Category Archives: Uncategorized

There’s more great stuff coming from OpenToonz in the near future. Stay Toonz’d!

It’s been awhile since I posted anything but just wanted ya’ll to know…

The latest nightly build has a new Zoom tool that is quite useful. The Locator Sub-Window can be used in various way to view close up details. One thing I find particularly useful is drawing directly in the sub-window as … Continue reading →

I saw an article that suggests the first draft script of ‘Steamboat Willie’ is going up for auction and it contains some interesting areas for consideration. To recap:  It has been suggested that ‘Steamboat Willie’ was always planned to be … Continue reading →

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 →