Doodles and stuff.

i'm sorry but my time here is ogre: azirae: I’ve finally decided to make one because I was getting so many...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:48:01 -0400

i'm sorry but my time here is ogre: azirae: I’ve finally decided to make one because I was getting so many...:

I’ve finally decided to make one because I was getting so many questions on HOW to animate. To be blunt, I only know how to animate one way (timeline animation) in one program (photoshop (cs5)) so if you want an in-depth explanation then you’d be better doing a simple google search. Nevertheless, here’s my basic tutorial.

The first step is to open up Photoshop and go to “File” > “New” to make a new document.

Choose your width and height and leave all the other options alone.

Go to “Window” > “Animation” to reveal the animation panel. You should also click on “Layers” if it’s not already up.

You’ll get something that looks like this. And in the animation panel it will either specify (timeline) or (frames)

On the top-right of the animation panel, there’s the setting controls.

If you’re already on Frame Animation, the setting will read “Convert to Timeline Animation” and vice versa. Then you’ll want to change the document settings to your liking. By default mine is always set to 10 seconds at 30 fps (frames-per-second) so I change it to 1 second at 24fps.

Make a new layer. All new layers will show up in the timeline, and whichever layer you are set to work on will be highlighted. The green bar shows how long that layer is on/showing. Above that is the frame count.

Making sure you’re on “Layer 1”, draw something fabulous.

Or not.

In the animation panel, grab the right side of Layer 1’s green bar and shrink it down to last 2 frames. When people say it’s animated on 2’s, they mean that every drawing is held for 2 frames. You can make it last however long you like, but keep it an even number of frames for REASONS.

For this particular tutorial, I won’t be animating much so just make a duplicate of Layer 1 and move the “Layer 1 copy” in the animation panel so it will appear after “Layer 1” like so

On “Layer 1 copy” I adjust the drawing as I need to. In this case, I’ll be making the person blink so I lower the eyelids a bit.

I repeat the process, making the character close their eyes on the next layer.

Then I make a copy of “Layer 1 copy” (eyes half open) and move that to the end, and finally make a copy of “Layer 1” so that she will have her eyes fully open and the image will loop seamlessly. The final layer I stretch to last the rest of the duration of the animation.

And the animation is done. All that’s left to do is export it which can be done one of two ways depending on what you need it for. For a gif, go to “File” > “Save for Web & Devices…” and it will give you the option to choose how it renders, what colours it uses, and if you want it to loop forever. To export it as a movie file (.avi .mov .mp4 etc), go to “File” > “Export” > “Render Video”

That’s it. The final product of this tutorial looks like this.

Happy Animating! Maybe one day I will go over the onion skin haha

edit: Timeline Animation Tutorial Part II

neeknak: I’ve never been the kind of girl that was close with...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:26:02 -0400

neeknak:

I’ve never been the kind of girl that was close with other girls but I’m glad I am now.” -Pitch Perfect

My sisters. My heart.

I cherish this moment forever.

I think it’s time for me to return to Disney World.

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:57:49 -0400

I think it’s time for me to return to Disney World.

likeafieldmouse: Egon Schiele - Harbor of Trieste (1907)

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:50:58 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Egon Schiele - Harbor of Trieste (1907)

The lighting was beautiful on Saturday, and my sister wanted to...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:22:10 -0400

The lighting was beautiful on Saturday, and my sister wanted to take pictures.

Life is okay.

Whoa. First time being a lead producer for anything. This is...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:30:30 -0500

Whoa. First time being a lead producer for anything. This is crazy.

Tocilog (preferably: tocino + sunny side up eggs + fried rice)...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:38:39 -0500

Tocilog (preferably: tocino + sunny side up eggs + fried rice) is THE BEST food to come home to after the longest day ever.

The most “zen” experience I’ve ever had...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:10:39 -0500

The most “zen” experience I’ve ever had playing a game. Doesn’t hurt that the components are visually appealing as well.

aow: Piolo Pascual It is so hard to look at you sometimes.

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:13:05 -0500

aow:

Piolo Pascual

It is so hard to look at you sometimes.

Volunteered at the animal shelter yesterday. These doggies were...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:41:51 -0500

Volunteered at the animal shelter yesterday.
These doggies were such sweethearts. I wanted to take all of them home with me.

Photo

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:23:00 -0500

Remember when this tumblr used to be a sketch blog? Hah....

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:22:38 -0500

Remember when this tumblr used to be a sketch blog? Hah. Haha.

I’m trying to draw again as much as I can, so I decided to document today with a quick doodle (too lazy to unpack the scanner, have a low quality cellphone pic instead).

Today, as I have been doing for the last few weeks, I had to empty out my aunts’ house. They have so much useless things lying about. We took the most important things with us last time and all that’s left are the random knickknacks that they probably haven’t seen in years. Why, why, why couldn’t we have just moved everything all at once? Why?

I found a folder full of my uncle’s childhood drawings and pictures in the attic, along with boxes upon boxes of Clive Cussler books and a BB gun (which is so fun to use that I may consider taking it for myself). I wonder if he’ll ever come back for any of those things… I haven’t seen him in a whole year and the last time he was here he stayed for just a weekend.

I don’t know what to do with any of this stuff.

It’s easy for me and Nikki to just grab our things and go because we’ve been doing it for years, but yeesh. All these boxes just need to go.

(No one’s helping me. Everything is horrible. I shouldn’t have taken a semester off. Woe is me.)

Hung out with Momma and the Little G. She read us a book about...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:00:06 -0500

Hung out with Momma and the Little G. She read us a book about shopping sprees.

She’s getting so big now.

Made cookies yesterday. Waaaaay too much brown...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:56:48 -0500

Made cookies yesterday. Waaaaay too much brown sugar…tomorrow we’ll try again.

It’s still feels strange when the project you worked on...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:28:58 -0500

It’s still feels strange when the project you worked on gets chosen out of maybe a hundred other submissions.

It was humid, rainy, and I was exhausted by the end of the day… but I had so much fun shooting this segment.

Doing incmedia has been a very rewarding experience. I’ve been exposed to so many different things and have met so many people from all walks of life. I love it, and I never wanna stop.

I’m a little bit enamored with Instagram. I love social...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:39:19 -0500

I’m a little bit enamored with Instagram. I love social photography and the way we use it to interact with others. I have a lot of friends and acquaintances, so sometimes it’s nice to take a peek into their lives for a bit. Granted, some pictures are a bit random and unnecessary (I’m looking at you, #FOTD dailies!!!!), but it’s a great way to stay in touch.

neeknak: Took the Binhis out for a Movie Day! I still...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:04:25 -0500

neeknak:

Took the Binhis out for a Movie Day!

I still can’t believe Chris Hemsworth got killed off.

Tablet update: Erik 2.0 is alive and well. I contacted ASUS and...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:20:07 -0500

Tablet update:

Erik 2.0 is alive and well. I contacted ASUS and they took care of the cracked screen free of charge (I told them it was probably caused by the screen lift, which was also an issue….but really my clumsy self dropped it). The screen is beautiful again and there is no screen lift to be found.

Thank goodness it was free because my bank account is empty at the moment. I can hear the moneyflies buzzing around in there.

I’m so happy to have him back. It’s such a hassle to use my laptop for little things (wow, do I sound spoiled or what?). I just have to be super careful forever and try not to drop him ever again.

I miss you every day.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:54:18 -0500

I miss you every day.

"l long ago learned that you can’t call a game educational if you want anyone to think..."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500

““l long ago learned that you can’t call a game educational if you want anyone to think it’s fun.You have to let the educational part sneak up on the players””

- Alan R. Moon