Class Clarification

due north this course you lot will learn how to combine two amazing free programs to create smooth and flexible 2D game character animations!


Inkscape is a gratis and open-source Vector Analogy software.
With it you tin create versatile, fix to use grapheme designs in no fourth dimension!
Draw anything, export in any size - Perfect for 2D game design!

There are several slap-up courses published about Inkscape, but in this i you can learn how to create a graphic symbol and make information technology gear up to animate!

DragonBones is a gratuitous second Skeletal Animation plan.
Import your character parts, create the bone organization and animate! Information technology is really this easy!

The standalone version just came out at the end of 2022, so this is the first full and comprehensive English grade about DragonBones! There are just a very few DragonBones tutorial online, if you want to learn the software, this is a skillful identify to start!

During this game animation course you lot will

  • design a elementary knight graphic symbol in Inkscape (feel gratuitous to design your very own character using the same method!)
  • export the grapheme properly to be used with DragonBones
  • assemble the character and build upwards the skeletal structure
  • create and use meshes to animate soft bodies, similar cape and pilus
  • create four basic animations for the same character: idle, walk, attack, die (more will be added later on!)
  • easily change your character to a totally new version, while keeping all the animations!

The course is mostly about DragonBones, so you volition need some basic Inkscape knowledge to follow the design part at the showtime!

Follow the course and ask me anything every bit you develop your animations!

Designer and design teacher

István Szép

I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and design instructor for more than ten years. I create clever logos and cute illustrations. I like to inspire, share my cognition and make people think and laugh! I am constantly sharing knowledge about design and life as a freelancer. I teach online since 2022. Exploring new means to create and sharing my knowledge is what I like the most - so don't exist afraid to ask, I'g here to teach!

Form curriculum

  • 2

    • Blueprint the knight character in Inkscape - Function 1.

    • Design the knight character in Inkscape - Role 2.

    • Design the knight character in Inkscape - Part 3.

      Complimentary PREVIEW

  • 3

    • Exporting the knight pattern from Inkscape

    • Welcome to DragomBones!

    • Import and gather your character in DragonBones

  • four

    • Create the bone system for your character

    • Using live video references - a primal to reality and good spacing

    • The commencement animation: idle

    • Create and edit mesh in DragonBones

    • Graphic symbol walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 1: the beginning steps!

    • Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part 2: Move your artillery!

    • Character walk cycle in DragonBones - Part iii: animate flexible meshes

    • Grapheme walk cycle in DragonBones - Part iv: walk with grace - animating the cape

    • Set on! - Attack move animation Function 1.

    • Attack! - Set on move animation Function 2.

    • Dying animation sequence

  • five

    • Export your animated sprites from DragonBones

    • The All-time trick: create modular characters with Inkscape and DragonBones