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How to Animate a Stickman

    • 1). Decide what you want to animate your stick figure doing. How simple or complex you want your animation will determine how meticulous your drawings will have to be and how much paper you will use. A rule of thumb is five sheets of paper for every second of animation. If you use more slides per second, your animation will be more detailed and realistic.

    • 2). Start with the bottom sheet of paper. Make sure to keep the notebook or pieces of paper together to avoid rearranging the order of drawings, thus distorting your animation. Draw your first scene for your stickman. Draw a background scene if desired or necessary. Make sure to use pencil first so you can correct any errors.

    • 3). Locate the sheet above the last one and draw the stickman and scene again. You should be able to see the past illustration through the paper. If you cannot, then the paper is too thick and you need to find another. Trace the background from the previous scene so they are aligned. Draw a slight progression of the stickman's movement.

    • 4). Draw the slight progression of the stick figure on each piece of paper until completed. Remember if an object is not moving, draw it in the exact same place. Make sure to flip the book periodically in order to test your drawings. If a scene fails to move, go back and add more slides, making even smaller progressions. Once you have completed your animation, you can retrace the scenes in pen or marker for better visibility.

    • 5). Take pictures of each scene with your camera and upload them to your computer if you want to turn you animation into a stop motion film. Make sure only the scene is in the picture. Use a computer film making software and set each picture to play for less than a second.

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