OpenToonz Toonz: Random Storyboarding Exercise

[Rodney]

Random doodles inspired by terminology that appears in OpenToonz that has captured the imagination of developers and users.

Brush courtesy of MyPaint integration into OpenToonz.  :)

Column?   Layer?  Row!

Row = an argument (there isn't any argument connected with this but there could be in an alternate universe!)

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There's something different about the new intern...

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Tested out the 'tall grass' MyPaint brush.

Probably should use more of a dry Savanah tan color?

For behind the scenes info see:  newartofanimation

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Random environmental exploration featuring MyPaint in OpenToonz:

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Hope everyone is safe and weathering the storm well.

It sounds (and looks) bad.

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I haven't posted anything in this topic in quite awhile so here's a random exercise of storyboarding with no particular story point in mind.

I suppose the exercise could be called "character enters scene and then exits somewhere inside the background image".

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Playing with the new v1.2 release of OpenToonz.

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Spritesheet rendering... for automatic layout of comic strip panels.

TIP:  The pointers of word balloons are super easy in OpenToonz.

Just draw a single line from balloon to character and then use the Pump Tool to taper the ends larger and smaller.

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Animated GIF upload testing...