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Animation Through the Ages: Golden Age

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Learn how to create a golden age style animation from start to finish. Prepare to be guided on all things 40s and early 50s animation. At the same time, you’ll be guided through some of the animation workflow.

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Classic Cartoon Fans Assemble!

Do you love that classic cartoony animation, reminiscent of the Golden Age where Bugs Bunny graced the big screens? With Twinimation’s 40 lesson, 6 hour course, we’ll teach you the most important elements of cartoony animation and how you can use them in your own works!

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Contents

Chapter 0: PowerPoint Introduction

Learn about the history of Golden Age animation. Note this video is an edited version from the full Animation Through the Ages PowerPoint, featuring only the Golden Age section. There may be some abrupt cuts.
PowerPoint

Chapter 1: Character Design

Here is the page I referenced in the lesson.

https://animationresources.org/drawing-drawing-100k-animation-drawing-course-04-2-legged-characters-full-body/
Character Design Prep
Character Design

Chapter 2: Book Analysis

We will analyze different sections of this book.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cartoon-character-animation-with-maya-9781501351983/
Book Analysis 1
Book Analysis 2
Book Analysis 3
Book Analysis 4
Book Analysis 5
Book Analysis 6
Book Analysis 7
Book Analysis 8
Book Analysis 9
Book Analysis 10
Book Analysis 11

Chapter 3: Thumbnails and Storyboard

Storyboard
Blind Date Analysis

Chapter 4: Exporting Storyboard for Krita

Here I explain how to export a video file from Davinci resolve into an image sequence for Krita.
How to Export a Video for Krita

Chapter 5: Animation

Animation Part 1
Animation Part 2
Animation Part 3
Animation Part 4
Animation Part 5
Animation Part 6
Animation Part 7
Animation Part 8
Animation Part 9
Animation Part 10

Chapter 6: Clean Up

Clean Up Part 1
Clean Up Part 2

Chapter 7: Color

Color Part 1
Color Part 2
Color Part 3

Chapter 8: Background

Background

Chapter 9: Sound

Sound

Chapter 10: Final

Postproduction 1
Postproduction 2
Postproduction 3
Postproduction 4
Postproduction 5
Golden Age Film

Recommended Projects

Recommended Project ideas following course completion.

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Recommended Projects

Recommended materials

  • A computer/drawing tablet for digital work; paper (preferably animation paper) for traditional art.
  • A cintiq pen for digital work; pencils (preferably colored pencils) for traditional art.
  • A light table is recommended for traditional art, but is not necessary.
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