Animating a dog in OpenToonz - part 1of 3 (OpenToonz Tutorial)

I have just uploaded the first of 3 videos on how I created a 20 second animation for a client (to use on their KZbin channel).
It was a LOT of fun, and I videod the whole process (it took 3 days).
I have broken it down into 3 parts;
Part 1 (this one) - shows how I created the pencil layer of the dog jumping in and out of the scene.
Part 2 - shows how I animated the head turn, the dog lifting his leg and "peeing" (this was the best part ;-) and some secondary animation.
Part 3 - shows how I coloured the entire animation and then reversed it (the client wanted it to play L to R and also R to L) - also how I rendered it out as GIFs so the client can use it in their KZbin videos.
If you haven't done so already, please take a look at the other 2 videos that are part of this 3 video series.
I did this entire animation in OpenToonz.
OpenToonz is a professional, free (Opensource) 2D animation program.
You can download OpenToonz here:
opentoonz.github.io/e/
I have created a course on using OpenToonz to animate - for more details on this course, please see the links below;
Animating With OpenToonz:
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"Animating with OpenToonz" covers everything an animator needs to know about OpenToonz, from setting it up, and all the basics, all the way to more complex techniques and tools that one can use to really let OpenToonz show its' power.
This is a very hands-on course, leaning more to the application of OpenToonz, rather than just all the theory of it. So the project that I take on, and encourage the animator to do to, is central to the course. In between every project video, there will be technical explanation videos that go through what we have just used in more detail. So even if the animator does not do the project, she will be able to follow all the technical theory that goes into the creation of the project.
It comes with downloads needed for the project plus some locomotion templates to make the animation of certain parts much easier.
The course covers:
1. Basics - installing, FF Mpeg, Tools and workplace windows etc.
2. Drawing - the 2 main methods; vectors & raster, and how to use them to the full
3. Animating - covering the various methods and techniques OpenToonz offers
4. FX - we dive into some of the methods we can use the powefull FX that OpenToonz is packed with.
The course is broken into a few sections;
1. Basics - covering all the basics you need to get going with OpenToonz
2. Scene 1 - we start creating straight away in Scene 1, from drawing to animating.
3. Scene 2 - the creation continues in a second scene, as we explore more of OpenToonz.
4. FX - we add a variety of special effects (FX) to the 2 scenes.
5. Finally we render the final video and put it together with sound effects to form a wonderful piece of animation.
6. In between each part of the creation and animation of this piece there will be videos on the specific part of OpenToonz that we are covering in that part of the creation or animation, so the student can see specifically and in more detail what we are using and how we are using it.
7. There will be a section at the end of each scene covering what we have learnt and what we have used, just to once again reinforce the tools of OpenToonz and how we have used them.
The course is available on at a 40% discount to it's anticipated price when it is 100% complete.
Completion should be early in 2024.
Click the link below to go take a look at the course:
Animating With OpenToonz:
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To join my mailing list:
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To see more of what I offer, please visit my Website:
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And here are the links to my courses directly:
Making A Short Animated Movie:
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Locomotion Course Bundle:
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Animating With OpenToonz:
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This 2D animation was created using Opentoonz
Music by www.Bensound.com
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[@jrcanimation]

Super ❤

[@jameswhitelawanimation]

Thank you 🙏😊

[@darksee327]

❤

[@jameswhitelawanimation]

thank you :-)

[@user-rf1pq7sb3u]

Thank you

[@jameswhitelawanimation]

You are very welcome, thank you too :-)

[@AnkitDhimanClub]

😢😢i create a new scene and new level in opentoonz and load something in level like any 3 mb file and save now i delete my level just select and del button and save my file still same 3 mb solution please my open oveloaded like that 😓😓

[@jameswhitelawanimation]

Hi Ankit, are you saying that when you delete the level the 3 mb file is still there?

[@AnkitDhimanClub]

@@jameswhitelawanimation when i create a new scene and load any file in the level and after delete the level ,soo scene size is equal to level size which i important, also after deleted, why There us nothing at these point in my project so size wannna be almost none why it is not like that

[@AnkitDhimanClub]

@@jameswhitelawanimation Basically, after loading data at the main level and deleting it, I am not able to free up the space it takes data in project.

[@jameswhitelawanimation]

Hi Ankit, oh I see, it's a space issue, yeah - that is quite strange, but I honestly don't know why it does that, sorry I can't shed any light on that.

[@AnkitDhimanClub]

​@@jameswhitelawanimationNo problem Thank you for your response🥰