Here I present you the WIP of an old project never finished (started before I met synfig). Once it is finished I’ll explain the whole story. Meanwhile let me show you some bits.
I started two times in Anime Studio but finally it was abandoned. I made it too complicated. To many realistic details.
The shown stills and videos are completely done with synfig!!! of course!!!
This time I’ve decided to follow a more straight and fresh style. Quasi-copy of the original child drawings. Rich colors an even added a scanned paper texture!
Strangely I feel more freedom without bones. Althought it is hard to animate it is easier to set up. With bones you spend a lot of time to set up the character and only if you are going to reuse it in several episodes it is worth to do.
The crumpled paper texture is actually a pretty decent effect - why have it just behind the paper? If you put it in front of everything, the whole animation will look like it’s on a page.
I’ve doubt about that several times. If I place it on top it makes the colors of the characters so dark. I like them more vibrant! I’ll decide that at the end. It is very easy to change so now I’m concentrated on the animation itself.
I plan to make a DVD with a menu for a presentation of each character the animation divided in chapters and even an extras area (original drawings and some sort of blooper reel)… but sssshh! it is a secret!
BTW, it is not an effect, it is a real crumpled paper scanned image and multiplied onto a yellow solid color. I’ve tested it also to a cyan one.