When you watch animations of any kind: * normal reactions * When you learn the amount of work behind it: _"Oh my goodness did you see the amount of details in that shot?"_
Really though, I am 1 year learning animation and when I watch an sakuga animation, my mind just loses it becuz I know how that scene alone is hard to animate and they also add details on it....
@@Hazzardhenry No. AI is the cheap way and while it will improve and not look as janky anymore, it is cheating. And the thing you gotta think about: AI can only replicate things, styles, objects, whatever it can learn from. It isn't creative, it can't think of something original by itself. So if every artist switched over to AI, there was no new original content AI could use for learning. Everything created by AI would just be based off of stuff, that has already been used by other AI projects before, at some point, AI possibly trying to learn from AI products. While I am not sure, how big of a meaning this would have at some point for the final audience, it certainly has a meaning for artists. I am an artist in the process of launching a large scale animated show, and I take pride in, that no kind of AI was touched for this project. And it will be mentioned in every episode. AI is a tool that can help with many processes. It is great for automating boring and tedious processes, to get away the undesired stuff from us. But the creative creations from artists are nothing, that we want to get rid of, so those must not be replaced by AI. If I knew a show would be created largely by AI, I would not care to watch, because basically any weird stuff can come of it.
Oh you are probably ahead of many ppl at this point, trust me. I know ppl who say want to be animators and only ever made 3 simple loop scenes that don't even last 1 sec each of them... lol. So, be proud!
Idea - IDK if this is applicable to cinema 4d, but in Blender there's something called "Projection mapping" where you could take an image and project it onto your model, much like an overhead projector. Something that might be worth looking into is seeing if Cinema 4d has a similar function, because if it does you could paint over a background in PS as shown, then project that image and others onto the geometry in cinema 4d. Then you wouldn't need to re-paint every single background, and could allow for more dynamic camera moves too.
Im cinema 4d user. And i think im agree with you. Cinema 4d better for mograph. Beside that, i think blender can handle it. Maybe he already put time and effort in cinema 4d, and hard to move to blender
This is incredible. An anime art style but with a Western emphasis on fluidity and movement. You are subverting an entire nation's art style from without!
@@John-dd8kh Most frame-by-frame animation like this made for tv-shows or movies either saves cost by making the artstyle and design simpler or by using less keyframes. Typical western animation (cartoons) use simple designs with many keyframes, anime tends to use complicated designs with less keyframes. Anime also changes the number of keyframes used more often. They genaly use less keyframes for dialogue and more for action scenes. There are of course exceptions.
@@John-dd8kh I've seen a few anime with similar fluidity, notably Akira and Redline. It's not something you see often, but the end result can be pretty amazing.
Maaaan, so much time to animate one scene, i already knew animation taked time, but.. Not at this level, i respect your determination man, a real demonstration of persistence!
By god…..please don’t stop animating King. You are keeping 80s/90s anime ALIVE!!! I came here from watching the Aliens: Monday short film and holy grail it’s amazing. Love the work!
I am glad people like you are willing to work in 2D for the sake of artistic diversity. If I had to do this for 2 second of animation I would promptly jump out a window. Crazy talent and patience from you.
@@Hazzardhenry Yeah, but it doesnt matter, people will still be needed more than ever. When AI is at its peak, all it will do is raise the bar for what audiences expect. Especially when everything starts to feel homogenized. That is the nature of AI, it homogenizes everything to the point that people ask for something new, which it can not do since it learns based on the past and doesnt know how to "think" for itself. It is SO far from that, I doubt we will have that even in 10 years. You cant tell an AI "how" to think about making new ideas on it's own, you can only instruct it yourself to remix what it scans to fit a description. This is NOT how humans work! AI really cant replace the arts, because it can only ever reproduce what humans have already made. Although AI could easily replace hundreds of other jobs like librarians, manual laborers, and anyone in the basic sciences, it never truly can "replace" something that doesnt really exist and can never be perfect, like art.
@@Nom2421 the amount of content will be too great, no one will care if its human created. 271,330 hours of video per day on YT now, multiple that times x1000 when AI on demand cinema is here
sometimes people are a little harsh on animators because an individual frame doesn't look as impressive as a detailed still image, but honestly the work into getting so consistent with drawing the same characters over and over, and the final product are worth it for their beauty. and not to mention, the added strength of the video medium with motion, and sound, it's often underappreciated work, but it's always worth the effort.
geez, tv paint seems so PRIMITIVE. the way that it has to process every little thing to each frame explicitly. nowadays, there are probably at least a half dozen programs that can do that kind of thing better and faster. AND YET, i think it's really great that you're continuing on and working as you do. at the end of the day, you're getting stuff done with a tool that you're familiar with instead of constantly being on a tool upgrade treadmill which is the pitfall i always fall into. imo, even if you're doing your stuff with sticks in the dirt, to actually do the work in a way that you find enjoyable is more important than anything else. so kudos and keep on truckin'.
Agreed, in the end it doesn't matter which tools you use, as long as you're not held back by them. For those wanting to try this technique themselves however, I'd recommend Blender. Then you can do the whole process in the same program :).
I'm about to start my first serious endeavour into 2d animation after being inspired by Legend Of The Galactic Heroes and remembered that I was watching your streams every now and then and wanted to get a refresh on how you work. And there is now this video right here, uploaded 2 weeks ago. Perfect timing as if the universe was telling me go do it! Thanks for the amazing insight in your workflow!
I use this method for objects a lot in sequential illustrations. It is kinda a pain to model if you are mainly 2D artist but it saves a lot of time and increases detail quality.
My God man.. The amount of work you put into your craft.. "In betweening the in betweens." My nose started to bleed. "Then coloring every frame." Head explodes.. Love how you in between the faces. Seamless.
Love it! You really nail that 80's/90's anime aesthetic. I use a similar method for creating comic stuff using 3D models etc but this is a whole other level. Really admire the dedication and sheer amounts of time you pour into these animations.
It's such a jem, not just to see the finished product, but also your work, under construction. Well. I guess we'll all just have to wait....faster, till you show us more, and eventually the finished result. I'm really at awe, that some animation company hasn't said " were in!" yet, of sorts. Love to see your own ideas (sketches, designs and such) going into it.
People gushing about this in comment, especially ones bemoaning their own art... i think alot of them are missing the point. There is no trick here, there is a technique that he's applied to good fundamentals in animation and art and anatomy, and hard friggin work. If the foundation wasn't strong, then it wouldn't hold all the supplemental 3d rendering he's showing to you. Put in the work, build your basics up, learn your art and craft, whatever it is. I mean, just look at the inspiration shots @15:00, he's not copying the art work, he's copying the general technique. And you couldn't do that if your basics aren't sound; you wouldn't understand the methodology/aesthetic you want to draw from. I respect that Otaking is sharing this, but now that i see his workflow i respect "artist/animator Otaking" even more.
your animations are absolutely breathtaking, the final product is so polished and detailed it looks like it was a 3d render which shows an insane level of skill in terms of inbetweening and patience, and dont get me started on how natural/organic it all feels, she really seems alive! i can only hope to reach the level of deftness and determination your animations require, and i hope to see more of your content!
The quality of your animations are top tier for being a one man show, and I believe that you have the skills to not show some of the weak spots in them, but just would have to spend immense amounts of time on them. In other words, the flaws your animations have I believe are time based, not skill based. You're real good.
Super entretening 1😱 - you animate the tie fighters 2😱😱😱- First time i see a work flow of this kind of high level animations !! Thanks alot , open my mind
Man, like others have been saying, the amount of effort you put into this is insane. Having to more or less redraw and recolor for every frame. Makes me more forgiving whenever I see errors in animations like this, It takes a lot of patience and focus to do these things.
Oh man I would not have the patience to do this myself. I'm very happy that there are people out there like yourself that do! Keep it up man, awesome work!
yeah, This work is so good! love your work flow and time saves. working smart! Animation work like this is certainly a labor of love, and its so incredible.
In 3000 years, when humanity has long died out, aliens find a forgotten cellar with a human mummy still working on an full lengh animated film ... It's incredible how long it takes to draw an animated film.
Looks sooo freakin cool.... really nice work here. Thanks for showing us some tricks here too.... I do 3d stuff so it's nice to see how you incorporate the 3d into your design :)
awesome work. It's a pleasure to watch your whole process. ngl though I couldn't ignore how when she brings her arm up to put her visor down, the lighting on the arm doesn't change, if the light is on the right side of her body it was kinda weird seeing the light not change on the arm. unless there is a different light source for her arm and it follows it as it moves
i dont know why but i much more intrested in old 90s anime/animations then plane CGi. full CGI films somtimes just looks solid and soulles to me sometimes, i never really notice the artist work when everthing just looks the same.
You could also paint the 3D objects in the scene and duplicate them around as needed. Then youd only have to make small readjustments in PS after rendering then. Also for the helmet, you can put a white placeholder for the face INSIDE the helmet, then you dont see the details in the back and can just render it out like that.
When you watch animations of any kind: * normal reactions *
When you learn the amount of work behind it: _"Oh my goodness did you see the amount of details in that shot?"_
Really though, I am 1 year learning animation and when I watch an sakuga animation, my mind just loses it becuz I know how that scene alone is hard to animate and they also add details on it....
@@Vaztin learn AI, or be left behind
@@Hazzardhenry No.
AI is the cheap way and while it will improve and not look as janky anymore, it is cheating. And the thing you gotta think about: AI can only replicate things, styles, objects, whatever it can learn from. It isn't creative, it can't think of something original by itself. So if every artist switched over to AI, there was no new original content AI could use for learning. Everything created by AI would just be based off of stuff, that has already been used by other AI projects before, at some point, AI possibly trying to learn from AI products.
While I am not sure, how big of a meaning this would have at some point for the final audience, it certainly has a meaning for artists. I am an artist in the process of launching a large scale animated show, and I take pride in, that no kind of AI was touched for this project. And it will be mentioned in every episode.
AI is a tool that can help with many processes. It is great for automating boring and tedious processes, to get away the undesired stuff from us. But the creative creations from artists are nothing, that we want to get rid of, so those must not be replaced by AI. If I knew a show would be created largely by AI, I would not care to watch, because basically any weird stuff can come of it.
@@Hazzardhenry it's the act of creation and the process that gives us meaning and is, quite simply, the fun bit.
This is super motivating to someone who's only ever animated with Pivot, once, 15 years ago. So dope.
Oh you are probably ahead of many ppl at this point, trust me. I know ppl who say want to be animators and only ever made 3 simple loop scenes that don't even last 1 sec each of them... lol.
So, be proud!
You just unlocked a memory deep in my brain with pivot, damn
same dude, I have some old pivots on my channel lol
Idea - IDK if this is applicable to cinema 4d, but in Blender there's something called "Projection mapping" where you could take an image and project it onto your model, much like an overhead projector. Something that might be worth looking into is seeing if Cinema 4d has a similar function, because if it does you could paint over a background in PS as shown, then project that image and others onto the geometry in cinema 4d. Then you wouldn't need to re-paint every single background, and could allow for more dynamic camera moves too.
hey that’s what i wanted to say
@@ezyto "Great minds think alike" I suppose :)
Great advice
Very smart! I used projection mapping to make some cool stuff before
Im cinema 4d user. And i think im agree with you. Cinema 4d better for mograph. Beside that, i think blender can handle it.
Maybe he already put time and effort in cinema 4d, and hard to move to blender
This is incredible. An anime art style but with a Western emphasis on fluidity and movement. You are subverting an entire nation's art style from without!
Britanime!
Has that never been done before? Also, is fluidity strictly a Western thing? Sorry new to animation here..
@@John-dd8kh Most frame-by-frame animation like this made for tv-shows or movies either saves cost by making the artstyle and design simpler or by using less keyframes. Typical western animation (cartoons) use simple designs with many keyframes, anime tends to use complicated designs with less keyframes. Anime also changes the number of keyframes used more often. They genaly use less keyframes for dialogue and more for action scenes.
There are of course exceptions.
nah... grow up kid
@@John-dd8kh I've seen a few anime with similar fluidity, notably Akira and Redline. It's not something you see often, but the end result can be pretty amazing.
I love this aesthetic so much and I especially love seeing how you build and put it all together. Kudos!!
Maaaan, so much time to animate one scene, i already knew animation taked time, but.. Not at this level, i respect your determination man, a real demonstration of persistence!
Took*
By god…..please don’t stop animating King. You are keeping 80s/90s anime ALIVE!!! I came here from watching the Aliens: Monday short film and holy grail it’s amazing. Love the work!
Man, this art and animation style blows me away every time I see it.
Thankful for creative people like you who also possess the patience for tedius work, showing the world what it really takes to create masterpieces.
I am glad people like you are willing to work in 2D for the sake of artistic diversity.
If I had to do this for 2 second of animation I would promptly jump out a window. Crazy talent and patience from you.
now with ai, everone will be able to do it in a few year
@@Hazzardhenry ai sucks at it and even if it was good, would just make real artistic works more valuable
@@Nom2421 give it 5 or 10yrs, this is the worst ai video will ever be. keep ypur ears open for some mainstream studio news soon....
@@Hazzardhenry Yeah, but it doesnt matter, people will still be needed more than ever. When AI is at its peak, all it will do is raise the bar for what audiences expect. Especially when everything starts to feel homogenized.
That is the nature of AI, it homogenizes everything to the point that people ask for something new, which it can not do since it learns based on the past and doesnt know how to "think" for itself. It is SO far from that, I doubt we will have that even in 10 years. You cant tell an AI "how" to think about making new ideas on it's own, you can only instruct it yourself to remix what it scans to fit a description. This is NOT how humans work!
AI really cant replace the arts, because it can only ever reproduce what humans have already made. Although AI could easily replace hundreds of other jobs like librarians, manual laborers, and anyone in the basic sciences, it never truly can "replace" something that doesnt really exist and can never be perfect, like art.
@@Nom2421 the amount of content will be too great, no one will care if its human created. 271,330 hours of video per day on YT now, multiple that times x1000 when AI on demand cinema is here
英語が分からないので、日本語にてコメントさせてください。
作品の完成に至るプロセスが見られて、とても感動しました。
私も以前、フォトショップなどを多用する仕事をしていたので、製作テクニックの数々に驚いています。
なお、「美樹本晴彦とマクロス」は、私にとっても「神と聖書」に近い存在です。
sometimes people are a little harsh on animators because an individual frame doesn't look as impressive as a detailed still image, but honestly the work into getting so consistent with drawing the same characters over and over, and the final product are worth it for their beauty. and not to mention, the added strength of the video medium with motion, and sound, it's often underappreciated work, but it's always worth the effort.
geez, tv paint seems so PRIMITIVE. the way that it has to process every little thing to each frame explicitly. nowadays, there are probably at least a half dozen programs that can do that kind of thing better and faster.
AND YET, i think it's really great that you're continuing on and working as you do. at the end of the day, you're getting stuff done with a tool that you're familiar with instead of constantly being on a tool upgrade treadmill which is the pitfall i always fall into. imo, even if you're doing your stuff with sticks in the dirt, to actually do the work in a way that you find enjoyable is more important than anything else.
so kudos and keep on truckin'.
Agreed, in the end it doesn't matter which tools you use, as long as you're not held back by them.
For those wanting to try this technique themselves however, I'd recommend Blender. Then you can do the whole process in the same program :).
This makes me appreciate animated work even more
I'm about to start my first serious endeavour into 2d animation after being inspired by Legend Of The Galactic Heroes and remembered that I was watching your streams every now and then and wanted to get a refresh on how you work. And there is now this video right here, uploaded 2 weeks ago. Perfect timing as if the universe was telling me go do it! Thanks for the amazing insight in your workflow!
It's so satisfying seeing everything come together when animating.. it just takes forever..
Your work is the definition of "every frame a painting"
I use this method for objects a lot in sequential illustrations. It is kinda a pain to model if you are mainly 2D artist but it saves a lot of time and increases detail quality.
My God man.. The amount of work you put into your craft.. "In betweening the in betweens." My nose started to bleed. "Then coloring every frame." Head explodes.. Love how you in between the faces. Seamless.
I really respect your perseverance and tenacity in drawing every frame to frame, great job
I love when ppl use 3D but draw over it in 2D, LOOKS SO GOOD MAN!!!!
edit: Doing it 60fps is crazy too... XD
ai could help
Love your work blends 2d n 3d seamlessly. It all looks "real" to the world you're presenting, no half measures. *Deep aesthetics.*
nice to find the guy who did this stuff- came across the tie-fighter anime some time ago and liked the galactic hero atmos!
What amazing art you created!!
Congratulations on this masterpiece and continue, it is very rewarding for us to watch it.
Love it! You really nail that 80's/90's anime aesthetic. I use a similar method for creating comic stuff using 3D models etc but this is a whole other level. Really admire the dedication and sheer amounts of time you pour into these animations.
It's such a jem, not just to see the finished product, but also your work, under construction. Well. I guess we'll all just have to wait....faster, till you show us more, and eventually the finished result.
I'm really at awe, that some animation company hasn't said " were in!" yet, of sorts.
Love to see your own ideas (sketches, designs and such) going into it.
phenomenal how much effort you put into only a few frames, makes every second look great.
I love your work. I miss that 90s style like you won't believe. I wish you the greatest success.
70s, 80s, 90s were the best. Today's animation is 😩
Holy crap... your stuff looks amazing!
It really matches that 90's Anime look (but cleaner!)
RUclips recommend this and it's beautiful! The mastery and effort behind every little detail and movement ... my jaw dropped
I can't believe this channel is alive! I'm glad !
People gushing about this in comment, especially ones bemoaning their own art... i think alot of them are missing the point. There is no trick here, there is a technique that he's applied to good fundamentals in animation and art and anatomy, and hard friggin work. If the foundation wasn't strong, then it wouldn't hold all the supplemental 3d rendering he's showing to you. Put in the work, build your basics up, learn your art and craft, whatever it is. I mean, just look at the inspiration shots @15:00, he's not copying the art work, he's copying the general technique. And you couldn't do that if your basics aren't sound; you wouldn't understand the methodology/aesthetic you want to draw from. I respect that Otaking is sharing this, but now that i see his workflow i respect "artist/animator Otaking" even more.
your animations are absolutely breathtaking, the final product is so polished and detailed it looks like it was a 3d render which shows an insane level of skill in terms of inbetweening and patience, and dont get me started on how natural/organic it all feels, she really seems alive! i can only hope to reach the level of deftness and determination your animations require, and i hope to see more of your content!
The quality of your animations are top tier for being a one man show, and I believe that you have the skills to not show some of the weak spots in them, but just would have to spend immense amounts of time on them.
In other words, the flaws your animations have I believe are time based, not skill based. You're real good.
Super entretening
1😱 - you animate the tie fighters
2😱😱😱- First time i see a work flow of this kind of high level animations !! Thanks alot , open my mind
as a (pretty amateur) animator, while I was watching this my face warped in unimaginable directions thinking about how much work this was
The amount of work you put into it is just downright crazy! I am blown away!
What an intense labour of love! Hats off king!
Man, like others have been saying, the amount of effort you put into this is insane. Having to more or less redraw and recolor for every frame.
Makes me more forgiving whenever I see errors in animations like this, It takes a lot of patience and focus to do these things.
Can’t wait to see the final film. 👍🏼😎
Absolutely wonderful workflow
I like the 90s anime aesthetic! Very cool!
Thanks, I really needed a video like this! Your work is really amazing and inspiring!
The process is tedious but the results are mindblowing.
Man. You're something else bud. This is awesome.
I came for the tie fighter but this is the video that was worth watching! I learned something!
woow a lot of work you put in it, and I love the way it look. It hit the spot
Oh man I would not have the patience to do this myself. I'm very happy that there are people out there like yourself that do! Keep it up man, awesome work!
yeah, This work is so good! love your work flow and time saves. working smart! Animation work like this is certainly a labor of love, and its so incredible.
Absolutely incredible its hard to believe one person could have the talent and patients to do all this by himself Subscribed !
Thank you this is going to save me soooo much time on my thesis film for grad school
U are a legend, I strive to make content up to the quality of yours. I got into blender partly because of you :)
In 3000 years, when humanity has long died out, aliens find a forgotten cellar with a human mummy still working on an full lengh animated film ...
It's incredible how long it takes to draw an animated film.
wow amazing workflow, very very very nice result!
Holy shit, everything you do is amazing. I'm speachless.
Love watching your stuff.
I always learn and relearn new things.
Always happy to see more of your work! I haven't been seeing the livestreams popping up lately, I'll have to look out for them!
Really interesting video, and wow what an awesome outcome, looking forward to the final product :)
excellent shadows ! really interesting making of ! cheers from RIo
Love to see new content from the King! Great vid man
Absolutely amazing dude
Amazing workflow, final product is stunning
Great Video Paul! Beautiful work, as always! 👍😎
If I were a hollywood producer, I would greenlight a Star Wars/sci-fi anime from you so fast I'd break the sound barrier.
Patients is a virtue my friend and you have loads of it.
Truly appreciate the hard work and craft of this. Tremendous work
Looks sooo freakin cool.... really nice work here.
Thanks for showing us some tricks here too.... I do 3d stuff so it's nice to see how you incorporate the 3d into your design :)
WOWWIE the details and laser focus you have for this skill~~
Love it
Don’t know what else to say that you haven’t read already.
Definitely looking forward to more & the finished project.
Stay strong
Otaking returns! Great stuff mate!
awesome work. It's a pleasure to watch your whole process.
ngl though I couldn't ignore how when she brings her arm up to put her visor down, the lighting on the arm doesn't change, if the light is on the right side of her body it was kinda weird seeing the light not change on the arm. unless there is a different light source for her arm and it follows it as it moves
Happy too see you doing well dude
I love this, I can't wait to see more of your projects
Love the video. Project Monday looks great!
I didn't know about it, and it looks so cool. Love your work !
i look forward to the end result it looks awesome~
Your work ia amazing. As always.
Esto es sorprendente, yo no tendría la paciencia para hacer algo tan detallado como esto.
Making the helmet transparent was pretty clever 👌
Trabalho impecável! O cara é um artista.
Awesome job. So much work. But it looks so great.
Wow, so much work. Truly appreciate the effort and thanks for sharing.
I feel like ‘Big Animation’ will come after you for posting this 🤣😅👀
This was amazing.
I would love to see a movie with your animation style!
I love this so much!! Truly inspirational! Thank you! ❤❤❤
I love it!
Thanks for uploading.
this art style is so cool 😎
really great video, hope you get more intention and im really looking forward to the movie 😊
i dont know why but i much more intrested in old 90s anime/animations then plane CGi. full CGI films somtimes just looks solid and soulles to me sometimes, i never really notice the artist work when everthing just looks the same.
I agree. Once in a while I discover an old anime film or TV series that just blows me away.
That animation is 60 frames looks SOOO damn smooth
Your work is awesome!
Legendary talent!
Magnificent tips!
Very nice work ;) And listening to "Lightforce" by Rob Hubbard put a smile on my face.
You could also paint the 3D objects in the scene and duplicate them around as needed. Then youd only have to make small readjustments in PS after rendering then. Also for the helmet, you can put a white placeholder for the face INSIDE the helmet, then you dont see the details in the back and can just render it out like that.
The legend, the King
wow really cool process.
Bro, this is a painstakingly process to watch. Looks great once it’s rendered tho. Are you doing this project alone? What’s your opinion on 3D vs 2D?
You are the man! this is amazing work
Thank you for doing what you do.