Mikey is now available to download for free. Check out Episode 8 for more info! 0:58 Draw Sketch 3:42 Draw Eyes 4:27 Draw Mouth 5:20 Layer Structure 7:17 Rigging Arms 11:10 Rigging Mouth 11:38 Rigging Eyes 14:12 Rigging Dangles
Damn best tutorial to start with for sure, and I have watched hundreds soon! Def gonna watch more videos, and please make video on how to do facial expressions for a character and implement it, would really appreciate it
@@ChrisOVEMERY It worked but it goes too fast on the first 2 layers and lingers too long on the last, lol. I am trying to find a way to give all three the same amount of air time but haven't found it yet. Hopefully I can figure it out.
@@Dramadonia sounds strange. The cycle goes the same speed all through (you set the speed in behaviour options) You could also add a few layers in the beginning to slow the first part down and delete a few on the last to slow the linger down.
You don't know how much you have helped me. I am old school and disabled and I have watched so many videos even ones I have paid for.What I learned from you is how to connect evething together. I did not understand how to select the arm, then add the bones then tag it. I thought if you tag it that was enough. I knew there was a flow but my brain just didn't get it. I have so many stories to tell and could not get my puppets correct. First, I was having problems with the eyes moving in the head, then I would get disconnected from my link doing changes. I wished people would do like you, don't assume I know how to do something because you rushed and did not show each detail. I am going to finish my puppets this week and post. I am going to include your name and#adobeCharactheranimator
Thanks Karen! I've stumbled across a fair share of "basic tutorials" that still assume I know stuff from the get go. Annoying. Glad you found the video helpful!
Hi dude, first of all, thanks for the tutorial. I need your help with one subject which I didn't found a solution. When my arms move, they are bending from the elbow point which I selected. But, the elbows aren't moving like real elbow as yours. Because in your puppet, your lower arm following the elbow and your arm is not bending too much. I mean your lower arm is passing through on the upper arm. How can I do that?
hey & thanks!!! Kinda hard to know from the top of my head... Sounds a littlebit like your arm istn independent? I guess you've got all the handles and bones right? If you still haven't figured it out you could send it to chris[at]ovemery.com and I could look at it /chris
Nice work Chris, your videos are clear and very educational and amazing production value. I would like to start on an animation project also but still thingking what to use and what will best serve my project. Character Animator, Adobe Animate or Reallusion Cartoon Creator. anyway Im already a fan! I wish to watch more of your adventures and tutorials.
Heyyy man! Thank you so much. My recommendation honestly is to just pick one and start (if youre new). With time you'll learn that different software shines in different areas. Actually, in my new episode 5 dropping tomorrow I'm breaking down my setup and what I use when. Check it out if interested!
@@ChrisOVEMERY yes, I used and created a short before with Reallusion and want to test CA now thats why im binge watching your videos as I try my hand on Character Animator and your videos helps a lot. I can see you will have hundreds of thousands of subscribers in no time.
Quick guess: 1 your head is independent (it should not be) 2. On main puppet folder in Ch, set attach to origin, and attach style free under independent box (properties to the right)
Jim Crick44 thank you!! Everything up to the shooting is Ch. The shooting is frame by frame (quite few actually) made with ToonBoom. You could easily use Flash or just Photoshop to create that same thing though. Thanks again. Stay tuned for more eps, and check out my first if ya still havent :)
Chris OVEMERY How did you keep the character looking the same in both softwares? Did you have to redesign him over or use the same photoshop build? Thanks!
Looks great! If you wanted to make different body views of this character like a right quarter, left quarter, left profile, right profile; would you think it would work better by creating different characters for each of those views or would it be better to create swap sets? Thanks.
Hey, thanks. yeah I probably would work with a different rig for that. Ive done that for front view as an example. There might be some smart way of keeping everything on same project but I tend to rather split things up than having a "super rig". Smoother for the cpu and if (when) things crash its always good to have more file versions
Chris OVEMERY cool video. There's no way I got half the talent to sketch and draw like you, Chris. I was wondering if it's possible to purchase a vector illustration from someplace like Fiverr and animate that? Just asking if that's possible? I'm new to this, thanks.
Hey, new subscriber here. Love the simple rigs, any chance you can do an explanatory on how you turned the characters body around and shot the gun at the beginning. I’m having trouble with body turning. Thanks!
Hey man! Thanks for the sub. I generally use a lot of character animator but I also love mixing different software & use whats best for each situation. The "action part" in the beginning is made in Toon Boom (could also easily be made in Adobe animate if that's ur preferred software) I'm going to do tutorials on all software I use in the future and how I mix it up.
Chris OVEMERY Sounds good. I am not familiar with Toon boon at all but I have the Adobe suite and Blender. I’m looking forward to seeing that video, and maybe please include the turning around sequence if it’s possible. Thanks!
@@JC-ov8ko In short, its basicly just a cycle of drawings (frames) that runs through from turn/grab gun/shoot. Hence its low fps look. But it would be a lot of work doing those drawings 24fps.. Not sure if that info helped or just messed things up :) Anyways, thanks for the input!
thanks for the tutorial. im searching for a short and informative tutorial and i found you. easy to follow tutorial. i have one question tho. after i do this, i want to make a trigger animation, like waving, pointing etc. how do you that?
Hey Thanks man! I will look into a trigger tutorial for sure (its a little long of an answer to come with here) But until then, check out Okay Samurais channel.
@@ChrisOVEMERY You are very talented. I am about ready to retire from 30 + years of making videos and I came across Character Animator and your channel and thought I might give it a try in retirement. I was one of the first 3D animators many years ago so I knew a few things (long forgotten). So although you make it look easy (because your talented) I know I will have a steep learning curve and your channel will help.So again thank you and keep inspiring people.
Hello i wanna make game design for my game 2D like the whole design character background environment etc. which program should i use from adobe i am so confused please help
theres not one answer to that question.. you could make background art in photoshop and animations in animate for example. You could do it all in photoshop or animate too,
@@JustSmile949 Animation is a long journey and I cant say theres a specific software to learn first above any else. Get used to a program with a timeline. I personally started with After Effects. But really, start wit after effects, Animate, photoshop timeline or anything like that. Play around with using art with a timeline. Eventually you will gravitate towards your goal
Hye, I have really important question to ask since I could find it elsewhere on google. How did you create the background of your puppet. Did you create the background with adobe animate or after effect? Looking forward to your answer, tq!
Hi man! I suppose you mean the cabin-background in the intro/outro. That is all photoshop and then put together in after effects. Check my "is this made in character animator"-video for more detail
Hey Chris, what tool are you creating your environments/backgrounds in? I have to get a proof of concept out by Friday and struggling a bit here. Please and thanks!
Hey! + sign in a Ps-layer indicates its an independent object in Ch. If you want to you can skip the + and instead make it independent in Ch in rig mode and marking the crown symbol next to the layer.
hmm, I often do that in rigging in general in different software because it decrease the distortion of the bending arm. I am not 100% sure this applies in Ch though. Just a "rigging thing in general"
This deserves 100x more views-great video! Just curious about something; do you think Character Animator is ideal for 2d animated shorts, or would you say making them frame-by-frame on something like Adobe Animate would be better for that purpose? I know Character Animator is great for tutorials and explainer videos and maybe some episodes too, but what are your thoughts?
Hey man! First of all thanks a lot! Regarding your question it depends a little on what type of animated short you want to do. More often than not though, I use both depending on the scene. Generally Ch for the dialogue parts an animate or toonboom for action sequences & stuff. I break it down in my video "Is this made in Character Animator" dropped a few weeks ago
Hey chris what classes do i need to take to learn all this? Id like to actually take the full classes and not just learn on youtube. Please let me know. Thank you!
Damn, hard question dude. I only have some base knowledge in Graphic Design (2 year education) Drawing and animation is just years of drawing stuff (and being a comic book nerd since forever) but ALSO youtube. Don't underestimate youtube! Best of luck my man
@@ChrisOVEMERY i am trying the youtube route but i need like a basic layout of where to start and whats next and once i learn it all i want to put it all together. Even if it takes two years. I just need a script to follow. Any suggestions?
Damn man.. sound like Character Animator isnt for you haha :D There are much better stuff out there if ya dont dig the performance cpt. Perhaps Animate or Toonboom is what youre looking for! I personally dont keyframe in Character Animator at all, and probably wont, until that day they will ad keyframe possibilities for stuff like draggers (arms etc)
Excellent work as always!
Thanks Dave!!
such a solid tutorial man! I'm definitely going to be referring to this while creating my first character.
Thank you!! More stuff coming
Mike Rickshaw agree
just create my first with this. thk you so much
You’re the man! Been learning from you all week and I can’t wait to apply it in my own world! Thank you!
Mikey is now available to download for free. Check out Episode 8 for more info!
0:58 Draw Sketch
3:42 Draw Eyes
4:27 Draw Mouth
5:20 Layer Structure
7:17 Rigging Arms
11:10 Rigging Mouth
11:38 Rigging Eyes
14:12 Rigging Dangles
hey, Chris what's the music playing in the background?
@@Alex-rr7qc Hey Alex, its a friends band - Dusty Miller. Check em out on Spotify
How did I just find this, dude! You are a master!
Thank you siiiiir!
Can add learning, ready to practice making animated videos, thank you for the knowledge.
I made my first character rig today. Looking forward to being able to make cool scenes like you :)
Awesome!!! Cant wait to see what you come up with!
Thank you for the great tutorial Chris. It is very clear and easy to follow.
Happy to help out!
Nice! I am impressed with the doing the art in the PSD puppet file. I had been using GIMP.
Best Adobe Character animator tutorial
Excellent work as amazing :)
Thank you. So clear and concise. A real timesaver.
Awesome! Happy to help
So cool man.
Damn dude this is the best tutorial i found for character rigging. Big thanks!
Thanks Juno!!!! Stay tuned for more :)
Good work. And well explained. THX for sharing your workflow.
Thanks man! Glad it helped!
Damn, you're the boss !
Damn best tutorial to start with for sure, and I have watched hundreds soon! Def gonna watch more videos, and please make video on how to do facial expressions for a character and implement it, would really appreciate it
Thanks man!!! Means alot to me. Got some other stuff planned first but I'll look into that. Stay tuned!
Great work! Thanks for your help, I have a long way to go but I'm starting to get my head round the "RIG" part of it.
Love it! Go for it man!
Fantastic tutorial! Just what I was looking for. Thank you.
Awesome man! Happy you found it helpful
Very clear - Thanks Chris
Happy to hear that man! Thank you!
Awesome tutorial! Subscribed and looking forward to seeing more. Thanks and good job!
Thanks man! More coming soon!
Amazing Sir, Thank you for sharing.
this is underrated
I think you helped me figure out how to finally get my eyes to blink the way I want them to. Well I guess I'll find out. Thanks again.
yeah, there's a couple of different routes to take in how you want the eyes. But I'm happy if I helped in some way!
@@ChrisOVEMERY It worked but it goes too fast on the first 2 layers and lingers too long on the last, lol. I am trying to find a way to give all three the same amount of air time but haven't found it yet. Hopefully I can figure it out.
@@Dramadonia sounds strange. The cycle goes the same speed all through (you set the speed in behaviour options)
You could also add a few layers in the beginning to slow the first part down and delete a few on the last to slow the linger down.
love you'r work ands you'r drawing style !!!
Thank you so much 😀
Thanks Chris. Helped me rethink a few issues with my own rigs, particularly arms. Great job!
Isaac Graham cool! Glad it helped!
your channel is GREAT .... fantastic job... ciao
Thank you!!!! New vid on wednesday
This is very inspiring and clearly explained. Also you have a good youtubing voice (not the zany shouting of so many videos). Thank you so much!
Thank you! Im really insecure about speaking English so that means a lot.
Your extremely talented! Thanks for this!
THank you. Happy you found it useful
You don't know how much you have helped me. I am old school and disabled and I have watched so many videos even ones I have paid for.What I learned from you is how to connect evething together. I did not understand how to select the arm, then add the bones then tag it. I thought if you tag it that was enough. I knew there was a flow but my brain just didn't get it. I have so many stories to tell and could not get my puppets correct. First, I was having problems with the eyes moving in the head, then I would get disconnected from my link doing changes. I wished people would do like you, don't assume I know how to do something because you rushed and did not show each detail. I am going to finish my puppets this week and post. I am going to include your name and#adobeCharactheranimator
Thanks Karen! I've stumbled across a fair share of "basic tutorials" that still assume I know stuff from the get go. Annoying. Glad you found the video helpful!
Very good stuff man!! You made that look very easy LOL
THanks man!!!
Amazing tutorial Chris! Thank You 👍
MUHAMMAD ZAKIRIN Thank YOU!! :)
This was freaking awesome! I really love the character - and a great tutorial overall! More og this!!!
Øyvind Fjørtoft thanks alot man!!
Fantastic!! just discovered your channel :-)
thank you!
awesome video!
Cool, very cool. Loved the shotgun intro! :)
haha, thank you!
Thanks for Tutorial !
Brilliant work 👏
Thank you!!! More coming
Great video
Hi dude, first of all, thanks for the tutorial. I need your help with one subject which I didn't found a solution. When my arms move, they are bending from the elbow point which I selected. But, the elbows aren't moving like real elbow as yours. Because in your puppet, your lower arm following the elbow and your arm is not bending too much. I mean your lower arm is passing through on the upper arm. How can I do that?
hey & thanks!!! Kinda hard to know from the top of my head... Sounds a littlebit like your arm istn independent? I guess you've got all the handles and bones right?
If you still haven't figured it out you could send it to chris[at]ovemery.com and I could look at it /chris
Thanks!!
That was rigging and what about its animation??
This really helped me alot!! you are crazy talented
Glad it helped! & Thanks! :) More coming soon
simple and amzaing teaching method.
Thank you!!
Nice work Chris, your videos are clear and very educational and amazing production value. I would like to start on an animation project also but still thingking what to use and what will best serve my project. Character Animator, Adobe Animate or Reallusion Cartoon Creator. anyway Im already a fan! I wish to watch more of your adventures and tutorials.
Heyyy man! Thank you so much. My recommendation honestly is to just pick one and start (if youre new). With time you'll learn that different software shines in different areas. Actually, in my new episode 5 dropping tomorrow I'm breaking down my setup and what I use when. Check it out if interested!
@@ChrisOVEMERY yes, I used and created a short before with Reallusion and want to test CA now thats why im binge watching your videos as I try my hand on Character Animator and your videos helps a lot. I can see you will have hundreds of thousands of subscribers in no time.
very good work
Thank you Deniz :)
great animation
thank YOU sir!
Loved your work brother♥️♥️
Glad ya like it man! Thanks!
nice vid, you got my like! keep doing a great job!
Thank you!!!
My head is moving without the body, any tips on fixing it ? iv been trying for a long time and have not figured out :/
Quick guess: 1 your head is independent (it should not be)
2. On main puppet folder in Ch, set attach to origin, and attach style free under independent box (properties to the right)
Thank u a lot i did your second guess and it worked ! 😃😃
@@PKXDJourney awesoooooome
Great video man! Also the intro animation was great. Did you do all that animation in character animator? Looking forward to more vids
Jim Crick44 thank you!! Everything up to the shooting is Ch. The shooting is frame by frame (quite few actually) made with ToonBoom. You could easily use Flash or just Photoshop to create that same thing though. Thanks again. Stay tuned for more eps, and check out my first if ya still havent :)
Chris OVEMERY How did you keep the character looking the same in both softwares? Did you have to redesign him over or use the same photoshop build? Thanks!
Great intro!!!!!
DAMON DARRELL thanks man!
👑
Awesome Tutorials Keep it up :D
Thanks!
Looks great! If you wanted to make different body views of this character like a right quarter, left quarter, left profile, right profile; would you think it would work better by creating different characters for each of those views or would it be better to create swap sets? Thanks.
Hey, thanks. yeah I probably would work with a different rig for that. Ive done that for front view as an example.
There might be some smart way of keeping everything on same project but I tend to rather split things up than having a "super rig". Smoother for the cpu and if (when) things crash its always good to have more file versions
@@ChrisOVEMERY I appreciate it. Thank you!
cool
Thanks so much for this!!!
Glad ya like!
Chris OVEMERY cool video. There's no way I got half the talent to sketch and draw like you, Chris. I was wondering if it's possible to purchase a vector illustration from someplace like Fiverr and animate that? Just asking if that's possible? I'm new to this, thanks.
Yes you can! Basic knowlage of illustrator or photoshop needed to set up the file though
how do I add captions or written words to the scene, which will be written for the watcher to see next to the talking puppet?
Hey Nick! Not sure I understand 100% but text is added in After Effects after the puppet animations are imported from Ch to Ae.
Which processor are you using .... I'm have ryzen 5 3600 can I do on it too ?
Is that your music in the BG? Have it available for listening anywhere? Thanks!
My friends band Dusty Miller, check em out on spotify!
niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🧡😊
Thaaaaaaaanks 🐢🐢🐢🐢
Sir can you teach us how to design left and right pose complete cartoon
Hey, new subscriber here. Love the simple rigs, any chance you can do an explanatory on how you turned the characters body around and shot the gun at the beginning. I’m having trouble with body turning. Thanks!
Hey man! Thanks for the sub. I generally use a lot of character animator but I also love mixing different software & use whats best for each situation. The "action part" in the beginning is made in Toon Boom (could also easily be made in Adobe animate if that's ur preferred software)
I'm going to do tutorials on all software I use in the future and how I mix it up.
Chris OVEMERY Sounds good. I am not familiar with Toon boon at all but I have the Adobe suite and Blender. I’m looking forward to seeing that video, and maybe please include the turning around sequence if it’s possible. Thanks!
@@JC-ov8ko In short, its basicly just a cycle of drawings (frames) that runs through from turn/grab gun/shoot. Hence its low fps look. But it would be a lot of work doing those drawings 24fps.. Not sure if that info helped or just messed things up :) Anyways, thanks for the input!
What is the brush size and whats layer size do you use?
Mikey the awesome
Can I make the same in Illustrator also if yes then the steps will remain same
Hey man, I always use PS. But from what I understand, the process should be identical with Adobe Illustrator.
what programs did you use to create the intro scene? just character animator and photoshop? this is some really good work!
That intro is really old at this point but its adobe animate and some krita. Appreciate it!
thanks for the tutorial. im searching for a short and informative tutorial and i found you. easy to follow tutorial. i have one question tho. after i do this, i want to make a trigger animation, like waving, pointing etc. how do you that?
Hey Thanks man! I will look into a trigger tutorial for sure (its a little long of an answer to come with here) But until then, check out Okay Samurais channel.
@@ChrisOVEMERY awesome! im looking forward to your tutorial. ill ring the notification bell for it. hehe.
Thank you!
happy to help!
@@ChrisOVEMERY You are very talented. I am about ready to retire from 30 + years of making videos and I came across Character Animator and your channel and thought I might give it a try in retirement. I was one of the first 3D animators many years ago so I knew a few things (long forgotten). So although you make it look easy (because your talented) I know I will have a steep learning curve and your channel will help.So again thank you and keep inspiring people.
@@alwayslearning1965 wow thank you man. Happy if My videos help in any way!!
thank you sir,
Do you help with traaining in Character Animator?
Hello i wanna make game design for my game 2D like the whole design character background environment etc. which program should i use from adobe i am so confused please help
theres not one answer to that question.. you could make background art in photoshop and animations in animate for example. You could do it all in photoshop or animate too,
@@ChrisOVEMERY thanks for answering. I see but whats your suggestion with what should i start to learn?
@@JustSmile949 Animation is a long journey and I cant say theres a specific software to learn first above any else. Get used to a program with a timeline. I personally started with After Effects. But really, start wit after effects, Animate, photoshop timeline or anything like that. Play around with using art with a timeline. Eventually you will gravitate towards your goal
Hye, I have really important question to ask since I could find it elsewhere on google. How did you create the background of your puppet. Did you create the background with adobe animate or after effect? Looking forward to your answer, tq!
Hi man! I suppose you mean the cabin-background in the intro/outro. That is all photoshop and then put together in after effects. Check my "is this made in character animator"-video for more detail
@@ChrisOVEMERY Hello, I appreciate your answer a lot. I will go through your video. Thanks for your reply! :)
Hey Chris, what tool are you creating your environments/backgrounds in? I have to get a proof of concept out by Friday and struggling a bit here. Please and thanks!
Hey man!
I do all backgrounds in photoshop!
Hey! Why are we putting a + sign in the name of certain layers?
Hey! + sign in a Ps-layer indicates its an independent object in Ch. If you want to you can skip the + and instead make it independent in Ch in rig mode and marking the crown symbol next to the layer.
@@ChrisOVEMERY Whats Ch. pleease?
@@ChrisOVEMERY Okay That's short for Character Animator! Got it. Thanks so much man! Really appreciate this!
Why do you separate the upper and lower arm into 2 different layers?
hmm, I often do that in rigging in general in different software because it decrease the distortion of the bending arm. I am not 100% sure this applies in Ch though. Just a "rigging thing in general"
@@ChrisOVEMERY
That makes a ton of sense. Thanks for the reply Chris. Your channel is game changing. Looking forward to Robin12
nice puppets
Awesome how do you draw
This deserves 100x more views-great video! Just curious about something; do you think Character Animator is ideal for 2d animated shorts, or would you say making them frame-by-frame on something like Adobe Animate would be better for that purpose? I know Character Animator is great for tutorials and explainer videos and maybe some episodes too, but what are your thoughts?
Hey man! First of all thanks a lot!
Regarding your question it depends a little on what type of animated short you want to do. More often than not though, I use both depending on the scene. Generally Ch for the dialogue parts an animate or toonboom for action sequences & stuff. I break it down in my video "Is this made in Character Animator" dropped a few weeks ago
Hey chris what classes do i need to take to learn all this? Id like to actually take the full classes and not just learn on youtube. Please let me know. Thank you!
Damn, hard question dude. I only have some base knowledge in Graphic Design (2 year education) Drawing and animation is just years of drawing stuff (and being a comic book nerd since forever) but ALSO youtube. Don't underestimate youtube! Best of luck my man
@@ChrisOVEMERY i am trying the youtube route but i need like a basic layout of where to start and whats next and once i learn it all i want to put it all together. Even if it takes two years. I just need a script to follow. Any suggestions?
@@rolindets47 sorry, Unfortunately dont have any good suggestions
@@ChrisOVEMERY no worries Chris. Thank you for the quick replies! Continue showing us great work.
How do you create the anímated fire?
Its a looping frame by frame animation made in animate/toonboom/photoshop exported as png and put together in After Effects.
Where can I place an order
where are other ep man?
What drawing tablet do u use please?
Rockefeller I'm rocking an old intous 3 a5 wise (my fav) at work and a Intuos M from home
Chris OVEMERY how much is it?
@@Yomama2020q Roughly 300 USD
How did you create your back ground?
Photoshop artwork with a looping png sequence for fire. Tada!
Hi, I'm new here, pls is Adobe free? Or are there sort of fees to pay? Kindly reapond 😢
Monthly subscription first month free I believe
how do i get a quote to have you handle my work needed?
drop me a mail chris[at]ovemery.com (sorry for late reply)
Do u have email. To do private projects?
Pls demonstrate how to keyframe. I really dislike that "performance capture" nonsense. =[
Damn man.. sound like Character Animator isnt for you haha :D There are much better stuff out there if ya dont dig the performance cpt. Perhaps Animate or Toonboom is what youre looking for!
I personally dont keyframe in Character Animator at all, and probably wont, until that day they will ad keyframe possibilities for stuff like draggers (arms etc)
Make more plz
More Eps ar coming. Thanks!
Yes, more plz
Ur video is soo gud but... Got so less views why
Thank youuuuuU!