Cartoon Animator 5: Turn Illustrator Art Into a Talking Character

Turn your own Illustrator artwork into a fully rigged, animated character in Cartoon Animator 5. In this video I'll show you the whole process, from drawing the vector character to bringing it to life. One thing I'd like to mention here is that our original sketch is only a reference to get us started. As we progress through the drawing and replacement process, you may notice that I've changed some parts of the character, and even modified the design along the way. That's completely intentional. The goal isn't to reproduce the sketch exactly, but to create a character of our own choice, with a design that we like and that is convenient to work with during animation. In This Video: 00:00 - Introduction & Workflow Overview 01:15 - Setting Up Illustrator & Importing Sketch 02:30 - Drawing the Face Shape (Pen Tool) 04:10 - Drawing Hair with Brush Tool 05:45 - Drawing & Mirroring Ears (Curvature Tool) 07:15 - Drawing the Eyes & Details 08:45 - Designing Clothes for Animation Rigging 10:30 - Drawing Trousers, Shoes & Hands 12:15 - Opening Template Character in Cartoon Animator 5 13:45 - Sprite Replacement Workflow: Hands 15:15 - Refining Clothing & Coloring with Shape Builder 16:45 - Replacing Face & Adding Eyebrows 18:15 - Coloring Hair (Live Paint Tool & Outline Mode Tip) 19:40 - Using Ready-Made Assets (Content Browser Eyes) 21:00 - Testing Full Body Preset Motions 22:20 - Testing Lip-Sync & Voice Audio 23:35 - Testing Facial Expressions (Face Key Editor) 24:15 - Conclusion & Outro 🎬 More from The Smartistic: 3D character creation & animation (iClone + Character Creator):    • Create a Stylized Avatar in Character Crea...   After Effects compositing tutorials:    • TUTORIAL 4: Very Easy After Effects : Roto...   Cartoon Animator Tutorials    • How I Created an Indian Animated Story in ...   💬 Question for you: What character are you planning to animate? Drop it in the comments and I'll try to help if you get stuck. 👍 If this helped, like the video and subscribe to The Smartistic for more animation and motion graphics tutorials. #CartoonAnimator5 #Illustrator #2DAnimation