Monthly Archives: September 2016

OpenToonz makes quick work of the process of converting raster images to vector lines. That makes sketching in either all the more fun.

As I’ve been testing I’ve also been trying some different styles. Sketchy… (Technically this was drawn on the 27th but I hadn’t noticed I’d passed the hour of midnight.  Who says we can’t time travel?  Creative people do it all … Continue reading →

I enjoyed the work of OpenToonz user Jame who animated a short cartoon called ‘Roko and Roka’.  I liked it enough that I thought I’d try drawing his character Roko myself. I may not speak Jame’s native language but animation bridges … Continue reading →

I’m troubleshooting/gap checking and trying to improve workflow. This guy/gal represents an issue with quickly laying down line work that doesn’t easily fill with color.

One of the first posts on this blog pointed to Leonardo Da Vinci as an early pioneer of animation.  I still stand by that assessment. In that post I pointed to the sequence of poses from Leonardo’s notebooks that sketch … Continue reading →

The latest Motion Monster has been released! Turtletooth Studios cutting edge branch of the powerful OpenToonz animation software is a welcome addition with features not yet incorporated into the official OpenToonz branch. This latest release is primarily designed to provide a … Continue reading →

So I was…doodling… then I started blurring things… then this came out of the Motion Monster renderer: