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2D character animation with DragonBones and Inkscape

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2D character animation with DragonBones and Inkscape

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About 2D character animation with DragonBones and Inkscape

Welcome to the course!

Before you start!

Design the knight character in Inkscape - Part 1

Design the knight character in Inkscape - Part 2

Drawing the knight -3

Exporting from Inkscape for animation

Welcome to DragonBones!

Import and assemble your character to DragonBones

Create the bone system of your character

Use video references!

Our very first animation :)

Idle animation

Creating a mesh!

Animating more soft parts with mesh editing

Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 1: the first steps!

Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 2: move your arms!

Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 3: animating meshes!

Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 4: final touches

Creating an attack move - Part 1

Creating an attack move - Part 2

Dying animation sequence

Export your animated sprites from DragonBones

BONUS: Creating modular characters in DragonBones!

What You Will Learn?

  • In this course you will learn how to combine two amazing free programs to create smooth and flexible 2D game character animations!.
  • Inkscape is a free and open-source Vector Illustration software.With it you can create versatile, ready to use character designs in no time! Draw anything, export in any size - Perfect for 2D game design!.
  • There are several great courses published about Inkscape, but in this one you can learn how to create a character and make it ready to animate!DragonBones is a free 2D Skeletal Animation program. Import your character parts, create the bone system and animate! It is really this easy!The standalone version just came out at the end of 2016, so this is the first full and comprehensive English course about DragonBones! There are only a very few DragonBones tutorial online, if you want to learn the software, this is a good place to start!.
  • During this game animation course you will.
  • design a simple knight character in Inkscape (feel free to design your very own character using the same method!).
  • export the character properly to be used with DragonBones.
  • assemble the character and build up the skeletal structure.
  • create and use meshes to animate soft bodies, like cape and hair.
  • create four basic animations for the same character: idle, walk, attack, die (more will be added later!).
  • easily modify your character to a totally new version, while keeping all the animations!.
  • The course is mostly about DragonBones, so you will need some basic Inkscape knowledge to follow the design part at the start!.
  • Follow the course and ask me anything as you develop your animations! .