Digital Art and Animation

• comic makers

  • Animation: https://www.toonytool.com

  • https://www.animaker.com/cartoon-maker

  • https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/eCcYjphOEgY/comic-creator/?mode=movie&locale=en 

• Anime like characters https://medibangpaint.com/en/ 

• Drawing Apps: Procreate or Sketchbook

• Tapas: https://tapas.io/ (upload your comic to platform)

• Medibang: https://medibangpaint.com/en/ (has a comic feature)

• Procreate: https://procreate.com/ Good for designing characters

• animation in Procreate

  • https://www.skillshare.com/en/blog/using-procreate-for-animation-tutorial-and-guide/ 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raxCLHbOu0o 

  • https://jaejohns.com/procreate-animation/ 

  • https://procreate.com/handbook/procreate/animation/ 

• storyboarding

  • https://www.storyboardthat.com/ 

• digital art and graphic design

  • • free online graphic design courses: https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/design/free-online-graphic-design-courses 

    • just creative: https://justcreative.com/best-free-graphic-design-courses-online/ 

    • How to learn graphic design: https://www.shillingtoneducation.com/blog/how-to-learn-graphic-design/

    • six places to learn Photoshop for free: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/04/02/learn-photoshop-for-free

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• video editing

  • Adobe Premiere: https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html 

  • Tutorial on Adobe Premiere Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwlW76sFCM 

  • Best video editing programs: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2017/12/15/best-video-editing-software-for-beginners 

  • how to edit video for beginners: https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/how-to-edit-video-for-beginners/ 

  • editing tips: https://www.adorama.com/alc/video-editing-tips-for-beginners/ 

  • free video editing software: https://www.shopify.com/blog/best-free-video-editing-software 

• computer generate imagery (CGI)

• What is CGI? https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-cgi-meaning-definition/ 

• CGI terms for kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Computer-generated_imagery 

• CGI 3D: http://web.pdx.edu/~squarum/5typesofanimation/cgi.html 

• CGI Animation Process: http://multimediamcc.com/old-students/ashaver/3d_process.html 

• How CGI Works: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/05/this-is-how-cgi-actually-works 

• animation

  • • HANDDRAWN ANIMATION

      1. https://www.instructables.com/Hand-Drawn-Animated-Movie/

      2. https://ambanimation.com/ambaa/2d-animation-tutorial-draw-animation-paper/ 

      3. https://medium.com/the-inspired-animator/4-free-apps-to-get-you-started-with-hand-drawn-animation-64874cb6bcd0 

      4. https://animationpaper.com/ 

      5. https://untamedscience.com/filmmaking/post-production/how-to-make-hand-drawn-style-animations/ 

    • DIGITAL

    • BLENDER: https://www.blender.org/ 

      1. Good for rendering, sculpting, modeling, animation and rigging, scripting and interfacing

    • PISKEL to create animated sprites and pixel art: https://www.piskelapp.com/ 

    • OPEN TOONZ for 2D ANIMATION: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/ 

    • animation for beginners: https://www.bloopanimation.com/animation-for-beginners/ 

    • animation mentor: https://www.animationmentor.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-animation-for-beginners/

    • principles of animation: https://www.creativebloq.com/advice/understand-the-12-principles-of-animation

    • https://idearocketanimation.com/13721-12-principles-of-animation-gifs/ 

    • creative bloq: https://www.creativebloq.com/advice/how-to-get-started-with-animation/2 

    • 10 free animation software programs: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/free-animation-software

    • Pencil 2D Animation (good for beginners): https://www.pencil2d.org/

    • intro to Adobe Animate 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7huMYp7WpsI 

    • unity: https://unity.com/ 

      1. https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-a-simple-game-in-Unity-3D/

      2. https://learn.unity.com/ 

      3. beginners tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB1F9G0JXOo 

      4. Unity game development tutorials: https://www.gamedesigning.org/learn/unity/ 

      5. 7 best courses to learn unity: https://javinpaul.medium.com/7-best-courses-to-learn-unity-for-game-development-in-2020-99f870d88e5e 

      6. free unity course: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/game-development-for-beginners-unity-course/ 

      7. unity courses ($): https://www.udemy.com/topic/unity/ 

    • stop motion lego animation

      1. tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byhude3fzAQ 

      2. instructables: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-a-Lego-stop-motion-construction-movie/ 

      3. lego: https://www.lego.com/en-us/kids/videos/the-lego-movie-2/moviemaker-masterclass-video-3-stop-motion-195a642446e240189c3a9c679b055a1d 

      4. tips and tricks: https://brickfilms.com/8-brickfilming-tips-tricks-lego-stop-motions/ 

      5. how to make a lego movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Effc2dMmOJE 

      6. https://www.intofilm.org/intofilm-production/165/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-resource-intofilm.pdf 

Magazines

https://www.marq.com/blog/how-to-make-a-magazine-in-twelve-steps 

Research for Blender Animations

https://cgcookie.com/courses/fundamentals-of-animation-in-blender 

https://www.soft8soft.com/docs/manual/en/blender/Animation.html 

https://it-s.com/how-to-create-3d-animation-video-in-blender/