my first three tradtional animations actually drawn on real live animation paper! you can't imagine how much I geeked out when I got my package of animation paper in the mail. I literally danced around with it, lol.
Anywho, about this:
these are practices based on Tony White's first lesson from his book 'How to make animated films'
I highly recommend it, it even comes with a dvd with demonstrations. ^_^
materials/tools used:
Tony White's 'How to make animated films.'
Blue prismacolor col-erase pencil
12field student animation paper
ruler
hand-cut stencils for the bottoms of the pendulums
prismacolor markers for the color
sakura micron 05 inking pen for the lines
lightbox
pegbar (acme standard) <- another thing I geeked out about when it came in the mail ^_^
scanner
toonboom animation studio 4.5 to compile the drawings into a video.
youtube, to host the video.
What I learned:
How to use animation paper in conjunction with a lightbox and pegbar
how to flip the drawings
how to create my own shape stencils out of acrylic paper
how to super impose images to check the volumes of the animated subject
how to write and understand animation charts
how to use the charts to figure out your timing
how to create key frames and breakdown frames
how to inbetween
how to import scanned images into toonboom studio 4.5
What's Next?
the next lesson in the book is for the Bouncing Ball. hoping to have time next week to start working on it. :)
Also, hoping to use sound effects in my next animation practice. I'm intimidated by the complexities that brings, and I need to work past it.
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