Article · Kat J. Weiss
Turning My Illustrations Into GIFs (Illustration Process + Intermediate Photoshop Tutorial)
By Kat J. Weiss
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
Kat J. Weiss shows an eight-step Photoshop workflow for animating hand-drawn editorial illustrations into GIFs, covering layer organization, animating specific elements like bicycles and arms, coloring, and timeline-based export, with lessons drawn from three finished pieces.
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