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Nine Performance House: Heroes

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Being fat sometimes has benefits if you have a positive point of view. However, communication in fitness category is based on deficiency of fat people. In this campaign, we aimed not to follow this path and position fat people as daily heroes.

Heroes of all sizes welcome

Advertising Agency:Lokal, Istanbul, Turkey
Creative Directors:Ali Goral, Boran Erem
Art Director:Elvin Tür
Copywriters:Tansu Demirok, Rahman Yıldız
Digital Artist:Garo Yontan

How to Create Unique Paint Effects With Watercolour and Gouache

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Final product image
What You’ll Be Creating

I love the unpredictability of watercolour and gouache, and in this tutorial I will introduce you to the materials I use while painting and the effect they have on the paints I use.

Why Use Paint Effects?

Painting
is fun. Part of that fun is experimenting, and part of that experimentation
is not knowing what is going to happen with a painting as you work on it. I find
all of this very exciting.

Texture adds a great deal of interest to a painting,
and watching someone walk up close to one of my pieces because they want to see what I have done more
clearly is thrilling.

What You Will Need

Your
imagination. Anything goes—you just need your usual paper and paint and patience to see if your ideas work. 

Here are just some of the things I’ve been known to use in my paintings:

  • silicone
  • alcohol
  • salt
  • bleach
  • thread
  • clingfilm
  • gesso

An example of some of the items I use in my paintings

Water-Based Effects

Like every artist, I use plain water with my watercolour and gouache, but you don’t have to do that all the time. I like to add a few things to it, resulting in different appearances. Below is a mix of watercolour and gouache with just plain tap water.

Plain water

All the examples below are of a water mix put down
on clean paper and then adding the paint in after.

1. Water Plus Salt

If I sprinkle a good helping of salt in my water, swirling it until it has dissolved, the paint spreads more and becomes granular.

Water plus salt

2. Water Plus Bleach

I love this effect. The colours are so soft, and they feather at the edges. Experiment with how much bleach you mix into your water—it’s up to you, of course.

Water plus bleach

3. Water Plus Alcohol

I use either vodka (I’m a non-drinker, so I don’t have any qualms about using it to paint with) or rubbing alcohol (bought online) for this. The alcohol puts a stop to the spreading of my paint. 

Water plus alcohol

Clingfilm

Depending on where you are from, you may call this stuff something different—cellophane, cling wrap, or saran wrap are all different names
for what I know as clingfilm. But it all does the same thing with watercolour
and gouache.

Lay down your paint first, and while it is wet,
place a strip of clingfilm on top. I move it around to get the patterns and
shapes I want, and to get the direction I want them to be moving in.

Clingfilm

When the paint is dry, lift the clingfilm and you will be left with this…

Clingfilm - the result

Occasionally,
I leave the dried paint and clingfilm and feed a new, more watery colour down inside
while moving my paper at different angles, forcing the paint to spread about as
it desires. I then wait until this is dry before lifting the clingfilm.

Gesso

Gesso is wonderful. It can be watered down to any consistency you prefer. I like painting it onto my paper and leaving the brush strokes in it. When it’s dry, it is easy to paint over and scrape into (using a knife, nail, or pin), and it dries quickly.

Gesso

You can also build it up into shapes you want (below), and if you make a huge mistake with something you are working on, you can use gesso to paint over it and start again.

Gesso snodrops

Salt

A lot of watercolour artists swear by this, but I have to admit I find it a bit hit or miss (it just means I get to do more experimenting). The effects can be spectacular, but I find that although I do get a 2D texture, it isn’t enough for me. I thought I should include it, though, because you may have more luck. I may have to look at the type of paper I use—I prefer to use rough, but smooth may work better. However, I have found that the type of salt does make a difference. I sprinkle the salt onto wet watercolour, and it does its magic as it dries.

This is what dried paint looks like without salt…

Paint without salt

1. Table Salt

This tends to be the least successful as I find the grains are too fine.

Wait until the paint is dry before brushing off the salt. Some is likely to remain stuck to your paper, though.

Table salt

You will end up with a slightly granulated effect and an uneven spread of colour, but that’s what I tend to be looking for when I use salt.

Table salt dried

2. Flaked Salt

Flaked salt

This works better than table salt, and is easier to remove when it dries.

Flaked salt dried

3. Rock Salt

My favourite. It soaks up the colour, leaving little star effects in the dried paint, and it’s easily removed.

Rock salt

Just be patient when letting it dry as shaking it off your painting too early could leave you with wet paint trails where the salt has moved.

Rock salt dried

Bleach

I use this as pure bleach or watered down. I sprinkle it or paint it into my work. I use it on wet paint or dry. Something always happens, and the higher the concentration of the bleach, the more colour you lose. It’s smelly but exciting stuff. Just be careful not to splash it on your clothes.

Below is bleach dropped onto dry paint. I have used pure bleach here, without watering it down. 

Bleach dropped onto dry paint

Below is bleach dropped onto wet paint—there is more of a spread into the colour.

Bleach dropped onto wet paint

Blowing

It’s not all about what you can add to your paint. Sometimes, just blowing and manipulating the directions you blow your paint in makes all the difference. You can also change the angle of your board, tilting it as you work to move the paint around your paper.

Blowing your paint around your paper works too

Crackle Glaze

I rather like this one. It dries clear, so it can be painted on top of what you have already done and can also be painted over.

Crackle glaze painted over

Or you can rub into it, leaving a different colour in the cracks (below), and wiping off the excess on top, which allows the colour underneath to shine through.

Crackle glaze with paint rubbed into the cracks

PVA Glue

You can use this in a couple of ways. There’s the obvious use as, well, glue, sticking papers and whatever else you wish to your work. I tend to thin it a bit with water when I do this as I use tissue or handmade paper that I can manipulate into the shapes that I want, like trees. It is then easy to paint on top of.

Tissue paper trees

And then there is the option of mixing the glue directly into the paint. It gives it a soft sheen when it’s dry…

PVA mixed with watercolour

… but it is not easy to paint on top of. I like the effect, though.

Painting on top of PVA

You can also mix sand into the glue for added texture—I’ve circled the effect below. In this example, I then did a thin coat of gesso on top, which allowed me to add paint without any problems. You could add sand to the gesso too.

PVA mixed with sand

Thread

You can either just drop the thread directly onto your paper or lay down a layer of paint first. The thread can be dipped in paint before placing it on paper or dabbed with paint after putting it on your paper. Or both.

Thread

Wait until the paint is dry and then lift the thread off. You can also use straw or hair for this.

Thread effect

Splashing

There are so many ways you can do this. Use a small brush, a large one, or a toothbrush. Splash onto dry paint, splash onto wet paint, or onto just water (or water with bleach, salt, or alcohol in it). Bang on the side of your brush’s handle, or flick the loaded brush bristles themselves. Hold your brush high or very low, near to the paper. Whatever you do, the result always looks good.

Splashing

Silicone

I’ve only just started to experiment with this, so who knows what I’ll discover over the next while. Just make sure you wash your brush thoroughly with soap and water after use.

Here, the image above is split into two. I put down a layer of silicone, and on the left, I painted into it while it was still wet. The right was painted when the silicone dried.

Granulation Medium

I use granulation medium straight from the bottle instead of water. I mix it into my watercolour (it doesn’t work with gouache) as I paint and angle my board, moving the paint around my paper. It breaks the pigment into tiny granules, giving added texture. It’s wonderful layered on top of contrasting colours.

Granulation medium

Conclusion

As I write this, I am coming up with all sorts of ideas I haven’t yet tried or noting down ideas for future experimentation. What if I watered down silicone and used that as a water mix? Or what if I try mixing colour directly into the silicone? I need to try painting with pure alcohol and not mixing it with any water.

Your ideas may not always work, but the ones that do will be a wonderful surprise and make experimenting more than worthwhile. You are only limited by your own imagination.

Keeping Parent Visible While Child in :focus

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Say we have a <div>.

We only want this div to be visible when it’s hovered, so:

div:hover { 
  opacity: 1; 
}

We need focus styles as well, for accessibility, so:

div:hover,
div:focus { 
  opacity: 1; 
}

But div’s can’t be focused on their own, so we’ll need:

<div tabindex="0">
</div>

There is content in this div. Not just text, but links as well.

<div tabindex="0">
  <p>This little piggy went to market.</p>
  <a href="#market">Go to market</a>
</div>

This is where it gets tricky.

As soon as focus moves from the div to the anchor link inside it, the div is no longer in focus, which leads to this weird and potentially confusing situation:

In this example, :hover reveals the div, including the link inside. Focusing the div also works, but as soon as you tab to move focus to the link, everything disappears. The link inside can recieve focus, but it’s visually hidden because the div parent is visually hidden.

One solution here is to ensure that the div remains visible when anything inside of it is focused. New CSS has our back here:

div:hover,
div:focus,
div:focus-within { 
  opacity: 1; 
}

GIF working

But browser support isn’t great for :focus-within. If it was perfect, this is all we would need. In fact we wouldn’t even need :focus because :focus-within handles that also.

But until then, we might need JavaScript to help. How you actually approach this depends, but the idea would be something like…

  1. When a element comes into focus…
  2. If the parent of that element is also focusable, make sure it is visible
  3. When the link leaves focus…
  4. Whatever you did to make sure the parent visible is reversed

There is a lot to consider here, like which elements you actually want to watch, how to make them visible, and how far up the tree you want to go.

Something like this is a very basic approach:

var link = document.querySelector(".deal-with-focus-with-javascript");

link.addEventListener("focus", function() {
  link.parentElement.classList.add("focus");
});
link.addEventListener("blur", function() {
  link.parentElement.classList.remove("focus");
});

See the Pen :focus-within helpful a11y thing by Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) on CodePen.


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The Best Tools for designing a Mobile App

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Mobile App development industry is expanding by the day, transforming the way businesses operate worldwide. The ever-increasing number of smartphone users in the global market has resulted in this tremendous popularity of the mobile applications. Could this be the reason why every enterprise is investing in a mobile app? Certainly, Yes.

Designing mobile apps have become more streamlined and simple these days – credits to the various easy-to-use design tools. Once you are clear with your mobile app idea, you need to select an appropriate design tool that will help you design user-friendly apps for your end users. If you are a mobile app designer and want to refine your design toolkit then we have got you covered.

This blog post shares 5 best tools for designing a mobile app. I am sure, you will find the right tool as per the type and functionality of your app.

1. PhoneGap

PhoneGap is an open source platform great for building cross-platform mobile apps, this tool is easier to use and is widely used by professional designers. The interesting thing is, this tool is best suited for mobile apps that do not completely rely on phone’s built-in features for performance.

This free tool is a product of Adobe and is in great demand among developers due to the features, functionality, and overall support it offers. Again, it is a versatile platform that allows designers to design app for all the popular platforms such as Android, iPhone, Windows, and Blackberry.

The only limitation with this tool is, if you are thinking of designing a graphic-intensive app then this may not be a good option as performance issues may occur.

2. Xamarin

Xamarin is a versatile tool that shines at creating native apps for multiple platforms. Surprisingly, with this tool designers can create an app from start to finish using only c# code base. It allows develops to design great apps quickly using the same Apis, language, and IDE. Another major benefit of using  Xamarin is, it allows developers to share 75% of created code across all major mobile platforms. And this dramatically reduces the cost of app development and the app can be created in relatively less time.

If you want to design an app exclusively using C# then this tool is your best bet. This platform is quite popular and has been used by many big brands as well like Foursquare, Microsoft and IBM to name a few.

3. Axure

If you want to create fully interactive mobile apps and looking for an easy to use the tool then let your search rest here. Axure allows designers to create mobile applications and wireframing websites without any need for coding. The tool also consists of all the documentation tools that are required to make the design choices and record the layouts.

It is an elaborative application that has been devised for advance level prototyping solutions.It offers great functionality and gives the option to add interactions, ready-to-use components, patterns, make master pages and more. It surely helps designers to create more impressive  mobile app designs. And, if you are a code freak then the good news is, it gives you an option to code as well.

For Axure, you have the option to either go for the Standard edition or the Pro edition with advanced features.

4. Monocross

Monocross is an open source mobile framework that allows designers to create mobile applications for all popular platforms. This tool supports C#, mono framework, Microsoft, and .net. The interesting thing about this tool is, while still coding in C# designers can enjoy full access to the native device APIs.

Moreover, this tool reduces development time to a great extent as developers are not required to struggle with the minor intricacies of every platform. However, there is one downside of this tool especially for beginners or first-time users as there is only very limited material or support material is available online.

5. Kony App Plattform

Kony is the first choice of enterprises who are in search of a tool that can help them meet with their growing demand of mobile applications. It is an integrated, cross-platform mobile app development tool that is widely used by developers with the sound knowledge of javascript.

Kony is loaded with many impressive features such as API connection, app preview facility, automatic coding, drag-and-drop functionality, and more. Another impressive thing about this tool is, it comes with pre-built apps that provide enough support material to educate beginners and it accelerates the development process.

Despite being packed with such amazing features there is not enough material available for first time-users or novice developers that have made learning curve steep.

Wrapping up

These tools pave the way for designing high-performance apps but you need to take right design decisions. Each tool mentioned here has its own strengths and limitations, pick the one that matches your design needs seamlessly and give life to your mobile app idea. Happy Designing!

How to Create an Animated Character with Photoshop and CrazyTalk Animator 3

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What You’ll Be Creating

As a graphic designer, you may be very familiar with working in Adobe Photoshop. But Photoshop, though very powerful, isn’t good for everything—just try to animate something more advanced than a bouncing ball! Luckily, there are other programs you can use to animate a character created directly in Photoshop, so that you can design in the software meant for designing, and animate in the software meant for animating.

In this tutorial I will show you how to use such a program, CrazyTalk Animator 3, to animate a character created in Photoshop. I’ll teach you how to prepare the character for editing, how to add the bones, how to import it to CrazyTalk Animator, and then how to animate its body and facial features—with both simple and advanced techniques.

1. How to Create a Character for Animation

This part is optional. You don’t need to follow me directly; you can
create any other character or use one you’ve created before. Just make sure it’s layered like mine.

A character is the easiest to animate if it’s made of simple shapes. In Photoshop they can be created as Shapes with the Pen Tool. It’s not hard to use this tool, but if you want to learn about it, try our super short course How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop. We also have an older tutorial with a great exercise that will help you grasp the tool in no time:

If you have Photoshop CC, you can also use the more intuitive Curvature Pen Tool.

Make sure you use the Pen Tool in Shape mode. This will color the paths automatically, and you’ll be able to change the colors anytime by double clicking the thumbnail.

how to draw shapes in photoshop

Step 1

Start with a torso. It shouldn’t be completely oval; try to make the front slightly smaller. Use #acb6b8 to color it. You don’t need to copy my shape perfectly—just make sure it’s smooth and round.

simple oval torso

Step 2

Create the front leg and the paw separately (on different layers). Use the same color to blend the leg nicely with the torso. This will help us hide any potential inconsistencies in the movement.

simple cat paw

Step 3

Copy the leg with the paw, and place them behind the other layers. Change their color to #919a9c.

cat two front legs drawing

Step 4

Create two other legs the same way.

simple cat hind leg
simple cat legs drawing

Step 5

Create the tail with a simple oval. Color it with #919a9c.

simple cat tail

Step 6

Add the head. Color it with #c1cdcf.

simple cat head

Step 7

Add two ellipses for the patches around the eyes. Use the color of the torso for them.

simple cat eye patches

Step 8

Add the eyes: a black circle, a white oval for the shine, and a dark gray shape in the bottom for the reflection. Keep the eyes on separate layers.

simple cat eye vector
how to draw simple cat eyes in vector

Step 9

Create the mouth out of three circles: two of them colored like the torso, and one colored like the legs in the background.

simple cat mouth

Step 10

Add a simple ellipse for the nose. Color it with #ff7dd1.

simple cat nose

Step 11

Add the ears. Color them like the torso.

simple cat ears

Step 12

We’ve created all the body parts, but the face is just as important as the legs or tail. You can add some variations of the eyes and mouth to achieve various facial expressions you can use later in the animation. Keep them all in the same place, so you can change the expression just by showing/hiding the layers.

various facial experessions for cat

Step 13

These are all my layers. The basic ones are:

  • Front right leg
  • Front right paw
  • Back right leg
  • Back right paw
  • Tail
  • Torso
  • Front left leg
  • Front left paw
  • Back left leg
  • Back left paw
  • Head

If you want to animate the body only, merge the eyes and mouth with the head (you can merge the ears as well). If you’d like to animate the face as well, you’ll need more layers:

  • Left eye normal
  • Right eye normal
  • Left eye closed
  • Right eye closed
  • Left eye smile
  • Right eye smile
  • Left eye scared
  • Right eye scared
  • Mouth normal
  • Mouth open
  • Mouth surprised
  • Mouth smile
  • Mouth teeth
  • Right ear
  • Left ear
photoshop layered for animation

2. How to Add Bones to a Character in Photoshop

To animate our character, we need to assign a „bone” to each body part. All the bones will create a „skeleton” together, allowing you to create a fluid, realistic animation. You can easily add the bones directly in Photoshop by using a special template for quadruped motion.

Step 1

Download the templates pack and go to 01_Templates > Quadruped Template to open the template in Photoshop.

quadruped motion template

Step 2

We need to bring the template into the file with our character. To do this, make both windows visible, select all layers in the template, and drag them over the character window.

how to bring layers from a file to another file in photoshop

Step 3

With the layers still selected, use the Free Transform Tool (Control-T) to resize the skeleton to fit the character roughly.

how to resize in photoshop

Step 4

The template file contains four types of elements:

  • Images: the parts of animation that we can see.
  • Bones: the parts of animation that direct the movement of the images, though they are not visible during the animation.
  • Labels: they help us assign the bones to the correct images.
  • Pivot: it defines the ground level.

First, we need to replace the template images with our own, part by part. Open the RL_Image group, and then open a folder inside it, and delete its content.

find the folder

Replace it with a body part of your character.

replace the image inside a folder

Do this with all the folders expect the Neck (which we don’t have), and, if you want to create facial animations later, also the Head. The ears can be animated as a part of the body, but in the case of a forward-facing cat we don’t want them to move too much, so exclude them as well.

layer order ready for animation
Remember that „left” and „right” mean the directions on the body, not how you see them. So the Right Eye is the right eye of the cat.

Step 5

The images for facial expressions should be prepared the same way, except they have their own folders inside the RL_TalkingHead > HeadImage group. Place the „normal” eyes in the Iris group, and the others in the EyeWhite group.

facial expression layers eyes
facial expression layers head
facial expression layers mouth

Step 6

The images are ready, so we can add the bones now. Bones will be created automatically in CrazyTalk Animator; you just need to tell the program where the joints are. You can use the template as a reference to see where the dog has its joints and how they apply to your character.

character in photoshop how to add bones

Open the RL_Bone_Quadruped group. Each body part has its own folder containing the joints’ marks. To place the marks correctly, you can hide the other images while working on one. Start with the tail: place the marks along it, staying away from the borders of the shape. These marks will be the points of bending.

how to prepare tail for animation

Step 7

Show one of the hind paws now and find its corresponding folder with joints. Place the Foot_Nub mark almost at the tip of the foot, and the Foot mark in the middle.

how to prepare foot for animation

Step 8

Show the rest of the leg, and add the other joints: Shank for the heel, Thigh for the knee, and UpThigh for the hip.

how to prepare leg for animation

Step 9

Add joints to the other leg of the pair as well.

how to prepare cat hind legs for animation

Step 10

Come to the legs in the front now. Here, Shank is the wrist, Thigh is the elbow, and UpThigh is the shoulder (the names come from the template for a human character; that’s why they’re a little confusing when you’re creating a cat!).

cat front leg ready for animation

Step 11

Finish the other leg the same way.

how to add bones to cat front leg

Step 12

Open the Torso folder to assign the joints for the hip and the spine.

cat hip spine how to animate

Step 13

My character doesn’t really have a visible neck, but we still need to show where it is.

add neck for animation

Step 14

If you want the ears to move as a part of the body, add bones to them as well.

how to add bones to ears for animation

Step 15

If you want to animate the facial features, go to RL_TalkingHead and open the HeadBone folder. Place the marks on the corresponding facial features.

how to prepare facial features for animation

Step 16

Finally, place the ObjectPivot directly under the paws of your character (you’ll find it in the RL_Bone_Quadruped group) and take a final look at the whole skeleton. You can see it as a complete structure now, so it should be easier to see if something’s not placed right. If you spot any mistake, just go to the group and shift the mark to the correct place.

how to add bones to photoshop character

3. How to Import a Character Into CrazyTalk Animator

Step 1

Once the character is done and saved, open CrazyTalk Animator and click Create G3 Free Bone Actor.

create g3 free bone actor

Your character will be transferred into the program and shown automatically in Composer Mode. You can see how the bones have been created between the joints you’ve assigned in Photoshop. The ears don’t have real bones because I’ve made them a part of the head to stop them from moving (if you want them to move, just place them in their folder in the RL_Image group).

photoshop character imported to crazytalk

Step 2

In Composer Mode, you can play a bit with the character to see if it’s ready for animation. For example, you can click Preview to test the joints.

Click preview
test joints in crazytalk animator

Step 3

If you click Edit Pose, you’ll be able to adjust the character.

edit pose crazytalk animator

For example, you can move the whole body part along with its bones, if you’ve discovered a mistake…

how to adjust character pose crazytal kanimator

… or you can open the Bones Editor to move the bones separately.

how to move bones in crazytalk animator
move the bone crazytalk animator

Step 4

If these options are not enough for you, and you want to change something more comfortably in Photoshop, just click Launch to External PSD Editor. Or you can simply open your file again, modify it, and import one more time.

launch to external psd editor crazytalk animator

Step 5

You can notice that some of the layers have been messed up in the process of assigning the bones. We can fix it now. Just go to the Layer Manager

layer manager crazytalk animator

… and drag the layers where you want them to be. I’ve placed the ears over the face, and the front right leg and paw above the head.

how to change the layers crazytalk animator

Step 6

When you’re ready to start animating, just exit Composer Mode by clicking Back stage.

leave composer mode crazytalk animator

4. How to Add a Simple Animation to Your Character

Step 1

Once you have the character done, it’s very easy to animate it! First, open the Window > Timeline editor.

how to open timeline editor crazytalk animator

Step 2

Click Motion to see a typical timeline under your character.

where to find timeline in crazytalk animator

Step 3

CrazyTalk Animator has a set of sample animations that you can use right off the bat. Just go to Content Manager

content manager crazytalk animator

… open the Animation tab…

animation tab crazytalk animator

… go to Motion

motion templates crazytalk animator

… and go through the folders: G3 Animals

g3 animals templates crazytalk animator

Cats

cats motion templates crazytalk animator

Move

motion templates crazytalk animator

… until you get to the list of the available motions. There are many types of motions. Here, for example, you have a starting motion (1S), a loop motion (2L), and an ending motion (3E). You can use all of them to create a fluid movement.

To add the animation, simply select your character and double click the motion. For a simple walking animation, add one Walk(1S), two Walk(2L), and one Walk(3E).

how to make character walk crazytalk animator

Step 4

To play the animation, you can use the simple controls right over the timeline. To establish the start and the end of the animation, drag the red markers.

animation controls crazytalk animator

It’s walking!

If you want more ready-made motions like this, you can find them in the G3-Animals: Cats pack.

g3 animals cat motions crazytalk animator

5. How to Create a Custom Animation

The ready-made motions are universal, designed for the bones but not for the images, so sometimes they may not fit your character completely. For example, the Sit and Lick motion wasn’t designed for a forward-facing character like mine. But it’s not a problem—we can create such an animation (and many, many more) by ourselves!

sit and lick animation crazytalk animator

Step 1

Open the 2D Motion Key Editor.

2d motion key editor crazytalk animator

Step 2

Move the marker over the frame where you want your motion to happen.

how to start animation crazytalk animator

Step 3

Apply your changes. Move and rotate the bones to position your character.

bend the spine crazytalk animator
rotate the hips crazytalk animator
bend the knees crazytalk animator
put down the tail crazytalk animator

If you play the animation now, you’ll see the character change its position gradually from the first frame.

Step 4

So our kitten sits down. Now we want it to move its paw up and lick it. As you’ve just noticed, the animation happens between the keyframes—the ones where something was changed (as indicated by a dot on the timeline). If you want your character to stay in the pose for a while before getting animated towards another change, just add a keyframe manually by pressing V.

add a keyframe manually crazytalk animator

Step 5

Move the marker to the frame where you want another motion to stop.

move the marker on timeline

Step 6

Position the bones again as you like.

bring the paw up crazytalk animator
tilt the head crazytalk animator

Step 7

Play the animation to see the results! Remember: if something happens too fast or too slow, you can always drag the keyframes to change the intervals between them.

6. How to Animate Facial Expressions

Now you know how to animate the body, but what about the face? It’s not so difficult either!

Step 1

Add a keyframe where you want your motion to start.

select the time crazytalk animator

Step 2

Open the Face Puppet editor.

face puppet editor crazytalk animator

Step 3

Select the cat as the Face Animation Profile.

cat face animation profile crazytalk animator

Step 4

Click Preview and move your cursor to the center of your character’s face. Press Space and move the cursor around to see the kitten look at it!

make the character look around crazytalk animator

Step 5

There are various default facial expressions available, and their effect will depend on the assets you’ve used. I’ve discovered that the „angry” expression is actually pretty good for licking, if I move the cursor to the left, and quickly up and down!

angry animation licking crazytalk animator

You can make the character blink by clicking the left mouse button during the preview. This is going to be useful!

make character blink crazytalk animator

Step 6

Practice for a while with the preview until you are sure you know how to move the head to achieve the effect you want. Then click Record and press Space or Enter to record the motion. Press Space again to finish.

how to record facial animation crazytalk animator

Looking good!

Step 7

After the animation of licking stops, I’d like the kitten to move its paw to the ground again. To do this, place a keyframe after the animation.

add a new keyframe

Step 8

Place the marker some distance from this keyframe…

add distance between keyframes crazytalk animator

… and position the character again.

position the bones of character crazytalk animator

Step 9

After the animation is complete, I’d like the kitten to tilt its head and smile. The first part can be done with the 2D Motion Key Editor

kitten tilt head animation crazytalk animator

… and the other with the Sprite Editor.

sprote editor crazytalk animator

Step 10

With the marker in the proper frame, select the element of the face you want to change and then select the image you want to replace it with.

sprite editor change eyes to smile crazytalk animator
smiling eyes crazytalk animator

It’s smiling!

Step 11

To finish the animation, you can add another keyframe later, with the facial features back to normal.

niormal facial features crazytalk animator

7. How to Finish the Animation

But what if you want to add some animation at the start, where there are too few frames to add anything? No problem! Let’s just add more frames.

Step 1

Make sure you have the Project on your list.

how to make project visible crazytalk animator

Step 2

Click Collect Clip.

collect clip crazytalk animator

Step 3

Click Insert Frame.

how to insert frames crazytalk animator

Step 4

Type the number of frames you want to add. Don’t be afraid to add too many; it’s easy to remove the empty ones.

how to add more frames crazytalk animator

Step 5

The frames have been added! I’ve decided to fill them with a walking animation.

add walking animation on the beginning crazytalk animator

Step 6

Make sure your two animations both have enough space on the timeline, and that they meet at the correct moment.

how to connect two animations crazytalk animator

Step 7

The kitten is walking in place for now, but it can be fixed. Just go to the first frame and move the character outside of the scene.

move the character outside of the scene crazytalk animator

The motion speed will be adjusted to the distance automatically.

Step 8

I’ve added more frames between the walking and licking animations to make it all slower. My kitten will now blink cutely and move its tail as well.

cat blinking crazytalk animator

Step 9

When your animation is finished and ready to be shown to the world, go to Render > Render Video.

render video crazytalk animator

Step 10

Adjust the options to your liking. Make sure the Range of frames is correct!

render video options crazytalk animator

Good Job!

My kitten is walking, smiling, and licking its paw! And how about your character? I’d love to see your result, so don’t be afraid to share it in the comments!


Master Adobe XD With These 4 Courses

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Adobe XD is the perfect graphic tool for anyone who designs for the web. It allows for designing, prototyping, and collaborating with others, all from within one application. 

But as it’s still quite a new app, there’s only limited information available out there on how to get the most out of it. So you’ll want to check out these four Adobe XD courses, in which instructor Dan White takes you through the software in detail. 

If you take all four courses, you’ll end up with a comprehensive understanding of how to use the essential tools in Adobe XD, as well as a grasp of more specialised topics like icon design, prototyping, and landing page design. 

Icon design in Adobe XD
Designing a search icon in Adobe XD

1. This Is Adobe XD

Adobe XD (also known as “Experience Design”) is fast becoming the web designer’s graphic tool of choice. In this course, you’ll learn about all of the essential tools you’ll need to start designing and prototyping with Adobe XD.

 

2. Icon Design With Adobe XD

This short course focuses on learning how to use the tools available in Adobe XD to design a variety of different icons. You’ll start by creating a grid to work on, before learning how to use the various tools in Adobe XD to create and customise stylish icons.

 

3. Prototyping an App With Adobe XD

In this course, you’ll learn how to wireframe, prototype, and design an app with Adobe XD. Originally recorded as a livestream, the course takes you through the steps involved in creating several screens for a fictional social platform. It includes detailed discussion of the process from start to finish, including questions from the participants.

 

4. Landing Page Design With Adobe XD

Learn how to wireframe and design a landing page from start to finish, all within Adobe XD. You’ll get detailed instruction on each of the steps involved, as well as looking at some useful tricks and tips that can be used to create this complete landing page design for a fictional company.

 

Watch Any Course Now

You can take any of our courses straight away with a subscription to Envato Elements. For a single low monthly fee, you get access not only to these courses, but also to our growing library of over 1,000 video courses and industry-leading eBooks on Envato Tuts+. 

Plus you now get unlimited downloads from the huge Envato Elements library of 400,000+ creative assets. Create with unique fonts, photos, graphics and templates, and deliver better projects faster.

Best Resources of 2017: Awesome Fonts You Must Have!

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Get the best fonts of 2017. Check out this list below.

21 of the Best Fonts of 2017

The end of the year is almost here, and you know what that means! We’ve got another great list of premium resources for you.

Today, we bring you 21 of the best fonts from Envato Market and Envato Elements. These fonts feature everything from retro-inspired styles to playful typefaces with bouncy baselines.

Cool fonts are just what you need to create clever and unique designs. Enjoy beautiful script fonts and sans serif styles that are sure to impress.

Download professionally made typefaces that are easy to use! Or get quality help from our experts at Envato Studio.

Learn More About Fonts

New to typefaces? Learn how to use fonts with the help of these lessons:

Astronout Signature Typeface

Push the limits with this stunning Astronout typeface. This sleek font features a distinct signature style with realistic finishes. Use it as your official signature on personal documents, brand stationery, and more.

Astronout Signature Typeface

Fusioner Typeface

Or check out this awesome Fusioner typeface with cool graffiti elements. This epic typeface merges street style details with futuristic design. Get access to a full set of letters, numbers, and punctuation in this download.

Fusioner Typeface

Parlour Typeface

Reflect that vintage era you’re going for with this retro Parlour typeface. The old-fashioned design features all capital letters along with punctuation and special glyphs. Add a bit of grunge to your work with a subtle typeface.

Parlour Typeface

Burelom Brush Script

Brush scripts give you the best aspects of handwritten design without all the fuss. This Burelom typeface features a natural brush style with a mix of smooth and rough edges. It captures the essence of rugged design while maintaining a nice rhythm. Try it out!

Burelom Brush Script

Honeycomb Font

Lure all your customers with this gorgeous Honeycomb font. This modern design features a lovely calligraphic style with fat to thin brush strokes for more appeal. Download this font pack to get full letters and punctuation, as well as international support.

Honeycomb Font

Crazy Marker Graffiti Font

Marker stains are permanent. Avoid the mess that comes with traditional art tools by downloading a graphic graffiti font like Crazy Marker. This handwritten font features 376 glyphs including letters, numbers, and stylistic alternates.

Crazy Marker Graffiti Font

The Douglas Collections

There’s nothing better than a great font bundle. This Douglas collection features 12 of the finest handmade fonts you’ll want to include in your arsenal. Equip yourself with the ultimate font and vector shape combo to transform your workflow.

The Douglas Collections

Bananito Font Duo

Created by our very own instructor, Yulia Sokolova, the playful Bananito font features beautiful curves and quirky details. The design combines common cheery elements with a sleek minimalist style to make your work look fresh and creative. You’ll love this font!

Bananito Font Duo

Letter Craft Font

Designers are keeping traditional calligraphy styles alive with digital font types. Check out this Letter Craft font, for example. The design features a modern, trendy look that is suitable for many projects.

Letter Craft Font

Masto Typeface

Launch your dream with a compelling logo. The incredible Masto font features a unique calligraphic design with fluid brush strokes. Get that authentic, hand-crafted feel with a brilliant typeface that looks as if it was just written.

Masto Typeface

Arion Signature Typeface

It’s always good to keep a few signature fonts on deck. Try this Arion signature, for instance. Test out your name using the easy-to-use text preview to see how it looks. A great deal for designers, this pack gives you two amazing fonts for one price.

Arion Signature Typeface

Metropolis Font-Family

Some of your favorite fonts have incredible back stories to them. This Metropolis font family was originally inspired by a 1927 Fritz Lang movie and influenced by its classic style. It revives the classic elegance of traditional serif typefaces while maintaining some modernity. Give it a try!

Metropolis Font-Family

Cebo Font

Futuristic fonts are always sleek and minimal. And this Cebo font doesn’t disappoint. This font package features five professional typefaces with several styles to choose from. Use it for headers and logos, or even on a t-shirt design.

Cebo Font

Billy Ohio Typeface

Billy Ohio is a dry brush style typeface that is hard to miss. You’ll love the mix of elegant swooping letters with rough brush accents for any creative endeavor. Download it today to get a full set of numbers, letters, and stylistic alternates.

Billy Ohio Typeface

Maxwell Sans Bold Typeface

Clean and condensed, this Maxwell Sans Bold Typeface is inspired by similar font styles from the 1950s. Incorporate a bit of vintage nostalgic into your work, with a font that is sure to enhance your designs. Test it out!

Maxwell Sans Bold

Zalora Typeface

Display fonts are best suited for fabulous design. And you’ll want to dive into the next incredible adventure with this Zalora typeface. Featuring eight unique display fonts, this pack includes both grunge and inline versions.

Zalora Typeface

Amsterdam Font Collection

Create the perfect postcard of your memories. Download a font like Amsterdam to satisfy the travel lover within you. This collection features four stylish signature fonts with lowercase and capital letters. Enjoy!

Amsterdam Font Collection

Zenzero Grotesk Typeface

There’s nothing grotesque about this Zenzero Grotesk typeface. Featuring a mixture of sans serif and slab font styles, this typeface will set your work apart from the rest. Download it today to use it in endless design projects.

Zenzero Grotesk Typeface

Selfish Font

Selfish is a cheeky, flirty font that will make you feel a little guilty. Enjoy the stylish design with simplistic letters that are absolutely charming. The best part? You’ll be able to use this font in multiple languages, making it an essential asset for everyone!

Selfish Font

Brightshine Typeface

Cursive scripts are elegant and romantic. This Brightshine typeface features 313 glyphs with tons of alternate characters. Add it to a Valentine’s Day design or incorporate it into a lovely greeting card to make someone’s day!

Brightshine Typeface

The Risk – Handmade Font

Without risk, there’s no reward. The Risk is a tough, handmade typeface featuring a compelling, casual design. Start your next journey with a trendy aesthetic that is both modern and textural.

The Risk - Handmade font

Conclusion

This list features exciting
resources for the avid designer
familiar with type design. For
additional help with your font needs, enlist the skills of a talented
professional by choosing one of the amazing designers from Envato Studio.

And
with loads of fonts available at your fingertips, chances are we’ve
missed a few to add to your personal collection. Be sure to browse Envato Market and Envato Elements for more resources, and let us know your favorites in the comments below!