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Keep black stroke of character while rigging for AE

Nov 13, 2012 7:45 PM

Creating a character to animate in AE. When cutting up model, like the arm, the continuity of the black stroke becomes broken when rotated. I know a lot of people do not use black strokes or outlines thereby not having the problem, but I want to keep my black outlines of my character. Any jedi advice?

379 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: hauzstyles99, Nov 14, 2012 11:30 AM
 
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  • Monika Gause
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    1. Monika Gause,
    Nov 14, 2012 1:51 AM   in reply to hauzstyles99
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    Could you show us, please?

     
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  • hauzstyles99
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    2. hauzstyles99,
    Nov 14, 2012 8:50 AM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    Here it is. If you noticed the break where the bicep and forearm bend. I dont want lines crossing over each other and if I put an elipse for the elbow there are more lines overlapping. I do not want to use the puppet tool in AE. Also, if you see the arc'd line seperating body from arm I want that line removed. Its just a matter of keeping the character outlines only, even when it bends.

     

     

     

     

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  • Mylenium
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    3. Mylenium,
    Nov 14, 2012 10:11 AM   in reply to hauzstyles99
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    You'd be much better off trying this with AE's native shape layers. Otehr than that you would have to expand your artwork and convert the strokes to area fills and clean them up suitably.

     

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    4. hauzstyles99,
    Nov 14, 2012 10:14 AM   in reply to Mylenium
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    Thanks Mylenium. Would you expand more on trying this with the native shape layers? This is my first try doing this in ILLustrator.

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    5. Wade_Zimmerman,
    Nov 14, 2012 11:02 AM   in reply to hauzstyles99
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    I personally think that you can create this the traditional way in Illustrator as a simple 2D art without trying to make it some combination of shapes and use AE's puppet tool to animated the figure. I think you will be happier with simplicity of the technique.

     
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  • hauzstyles99
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    6. hauzstyles99,
    Nov 14, 2012 11:28 AM   in reply to Mylenium
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    I thought of that option. However I am relunctant because I do not want the "rubber hose" animated effect where lines/parts look too smooshed?

     
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    7. hauzstyles99,
    Nov 14, 2012 11:30 AM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    I am looking for a animated style in vein of brickleberry or disneys jake and the neverland pirates. Too much for one guy?

     
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