2D animation with Photoshop
Sketches and first ideas
A course by Llamarada Animación , Animation studio
About the video: Sketches and first ideas
Overview
“We begin to land and sketch the first ideas on paper.”
In this video lesson Llamarada Animación addresses the topic: Sketches and first ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: 2D animation with Photoshop. Animate a 2D character and create an animated avatar in GIF format frame by frame.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, in this lesson we are going to see character principles of character design. So, it's important that you have a paper, pencil, pen brushes, whatever you need to be able to trace it directly on its surface. Well, let's start sketching. In my case I'm going to make the faces of the six people of flare, that we integrate it. So, 's important to know what kind of gif we want to make. So I'm going to start with one of those that have the simplest form. A little dirty. Well, this is a small study of what we're going to do now, at the time we go to Photoshop. Here we're going to start landin...”
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Course summary for: 2D animation with Photoshop
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
2D Animation, Animation, Game Design, Stop Motion, Video Games

Llamarada Animación
A course by Llamarada Animación
Llamarada is an Animation studio specializing in 2D and Motion Graphics made up of friends from childhood and annexes who have been working together for 8 years.
All of them are lovers of drawing, contemporary cinematography, music, design, illustrated books, printmaking, Mexican popular culture, sense of humor and rich food.
Some of the clients for whom they have carried out campaigns are: Jack Daniels, Santillana, Distroller, Ting, Fondo de Cultura Economica, Cinépolis, Greenpeace, Semarnat, Senasica and Sedesol, for important museums such as the Digital Culture Center, the Joaquín Clausell Museum , MUVI and the National Palace.
Flame has great recognition for its animation of the author, its short films have participated and won awards at national and international level.
The philosophy of the Llamarada studio is always to communicate and share concepts, ideas and stories in a friendly and fun way, influenced by Mexican popular culture.
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