After I decided on my character I drew my
frames by hand. Once I had the frames together I then had to scan them onto the
computer in order to place them into photoshop.
Once in photoshop I had to adjust each
frame and “clean” it. Meaning get rid of any accidental pencil marks, turn the
background into a solid white and make sure the outline was crystal clear.
I only had 8 frames In my animation, which
made the skipping noticeable to the eye and the drawings were out of sync with
each other. It is because of this I decided to redo the animation but not draw
it by hand. I decided to use the Bamboo Wacom drawing tablets in order to
recreate the animation entirely in photoshop. This one lasted 14 frames but the
process was slightly different. Instead of drawing each frame I just kept on
adjusting the components of the first frame in order to make it look like my
character was moving.
I wasn’t particularly satisfied with this
animation either, although it definitely looks better than the hand drawn attempt.
I’ve come to the conclusion that for my first loop animation I should have
stuck to something simple, like walking or jumping. Keeping my characters wings
in sync whilst having his arms moving was no easy task.
If I were to attempt this again I would
definitely change my idea to something more reasonable and doable.
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