Creating a character out of paper pieces


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Creating a character out of paper pieces
by Bruce Benamran on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:10:58 pm

Hi,

i'd like to have a character made of paper pieces (with an id photo for the head); it's for a deam sequence.

my idea is having pieces of paper for :
- one for the torso
- two for the arms and hands
- two for the legs and feet
- a photo for the head

i'd like to animate it then.

i thought of the puppet tool to do that, but each time i try to use the puppet tool, it distorts the pieces of paper instead of simply moving them.

So here's my question :
should i be using the puppet tool to do that, of should i animate the layers separately, having cleverly set the anchor points (at shoulders and hips) and having parented everything to the torso ?

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Re: Creating a character out of paper pieces
by Jon Etheridge on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:56:48 pm

Hey man.

I would go your second rout by setting the anchor points and parenting everything to the torso and animating each part individually.

I use that style a lot for my cartoons. See some examples here. http://vimeo.com/1988217

and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Jon Etheridge
Appsro inc
jon@appsro.com

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Re: Creating a character out of paper pieces
by Jeremy Richardson on Feb 4, 2009 at 3:46:07 pm

Alternatively you can modify that workflow slightly and implement inverse kinematics. This will allow you to animate one layer and the others will follow along.

http://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/ik.html

Jeremy Richardson
www.justjerm.com

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Re: Creating a character out of paper pieces
by Bruce Benamran on Feb 4, 2009 at 4:04:12 pm

Thanks, i saw your demo and that's really the kind of effect i'm looking for...

i guess, then, that i'll go with anchors and parenting, and then precomp the animation in a layer...

Thanks

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