hi!
i started "animating" for fun just a couple of weeks ago.
well, it's just some stick figures walking around or animating eyes and mouth, really bad, i have to admit, but just to get started.
now, my questions:
can u point me to a tutorial on the web or a good book, where i can learn the basics?
topics of interest for the start are: walking, showing emotion (lauging, shouting)
i would like to start animating a stick figure, and when the results are satisfying, i'd like to draw more detailed figures.
how many frames should i use?
how to time or plan your actions? escpecially when i want to do a bit of talking. (i failed miserably when i wanted to animate a mouth saying "hello, my name is .." )
i searched the web, believe me, and the tutorials on the web were mostly for 3d animation and the books i found mentioned on classical cartoon-animation didn't help me much, as i don't know which is good, hmm.
any help really appreciated!!