Easy cut-out animation in OpenToonz (using the skeleton tool) - Puppet animation

This video shows the basic way to setup a character (BB8) for cut-out animation (a puppet) in OpenToonz. I'll show you the basics to build a puppet and show how to animate it.

You can now download the OpenToonz project I use in this video:
https://darrentanims.gumroad.com/l/BB8

Here's the list of topics I cover.

Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Quick overview of the 4 steps
01:48 1 of 4. Sketch the character
02:17 2 of 4. Draw each part on its own layer
03:30 3 of 4. Connect parts on the stage schematic
06:04 4 of 4. Animate it - using the Animate Tool
10:20 4 of 4. Animate it - using the Skeleton Tool
12:54 4 of 4. Animate it - adding animation frames
16:19 Final animation

During animating, I also added:
A shadow under BB-8
A shadow & highlight effect on BB-8
A "peg" to add a bobble to the movement along the ground
Animation frames to show the head rotating

If you'd like to see more of me working with BB8, you can watch 2 livestreams where I created a small animation of BB8 rolling to the left and right & looked through this project in more detail.
https://www.youtube.com/live/HuQ4HHuE...
https://www.youtube.com/live/hjKJrxtz...

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