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Having had used a bouncing ball as a test, I decided to apply what I learned by trying out layers for the first time in Adobe Animate. The program allows you to have a lot of layers.
In this project I ended up using four different layers: one layer for one of the figures, one for the other figure, another for the background, and the last one for color.
A lot of the animations I made prior to this were not colored. I only used one layer and redrew the background each time I drew a frame, which was very tedious and at the end didn't make it look very good. Which is why I'm glad this program allows you to have more than one layer.
I also did an animation of Elm and animated her hair moving in the wind:
I really like how it turned out. I used four layers for this one: one for the color, one for the hair, one of the figure, and one for the background.
In the future I plan to post animations that are longer than a few seconds. For now doing animation consistently and doing short animations like this, helps me get back into the habit of animating.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Of the two animations I made which one is your favorite?
I thought I'd share some figure drawings of my characters I did along with my other drawings, since I recently have been working on drawing human figures.
Let's begin:
This is a full body drawing of Oak, I really like how it turned out in the end.
She doesn't have her scars in this drawing, because this is long before she joined the Hunters of Artemis.
This is a drawing I did of Ginny Di's D&D character, Aisling. I really like how her hair and ears turned out. (And after drawing I realized I forgot her freckles, so I decided to edit them in.)
This is a figure drawing of Elm, it was really fun to draw her dress and hair.
A drawing of Ginny Di's Tiefling bard, Clio. I decided to draw her because I thought the horns, and the freckles looked so cool on this particular character.
A figure drawing of Chirara, I really liked drawing her dress.
A figure drawing of Phoenix, it was fun to draw his wings.
For this Camp NaNoWriMo I am going to be writing my novel, Dolls of Wax, Eyes of Glass. And this is my goal for it:
At the moment I only know one narrator's telling of the story (that being Matilda), but in the future I know I will know more about Felix's. As for what I am going to do in July, I have plans to do my other project: The Mystery of the Body Thief, and work mostly on editing it and writing the second draft.
As for my inspiration for Dolls of Wax, Eyes of Glass, it came from a very detailed nightmare I had about wax dolls, which I decided would be a perfect starting point for a novel. And from there I just built on from it...
Synopsis
Genre: Gothic Horror | Historical Fiction Series: it's a stand alone.
Maltida Moore was found dead at the castle, her brother, Felix, is missing. No trace of him was found except an eyeless wax doll made in his likeness. What happened at the castle is unknown, but it is as if something evil is lurking within it...something evil is causing these terrible events to happen.
The Narrators
There is a third narrator, but they only narrate a small portion of the story. And instead of including all the characters (some of which may or may not even exist), I thought I'd show who is going to be telling the story to you, and who may not always be reliable in their telling of their story to you:
Matilda Moore
Matilda, is a rather quiet person. She tends to sit and read books, and does not enjoy social situations all that much. She would much prefer reading books, than talking to other ladies of high class.
Felix Moore
Felix is a very social person, and thrives in social interactions. He also dreams (silently) of being a romantic hero, and also has a hobby he spends some of his time doing: hunting.
Here are some songs that I will listen to when I am writing, and I have listened to them lot when I have been plotting the story.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What is your favorite Gothic Horror or ghost story? What are you writing for April's Camp NaNoWriMo?
