Adobe Character Animation
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SimonsVersatile animal character with several key triggered eye and hand expressions. Featured in the tutorial for Key Triggers and Cycle Layers.
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WilkGreen monster with head turns and a fire-breathing animation. A good Adobe Illustrator example (but a PSD sample is included as well). Featured in Making Your First Character.
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Red Monster LiveUsed in the Red Monster Live broadcast, this complex puppet has automatic camera changes, overlay graphics, and several animations.
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EvansInsanely complicated robot with walk cycle, secondary head, weapon hands, blend modes and more. Featured in Tips & Tricks - June 2017.
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CassandraA good example of hair physics - Cassandra has multiple strands of independent dangle hair and a separate background hair group. Featured in Tips & Tricks - September 2016.
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RamirezShort blue monster with head turns and tie dangle. Featured in Jetpack Early Adopter.
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ShmarflopA hand-drawn sketch cut up in Photoshop and made into a puppet. Draggable with 3 eyes and dangling tenctacles. Featured in Character Animator Live - Episode 2.
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FuryFriendly red monster with triggerable fire hands. Featured in Making Your First Cartoon.
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AcquavellaA bouncy, googly-eyed alien with head turns and a 4-leg walk cycle. Featured in Tips & Tricks - June 2017.
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DudeA simple face with eye/nose parallax, eyelids, and key triggers. Featured on Character Animator Live - Episode 3.
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PickupbotAn object interaction example - tap B to "pick up" the box. Featured in Tips & Tricks - Feburary 2017.
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ScribblesSketched head that continually cycles through three different lines to give it a kinetic look. Featured in Tips & Tricks - January 2017.
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AuroraSnowgirl with separate dangle behaviors for her scarf and hat.
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SethHead turning example character. Featured in Sticks & Dragging.
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CrimsonSuperhero made for San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Dangling hair and cape as well as fire powers with lighting effects.
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Adobe Animation Character Videos
Making your own animated face
Making Your First Character
Building a Puppet from Scratch
Keyboard Triggers and Cycle Layers
Sticks and Rigging
Character animation
Walking feature
Charcter animator Live
September 2016
October 2017 Tips and Tricks
November 2016
December 2016 Tips and Tricks
January 2017
February 2017 Tips and Tricks
March 2017 Tips and Tricks
April 2017 Tips and Tricks
Tips on tags and handles, recording arm and hand animations, adding a simple shadow in After Effects, how to turn a 5-year-old's crayon monster drawing into an animated puppet, and a Photoshop illustration tutorial