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FAQ:
FAQ:
Can I use an existing character?
Yes, if you have already taken 2D Character Design you may use the character you rigged in that course with approval from your instructor. You will need to make changes and add assets for this assignment.
Do I have to create all of the rigged assets on the first character assignment day?
No
Just one that you will use a lot or a neutral pose if you have one.
We will do the animating later and that will require us to make more assets for the rig as they are needed.
Can I create gradients?
Yes, Animate has a gradient tool, you can see that in Susan's Road Crew Trucks
Can I use the brush?
Use the line tools in Animate these are pencil and pen and then use the fill tool to fill.
If you use the brush, it creates points on both sides of the shape and makes it much more difficult to manipulate after the line is drawn.
Tips for working quickly
Tips for working quickly
Only design what you need
Review your storyboards and only design those assets
In animate we can do squash and stretch so only create the neutral pose to start.
Working in Animate will be a quicker workflow than starting in Ai or PSD and then bringing in files to Animate.
Using varigated line: see the demos from Jim Crow museum:
Using varigated line: see the demos from Jim Crow museum:
https://sites.google.com/view/jimcrowmuseumproject/production-guides/art
Submit:
Submit:
Add to your process slideshow some screenshots of your character design
Your editor file (PSD or FLA or Ai)
Naming convention = FirstLastNameProjectTitleCharacterName.filetype
Where to start
Where to start
You may be starting in Animate for the first time for your project: Go to this guide on File Set up
Choose 1 scene which has the character and the environment to design into production phase.
Create the neutral pose: (If you have one ) or create one of the poses that you will be using a lot.)
start with the line work even if the line doesn't stay (you use the line to create the shape then erase with line erase later)
Fill with the bucket - (K = shortcut)
Each layer that will need to be animated will need to be on a different layer.
Name each layer with the character name on the layer for example:
Izzy_Cab
Izzy_Eyes
Izzy_Mouth
Izzy_Freckles
Rigs of Characters you can analyze, Left to right The Road Crew Characters: Lizzy, Max, Biff
Down: My Little Pony, Tyler by KCAD students, Flying turtle
Rig files:
Rig files:
This file: Download 2DCharacterDesignRigs has 6 rigged characters that you can study to understand rigging techniques.
Download these files so that we can analyze the method of rigging and the different folders for assets as well as the file set up for drawing and filling.
In the folder and layer method shown here Biff who is the bulldozer has a folder, all other assets are on the main timeline. Create your file in this manner.
For your first image just choose one pose from your board that is closest to the neutral pose beacause we can do a squash and stretch on the character.
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