How I Create Character Animations

 In this section, I will explain how I create an animation for a character.

All my drawing work is first done in a drawing software called SAI2, and then processed in Photoshop.

sai2

The first step is to design the character's movements, keyframes, and draw the sketches.

Then color and outline the character illustrations.

Then, the character illustrations are broken down into different parts to facilitate animation; the principle is similar to shadow puppetry.

After the split is complete, I will create animated models and animations using a software called live2dcubism.

Live2Dcubism

I will install the model skeleton on this software and then set the parameters.

After setting the parameters, you can start creating animations. This software also provides a timeline, so I can create animations directly within the software.

Once the animation is complete, you can export it. For this action, I will create both a trigger animation and a continuous animation.

trigger animation

continuous animation.