- #TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING HOW TO#
- #TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING MANUAL#
- #TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING SOFTWARE#
So long as the production utilises the medium in an interesting way, I’m happy! Conversely 2D can stretch character design and movement ideas to a degree stop-mo can’t usually manage. You’re a bit of an animation polymath but have made the move from stop motion to 2D, do you have a preferred medium?Įach has a super power that the other doesn’t- Stop-motion has lighting, camera work and a presence which 2D doesn’t. I’ve also worked as a 2D animation director for the Beano and recently worked with Sun & Moon productions as a Lead Rigger on Doctor Who – The Macra Terror. Since then, I’ve worked as a stop motion animator on various Aardman productions such as Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time as well as Postman Pat, Fifi & the Flowertots & Pingu at Cosgrove Hall and HOT Animation. They were so supportive, and allowed me to study this fancy ‘Animation’ thing way earlier than anyone else I’ve met before or since.
I started my career while studying at the BRIT performing arts & technology school- The one that Adele and Tom Holland and various other well-to-do performers went to. Tell us a little about your animation background. We caught up with Oli to find out about the guide and his career in animation.
#TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING MANUAL#
Oli has created this manual in his are time and made this knowledge available to his Patreons who can subscribe to his page for the illustrated tutorial.Īs a little treat Oli has kindly set up a preview for his guide especially for Skwigly readers, you can preview the guide by clicking here
#TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING HOW TO#
In Cat Class – How to Rig, Putland takes us through the basics of the Rigging Techniques in Harmony, the first of what could be many guides to help people navigate their way through Nodes, Auto Patches, Pegs, Drawings and more.Īs one of Toon Boom’s appointed “ ambassadors“, people who the firm recognise as users who advance animation using Harmony or Storyboard Pro, Oli’s guide supplements the video tutorials available on the Toon Boom website which aid the user in understanding what they need to know to use the software. Step forward Oli Putland, himself an animator who has created an accessible and easy guide that promises to introduce and allow users to experience Harmony through an easy to understand model.
#TOON BOOM HARMONY RIGGING SOFTWARE#
We all know that in the hands of a professional, software can look really easy to use, but beginners can find traversing the interface rather baffling, even with the help of hundreds of different tutorial videos by different authors available online.
One of the big players jostling to get on top of the pile is Toon Boom Harmony, which boasts plenty of clients worldwide with the likes of Pony by Blue Zoo, Powerbirds by Brown Bag Films and Doctor Who – The Macra Terror by Sun & Moon Studios making up just three of the many projects and companies the software finds itself being used for in the UK alone. Animation software is big business with many companies vying to become the “industry standard” bit of kit for animation production.