newartofanimation

Most programs have ‘tooltips’ that suggest the use for each icon.

Hover over the icons and wait to see what hints the tooltip will provide.

Well, not really but for those that do draw we often assume the emotional characteristics of what we are drawing.   This can be good.  This can be bad.

Meet “Selvfie”

Bottom line:  If you feel you are in a rut… mix it up a little and draw something different.  Want to experience joy?  Draw some happy, joyful people.   Want to know  what it’s like to be depressed, sad or lonely?   Explore that world.  It’s the valleys that make the mountains possible and as a counter balance to all that giddy off the scale irritating contrived and surface skimming happiness… those lower peaks can be all sorts of fun as we reset our emotional barometer.  But take care of yourself and don’t stay in those darkly bleak and depressing moments too long.   Return to the real world and face adversity head on.  That’s the place where we need to smile the most… a lot.  🙂

Here’s a handy patent pending three step process to happiness:

Step 1:  Draw two circles.  These will be the eyes.

Step 2:  Draw a horizontal line with the ends of the line curving upward.

Step 3:  Smile.

Three step process to happiness

It’s not exactly straightforward but curved text can be done in OpenToonz using the Plastic Tool…

Attempting to answer a question posed in the OpenToonz forum, here’s a test of a basic bloom effect created with Blur and exposure.  (We are blooming in reverse of course in this example)

Is it a game?  Is it a tool?

The basic idea is to take a hastily created drawing and work it out (that is to say refine and repair it) so that it works in two or more perspectives.

For additional challenge (i.e. for more experienced artists) add in a target style to hit such as limited animation style (als Hanna Barbera) or Disney or one of many anime styles.

Here’s an example where the target style is basically that of the character used for demonstrating walk cycles by Preston Blair.  Note that much of the interpretation is pretty straightforward but the shoulders and hips get ‘repaired’:

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Someone asked, “Does OT have a pixelate effect”?

It does but I think it is called ‘Mosaic’.