Lesson 6: Fresco Pose Tool + Transform Tools

In this Digital Doodle Club lesson we build a weird little animated scene using Adobe Fresco. The idea is simple: a monster spinning around inside a washing machine with socks, bubbles and bits of laundry tumbling around. It might sound ridiculous, but it’s actually a great way to learn a bunch of useful digital drawing techniques at the same time. In this lesson you’ll learn how to combine vec...

In this tutorial, I take the character from the previous video and turn it into a simple animation using Fresco’s Pose Tool, path animation, and frame-by-frame techniques. You’ll see how to: Fake movement quickly with the Pose Tool Use paths for gentle swaying and hovering Build frame-by-frame animation by duplicating and adjusting frames Stretch, squash, and exaggerate motion with Liqu...

In this one I’m taking the finished drawing from the last lesson and giving it some proper movement. We’ll add a wobbling bow tie, animated eyebrows, a bit of line boil, and even try some smoke or fire effects on top. If you’ve been following along and there’s anything you want me to look at next — different tools, different animation tricks, or anything you’re stuck on — just leave a comment a...