Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Making a cartoon with multiple characters, background elements, music and sound fx, cameras, props, and credit screens can seem like an overwhelming amount of work. But in this tutorial, I’ll attempt to walk through the full process of how I recently made a 3-minute cartoon called Consoles ( youtu.be/Zw_sb1LtCSc ). We’ll write a script in Google Docs, record and mix audio in Adobe Audition, draw artwork in Adobe Fresco, rig and animate in Adobe Character Animator, and finally composite everything together in Adobe After Effects.
Sections:
0:00 Intro
1:21 Concept Art & Script
4:14 Audio Production
9:49 Art Production
19:46 Recording: Setup
24:22 Recording: Lip Sync
30:04 Recording: Arm Poses
38:03 Recording: Triggers
49:11 Recording: Eyes & Face
56:49 Recording: Walking
58:49 Compositing in After Effects
1:19:53 Cameras
1:35:43 Exporting
1:38:10 Outro
Consoles free puppets & art assets: okaysamurai.com/puppets
Fresco rig tutorial: youtu.be/eOUkhY7vhc4
Photoshop rig tutorial: youtu.be/o0qYSvxyCQ8
Illustrator rig tutorial: youtu.be/JL024_E1AUk
Triggers tutorial: youtu.be/WzYJbZYhxmk
More free Character Animator puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples
Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=okaysamurai
Twitter: twitter.com/okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com
Green Tea by Smith The Mister smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/smith-the-mister-green-tea
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Making a cartoon with multiple characters, background elements, music and sound fx, cameras, props, and credit screens can seem like an overwhelming amount of work. But in this tutorial, I’ll attempt to walk through the full process of how I recently made a 3-minute cartoon called Consoles ( youtu.be/Zw_sb1LtCSc ). We’ll write a script in Google Docs, record and mix audio in Adobe Audition, draw artwork in Adobe Fresco, rig and animate in Adobe Character Animator, and finally composite everything together in Adobe After Effects.
Sections:
0:00 Intro
1:21 Concept Art & Script
4:14 Audio Production
9:49 Art Production
19:46 Recording: Setup
24:22 Recording: Lip Sync
30:04 Recording: Arm Poses
38:03 Recording: Triggers
49:11 Recording: Eyes & Face
56:49 Recording: Walking
58:49 Compositing in After Effects
1:19:53 Cameras
1:35:43 Exporting
1:38:10 Outro
Consoles free puppets & art assets: okaysamurai.com/puppets
Fresco rig tutorial: youtu.be/eOUkhY7vhc4
Photoshop rig tutorial: youtu.be/o0qYSvxyCQ8
Illustrator rig tutorial: youtu.be/JL024_E1AUk
Triggers tutorial: youtu.be/WzYJbZYhxmk
More free Character Animator puppets: adobe.com/go/chexamples
Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=okaysamurai
Twitter: twitter.com/okaysamurai
Website: okaysamurai.com
Green Tea by Smith The Mister smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/smith-the-mister-green-tea
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/A7zatZLprhA
