Character  Animation

Adobe Illustrator and Animate

Character Drawing: Adobe Illustrator   

Learn:

The Shapes tool

Colour

Layering shapes

Grouping

Do:

Create your own animal out of shapes.

Make sure you are using the skills you learned.

Turn in a PNG image

Extend:

Add a background

Do another

Shapes

More tools

Learn:

A lot more about tools you have used before. Pathfinder

Stroke propereties

Eyedropper

Recolor

Layers

Do:

Create your own Among Us character

Add accessories

Turn in a PNG file when you're done

Extend:

Add more accessories

Create a scene

Add some background

More tools - Among us

Character Animation: Adobe Animate

Animation Basics - Keyframes and Tweening

Learn:

Keyframes and tweening

Do:

Follow the 'Boat ride' tutorial

Create a simple animation using your Among Us character

Save your work as an Animate file

Turn in an animated GIF

Extend:

Add several characters

Create a chase scene

Key frames + tweening

Steps to make your character move


Some things need to do to complete this work

Untitled presentation
Exporting assets from Illustrator
Exporting a movie from Animator

Making your character move - Bones and Rigging

Learn:

Modern rigging

Adding bones

Do:

Follow the 'Animated Seahorse' tutorial

Add bones to your Among Us character.

Make them walk, move their legs.

Save your work as an Animate file

Turn in an animated GIF

Extend:

Follow the "Animated Jellyfish" Tutorial 

Add several characters

Create a chase scene

Bones and Rigs

Steps to make your character dance