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Posted July 01, 2016
Question- Trying to learn how to do basic animations (like stick figures) and would like to know how to go about it. Currently using Linux Mint so any articles, programs, tutorials that I should read or have?

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Posted July 01, 2016
http://pivotanimator.net/ ^_^

https://www.bloopanimation.com/animation-for-beginners/

http://animation.about.com/od/otherusefultutorials/u/animationbasics.htm
Post edited July 01, 2016 by gogamess
Posted July 01, 2016
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Posted July 01, 2016
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gogamess: http://pivotanimator.net/ ^_^
Pivot is only available for Windows, Wine is required to run it on Linux.  <span class="bold">Stykz</span> is a similar application that offers more features and runs natively on Linux.
Posted July 01, 2016
The first you need is a pen to draw with. At a time Wacom was the only choice, but now you can use various other brands or use a Surface PC.

I can recommend giving PAP 4.0 Pro a try - it is a free download, and has loads of features - adjustable onion skin and pressure, blue pen for sketching, and a really nice Zoom Menu to quickly zoom, drag and rotate the canvas.

_Slaugh_ recommended Pencil2D, which is quite good too. Nice and simple. I kinda think of it as MS Paint, but with animation in it.
Posted July 03, 2016
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Emachine9643: Trying to learn how to do basic animations (like stick figures)
 
If I understand correctly, you're interested in learning <span class="bold">skeletal animation</span>, often called bone-based animation.  Most of the aforementioned applications will help you to achieve this, with two exceptions:  PAP and Pencil2d are designed for hand-drawn animations.
 
 
Creating a walking animation is a foundation exercise, but it's also one of the most difficult to master as a beginning animator.  Here are some useful links to help you in this task :

   ▪  Dermot O'Connor's walk cycle tutorial
   ▪  Mike Brown's animation tutorials
   ▪  25 best walk cycle animation videos and keyframe illustrations
 
 
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Post edited July 03, 2016 by _Slaugh_
Posted July 03, 2016
... also, I forgot that PAP is windows only. Sorry!
Posted July 03, 2016
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KasperHviid: ... also, I forgot that PAP is windows only. Sorry!
... but it should work under Wine.  ;-)
Posted July 11, 2016
Thanks for the replies! Everyone was given a star. Thank you again and yes, Slaugh, thats what Im looking to do.
Posted July 13, 2016
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Emachine9643: Thanks for the replies! Everyone was given a star. Thank you again and yes, Slaugh, thats what Im looking to do.
I'm glad I could help!   :-)
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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