Creating a Loop Animation from Ink in Photoshop

Overview

“Now that you're familiar with the tools, I'll walk you through how I collect inspirational images and make videos for later analysis. This step is important to help you create your character sketch.”

In this video lesson Mathieu Maillefer addresses the topic: Inspiration: collecting images, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating a Loop Animation from Ink in Photoshop. Create a playful 2D animation using video, drawing techniques, and the free AnimDessin2 Photoshop plug-in.

Partial transcription of the video

“Inspiration: collecting images In this lesson we will see how image collection influences our work and the animation process. I invite you to look around you and capture reference videos with your smartphone to document your animation. Keep in mind that this reference video should be short, preferably with a single character to facilitate animation work. But if you're up for it, you can spice things up and film two or more characters. Me, I have two adorable cats who are constantly prowling around me and which are an inexhaustible source of interesting moments. I will show you some examples...”

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Course summary for: Creating a Loop Animation from Ink in Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
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• 657 students
• 4 units
• 22 lessons (4h 28m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Animated Illustration, Animation