After creating my flying animation for the Butterfly Dragon, I decided to give it a go with the little fox character that I created. I imported the scan of my sketch into Adobe Photoshop and traced over it with the paintbrush tool. For this experiment, I chose not to use colour.
The first step was to get my outline completed.
I then copied and pasted the outline onto 4 frames, moving it upwards slightly each time. The wings were then added on an animation layer to give the flying effect.
I then imported my video into Adobe AfterEffects to loop the flying animation.
This is the end result after being exported from Adobe AfterEffects
After exporting my first version, I decided to go back to my animation in Adobe Photoshop and make a few adjustments. This involved removing the tail and eyes from a few of my static frames in order to animate them, to make the character's flying motion seem more realistic.
I feel like the animation is a lot more successful with the addition of the extra movement and I am very pleased with how it has turned out.
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