Create a Simple Cut-Out 2D Animation in Toon Boom Harmony

Learn 2D animation basics rigging a character in Toon Boom Harmony 15, and even create a walk cycle

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Create a Simple Cut-Out 2D Animation in Toon Boom Harmony
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Feb 2018
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$49.99
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What you will learn

You will learn how to create parent-child rigging

How to use use Drawing Substitutions

How to use Curve Deformers

How to use Bone Deformers

…and even how to create a simple Walk Cycle!

Why take this course?

So, what exactly is “Cut-Out Animation”?

In 2D animation, there are 2 different types of animation. One is hand drawn, or full animation, and the other is cut-out or limited animation.  With cutout animation you are basically working with a puppet. A good comparison is like of the Halloween decoration of the skeleton that is hinged together. It's because of this hinging that you can pose the skeleton in different positions.

Cut-out animation became very popular with the advent of television, and a need to provide animated content much quicker than it had been produced.  A good comparison would be full animation is Bugs Bunny this animation was in theaters, playing before movies. In contrast cut-out animation is like Fred Flintstone, So by creating a system where not every frame of animation had to be completely drawn out, characters were broken down into pieces (head, torso, arms, legs, etc) or cut out. This way you didn't have to draw the head more than once, or different mouth movements or hands. A modern day example of cut-out animation is the cartoon South Park. Think about the basic mouth movements of the characters. They were created once, and then used over, and over. This helps speed up the production, as new mouth drawings are rarely needed, if at all.

Even though 2D animation is rarely in theaters in the US, because of new networks like Netflix or Amazon as well as mobile games and Ebooks, 2D animation is still In high demand.

Our character, The Pepper, was designed to imitate the simplicity of the character Plankton for the cartoon Sponge Bob Square Pants. A basic oval-shape that encompasses his torso, head, and tail, with simple arms and legs attached.

This course shows you how simple it is to create 2D animation using Toon Boom Harmony, an industry standard for producing animated television shows, and films. 

In this course, I can show you how to:

  • Set up basic character rigging
  • How to Animate a simple eye blink
  • Learn how to bend and distort drawings
  • …and even create a Walk Cycle!
    (Jobs have been won, and lost on the ability, or inability to create a convincing walk cycle)

This course was designed so you could follow along, and learn not only Toon Boom Harmony, but some of the basic principles of animation itself!

So, enroll in this course, and let's get this Pepper character moving!

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Reviews

Amy
February 26, 2023
Easy to follow. Good knowledge. Wish we could have played with lip sync and other movement, but great fundamentals!
Patrick
February 24, 2023
Because I'm a newbie with Toonboom and at rigging, so far these courses have started out with someone like myself in mind (slow at learning with no skill in the subject). Each unit has essential step by step easy to follow along instructions, breaking it all down for deeper learning through context.
Moshe
February 10, 2021
I didn't realize that you don't teach how to draw the character; which is actually in another course. But so far, the teaching is well done.
Ronnie
December 16, 2020
I've been waiting for Tony Ross to create this course using ToonBoom Premium and it is finally here and I love it! He takes his time to explain in great detail and I know he will continue to do so with future courses because that is what makes him Tony Ross (The Software Boss). I love the course and would recommend it without hesitation.
Erine
May 15, 2019
Excelente didática! Ótimo conteúdo referente à aula para ser acessado e praticado. Contudo, não era o que eu esperava, pois senti falta da abordagem de alguns elementos básicos importantes do programa, como o uso das nodes. Ao final da última aula, também me desapontei com o resultado da animação produzida, demasiada cru, intervalada e nada polida. Esperava que o professor me ensinasse como a aperfeiçoar depois de ter feito o básico. Dito isso, sua didática permanece pra mim como o ponto alto deste curso - clara, com ritmo agradável e fácil de acompanhar.
Jene
February 24, 2019
Having puppeting animation experience in After Effects, but no knowledge of Harmony, this was perfect. It covered all the necessary points while also being engaging.
JL
September 24, 2018
Tony is so perfectly clear in all his explanations!!! He really understands where the beginner is coming from. Tks
Arian
May 17, 2018
yes, when i first began this lesson i already had a good idea on what toon boom was, but now i learned many more tricks and shortcuts, so it has helped me a lot.

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