Designing Cartoon Characters in Adobe Animate

Designing Cartoon Characters in Adobe Animate, available at $119.99, has an average rating of 4.55, with 32 lectures, based on 427 reviews, and has 2962 subscribers.

You will learn about How to design a character in Adobe Animate using proper layer hierarchy This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner designers and animators looking to design cartoon characters that can be turned around for rigging and animating in Adobe Animate It is particularly useful for Beginner designers and animators looking to design cartoon characters that can be turned around for rigging and animating in Adobe Animate.

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Summary

Title: Designing Cartoon Characters in Adobe Animate

Price: $119.99

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 32

Number of Published Lectures: 32

Number of Curriculum Items: 32

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 32

Original Price: $64.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

How to design a character in Adobe Animate using proper layer hierarchy

Who Should Attend

Beginner designers and animators looking to design cartoon characters that can be turned around for rigging and animating in Adobe Animate

Target Audiences

Beginner designers and animators looking to design cartoon characters that can be turned around for rigging and animating in Adobe Animate

Learn how to use Animate’s vector based tools to design, fill and polish your own character while applying proper layer hierarchy. This character design can then be taken further for rigging and animation, if you desire. The following topics we will cover include:

Using the various vector tools in Animate

Working with beziers, points and bendable lines

Inking a full character from an existing sketch

Filling in objects using the Paint Bucket’s various features

Shading and Highlighting with the Brush

Masking eyes and mouth

Proper layer organization for easier rigging

Other tips and tricks for designing cartoon characters

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What You Will Learn in this Course

Lecture 2: Prerequisites for this Course

Lecture 3: Explanation of Exercise Files

Lecture 4: Adjusting Your Workspace

Lecture 5: Setting Up Your Document

Lecture 6: Exploring Animates Draw Tools

Lecture 7: Using Snap to Objects

Chapter 2: Inking the Head and Hair

Lecture 1: Outlining the Head

Lecture 2: Drawing the Hair

Lecture 3: Drawing Hair Strands

Lecture 4: Drawing Ponytail

Chapter 3: Inking Torso and Limbs

Lecture 1: Inking the Torso and Neck

Lecture 2: Drawing the Jacket

Lecture 3: Inking the Arms

Lecture 4: Designing the Hands

Lecture 5: Inking the Pelvis, Legs and Feet

Chapter 4: Filling, Shading and Highlighting Your Character

Lecture 1: Coloring in the Head and Hair

Lecture 2: Filling the Body Pieces

Lecture 3: Filling the Limbs

Lecture 4: Applying Shading to Character

Lecture 5: Adding Highlights to the Character

Chapter 5: Inking, Coloring and Masking the Eyes

Lecture 1: Designing the Eyeball, Lids and Pupil

Lecture 2: Masking and Highlighting Eyes

Lecture 3: Adding Eyebrows and Nose

Chapter 6: Creating Additional Mouth, Hand and Head Poses

Lecture 1: Inking, Coloring and Masking the Mouth Template

Lecture 2: Molding Additional Mouth Poses

Lecture 3: Inking and Filling New Hand Poses

Lecture 4: Overviewing Two Additional Head Poses

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Cleaning Up Layers

Lecture 2: Polishing Your Design

Lecture 3: Rendering an Image

Lecture 4: Final Thoughts

Instructors

Chad Troftgruben
Freelance animator and screencaster

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