Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

Overview

“Next we are going to draw several sketches of the character. You will see the different postures that you can use to animate later more easily. Then you will see how I choose the sketch that I like the most and how I leave it ready for Photoshop. ”

In this video lesson Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán addresses the topic: The sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement. Learn how to create an animated character, from the initial sketch to the final rigging in After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“BUILD A FRIEND UNIT 1: FROM PENCIL TO AFTER EFFECTS LESSON 2 Hi guys. In this lesson, we will see how to cope a little to the sketch of our character. I am not a great draftsman, with which, I only have some very simple advice to give. First, to take away our fear and loosen up a bit, Let's make a sheet of what is called "thumbnails", that they are very small characters with very little detail that we will use to first let go of the hand a little and then we will choose from among those characters the one that we will do big. We don't have to spend a lot of time with these characters. They ...”

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Course summary for: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (337)
• 12592 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 55m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Rigging