Welcome to this weeks art class.  This week I will  be featuring some e-z animation tips.

Notice figures 1-10.



figure 1

Notice in figure 1 how the basic drawing is not very detailed but basic.  Some may want to be more perfect, but what we really need is to get the point across for our purpose of the video.   The same in our artwork, we want to have the right visual impact with our work, we also need in our animation.  One can have the most perfect video, but not have the visual impact to drive the point home, the viewers may miss the point.

Notice how the next frames form a smooth transition to the finale frame.




figure 2






Figure 3





Figure 4




Figure 5






Figure 6






Figure 7


Figure 8








Figure 9






Figure 10

And there you have it. Just by manipulating painting with those tools I introduced you to in Microsoft paint last week and reducing the size of the object of the video and touching up the background on each frame, we give the visual effect that the ship is taking off into space, thus delivering the desired visual perspective and adding force to our slogan at the end. “Tri-Net Designs, Going the distance To serve You!”

That is a wrap for this weeks class.  Next week will we will explore other ways to use the grid technique to correct or refine details on a drawing or painting.  Thank you and until next week, keep drawing and keep animating.
Jonah D. Martin President of Solution Motion Pictures.  S. M. P. Press on-line.

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