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Your Challenge:
Your Challenge:
Demonstrate your basic understanding of the animation method in Adobe Animate or the application of your choice by creating a 2 second animation of a character smoothly moving through at least 3 poses, and exporting it as an animated GIF.
This first project is designed to get you acquainted with the process of making sequential frames.
Steps For Completion:
Steps For Completion:
Create a new project file in Animate. Make your stage size full HD 1920x1080
Make sure it is set to play at 24 frames per second. (Frame Rate!)
Set the project timeline to be 48 frames long.
Hand-draw a basic character frame by frame to change their position.
Gradually transition from one pose (form) to another and then to a third position (form).
You don’t need to do a new drawing or keyframe every frame. you can change the position every 2 or 3 frames.
Export the animation as an animated gif and hand in to Google Classroom
Answer the following learning journal questions.
Extra Ideas!
Extra Ideas!
Create a second layer and create another animation
Tell a story with your animation
Create a background or a scene for your animation
Copy and paste your layers and then reverse the order! Looping animation!
Sketchbook questions.
Sketchbook questions.
What kind of character did you create?
What are you most proud of about your first animation?
Was it easier/harder than you thought?
What are some things you would do differently on your next animation?
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