LO3: Creating the Animated Visuals

The animation I have made has been created on the program Adobe Animate. Adobe Animate allows me to create 2D frame-by-frame, since it allows me to draw seperate drawings in seperate keys which are layed out on a time line. Once all these drawings have been drawn (through the use of a graphics tablet) they are then played out smoothly at a high frame rate of 24.00 FPS in order to create the smooth illusion of momvement in my animations. The keys which I drawn in can be seen below:

The image you can see above are a group of keys on seperate layers. All these keys contain a seperate drawing, which then plays smoothly when played at a high frame rate. 

Another feature which I use on Adobe Animate, to create for example the impression that a monster is floating around in space, is a classic tween. Classic tweens is an effect which creates the transition of a moving shape by filling in the gap between to seperate key frames. Classic tweens look like this:

You can see that the classic frame has filled in the gap between two seperate key frames. If used correctly this can create the impression of objects moving from one location to another, and can also have many other different uses. 

When creating frame-by-frame animation, I draw using a graphics tablet, which you can see me using below. 

Adobe Animate also features a very useful tool called onion skinning, which is used by frame-by-frame animators to see faintly the frame they were drawing previously, in order for them to successfully draw a smooth frame to play after wards. An image of this is below. 

My animated visuasl were also created through the use of layers, which allowed me to layer visuals over the top of each other in order to create a clear sense of a 2D world which still contained space. I included a screen recording of the final animated visual for the last scene, which shows clearly how layers have been used in the animation, and will also give you more insight into the 2D animation process.

Screen Recording of the final scene of GALEXACO in Adobe Animate from George Allan on Vimeo.