So I've been working on a cartoon.

Blah etc.

I have no exp with animation software. Or things like that.

does anyone know of sites. Books. Software. I'd need.


I obv will need a drawing tablet. Anyone with exp om or post

Price is no issue. Anything u can find is appreciated. I don't even know where to start.

Animation? Flash, after effects, final cut pro would all work.
Tablets are nice for drawing(Intuos3/4 are good).

you can do puppet animation in after effects or flash with a mouse, just look up "after effects animation tutorial" its pretty easy

take character from internet, rig character to hierarchy, place on background, start making keys, it automatically in betweens them

if you want to do drawn animation, get a tablet and get toonboom, then pickup "animators survival kit" and start studying

Good start.

Bump.

be more specific with what your looking for

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=62070303&f=27

I am trying to make a cartoon. 2d like family guy/ southpark. Mission hill. Bobs burgers.

I can draw. Have my whole life. But have never messed with computer animation.

ISO software. Tablets. Info on how I got about doing this

south park is done with puppet animation and stock expressions in a program like after effects


mission hill and family guy are done in limited animation (most of the movements are isolated while the rest of the body stays static) which you could start by drawing the key poses on paper, importing to flipbook 6, then drawing partials(the limb that does the movement for example) for the actual animation on a seperate layer, then importing in to flash or toonboom to ink and paint digitally on a tablet. Sometimes puppet animation is used in those shows too depending on the movement


i would have to see the characters your working with but probably puppet animation is going to be your best bet if you want to make a full cartoon because hand drawing things takes tons more time while puppet is super quick


pm me if you want more info

This is def helpful.
pmd

I'm not going all out right away. I obv have to start somewhere. I just want something to show. Get investors blah blah.

Pretty much got my ISO. But any other opinions?