First things first!

We write a story! Do you have a story , or do you not have one yet? It's the first step in creating an animation project. Usually the novices begin to draw on the first frame of the Animation Module, without even having the slightest and idea of what Will Happen in the final frame, this is definitely not a good strategy for quality results. As with any project, animation takes planning. Before you start drawing, stop and think for a moment: What is my story?

No matter how small your project, it is always worth investing a FEW minutes to think about the details of your animation, questions like: Who are the characters? What is the perspective? Where are they? Where Are they going? How many am I going to scenes include? The longer your animation, you should be careful with the answers more to these questions.

For professional animators, the result of this planning document is reflected in a known as a script, which is nothing more than a written text that tells a story so which an entire team can understand and make it a reality. In this case, it is only you but, even though you are the only one who has to understand the story, it's still good practice to write out your story to organize and prepare yourself and your thoughts for the future. When you think about your script's importance, think of the importance of plans for an architect or sheet music for a musician.

For our example, the idea is that we have CHOSEN remove simple: we are going to create a very simple animation of a butterfly moving by the scene Following a trajectory similar to the one of the following image:

Fig #31. Trajectory of the butterfly (basic example)

The butterfly will Appear from the left side of the screen and disappear to the right, in a matter of a FEW seconds. He is everything. Probably you are thinking this is too simple that, perhaps even a waste of your time, but do not forget, you need to learn how to use the tools before you craft a masterpiece dog. When you have great skill acquired, we hope you'll tell us the fruits show of your work It is important though, not to forget, as an artist, to plan your project before you start to draw.
Good, we already have ready a mini script for our example, so let's get to work!