Paper Animations

These projects were created from original ideas and hand drawings initially. The students then scanned in their drawings, colored portions

of the frames or added backgrounds, animated them using Photoshop, and exported them as web format .gif files. View this website with similar art.

All the below animations were created by Bowie students using the light tables and copy stands.

Your first hand drawn animation will be a bouncing ball, the second will be something swinging,
and your third will be walking, running, jumping, or lifting something so plan them out so you don't waste time.

Below is an example including the pegboard so you can see that each frame was drawn on regular 8x10 inch paper and shot on the copy stand.

Animating a hand drawn sequence of images can be challenging. Aligning your images correctly before tracing them using a lightbox is a vitally important part of animating by hand. To animate objects moving (within the frame) that don't change size (or transform over time) simply move them in the frame by tracing. Move the cel before tracing so the placement of the object is at another location within the frame. Ensure the alignment of the boxes are exactly in place before proceeding to the next frame.

Your grade will consist of several factors. The criteria is below:

Idea
Drawings
Effort
Alignment of frames = when playing the animation it should be smooth vs. choppy
Smooth movement = small amounts of movement between frames vs larger distances equals rougher animation
Tracing of objects that don't move such as a tree (unless it's growing)
Digital color enhancement or background
Saved as .psd
Exported as .gif