Adobe Animate creating characters and so on

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Hey, I am completely new with adobe animate. My questions are - I would like to make animation in old-style like "Looney Tunes" or like old Disney animations with Micky, Donald etc. Can I make anything like that in adobe animate? Do I need to know how to draw or is there some generator which could help me create characters and background? Or there is nothing like that and I have to make everything from scratch. The last question is - how to start with adobe animate, how to start learning, and what how this learning process should look like?

n. tilcheff · Answer

I would recommend to start with Preston Blair's book Advanced Animation, 1st edition, which is available online:

https://animationresources.org/instruction-preston-blairs-advanced-animation/

Learn construction and how to draw solid and expressive looking characters on paper with a 2B pencil.

Then, after a year or two, get yourself a drawing tablet and do frame-by-frame animation exercises, using some free software.

No need to spend money on Animate, while you have no idea what you are even trying to do.

As for "Looney Tunes" and "Mickey" Golden Age stuff, give yourself 10 years to get half-way there.

Good luck!

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