is ideal for students who want to establish a professional design career in the 2D animation industry, integrating theory and creative knowledge with practical skills.

You’ll undertake project-based learning around contemporary animation techniques, theory and principles alongside entrepreneurship skills to help prepare you for a range of pathways in the animation industry.

Throughout the 2D Animation degree, you will:

  • Combine your passion with industry-focused skills to build compelling characters and develop an interactive world.

  • Build an extensive knowledge of 2D animation, including character design, visual storytelling, environment design and screenwriting for animation.

  • Develop an adaptable skillset in 2D animation, including refined drawing techniques and storytelling principles.

  • Creatively express your ideas through project-based learning.

  • Gain entrepreneurial skills so you can forge your own professional career.

  • Create your own professional career-ready portfolio of 2D Animation work.

  • Get mentored by industry experts and collaborate with students from other creative courses.

  • Study in our world-class creative spaces and classrooms across five campuses or study online.

  • Get real-life experience through 60 hours of industry placement in the Bachelor course.

Future Careers

A career as an animator can be as varied as the projects you’ll work on. Here are the pathways a Collarts degree can lead to.

Courses

2D Animator

2D Animators bring static images to life using traditional or digital techniques. The main challenge is creating movement and action sequences, and injecting personality and emotion into characters and scenes through frame-by-frame or puppet animation.

Average industry salary:

$50k - $60k

Character Animator

Character Animators focus on breathing life into characters. Using expertise in movement, anatomy, and acting, they animate characters to convey personality, emotion, and narrative. They collaborate closely with other animators and artists to ensure consistency and believability in character performances.

Average industry salary

$87k - $98k

Technical Animator

Technical Animators bridge the gap between art and technology. They work closely with animators and programmers to develop tools, rigs, and pipelines that streamline the animation process. Their role involves rigging characters, creating animation controls, developing procedural animation systems, and troubleshooting technical issues to ensure smooth animation production.

Average industry salary

$70k - $90k

Meet your faculty

Lucy Hayes - Program Leader

An award-winning film & television producer, Lucy’s films have played at high profile festivals around the world, including Berlin, TriBeca, Sydney, and Austin. In 2018, She won the AACTA and Screen Producers Award for Best Australian Animation and Best Australian Short Film for LOST & FOUND. In 2016, she was awarded a coveted Creative Talent Suite Placement at Lin Pictures (Rideback) in Hollywood, where she worked across the development of Disney's live action ALADDIN as well as production of the LEGO films and Stephen King's IT.

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Yannis Ye - Program Leader

Yannis Ye is a motion graphics and multimedia artist with over 10 years of experience across both traditional and digital media. She is also a member of Women in Animation (WIA) and began her professional career in New York as a motion graphics designer, collaborating on projects for clients including DoorDash, Shoe Carnival, and Jeep. Her work demonstrates versatility across both industry and creative contexts. It has been featured at international festivals and events, including the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, Australia Animation Film Festival, Cine Paris Film Festival, ARFF Paris International Awards, and the Australia Women Film Festival. As Program Coordinator and Lecturer of Animation at Collarts, Yannis teaches the Drawing for Animation and Environment Design units. She supports students in building strong technical foundations while discovering their own artistic styles. She also hosts life drawing and observational drawing workshops to strengthen students’ practical skills and artistic sensitivity. Her teaching philosophy encourages students to be courageous, confident, and curious in their creative exploration while developing distinctive artistic voices.

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Mark Egan - Lecturer

Mark Egan is a digital artist and creative technologist with over 15 years of experience working with technology in the creative arts. He's built jump-powered flight simulators for schools, augmented reality treasure hunts for museums, sound-reactive video games for musicians as well as audio-visual performances at festivals such as Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival.

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Sabrina Schmid - Lecturer

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The Collarts Experience

Experience life at Collarts through a vibrant creative community shaped by industry insight, cultural relevance and real-world learning—explore campuses, events and student life via Collarts Life. This ethos is embedded throughout our courses.

Student Life

Student life at Collarts mirrors real-world creative industries, offering a collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment where students learn alongside peers from across the creative spectrum. From hands-on projects to campus events, students are supported by dedicated wellbeing and academic services throughout their studies. Discover what student life at Collarts is all about and how it shapes your Bachelor experience via Student Life at Collarts.

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Oscar - 2D Animation Student

"I get a better sense of what it's like actually being in the job, there's not a lot of places in Melbourne where you can get that. "

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