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Summary: Learn how to draw key frames for animation and cartoons in this free drawing video.
Cable Hardin has been making films and animations for more than 20 years. With a specialty in 2D digital animation and a background in film production, Cable also teaches animation...read more
"Hi, this is Cable on behalf of Expert Village. For a bouncing ball animation what we need to do next is draw our key frames for the bouncing ball. We have the path we have the line that we ball would appear to follow. Now we need to figure out the timing, the basic timing. How long would this animation be? Well it is medium size ball with a average ounce to it. So we are ready to say that the animation would last 2 seconds or play back and 30 frame a second about 60 frames. Now to animate on 2 that means we would draw once piece of paper one image and photographic for 2 frames. Standard video runs at 30 frames a second so 30x20 equals 60 which is 2 seconds. Simple math is kind of essential to art you would get use to it. Without timing skills kicking in knowing that balls fall down faster and when they are at the peak of their arts of ball will appear to move slower. Just like it did in our record. This can take some practice so if it does not look right at first that is okay that is normal. So we are using our template, you can use a plastic pencil stencil if you want to. A small glass is fine for me as long as it is the same size. So it starts here and you can name your key frame or rather remember them so that is position one. And as it goes down the path, it is falling like a rolling coaster it accelerates there for our key frames would be further apart. The faster a object moves the further appear the frames would appear to be. So continue to draw our key frames. "
eHow Article: Key frames for Animation
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sirlordwhitman said
on 8/2/2008 Your videos are very informative. I went out and bought my own light box, but it was one for tracing crafts. I crafted my own peg bar out of a Lowe's paint stick and some hardware nutplates I acquired from work. Now I have to figure out how to get my camera mounted over the box since I can't hang it on the wall- for those animations that have a background. Thanks again for the excellent tutorials!!
sirlordwhitman said
on 8/2/2008 Your videos are very informative. I went out and bought my own light box, but it was one for tracing crafts. I crafted my own peg bar out of a Lowe's paint stick and some hardware nutplates I acquired from work. Now I have to figure out how to get my camera mounted over the box since I can't hang it on the wall- for those animations that have a background. Thanks again for the excellent tutorials!!