Paper Animations

These projects were created from original ideas and hand drawings initially. The students then digitized 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 down shooters.

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.

The below examples are only paper, but you will create yours by adding color digitally in some way.

To view at the correct speeds you may have to wait awhile for your computer processor to catchup. Be patient!

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.

Handout of tutorial steps here!

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

Drawings
Effort (clean & neat lines)
Alignment of frames = when playing the animation it should be smooth vs. choppy
Smooth movement = small amounts of movement between frames vs larger distances (rougher animation)
Digital color enhancement or background
Saved as .psd
Exported as .gif