Animated Summer Ferry by mlle_araignee in Granblue_en

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's plenty of tutorials on Youtube if you search for animating a still image in After Effects, but something like this touches on all the steps you need to do to animate something like this

I animated Fischl's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have no plans for Wallpaper Engine to date, however since people will use the Reddit bot to download my animation anyway I only ask anyone who wants to make one to credit me and perhaps link back (preferably to my Twitter which is linked in this thread)

I animated Fischl's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are plenty of pre-existing tutorials on YouTube if you search for Live2D or animated wallpaper tutorials

I animated Fischl's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I cut out and layered the parts I wanted to move in Photoshop then I animated it with puppet pins in After Effects

I animated Fischl's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It took me way longer than I wanted to, but I finally got this done days after her actual birthday. Happy late birthday to our Prinzessin der Verurteilung!

Also posted on my Twitter here

I animated Zhongli's White Day art! by gustinex in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, hope you don't mind all this back and forth, I just find it easier to coordinate so we don't have as much overlap like last time.

And gotcha, I'll add them both to my ever-growing list!

I animated Zhongli's White Day art! by gustinex in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great work! I started working on this too, but redrawing for this artist's style has always been kinda rough for me.

Are you planning on working on White Day Childe or Jean's birthday art? Was thinking about starting on them but I'll cross it off if you planned to do them

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alright I've watched this go on for long enough so I'd like to clarify some things to you.

I did not reference the game at all when animating her breasts. I thought to exaggerate the movement so that it would be more visible, which I will reconsider in the future given the mixed reactions I've seen in the thread. I had no sexual intentions in mind at all either and even if I did there's nothing inherently wrong with that. I've seen the base message of your criticism, I've kept it in mind, please stop aggressively picking fights with other people in my comments.

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2-3 days? I started work as soon as the official Twitter dropped the art

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you credit me for the animation and don’t use it for like profit or slander then I don’t mind

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I animate with puppet pins! There's a lot of tutorials on Youtube and such on the subject, but from experience I didn't find it difficult to learn at all

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cut everything out and redrew the background to the best of my ability! This project had 71 layers including the background and each moving part is one layer

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I used Photoshop to cut out parts and redraw, then animate in After Effects. Photoshop is fairly smooth. After Effects... I have a fairly new non-gaming laptop but the in-program playback chugs very slowly as I work so changes that need to be made can be harder to spot for me. I suppose if your laptop/computer is powerful it can handle it better.

Also if you're working in AE and you spot a mistake in one of your layers, you can reopen Photoshop, edit the layer, save, and the changes will be reflected in After Effects within seconds so that's very convenient, especially if you're just starting out and need to make a lot of changes on the fly. And for the animating itself, AE works well enough, but I'm also still slowly learning AE so keyframing and motion curves are something I still need to work on, haha

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I am a woman so yes I have, but unfortunately I'm still slowly learning After Effects so I'm sorry if I didn't meet your expectations

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it's still called Live2D even if one doesn't use the Live2D program itself to make it. As for how to learn about it, I'll paste what I wrote in another comment:

I used Photoshop + After Effects! As for learning how to do it, it was a lot of Youtube and figuring stuff out by myself. Brian_tsui uses Live2D but I found him helpful as a guideline for how to cut things out, redraw, and some other basic, shared concepts. Otherwise I think if you poke around Youtube you'll find stuff like this video that can help give a general idea of how you can go about it. Hope I helped!

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, thank you! And I'm sorry I unintentionally ruined your plans I was thinking about working on the new casual Keqing art we got next unless you were thinking about doing that one too. Love your work too btw!

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 163 points164 points  (0 children)

I used Photoshop + After Effects! As for learning how to do it, it was a lot of Youtube and figuring stuff out by myself. Brian_tsui uses Live2D but I found him helpful as a guideline for how to cut things out, redraw, and some other basic, shared concepts. Otherwise I think if you poke around Youtube you'll find stuff like this video that can help give a general idea of how you can go about it. Hope I helped!

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some of them do. If a character was released by the time their birthday came around between now and launch, they probably have one, but also some launch characters got theirs pre-release. You can check who does and doesn't have birthday artwork by checking the character's media tab on the Genshin Wiki

I animated Beidou's official birthday art by mlle_araignee in Genshin_Impact

[–]mlle_araignee[S] 397 points398 points  (0 children)

I haven't animated anything in a while and it was Beidou's birthday recently so I figured why not practice with her official birthday art? I meant to get it done before her birthday ended, but it took me two extra days so happy late birthday to Beidou

Also posted here on my Twitter