Now we’re going to fill in the color on the clothing, but instead of just blocking in solid colors and adding highlights and shadows, we’re going to use gradients for some of the shading. For my animation, I’m going to use a gradient to add highlights to Shinji’s black leather coat.
Flash Frame-By-Frame Animation: Detailed Animation Part VII
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
After the last lesson you should have retraced the lines for your animated character’s clothing, using the Pen Tool in the same fashion that we retraced the head and features.
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- Introduction
- Taking Care of Solid Fills
- Painting in a Base Color
- Creating Your Gradient
- Brush Tool Settings
- Adding Gradient Areas
- Adjusting the Gradients
- Finished Result
- Finished Result II
- Creating the Cycling Movie Clip
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