From the course: Using Character Animator in Production

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Create list of assets

Create list of assets - Character Animator Tutorial

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Create list of assets

- Using your storyboards, you can build a list of the assets you need to create for your animation. (upbeat intro music) Every individual element you create for your puppet is called an asset. With your storyboards, you can count in detail the list of assets so you can plan and budget your production. They also help you to create a list of movements and how much art may be needed for each move. So for instance, an arm wave could have seven different drawings, which would be seven different assets that you need to build. And if you want smooth head turns or animated movements, so for instance, rotating the head back and forth like this, you need to plan for the inbetweens, or the assets that go between the beginning and the end of each movement. So for instance, we have the beginning movement here looking straight at you, and we have looking off towards camera left. Now there's two drawings in between these extremes to make it feel really smooth. So it's four assets. Straight on, two…

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