Archives for Animation Work

Preparing a Character Design to be Animated

Preparing a Character Design to be Animated

This character, designed by one of our students (Dingofast), was originally drawn and colored on paper. First, I took a photo of her drawing and imported it into Toon Boom Harmony. Then, I traced her character design to create a digital version of her work. Next I will rig this
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Animation Walk Cycle Experiment

Animation Walk Cycle Experiment

I was experimenting with an animation walk cycle. The 1st generation result is this five second video. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with Toon Boom Harmony. One of our students, Akidoodles, created the street shops background design. Thank you to Tony Ross for the pepper character design.
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Stick Figure Animations – Keeping It Simple

Stick Figure Animations – Keeping It Simple

I’ve always enjoyed creating stick figure animations, probably because they are so easy and quick to make and despite lack of detail, its still possible to tell an interesting story in a few seconds. I’ve been drawing stick-figure animations from the time when I was eight years old. The one below I had
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