Black and White

Here is yet another walk cycle I created using Anime Studio. I like the smooth fluid movement that I am able to get using this software.

ANIME STUDIO - 1st Walk Cycle

Yes I have purchased Anime Studio Pro 5! I have been using it for a few weeks now and may actually start doing all my animations with it. I like the ability to animate and keyframe vectors and I also find the bone rigging much simpler than Toon Booms Pegs. The thing I am struggling with is keeping the drawings smooth and not so bumpy looking. Again I am still new at it, so I'm sure I will pick up a lot more in time. So here is my first walk cycle, I really think that the animation looks a lot smoother using Anime studio, much more fluid, and natural.

Stanly and Kevin

I created this animated short a few months back. I had intended to do a few episodes and see if it took off. I used Toon Boom to create and animate the characters using pegs, as well as the lip sync feature. I guess I have started to develop a my own system for animating using Toon Boom. For the backgrounds I used some basic textures modified in Photoshop.

After Affects tests

i created the character and the walk cycle using Toon Boom, All the backgrounds (Hills, grass, sky) I built in Photoshop. Then I imported all of it into After Effects. I kept all the layers separate and set them to 3d and then adjusted their Z axis to give them the appearance of distance from each other. Then I added a camera layer and keyframed its movement. I also added a simple spotlight and drop shadows on all the layers to give it some depth. This is all test stuff for an upcomming children's series I am working on.

Zakk and the Robot

Here is a sample of some stuff I am working on for a new project.

Larry

I was just messin around and drawing different characters one night and I came up with this guy here. I decided to give him a voice and test out the auto lip sync in toon boom. So here it is:

Testing the Anchors

One of the things I like about using Toon Boom is the "Peg" feature. I can create pivot points very easily and rotate the limbs of the characters I create. I built a few little creatures and animated them to test this feature out. Here is a sample of one of those creatures: