What materials do you need to create an animation?

To get started in the adventure of cartoons, it is important to invest a little in the work material (or a lot depending on your goals and your technique).

In general, drawing practice is a practice that requires little material per se. In fact, you can create a work of art with a simple pen. That is why drawing is so universal. This practice is accessible to everyone from an early age.

However, making an animation requires a bit more material. If you want to make a cartoon in the traditional way, with transparent sheets, it will therefore be necessary to buy a large pack of sheets. For every second of film, you need at least 24 pictures. For one minute, you need 1440 pictures!

In addition to the leaves, you must invest in the medium you choose to draw : colored pencils, markers, watercolors, acrylics, graphite, everything has a place!

One of the designers’ favorite accessories is the Col-Erase pencil . This type of pencil is the same as a wooden pencil but instead of being gray, you can find it in any color: red, orange, blue, green; it is available in all colors.

This type of pencil is used to draw a first sketch of the drawing: the eraser. The designer then goes over the final lines with a generally black pencil. The color of the Col-Erase pencil allows you to better distinguish the draft lines from the final lines, a very useful method, especially when using a retouch program that detects the difference in colors.

Once the drawings are made, you will also need a camera or scanner to run all the drawings on the computer. You can also use a mobile elevated platform camera like the pros. This tool allows you to photograph the drawings correctly thanks to a fixed camera. However, you have to invest around € 1,000 to get this jewel …

When you have all your drawings on the computer, the only thing left to do is edit the animated film and then record the voices and ambient sounds using a microphone.

If you want to make an animation through the computer, you should also invest in some software 2D or 3D animation and e A graphics tablet to draw directly on the computer.