My first traditional Cel Animation (Test Motion) version.2

[rickylascaze001]

What do you use to color the cells? What type of paints etc.

[mudkiprules4]

Use a tripod. It's all shaky. Other than that it's not bad. Make sure you properly clean the cels and overlap them EXACT. Other wise you get weird blotches.

[Yanamation]

@mudkiprules4 It's was an experiment at that time. But now I use Flash animation.

[TheMoonShard]

YAY DIGIMON MUSIC

[SaikuyaHikari]

how did you do that

[Yanamation]

@SaikuyaHikari I first drew a sequence of movement on the A4 model sheet. After that, I put each plastic transparent sheet on each model sheet to trace the drawn line on the plastic sheet using ink pen. Then paint the plastic sheet, but u should paint each of them behind the plastic sheet, so that it won't covered the black ink. Place the painted plastic sheet on the background and take a foto, then do the same with the other.

[randomstuff6791]

@Yanamation where can you get the plastic sheets?

[Yanamation]

@randomstuff6791 You can get them in the stationary shop, they're normal A4 size plastic sheets for projectors.

[randomstuff6791]

@Yanamation sorry, can you be more specific please? Something like Michaels, or any brand???

[Yanamation]

@randomstuff6791 If you buy transparent plastic sheets, the brand would be STAPLES - transparency film. For the acrylic paints, it would be Americana or Anita's.

[randomstuff6791]

@Yanamation oh, ok. Thanks!

[Perryshotter]

Cool, but where did you get the cels? And what did you have your camera on? A tripod helps a lot.

[Yanamation]

@Perryshotter well, actually I used normal transparent sheets as cels, coz real cel r very expensive I believe, so I went to a stationary shop to buy a whole pack. And the camera I used a tripod!

But this ver.2 animation is a bit rough coz my camera shakes on the tripod while i was taking fotos.

[Perryshotter]

@Yanamation Sweet, but did the cels you used can you print them in color, or do you have to color them and what are they exactly called?

[Yanamation]

@Perryshotter I coloured each cels traditionally using paint. Basically, the colours should paint behind the cels not in front, like i did mistakenly. Nowadays, most hand-drawn don't use cel painting. They were digitally colourised on computer, my upcoming hand-drawn animation project I'm doing now will going to be digitally coloured.

[moleman226]

@Perryshotter Yes, tripods do help, but for a non-shaky animation with constant light conditions, a scanner is best! ;)

[Yanamation]

@moleman226 I'm using scanner for my upcoming hand-drawn animation instead of camera. Gonna cum out soon!

[Yanamation]

@RobertsNetworkCom

Well, actually I was trying to do in an old fashion way, were people did before computers took over. But last moth, I tried to digitally colour the hand-drawn model sheet character then superimposed into CGI background, like 2days traditional animation.

[depletable]

You should set up a station to where your camera is stationary, so it all doesn't move.

[WebVMan]

Wow. That was old school.

[Uchitoru80]

dat was cool. i didnt know u could animate like that.

[DeJayPlp]

so how exactly did you do that, did you just cut out the guy and photo him over the background ?

[Yanamation]

No! I drew and paint the character's each movement in seperate plastic sheets without cutting!

[DeJayPlp]

tutorial or explain please

[DeJayPlp]

thanks for the links james, i realy appreciate it :) im a cg animator so i wana study up on my traditional

[Yanamation]

Actually about 42 cels or over! XD

[Yanamation]

Arigatou (Thanks) !!! ^_^

I think it takes about 25 cels or over! Because is just only a simple short animation!

[PrincessKairi124]

Cute! Ha~ Wish I could have used animation on my fake +Anima opening video. :)

[Yanamation]

Thx for commenting! n_n Look forward to see your new animation!

[steamboy51]

man nice work. keep it up! (what camera did you use?

[Yanamation]

Actually I used a digital camera, but the animation software that I used was Macromedia Flash 8, which makes the video blurr when export from the software!