LESSON 3: USE

OF HAND TOOLS
AND EQUIPMENT
(UT)
HAND TOOLS FOR
ANIMATION

HAND TOOLS FOR

ANIMATION

1. Animation Disk
2. Pencil
3. Peg bar
4. Eraser
5. Feather Duster

1. Animation
Disk

Animation Disks are

durable and highquality, preferred by
professional
animators and
animation studios
around the world.

The opaque field

provides a large
drawing space, made
from clear glass
layered over white
Plexiglas for a
durable, replaceable
surface.

2. Pencil

implementorart
mediumconstructed of
a narrow,
solidpigmentcore
inside a protective
casing which prevents
the core from being
broken or leaving marks
on the users hand

3. Peg Bar

In the traditional
animation process,
animators will begin by
drawing sequences of
animation on sheets of
transparent paper
perforated to fit the peg
bars in their desks, often
using coloredpencils, one
picture or "frame" at a
time.

A peg bar is an
animation tool that
is used in
traditional (cel)
animation to keep
the drawings in
place.

The pins in the peg

bar match the holes
in the paper. It is
attached to the
animation desk or
light table depending
on which is being
used.

4. Eraser

Aneraser
is an article
ofstationerythat
is used for
removing writing
from paper.

Eraser is an
object, typically a
piece of soft
rubber or plastic,
used to rub out
something
written.

Erasers have a
rubbery
consistency and
come in a variety
of shapes, sizes
and colours. Some
pencils have an
eraser

are made fromsynthetic

rubber, but more
expensive or specialized
erasers
arevinyl,plastic,
orgum-like materials.
Cheaper erasers can be
made out of
syntheticsoy-based

5. Feather
Duster

Afeather
dusteris an
implement used
for cleaning.

It consists typically of
a wooden-dowel
handle and feathers
from either the male
or female ostrichbird
that are wound onto
the handle by a
wrapped wire.

Feather dusters are

effective in dusting
tight areas, or
areas where there
are a lot of odds
and ends to dust
around.

Feather dusters are

effective in dusting
tight areas, or
areas where there
are a lot of odds
and ends to dust
around.