Dynamic 2D video game character animation with free tools

About Dynamic 2D video game character animation with free tools

Last update: 2018 April 1st. With DragonBones 5.6 came the new Mesh tool! Check out lecture 17 and 18 and learn to use it today!------ ------ ------ Update: 2017 June 7.Just added a lecture about the proper idle animation! New lectures coming soon!------ ------ ------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!