Synfig now has the capability of creating switch layers. If you’ve never heard of switch layers before, it’s great for cut-out characters. The gist is simple. What you can do is have a folder of mouths or hands that you can easily change out during while timing the animation. Free-for-all To do my part and […]
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Today I made some headway and was able to finish Misty’s hand positions for her front view. I think that I’ll be able to reuse the hands for other views of Misty. Make the different hands actually didn’t take very long. While I was working on Misty’s hands, I also took a crack at redoing
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I was introduced to GIT over a year ago by a fellow Synfig user and programmer extraordinaire, Lungching. Last week he demoed the benefits of GIT to our animation group. It really opened up my eyes to having version control without hundreds of saved versions of the same file. If you haven’t tried GIT, definitely
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In between working on Misty’s new feet and poses over the past weekend. I started trying out different clothing options for Misty. The cover up I’ve been working on Misty as a character for some time now. When I work in public spaces like Starbucks, I feel kind of like a perv. It’s sad that
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While I was working on all of Misty’s different poses in Synfig, I got sidetracked and started playing in a sweet open source painting program called MyPaint. Painting tool for an artist That pretty much sums up MyPaint—it’s a wonderful tool designed for artists. The simple interface and ease of use make MyPaint a breeze.
Underwear-clad Misty Misty, the character that I’ve been working on for my first Synfig animation, has been only dressed in under garments since her inception. I know that I want a 50s/60s look for her, but so far I haven’t come up with anything. A couple of weeks ago, I was playing around with ideas
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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