Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Tweening in animation? Definition & Meaning Tweening in animation is the process of creating frames between two main drawings to make movement look smooth. The word “tween” comes from “in-between.” Animators use it to connect key poses so things move naturally on screen. Tweening works differently in hand-drawn animation, digital 2D animation, and… Continue reading Tweening in Animation: Definition & Uses
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Testing City Designs. Shortfilm Diary Part IV
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I mentioned in part III of this diary, I’ve been working on different city designs to see what I like and don’t like. So I want to share one of my ideas and what I like (and don’t like) about it. Here’s a quick animated fly-over of the design. The idea behind the design… Continue reading Testing City Designs. Shortfilm Diary Part IV
Screenplay And Character Design In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part III.
Reading Time: 4 minutesI think it’s time for a status update on the FilmDaft cyberpunk animated short film I’m working on in Unreal Engine 5. Read Part I here. I’ve been working on three things: finishing the screenplay, creating characters (and starting to animate them), and building the scenes (and testing city designs) for the movie. In this… Continue reading Screenplay And Character Design In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part III.
Character Animation In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part II.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve begun to understand how to create a cyberpunk city in Unreal Engine 5. But even though the city itself is a very important element in neo-noir and cyberpunk films, without characters in it to bring it to life, it is just dead and empty streets. So I created a small test scene to take… Continue reading Character Animation In Unreal Engine 5. Shortfilm Diary Part II.
New FilmDaft Short Film Project: Animating A Cyberpunk Short Film In Unreal Engine 5
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe lines between the tools used in the gaming industry and the film industry are getting blurrier each year. Not at least thanks to Unreal Engine, which is now being used on hit shows like The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi. For those unfamiliar, Unreal Engine (UE) is, in essence, a gaming engine created for making… Continue reading New FilmDaft Short Film Project: Animating A Cyberpunk Short Film In Unreal Engine 5