When the modeling and/or animation is complete, the computer will render each frame individually, which can be very time-consuming, depending on the quality of the images needed.Ī 3D animator will spend most of their time looking at curves that represent the movement of different body parts over time.Īnother big difference with 3D animation is that unlike traditional animation, the character’s body parts are always present and should be taken to consideration. Also, if you're drawing for digital animation and intend to use the Auto-Patch effect to connect the parts of your character model, you should use pencil lines for the Auto-Patch effect to work as expected.Instead of drawn or constructed with clay, characters in 3D animation are digitally modeled in the program, and then fitted with a ‘skeleton’ that allows animators to move the models.Īnimation is done by posing the models on certain key frames, after which the computer will calculate and perform an interpolation between those frames to create movement. The pencil line is more appropriate for the final line of your clean drawings. Transparent pencil lines may not display the way you want when they overlap: If you sketch a drawing using a semitransparent colour to get a paper-like feel, you should use the Brush tool, as it produces a more realistic and natural feel. You can also convert a brush zone into a pencil line with the Brush Stroke to Pencil Line option.If you draw with the Pencil tool and want to modify the thickness variation, use the Pencil Editor tool.If you draw with the Brush tool and want to modify the thickness variation, use the Contour Editor tool.

This means that a pencil line’s control points (used to deform its shape) are located along the length of the central spine, while the Brush line’s control points are located along the contour. The Pencil and shape tools produce central vector lines. The Brush tool produces contour vector lines. Both tools support pressure sensitivity, allowing you to create lines with variable thickness. The Brush and Pencil tools are used for drawing and sketching. Pencil lines support pressure sensitivity and texture. The pencil creates a central vector shape.

The Pencil tool is for drawing the final images, such as character nodes, cut-out puppet and clean animation.

Transparent pencil animation