As I have now completed all of the frames, and having filled in all the lines (to prevent the "blurry" effect and to stop a white line appearing between the lines and the fill),I could now colour the animation in!
I decided to colour the animation using the "gradient fill" tool, and to change the direction of the fill angle slightly in each frame- this gave the animation an interesting effect with the colour "turning" as the ink blot spreads out.
I need to:
- finish colouring in any areas I have missed.
- decide on the background
- decide whether to colour the lines, remove them or keep them as is
- save the animation as a GIF so that I can copy and reverse the frames.
I am very happy with my animation and the effect that it gives, and pleased that it is now almost complete!