Learn to Draw Animation - BillyBear4Kids.com

BillyBear4Kids.Com Welcomes YOU!
Learn to Draw ... Create Animation

Banner Advertisements

Animation

Pup1.gif - 1597 Bytes Plus.gif - 1026 Bytes Pup1b.gif - 1651 Bytes equal.gif - 993 Bytes a-Puppy1.GIF - 1948 Bytes

1 picture (called a Cel) + 1 picture (Cel 2) = an animation.

To make a cartoon, like the ones you watch on tv...
it takes LOTS of pictures.

SEE MORE PUPPY ANIMATION

Before you can animate... you have to learn how to draw! Remember... the more you practice... the better you'll get! Draw with pencils on paper... draw with a mouse on the computer.

Animation Sheets to Study

Look at these study sheets to see how each frame is changed to create the animation.

t-animation-turtle.gif - 4372 Bytes

Bee - 2 Frames | Elephant Blowing Bubbles - 7 Frames

Practice drawing your own animations.

Blank 3 Frame Animation Practice Sheet

Frames... Cels... both are correct.
You'll hear both words as you study animation.

How to Draw each cel...

For the animation you see on our internet site...
GIF Construction & Animation Shop (JASC) was used.

SampleShot.gif - 12218 Bytes

The stick figure program (horse stick figure above) is FREE from Pivot... Click here to download this freeware program. Pivot.zip [about 500KB]

Link to another site...
Zoetrope ... The name comes from an old toy used to view animation. This applet shows you how you take 6 different drawings (aka cels)... put them together and viola... animation!

RETURN TO DRAWING PAGE

BACK TO THE PAGE YOU WERE ON
If your browser does not support JavaScript... To return to the page
you where on, click on your browser's BACK button.