Character and BG Layout: How NOT to Piss off your director.
Character and BG layout are among the most important aspects to the mechanics of animation filmmaking. It is largely used in TV animation to prepare for packaging to ship overseas, however versions of the technique can be found in feature animation under workbook and again in 3D animation in pre-vis.

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Pencil Test and Clean Up Animation in Photoshop and Illustrator
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Character within its environment for T.Ray

Layout and Color for T.Ray
Hello T.Ray. Consider your original image and apply the design principles of the adverts below to it. Think of a disciplined palette: neutral colors for the BG or at least choose a color that will unify the design. Work with tint, tone and shade as opposed to complimentary colors on BG elem