Animated Illustrations in Photoshop: Create Unique Atmospheres

Overview

“To finish this animation well, I will add the shadows. This step is important because the shadow gives volume to the movement. It is also necessary to pay attention that the transitions between each movement are clear. And one last detail that I will add: the blinks of the eyes!”

In this video lesson Dylan Eurlings addresses the topic: Animation 5, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustrations in Photoshop: Create Unique Atmospheres. Design an animated illustration with a unique atmosphere, frame by frame, with Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“Animation We are going to shade, therefore, the same thing. We go to the second frame, we display the shadow layer. We come to erase. There, it's not just a story of coloring, it is to place the shadow correctly so that the volume is just right. So, the shadow, it will help us to read the volume well. There, it's important to keep pretty shape. Same as for the drawing, it is necessary that from one frame to another, there is no big jump, just feel it "smooth". And the drawing of the shadows will also allow us to come and give a little more volume information when the arm turns, for example,...”

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Course summary for: Animated Illustrations in Photoshop: Create Unique Atmospheres

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 34 lessons (8h 31m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration