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Toon Boom Studio 4 sought to bridge this missing feature with a feathering tool. Unfortunately, the limitations of this new tool were quickly uncovered.
Toon Boom today announced that they have a new animation program in time for the holidays this year. The program is called Flip Boom, and it¡¯s clearly targeted at a young audience.
Toon Boom is a very powerful animation program, and like many programs it is not always as user-friendly as it should be. This is a very basic Toon Boom tutorial, and will show you how to create your own cartoon of a nice looping walk cycle, shown here. We¡¯ll also cover the basics of creating parent/child relationships and adjusting pivot points.
Animating is far more enjoyable when the characters you¡¯re working with have a strong personality, and the recorded voice audio is of high quality. Cheese is an amazingly funny character from Foster¡¯s Home for Imaginary Friends, a great show on Cartoon Network. This Toon Boom tutorial will walk you through recreating this short commercial found on YouTube:
In a previous animation tutorial we discussed the steps necessary to create your own cartoon. I¡¯ve since come to the conclusion that the article, while complete, was a bit too complex for a beginner and contained too many steps. The animation tutorial has been condensed into a more succinct five steps that will be used in the future. All Calico Monkey animation projects will follow this five step plan from now on, so expect to be referred to this page in the future.
This development entry will show the process of creating a scene, and its evolution from sketch into full blown animation. The scene I¡¯m detailing is when Sparky turns quickly to face Meat, and then rushes towards him.
The first step has been shown before, creating the storyboard:
Recently I¡¯ve been approached from a couple of different directions about the difficulty of staying motivated. Peter asked a question about this in the comments for Make Your Own Cartoon.
Creating an animation is not a minor task, as I¡¯m sure you¡¯re aware. There are many steps involved, and finishing any of them is an accomplishment in its own right. The problem is the lack of public acknowledgment. That may be the coolest storyboard ever but in the end, even after the animation is completed, who will see it? Unless you¡¯re a part of a team it¡¯s just you and your great storyboards.