Stanly Cumberbun is the new character on the block So with all the work on Misty, I thought that I can’t be the only man in her life. I came up with a new man by the name of Stanly Cumberbun. I’m not sure what his character is going to be like. I’m thinking of […]
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Giving Misty a voice Yesterday morning I thought it would be fun to test the mouths that I recently created for Misty. I tried to make it all happen by using open source software. I needed to find a voice for Misty and discovered Jenny Mayhem. She’s a up-and-coming singer/songwriter has real talent. I downloaded
Progress! So Misty is finally getting her facial expressions together. I still need to work on the body, hand and feet charts, but she’s getting close to being complete. Layout software troubles I have been trying to make everything in open-source software, but I think I may be hitting the wall. After I collected all
Misty needs a nemesis—enter Kitty Nikkers While I’ve been working on the different mouth charts for Misty—which I need to post—I started to think of a nemesis for Misty. I came up with Kitty Nikkers, her mother. Kitty is an old DC society woman that’s put off by her daughter’s career decisions and lifestyle. She
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After spending the past week working on how to make libraries in Synfig, I finally was able to start working on all the different body positions for Misty. I’m hoping to get everything drawn in the next week. I may rethink how I originally constructed Misty once everything is drawn. I think I may be
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Working with libraries Understanding libraries was pretty easy so far thanks to Ricardo Graça and Quadro Chave. I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve posted with regards to Synfig and creating libraries. Libraries are essential for creating cut-out characters. If you want to change facial expressions, mouth shapes or gestures, libraries can help you
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Chocolate in My Peanut Butter! Okay, for the past few years I’ve been trying to learn Synfig in fits and spurts—working on my wonderful Ubuntu laptop. Teaching classes, clients and contracts all have been taking a front seat to learning and using Synfig. I want to attempt to post something weekly that I’ve accomplished or
New and Improved This is a product innovation that can be described as “new and improved.” For anyone who has ever longed for easily creating variable-line widths when illustrating, look no further. Synfig has been able to adjust line width for as long as I’ve been tinkering with it, but it’s really upped the ante
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Today I downloaded files from Lungching that he created illustrating Synfig libraries. They were a great help for me and I highly encourage those of you that are trying to use Synfig to check them out. While downloading, I noticed that he was posting them on GitHub and I felt left out by not knowing
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Quadro Chave is the Bomb! Quadro Chave’s nice enough to have their Synfig discoveries online on Vimeo. While watching their videos, I picked up a wonderful gem for making some order and controlling your character. Special thanks goes out to all their hard work in helping making sense of this wonderfully deep program. Create a
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