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If you are just starting out and want to experiment with Adobe Character Animator, there are a TON of resources to help you in mastering this exciting new software!
Free Dudley is our own freebie here at ElectroPuppet. You may have seen him on the Adobe Character Animator ‘More Puppets’ page. Free Dudley is from the ‘Walk & Talk’ series of puppets. He will synch to your voice (live or prerecorded) as well as mirror your smile, surprised look and head position.
And that’s not all. Free Dudley comes with a number of trigger keys. Hit the ‘Q’ key and he’ll look quizzical. Hit ‘W’ and he’ll look worried. ‘A’ makes him angry, ‘S’ surprised. ‘B’ will make him blink, or hit ‘N’ to make him wink.
Dudley also comes with a whole set of actions. Press a number and he can shrug, point, gesture or have an idea. If you press the left or right arrow keys, Free Dudley will take a walk!
And don’t worry about remembering all the trigger keys, we’ve included a trigger sheet for quick reference.
To get Free Dudley, all you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter ‘ElectroBuzz’ and we’ll email you a link straight away! So what are you waiting for!?!
Another great place for FREE adobe Character Animator Puppets is Dave Werner’s site ‘Okay Samurai‘.
Dave, a senior developer at Adobe, makes fantastic tutorials as well as making available a library of free puppets you can download and experiment with right away! Here are a few;
Includes 4 robots, a background, and title and credit screens.
Expressive bearded character with tons of triggers: arms, pupils, lids, eyebrows, and mouth.
Simple vector-based kid with physics hair and triggered pupils / eyelids / poses. Also includes a background image.
A photographed stuffed animal turned into a simple puppet with a few replay poses.
Watercolor character with simple and three view walking animations.
Standing and walking versions of a guitar playing kid.
Camping monster with dynamic expressions and a burning marshmallow.
Narrator style character with parallax, eye and mouth triggers and physics hair.
Papercraft style character with face parallax, physics hair system and clipping mask.
Used in the Red Monster Live Broadcast. This complex puppet has automatic camera changes, overlay graphics and several animations.
Stop-motion inspired character made from modelling clay.
Green Monster with head turns and a fire breathing animation. A good Adobe Illustrator example (but a PSD sample is included as well).
A guitar playing character.
Insanely complicated robot with walk cycle, secondary head, weapon hands, blend modes and more. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Robot authority figure with a waveform mouth and triggered moustache. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Bank machine with a single head group and triggered pupil changes. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Pivoting nutcracker jaw robot. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Female robot with hand swaps and a triggered body screen. Featured in Dave's fantastic interactive show 'Evan Flamethrower: Robot Detective'
Great example of hair physics. Cassandra has multiple strands of independent dangle hair and a separate background hair group.
Walking monster with three views.
Short blue monster with head turns and tie dangle.
Draggable with three eyes and dangling tentacles.
Simple human character with Photoshop and Illustrator versions.
Superhero with dangling hair and cape as well as fire powers with lighting effects.
Expressive monster talk show host character with a shadow, happy/sad mouth swap set, and subtle nutcracker jaw.
Still not satisfied! Another great place to grab free puppets is the Adobe website, where a new FREE puppet is released every month! Here are some for you to consider;
Goth themed character with walking that can be changed into a girl or boy via triggers.
Drone flying character sitting on a park bench.
Four sports mascot characters with head parallax and unique triggers.
Physical puppet alien with head turns, a unique layer picker mouth, and flashing button triggers.
Retro animated versions of Sodapop, Popcorn, Ticket, and Candy.
Spring, summer, autumn & winter backgrounds with several animated and triggerable elements.
Game playing character with expressive moves and triggers.
Superhero girl with dangling cape and walk behavior.
Vector samurai with subtle head turns and expressive mouth/chin movement.
Drumming robot that plays sound effects when he hits parts of the drumset.
Vector samurai with subtle head turns and expressive mouth/chin movement.
Simple human character with Photoshop and Illustrator versions.
Clay sculpted dinosaur newscaster with triggered graphics and news crawls.
Key trigger enabled character.
Low-poly fox with cycle-based head turns, walking, and background.
Low-poly bunny with cycle-based head turns, walking, and background.
Stop motion style character with 3-view walk and dangle.
Cartoon cat with tons of face expressions and arm gestures.
Cute cat with cycle layers tail and nutcracker jaw.
Girl with physics hair system.
Guy with multiple draggable handles, dangle hoodie strings, key triggers & cycle layers electricity.
Simple bear with nutcracker jaw and draggable hands.
Key trigger enabled character.
Responsive bird with motion trigger, head turns, and cycle layers wing flaps.
Key trigger enabled character.
Responsive bird with motion trigger, head turns, and cycle layers wing flaps.
And there you have it – 55 free Adobe Character Animator puppets that you can download and start animating with, right away! So no excuses 🙂
— And after you become familiar with the software, be sure to stop by ElectroPuppet and check out the store. Our digital puppets are more advanced than anything you’ll find for free. Our puppets have a range of features like additional expressions, actions, outfits, accessories and props.
