Release. Pressure. Animate.

down to good planning, discussions and similar goals. Thus teamwork is of high
importance; everyone should be on the same line constantly.
2.3 The 2D digital style. (After effects, flash, TVpaint)
The digital workflow can look much like the more traditional 2D animation field but with
the logically added undo option (CTRL+Z, anyone?) and the option of having an
automated in-between here and there. But, in reality there‟s much more to it. The same
accounts for the style, it can look a lot like traditional animation, but often can (easier)
provide a more slick and clean feel to it or can even look totally different. It should be
noted that there‟s a lot you can do with a computer and 2D animation combination.
There‟s the more traditional approach, cut-out, scripted/programming, particles with
sprites and so forth. I‟ll not explain every type and will not discuss every one of them by
itself, but I‟ll show the basis of digital animation (only of the kind where the animator
actually poses the character himself instead of (fully) scripted or simulated animations)
and its workflow and results. Consider this to be a continuation of the previous described
workflow with its own adaptation and changes as it has many similarities to begin with.
The incredibly effective Wacom
Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display
is helping “paperless” animation
become a reality.
All Cintiq 21UZ images courtesy of
Wacom.
Toonboom mentions that there are several methods for
creating digital animation, but two that remain widely
used are:
- Frame-by-frame paperless animation
- and cut-out paperless animation.
(Toonboom, 2011a, toonboom.com)
Let‟s start and elaborate on the first one.
The workflow of an animator that does frame-by-frame drawing without automatic in-
betweening is very similar to the analogue traditional 2D workflow. Though, he will not
have to „flip through pages‟ to check out his animation, but can quickly play back and
forth his animation test (this also accounts for paperless cut-out versus paper cut-out).
There‟s much cost and time efficiency in this, as there‟s no scanning time and paper
costs involved for a good timing or motion test. (Toonboom, 2011b, toonboom.com)
He‟ll also be able to choose between a pose-to-pose approach as well as straight forward
2. The difference in Animation fields
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