Dude, every time someone asks me why I still watch old cartoons, like all theatrical shorts by Disney/Warner/MGM (and others), like... it's art. The amount of work that went into any 6-7minute long short is amazing. Not only the plotting/writing/conceptualizing/gags/etc, but the actual drawing, inking, painting and filming. Heck, the organizing of the cells themselves, those sheets they used, they needed to label each cell and know the order to film them in, etc. It's baffling how most people don't even know how these things were made. They are a true art form.
It’s more challenging and a creative challenge, like that always creates good art. Which is why i think old animated stuff generally was so much better, because 1. aesthetically it just was more beautiful because it wasn’t too clean or cheap 2. it challenged the artist, they literally didn’t have much access to digital programs and shit to copy paste stuff. Or loose the little nooks n crannies and detail. It didn’t loose the ✨Aesthetic✨ While it is more expensive and a pain in the ass, it in the long term created SO Much better art. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Street Fighter, Old Superhero Cartoons, old Family Guy, Old Ghibli movies, old Anime. They all were so much, more unique Because of Cel shading.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your art. I've been sharing these tutorials with my high school animation students, it got them so pumped and excited to see animation as physical art.
Cel animation has a very specific roughness that can’t be replicated with digital animation. The imperfections like cel shadows and rough imperfect xerox lines.
Nice work! It’s cool to see your experimentation with a medium that’s not used as much anymore. Great tip about the cheaper acrylic paint puddling better. I’ve been making some cels myself, and expensive acrylic doesn’t puddle nearly that nicely.
I LOVE this. Thank you for keeping this process alive! Both the minor imperfections and the energy that goes into each frame can really be felt and is something you just can’t achieve with digital. I hope you inspire many others to do the same.
Hey Dude1, I just watched The Secret of NIMH again and it inspired me to create some cell animations of my own. This is the first video I'm watching on how to do it and a lot of the technique shown here can easily be translated to using software to make cell-style animations using only simple software. That is, if someone wanted to get into making animations but only have access to a PC.
Hi, just wanted to share that I think the painting technique is called floating because cel animators would actually float the paintbrush above the cel sheet and let the paint flow down. This is, like you say, to achieve a brushless finish. There are tricks to thin out the paint so it flows better too, it's cool that you figured out the cheaper stuff is good for this. Anyways, thanks for sharing. Very instructive and straight to the point video.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Unless you go to art school its very very difficult to get into this secret lost art and find out how folks did it back in the day. So helpful for us who are trying to learn and eventually make a demo reel and work for a studio some day. Thank you so much.
This looks so cool! I definitely want to try out cel animation. I love animation but so far I've only done digital animation. Thanks for making this video, it gave me a few ideas for when I give it a try.
Se me hace muy interesante como antes utilizaban celdas para poder hacer animaciones, además del proceso tardado, peor el resultado valia la pena, buen video :)
Great video dude! I’m pretty new to animation but I’m training myself to do it. I really dig the old school style and I do pretty much digital only animation wich is cool but I prefer the old way. Once my animation studio is open this is what we’re gonna do. I’m just curious on a lot of it. Like how to get the hole punched paper and all that stuff. It would mean a lot if you could make a video or somthing on more detail about how to do this stuff
If you want to take it another step further, and a step back in time, get yourself a super 8 or 16mm movie camera that lets you take one picture at a time and capture it on film. Maybe even on reversal film so you can project the finished animation back the old fashioned way. That was my first thought, anyway. I have a 16mm camera with that capability and totally want to try this.
Exactly the tutorial I needed!! I love the final result it’s so silly. Question do you need a paint pen to draw on animation cels or can I use like, a fine tip sharpie for thinner lines?
Man this reminds me of me back in the day when i first started animating. I animated a test of goofy on 16 field paper. Im going to blow your mind...ready? .... "Tvpaint" haha try that instead of the pain in the butt process of real cels!
nice what program are you using I am doing a multilane camera setup with my Panasonic Lumix camera but want to find the right camera to communicate with, dragon frame just seems exspenive
Bevekashah, tell us what camera you used. I'd like to have a name to start with for looking up one for myself. And for that matter, the tripod you used for that top-down setup. I've never once seen before a camera set up like that. The approaches you've shown here circumvent weaknesses of a scanner for me.
I really wish they still took the time and effort to make cartoons like this, back in the golden age of cartoons (Popeye, Betty Boop, etc.) A lot more work but so much more artistic and aesthetically pleasing. Most cartoon(especially kids cartoons) and animation today is so bland and boring
Dude, every time someone asks me why I still watch old cartoons, like all theatrical shorts by Disney/Warner/MGM (and others), like... it's art. The amount of work that went into any 6-7minute long short is amazing. Not only the plotting/writing/conceptualizing/gags/etc, but the actual drawing, inking, painting and filming. Heck, the organizing of the cells themselves, those sheets they used, they needed to label each cell and know the order to film them in, etc. It's baffling how most people don't even know how these things were made. They are a true art form.
It’s more challenging and a creative challenge, like that always creates good art.
Which is why i think old animated stuff generally was so much better, because
1. aesthetically it just was more beautiful because it wasn’t too clean or cheap
2. it challenged the artist, they literally didn’t have much access to digital programs and shit to copy paste stuff. Or loose the little nooks n crannies and detail.
It didn’t loose the ✨Aesthetic✨
While it is more expensive and a pain in the ass, it in the long term created SO Much better art.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust,
Street Fighter, Old Superhero Cartoons, old Family Guy, Old Ghibli movies, old Anime.
They all were so much, more unique Because of Cel shading.
now i can finally hold the knowledge of creating my very own season one-looking spongebob animations
Everything about this video makes me feel like I’m in 2004, I love it
You can use a polarizing filter to get rid of the glare and reflection! Also great video!
Sweet I’ll give it a shot thanks
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your art. I've been sharing these tutorials with my high school animation students, it got them so pumped and excited to see animation as physical art.
Whoa that’s cool!
So sick rock on Arturo! Doing the lords work
When i get good at drawing, my goal is to create a 2D animation movie with this style
4:41 Looks *just like* and old-school animation!
Flakes on the screen and all.
You constantly keep evolving your techniques to keep cel animation alive.
Adore the use of the KMart music, shit is so godlike
I KNEW it! I heard this music in I think a Kmart jingle from 1989. Immediately after finding it on RUclips I sampled it and made a beat out of it.
Cel animation has a very specific roughness that can’t be replicated with digital animation. The imperfections like cel shadows and rough imperfect xerox lines.
Can't you just put cel shadows and rough imperfect Xerox lines in each frame while drawing digitally?
Nice work! It’s cool to see your experimentation with a medium that’s not used as much anymore.
Great tip about the cheaper acrylic paint puddling better. I’ve been making some cels myself, and expensive acrylic doesn’t puddle nearly that nicely.
I LOVE this. Thank you for keeping this process alive! Both the minor imperfections and the energy that goes into each frame can really be felt and is something you just can’t achieve with digital. I hope you inspire many others to do the same.
Hey Dude1, I just watched The Secret of NIMH again and it inspired me to create some cell animations of my own. This is the first video I'm watching on how to do it and a lot of the technique shown here can easily be translated to using software to make cell-style animations using only simple software. That is, if someone wanted to get into making animations but only have access to a PC.
Cel animation is the absolute HELL
But it's worth it :)
Your videos getting better and better every time you upload. Keep up the good work man.
Cel Animation is really Cool!!
You don't see this kind of cell animation too often these days.
Thanks for making this! I might have to give this a try
Man you're really becoming an expert on this stuff! Good stuff.
lets get this trending!!! this is SUPER important for college students
I LOVE THIS BRO KEEP IT UP
Your tutorials are very informative and inviting to beginners. Kudos and props to you!
With all that goes in actual cel animation, I'm glad the process of 2-D animation is more digital!
We need to keep this art alive.
Hi, just wanted to share that I think the painting technique is called floating because cel animators would actually float the paintbrush above the cel sheet and let the paint flow down. This is, like you say, to achieve a brushless finish. There are tricks to thin out the paint so it flows better too, it's cool that you figured out the cheaper stuff is good for this.
Anyways, thanks for sharing. Very instructive and straight to the point video.
Now I can see why multiple animators animated different objects in the same shot
This great short cartoon looks similar to something you see on 90s Cartoon Network
I thought it was courage at first glance
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Unless you go to art school its very very difficult to get into this secret lost art and find out how folks did it back in the day. So helpful for us who are trying to learn and eventually make a demo reel and work for a studio some day. Thank you so much.
This looks so cool! I definitely want to try out cel animation. I love animation but so far I've only done digital animation. Thanks for making this video, it gave me a few ideas for when I give it a try.
The cel animation you made reminds me of Ren and Stimpy.
Cool informative video, man. I make cartoons in Flash/Animate but I wish I could make them look like this.
this is gonna come very handy, thank you for this tutorial
i love your work too
I love these tutorials, thx man
You're a genius
Absolutely love these tutorials! Do you think you’ll ever try stop motion?
What also works ive found that isnt so expensive is the transparent slip covers you can get for inside clip binders. They already have holes
damn this is really neat!
Yeah, thanks for this man!
Whenever I think about cel animation, I always watch this video
Amazing
I love this. I was gonna try my hand at cell animation. I love the technique and look it gives. And your video was helpful as hell! Thank you!
Se me hace muy interesante como antes utilizaban celdas para poder hacer animaciones, además del proceso tardado, peor el resultado valia la pena, buen video :)
This is so awesome. Thanks for sharing your process, I keep finding myself back on your channel lol. Pls never stop
oh my god you're the dat weasel and rahul guy, this is super cool i love your art
The song is “Jamboree” by Mladen Franko, for those wondering.
That’s so freaking cool
Keep up the great work dude!
i gotta do this sometime
Beautiful
Cool
This is such a good tutorial thanks
Thank you so much for this video!
Great video dude! I’m pretty new to animation but I’m training myself to do it. I really dig the old school style and I do pretty much digital only animation wich is cool but I prefer the old way. Once my animation studio is open this is what we’re gonna do. I’m just curious on a lot of it. Like how to get the hole punched paper and all that stuff. It would mean a lot if you could make a video or somthing on more detail about how to do this stuff
Dang, with how hard that is, I'm surprised someone decided to go through with it.
great job and tutorial!
damn, this is pretty awesome
thanks,imma try and do it on my own,i am subscribed,amazing video.
That’s really dope‼️
This is too cool! Nice job, truly
Yo! Remember me? I still love your cel animations to this day!
Very cool. I hope you live forever
If you want to take it another step further, and a step back in time, get yourself a super 8 or 16mm movie camera that lets you take one picture at a time and capture it on film. Maybe even on reversal film so you can project the finished animation back the old fashioned way.
That was my first thought, anyway. I have a 16mm camera with that capability and totally want to try this.
Thank you for this!
Keep on keepin on man, as always I'm available for voice work. Especially after August!
Exactly the tutorial I needed!! I love the final result it’s so silly. Question do you need a paint pen to draw on animation cels or can I use like, a fine tip sharpie for thinner lines?
I think the sharpie will be permanent but believe it ended up slightly transparent when I tried it’s been a while tho
Man this reminds me of me back in the day when i first started animating. I animated a test of goofy on 16 field paper. Im going to blow your mind...ready? .... "Tvpaint" haha try that instead of the pain in the butt process of real cels!
Nice Job!
Awesome 👏
Great job! It's just amazing :)
Thank a lot dude
Mgks brother
amazing !!!!!!
Rad video
This was rad
cool video
Cool!
if andrew dude upload, i clicc. fast.
Great job, just one question, how did you make the lighting really good
*Isn't there an app for cell animations?*
The drawings, expressions looks better than with software. Nowdays they only draw a circle with foots or the nonsense 3D
I know why Saul Bass did that Warner Bros logo in the 70s.
You got a new Suscriber
nice what program are you using I am doing a multilane camera setup with my Panasonic Lumix camera but want to find the right camera to communicate with, dragon frame just seems exspenive
Are you working on any pitches?
Bevekashah, tell us what camera you used. I'd like to have a name to start with for looking up one for myself. And for that matter, the tripod you used for that top-down setup. I've never once seen before a camera set up like that.
The approaches you've shown here circumvent weaknesses of a scanner for me.
From a dude named Andrew ur the only Andrewdude1 and you are #1
wait what song is this? I love it!
who knew michael cera did cel animation...
Dude I love your voice you should try out voice acting
Can’t find a light desk like what you use and was hoping you knew where to get one
There's a lot on amazon just LED light table or trace table
For the cels, have you tried washing them so you can reuse them? They did that back in the 40's when the material was rare.
How do you wash them?
@@user-in1gv1uh2v I saw them do it in a sink.
can you make another tutorial how to make cel animation hd screen
Holy crap this video is from 2021!
What's the music called?
DID YOU RECORD HOLD MUSIC AND USE IF FOR THE VIDEO??? i fucking love that
cool
thanks for the heart
can I get a subscriber :)
What is the background song?
I really wish they still took the time and effort to make cartoons like this, back in the golden age of cartoons (Popeye, Betty Boop, etc.) A lot more work but so much more artistic and aesthetically pleasing.
Most cartoon(especially kids cartoons) and animation today is so bland and boring
this output look like one of doodle toons
SpongeBob actually had this style.of medium in season 1.
What’s this? Nice