Introduction to Toon Boom Harmony
Course 3: Animating in Harmony: Animating a cloud of smoke
By Pedro Alpera , Animator and Illustrator
About the video: Animating a cloud of smoke
Overview
“In this unit I will examine a puff of smoke dissolving to apply the concepts that we have seen so far in a more practical way. It is an FX or special effect that is very easy to do, but it is usually very attractive. I will explain you step by step how to do it.”
In this video lesson Pedro Alpera addresses the topic: Animating a cloud of smoke, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3: Animating in Harmony. Discover the basic animation tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“TOON BOOM HARMONY / COURSE 3 LESSON 3 Animating a smoke cloud Knowing the tools to animate and the onion skin, nothing prevents us from making an FX that will be a cloud of smoke. The idea is that this cloud will dissolve, it will go in these directions. And we will see that each time these pieces they are smaller until it is completely disposed of. We will erase this note and start animating. From what we saw, I already put this first frame, the initial state of the cloud. And we will go to the second frame. I'll activate the onion skin. I'll zoom in with the 2 key and just do a next frame...”
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Course summary for: Course 3: Animating in Harmony
Pedro Alpera
By Pedro Alpera
Pedro Alpera is a fine arts graduate and has worked as an animator and illustrator for clients like WeTransfer, Muno, the city council of Barcelona, Ediciones en Babia, Paramount Comedy, and Cartoon Network, among others.
He has also worked as an advisor for Clean Up and provided training to the team on Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles. Throughout his two-decade career, he has developed animation, illustrations, comics, websites, video games, and design projects across multiple areas. For just over two years, he worked on a personal project where he shared a short, looped animation on his Instagram account every week, which helped him to publicize his work.
As an illustrator and cartoonist, he has also participated in numerous group and individual exhibitions.
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