Moho (Anime Studio) Tutorials

Watch as Jon creates a character in Anime Studio for his show 'Frank and Steve'

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"Frank and Steve, an idiot and a monster. In that order. British sitcom from anime studio featured artist Jon Canham"

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In part 3 on our series for shading, we add some highlights to the character's face to give the piece more volume. This includes adding highlights to the character's eyes as well. We do this with Anime Studio's Draw Shape and Add Point Tools.

Recorded By: Jim Mills
Narrated By: Chad Troftgruben


part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

This is a very quick, super easy tutorial on how to make a kind of shadow character time-lapse effect similar to the super effect you see on fighting games like Street Fighter Alpha or in Anime and movies!
It's very simple. Create an animation, duplicate your character, use a little grouping and masking and mess with the sequencer and some layer effects and that's it!
It may sound like a lot but trust me, it takes about 2 minutes to execute once you've learned it!

Learn the fundamentals for creating a convincing walking cycle for an Anime Studio character. From setting down the extreme poses, to adding in subtle midway effects, after watching this tutorial, you will have mastered the art of animated walking.

Recorded By: Jim Mills
Narrated By: Chad Troftgruben

In part 3, I show my animation work flow. Using the character and rig we created in parts one and two, now it's time to add some life. I show the animation in real time at the end. Thanks for watching.

Part 1 | Part 2

Working with Photoshop and Illustrator, we take a character from sketch to a ready to rig Illustration. My process is Illustrator to Moho to After Effects in this series.

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Here is the first video of tutorial series to create your own Run Cycle!

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The full Advanced Run Cycle

In this video Funksmaname shows how he set up a doll character rig in Anime Studio 9 Pro using the new Smart Bones

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Have you ever brought an image into Anime Studio and wished you could somehow make a character or object appear behind one part of the image, while still being revealed in another? While you could go into another software and break this image apart, you can also achieve the effect through masking, without having to leave Anime Studio. This tutorial shows you how to create an invisible mask and allow a character to run behind a pillar on a static bitmap image.

Recorded By: Jim Mills
Narrated By: Chad Troftgruben

By using a combination of onionskins, frame labelling and bone colouring, it's very possible to create a believable running animation cycle no matter what type of character design is used.
Along with this video is a workflow chart you may find useful.

Recorded By: Jim Mills
Narrated By: Chad Troftgruben