Bringing artwork to life

**ZEBtoonz** · 09 August 2010, 11:18 PM

Awhile ago I posted this image of a girl and a tree, clouds, etc. It was done for a slideshow presentation. I got the idea of animating it so that the slideshow wasn't just a bunch of static images. It's short and sweet, but it helps convey the meaning of the illustration which is to show the wind blowing.

**Big Frank** · 10 August 2010, 12:41 AM

Absolutely excellent!

**angelize** · 10 August 2010, 12:48 AM

Very nice Zeb!

**Clear80** · 10 August 2010, 06:41 PM

this animation is so cheerful.

**ontos** · 10 August 2010, 09:22 PM

Well done Zeb, I like it.

**gwpriester** · 11 August 2010, 01:52 AM

I love the hair blowing in the breeze.

**ZEBtoonz** · 11 August 2010, 03:18 AM

Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments!

**Albacore** · 11 August 2010, 09:47 AM

Was that done all in Xara? and how many frames did it take?
Lovely animation Zeb, pleasure to watch.

**Soquili** · 11 August 2010, 11:38 AM

Great animation Zeb. I like the changing force of the breeze.

**ZEBtoonz** · 11 August 2010, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Albacore

Was that done all in Xara? and how many frames did it take?
Lovely animation Zeb, pleasure to watch.

Glad you liked it! All the art was done in Xara, exported as PDF and imported into Toon Boom Studio where I did the animation. The WAV for the wind sound was 8 seconds and the framerate I use for animation is 24 fps, so it was around 192 frames.

Once it was in TBS I just picked it apart and animated the various elements: clouds, tree, bird, butterfly, girl. I did a 3 part tutorial on my YouTube channel showing how I go from Xara to TBS. The first part is shown below.