Fireball Character Flipbook Animation Tutorial

Fireball Character Flipbook Animation Tutorial

Drawing a flipbook animation that involves human movement requires several steps. This fireball character flipbook animation tutorial shows you how to start drawing the skeleton poses, followed by the volume and eventually the flesh. You can be skip the volume of a human stage provided when you are familiar with human muscle drawing.   Character Flipbook Animation Tutorial - Skeleton Pose The rationale behind drawing the skeleton first is to serve as a preview of the action. Take for example a 5 seconds animation which will be played at 25 frames per second (fps). The artist will need to draw 125 frames of drawing. Wow! Without the skeleton animation to act as a preview, any changes along the production will requires a lot of time to redraw. This definitely reduces in production efficiency. Once the animation is drawn in skeleton, it should be reviewed by the artist and the director.  The checking ensures the animation and motion looks close to the end results. In this video, I’m going to animate this bovine casting a fireball, similar to the game called Street Fighter. The bovine will store his energy by his waist and eventually releasing the power in front of him, shooting a fireball outward. Begin the animation with a neutral pose. This serves as a proportion guide for the character. When in doubt during the animation process, do refer back to the neutral pose to check if the character’s proportion is consistent. Consistency is very important in human animation. I do not want my character to grow taller or shrink in size unintentionally.   There are two types of animation approach during production. They...

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Step By Step Checklist To Realistic Animation (Printable Version)

Use this cheat sheet to help you monitor your animation progress. I've also included check points to help you apply principle of animation which will make your animation looks realistic.

Need help in animation?

Step By Step Checklist To Realistic Animation (Printable Version)

Use this cheat sheet to help you monitor your animation progress. I've also included check points to help you apply principle of animation which will make your animation looks realistic.