Adjusting Your Workspace

Adjusting Your Workspace

Before we begin designing, let's take a look at how we can change the workspace to benefit our design process.

Designing Vector Characters in Adobe Animate

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Downloadable Exercise Files

  • Designing_Characters_Adobe_Animate_Exercise_Files.zip

Welcome

  • What You Will Learn in this Course
  • Prerequisites for this Course
  • Explanation of Exercise Files
  • Adjusting Your Workspace
  • Setting Up Your Document
  • Exploring Animate's Draw Tools
  • Using Snap to Objects

Inking the Head and Hair

  • Outlining the Head
  • Drawing the Hair
  • Drawing Hair Strands
  • Drawing Ponytail

Inking the Torso and Limbs

  • Inking the Torso and Neck
  • Drawing the Jacket
  • Inking the Arms
  • Designing the Hands
  • Inking the Pelvis, Legs and Feet

Filling, Shading and Highlighting Your Character

  • Coloring in the Head and Hair
  • Filling the Body Pieces
  • Filling the Limbs
  • Applying Shading to Character
  • Adding Highlights to the Character

Inking, Coloring and Masking the Eyes

  • Designing the Eyeball, Lids and Pupil
  • Masking and Highlighting Eyes
  • Adding Eyebrows and Nose

Creating Additional Mouth, Hand and Head Poses

  • Inking, Coloring and Masking the Mouth Template
  • Molding Additional Mouth Poses
  • Inking and Filling New Hand Poses
  • Overviewing Two Additional Head Poses

Conclusion

  • Cleaning Up Layers
  • Polishing Your Design
  • Rendering an Image
  • Final Thoughts