and the sky BG

Lets start toggling the visibility of the layers and see how we ended up with the final piece of the second shot starting from the ground and sky layer (image 11), image 12 and then the final artwork with all the layers visible (image13).

Since we now have an idea of how the shots were done let’s use image 14 from shot3 below and label the layers. We can see the perspective lines I used to create this shot (I just reduced the opacity that’s why it’s faint).

The same thing was done with shot4 in image15 below.
NB: we can see the same indications we saw earlier where I intend to place my characters with some of their actions.

We venture into character sketches and designs and then model sheets in subsequent post.
Comments will be appreciated at least I’m not typing to ghosts lol.

Good job sir, some of us are silently following and learning...

Scribe01:
Good job sir, some of us are silently following and learning...

wonderful! Ur comments motivates me to go ahead. Will post something very soon

chubbyswit:
The Character Ada (thats what i call her) together with the background i designed also in Photoshop to make the animated short complete. Photoshop will be the essential tool that we'll be using for all our background/environment designs as it gives us more flexibility. But ofcourse all these things can also be done in just toon boom but not as good as photoshop. Its also essential to have a reference when designing your character or background for example i took my reference for the environment design in the second image below.

bro...thanks for dis topic, my problem is i'm using an hp mini window8 system, will dis toon boom work on it? if yes pls paste d link of whr i can download it. Thanks bro

EXLOVER:
bro...thanks for dis topic, my problem is i'm using an hp mini window8 system, will dis toon boom work on it? if yes pls paste d link of whr i can download it. Thanks bro

i doubt it can bro, whats ur pc specifications?

chubbyswit:
i doubt it can bro, whats ur pc specifications?

2gig RAM, 1.60GHz

EXLOVER:
2gig RAM, 1.60GHz

it should be good, can you help me check ur dedicated video memory?

chubbyswit:
it should be good, can you help me check ur dedicated video memory?

sorry boss, whr should i check to see it?

EXLOVER:
sorry boss, whr should i check to see it?

right click on your desktop and click on resolution, when it opens, navigate to advanced settings and u'll c it from there

chubbyswit:
right click on your desktop and click on resolution, when it opens, navigate to advanced settings and u'll c it from there

total available graphic memory :762mb. dedicated video memory 0mb. system video memory 0mb. shared video memory 762mb

EXLOVER:
total available graphic memory :762mb. dedicated video memory 0mb. system video memory 0mb. shared video memory 762mb

0mb dedicated memory means that no graphics memory has been allocated. Toonboom is a graphics program and needs it to function properly. I'm sorry bro the app wont work well on your system

chubbyswit:
0mb dedicated memory means that no graphics memory has been allocated. Toonboom is a graphics program and needs it to function properly. I'm sorry bro the app wont work well on your system

Thanks Bro. do you have any other advice

EXLOVER:
Thanks Bro. do you have any other advice

continue following the topic for now. Also try to get a better pc if you're serious about animation.

Hello every one, please I urgently need help. I made gif image/banner using photoshop and I have been trying to upload /advertise my work on BBM, Whatsapp and Instagram but to no avail. It stood still and refuses to change.Please help

I'm loving this tutorials. Keep the good work OP.

opegold11:
Hello every one, please I urgently need help. I made gif image/banner using photoshop and I have been trying to upload /advertise my work on BBM, Whatsapp and Instagram but to no avail. It stood still and refuses to change.Please help

the animated gif you created in photoshop can only work properly on supported websites using web browsers and not social apps i think. did you use export to web when trying to save your gif?

Panshow:
I'm loving this tutorials. Keep the good work OP.

you are welcome bro. saw some of your work and they're cool.

it's been awhile guys. have not been able to post due to tight schedules but i will be posting something here with any little chance i get. so lets dive right in with a few posts.

Character design
Designing your characters for animation is very important whether 2d or 3d, this is to make sure that you know what your character will look like and the kind of trait or behavior you want them to exhibit. I’ll not go in-depth into the character designs because it will waste a lot of our time and we still have much more to talk about when we start our animation proper (I can do that on request).

Character design cannot be complete without a mode sheet. By model sheet I mean the 360 degree drawing representation of the character i.e. the front view, side view. Profile view, back view, profile view, and profile back view as indicated from the sketches below (ignore the guidelines you see, it’s not for this character, I deleted its).

The concept of creating model sheet for yourself is pretty simple if you know how to draw at least a simple frontal view of a figure or object. You will have to create guidelines touching at strategic points of your created frontal view to use it as a measurement for the creation for your other views. I illustrate with the image below using just the front view and side view of another character. We can see that I traced guidelines at strategic points including the top of the head, bottom of the feet, eyes, ears, nose, shoulder, knee line etc. to match almost exactly with that of the side view (observe).

Importance of model sheet in animation
It is used to determine the character’s pose and posture in different views and how the different views can be animated to reflect the character’s realistic features.
At least the side and front view model sheets must be provided before a character is modelled in 3d using a 3d program like Maya, Max, blender, cinema 4d etc. example is shown in the images below. A front and side view of the man’s face was drawn first in Photoshop before it was imported into a 3d program and modelled. This is not the case for all objects example a car will need the front, back, side and top view before it can be modelled very well. Also note that hardcore professionals might not need them in some cases.
The model sheet is very important for creating a cut out character for animations that require a turn around (we have discussed the meaning of cut out in previous pages) for a better control and manipulation which is the easier method of 2d animation as compared to the traditional/tradigital method. N.B you can modify your front and profile view to become back and profile back view without having to stress yourself recreating them. Just duplicate and start erasing and adding parts that resembles what you want until you are satisfied.

ADDING COLOR
This is simple, just start applying color with the paint bucket or brush tool to your artwork after inking them (drawing with the brush tool). That’s what I did to arrive at those images below. N.B this is just the design stage of production process, these characters will be redrawn and recolored when we import into toon boom using the cut out style. I also rendered the characters (applying shadows and highlights) to give them more depth and realism. They might not look exactly the same after recreating them in toon boom. Observe my ada tutorial to find out why.

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next we talk about importing and recreating the artworks for animation in toon boom, also we'll be creating storyboards where and when neccessary as we move along. comments will be welcomed. Please guys also use this platform to showcase your CG works to make it fun and lively.

chubbyswit:
you are welcome bro. saw some of your work and they're cool.

Thanks a lot Bro.

It's good to see that you've added more tutorials.

so i finished rigging of the characters after a couple of days so lets drop a little tutorial on the process