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ebenheizerm28787053
Inspiring
November 11, 2019
Question

South Park Style Animation Tips & Tricks Help in CH

  • November 11, 2019
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Dear brothers in arms of animation warfare, especially on Youtube,

 

I would like to know how to mimick that choppy stop motion animation style of South Park, which are:

The head movement when the character is speaking

&

The entire puppet movement when the character is walking

 

Please share your tips, tricks & hacks.

A video would be very great and muchly appreciated!

 

Sorry for my bad english.

 

Sincerely,

Ben

 

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alank99101739
alank99101739
Legend
May 23, 2020

Huh. I found an old video on layer picker driven from audio levels. I am not sure it is really useful, but it reminded me of this thread. Watch through to the second half where I get audio going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4O2O4e3cc

ebenheizerm28787053
ebenheizerm28787053Author
Inspiring
May 27, 2020

Thanks!

shooterstache
shooterstache
Inspiring
November 18, 2019

I started out thinking "South Park" style since I can't draw...but its morphed into its own similar style due to some CH tricks. I still am not a fan of the walk function though.

 

https://www.facebook.com/shooterstache/

 

    ebenheizerm28787053
    ebenheizerm28787053Author
    Inspiring
    November 28, 2019

    Agree! South Park Animation is very simple actually!

    alank99101739
    alank99101739
    Legend
    November 15, 2019

    Hmmm. Best I can think of would be to add a transform behavior to the Head, then create 20 secs of different head x/y offset numbers each frame. Maybe slight rotation as well. Painful. But then record it as a replay with trigger. After that a single key press will make the head jitter - just use the trigger when talking.

      ebenheizerm28787053
      ebenheizerm28787053Author
      Inspiring
      November 28, 2019

      I decided to make the backhair pivot from the same position as the head and then I copied the keyframes applied to the head to the back hair, thus creating the illusion:)

       

      P. S.

      Sorry, this reply actually for your comment in another post of mine.

      Shivangi_Gupta
      Community Manager
      Shivangi_GuptaCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      November 15, 2019

      Hi Ben,

       

      That's an interesting question. I searched an found there are many online tutorials available for the South Park animation.

      Here's an example: South Park Animation Style Tutorial 

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Let us know if it helps. I'll keep searching if there is more information related to Character Animator with this.

       

      Thanks,

      Shivangi

       

        ebenheizerm28787053
        ebenheizerm28787053Author
        Inspiring
        November 28, 2019

        Yes! I watched that video! And there comes another question:

         

        I noticed there are lines between the arms and the body (to distinguish the arms from the body) when the arms are resting at "A" position. When the arms move, thus not overlapping the body, the lines will disappear (unlike outline which will always follow), and if the arms overlap the body, the line will be there to distinguish the arms from the body again (even when not in the "A" rest position, like when doing hand movements, the lines are still there every time the arms overlap the body). Do you know how to make the same effect in Character Animator?

         

        That video explains how it's made in After Effects (Not CH), using something called Alpha Matte I guess?

         

        Do you know how to make that same effect in CH?

        Thank you!

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