12 MONTHS · DRAWN
Tell stories in 2D and design characters
Your notebook margins have characters in them, and nobody has ever once told you that is a career.
Proof in 30 seconds
288 hours on Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate, the tools drawn-animation studios and streaming series are staffed on. Storyboarding is a hiring skill in its own right, in 2D, 3D and live action, and you leave with a style of your own, not just a software certificate.
2D Animator
Storyboard Artist
Character Designer
Illustrations of the kind of work this course builds towards, not student work. Photographs of real MAAC Whitefield student projects will replace them as batches graduate.
Is this you?
Tap whichever of these already sounds like you — there's no right answer.
What you'll make
Grounded in this course's real modules and software — not a placement promise.
Month 1
Gesture and construction drawing that has visibly improved from week one to week four — the first month is mostly hand, not software.
Month 3
A character turnaround and expression sheet: the document a studio actually asks a character designer for.
Month 6
A sequence boarded to sound, plus your first fully animated walk cycle and a dialogue lip-sync in Toon Boom Harmony.
Month 12
A short 2D piece in your own style and a portfolio with a point of view — which, in drawn animation, is the thing being hired.
See it, don't just read about it
Squash, stretch and timing on one bouncing ball: change two sliders and feel why animators obsess over spacing.
Software toolkit
The industry-standard applications this course is built around.
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Animate
- Toon Boom Harmony
- Storyboarder
Adobe, Unity and all other product names listed are trademarks of their respective owners. MAAC Whitefield is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of these companies.
Career outcomes
The roles this course prepares you for in studios, agencies and production houses.
2D Animator
Storyboard Artist
Character Designer
Before you ask
The questions we hear most about this course, answered plainly.
MAAC Whitefield opens in October 2026 and does not yet have a placement record of its own — we won't pretend otherwise. What we offer is placement assistance once you graduate, not a guarantee, alongside a curriculum built around real, currently-hired roles.
Roles this course targets: 2D Animator, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer.
Brand-wide, MAAC India, brand-wide has trained 300,000+ students over 25 years — figures for the network, not a claim about this centre.
AI has changed these tools, not removed the need for people who understand story, composition, timing and craft — this curriculum teaches those fundamentals alongside the current AI-assisted tools of the trade, so graduates direct the tools instead of being replaced by them.
Fees & EMI
Fee shared at counselling
This course's fee is confirmed one-to-one so we can factor in any scheme discount you're eligible for. Nothing is hidden — ask and we'll share it immediately.
MAAC Whitefield operates under Aptech's accreditations and skill-council alignment, with a batch calendar, a published curriculum and a written fee quote a parent can review before enrolling — not a one-page sales pitch.
- Media & Entertainment Skills Council
- Skill India
- An Aptech brand since 1986
This course runs 12 months at 288 hours of CareerX training, offered in weekday, weekend, evening and fast-track batches so it can sit alongside school, college or a job — pick whichever mode fits your week.
Most of this catalogue is a software and production craft, not a drawing exam — modelling, compositing, editing, level design and design tools are all taught from first principles. Where a course does lean on drawing (character design, storyboarding), it starts from basic shapes and construction, not raw talent.
Class 12 passed.
- Open after Class 12
- Open to graduates
- Open to working professionals
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Frequently asked questions
DAFM runs for 12 months on the CareerX track, covering 288 hours of instruction.
Class 12 passed.
DAFM trains you on 4 industry-standard applications — see the full toolkit list on this page.
The fee for DAFM is confirmed one-to-one at counselling so any scheme discount you qualify for is applied correctly. Use the enquiry form on this page to get it immediately — nothing is hidden.
Yes, no-cost and low-cost EMI plans are available. Your counsellor will confirm the exact schedule when your fee is finalised.
The next batch — Weekday Batch — November 2026 — is shown with live seat availability in the batches section above. Seats are allocated on a first-confirmed basis.
CreatorX is offered on select flagship programmes only. This course follows the CareerX studio-employment track.
Graduates of this course typically move into roles such as 2D Animator, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, at studios, agencies and production houses that hire from MAAC's placement network.
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