Author Archives: Rodney

No, not THAT kind of expression. Here’s my first use of expressions in OpenToonz to drive animated movement using mathematical expressions.   It’s a simple set of rotations that could be easily done manually but I used it to explore … Continue reading →

Sometimes my testings get out of control. In this case I thought I might try to make some old fashioned eyes while refining the smoothness of drawing (smoothness setting) and use of the Tape Tool to form the little triangular … Continue reading →

A test of texturing and line control control…

Hang in there!

Background buildings added to the A:M Exchange courtesy of Jason Hess and others.

Random watercoloring test… (Result:  Confirmed.  Rodney is not much of a watercolor painter)

Ha!  I was looking into something else when I saw a strange artifact on my screen capture and wondered why it might be appearing. Turns out it is a feature and not a bug/defect! Go figure.

One of my favorite programs (possibly #4 for design, implementation and potential) has been updated.  It should be a tool in any animator’s arsenal. It is only available for Windows (sorry Mac and Linux users).  You can probably run it … Continue reading →

Tried out the ‘tall grass’ MyPaint brush… And without the grass…