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- "UNPLUG!" is the first lesson in Richard Williams’ book: "The Animator's Survival Kit". Richard added some drawings to the lesson, illustrating what happened one day he went to see Milt Kahl.
I've always found those drawings very inspiring and the story was just screaming to be animated. The audio is taken from a Richard Williams’ masterclass video where, luckily for me, he re-enacted the story!.
PS: I did not listen to music while doing this.
Well... just a tiny bit.
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Thanks Richard, your art and your lessons will inspire us forever.
I love the “f-f-f-f-f” since it seems like he’s gonna curse
I got really scared
"Son of a b-b-b-b...son of a bi-bi-bi-bi...son of a bi-bi-bi-eehh gun! Hehehe! You thought I was gonna say s-s-s-son of a bitch, didn't ya?"
@Mr Flibble That has to be the Bruhest Moment.
@@Windclaw and yet you still said it...
@@gunlyte4661 or in this case the mix of tik tok and Roblox spelling levels of dumb
"I am not smart enough to think of more than one thing at a time."
Someone is brutally honest.
I won’t do it anymore.
Honesty is a good policy
Or somethin like that.
I think he's smart enough to know his limits, multi-tasking is for morons.
@@brycejohansen7114 not really. I multitask because of my simple job. I have to.
It does not make me a moron.
What makes someone a moron is someone who thinks they can do everything.
@@ColdNorth0628 mate this aint about u
I like how you animated Richard's reactions to every sound Milt makes.
It really make shim look like a lanky "new guy" who regrets even talking to this man.
my man came back 3 years later to comment another top comment again
@@succubusjadevr Who cares? Don't yall have anything better to talk about than comments and years and recommendations? Talk about the video
@@zarrowthehorse who said his comment was supposed to be taken negatively? all he was saying is that 3 years later he made another top comment.. chill out
@@zarrowthehorse Yeah dude calm down that’s was kinda unnecessary. Also, you kinda just contradicted yourself. 😐
@@Olllie2490 everything here is unnecessary all our comments dont matter atleast in this section.
I've just read Don Bluth's memoir, and he confirms Milt Kahl was this intimidating in real life.
"Long on talent, short on patience" is how he describes Kahl.
Seeing Milt's work, I can only agree that he was probably as Don described.
Like, seeing Sher Khan from Jungle Book turn his head while speaking, being all jolly, its all just awesome.
Also describes John K
Apparently, Walt himself would occasionally be on the receiving end of Milt’s short temper, but he always took it on the chin because he admired the man too much.
@@capncookie1110 John Kricfalusi is a legitimate monster - don't even bring him into this.
"Im not smart enough to think more than 1 thing at a time"
Literally my whole life explained as short as possible
I won't do it anymore!
Ironically most employers nowadays won't accept someone for a job if they knew this fact.
Literally every human in the world is not smart enough to think more than 1 thing at a time and do it good.
The people who "multitask" concentrate in one thing, stop, then concentrate in another, stop and so on...
I tried drawing without music, and it got me feeling frustrated thinking about people, were to the point I'm rushing to draw and everything was starting to look bad. I put music on to mute the voices and started to focus again. This "advice" doesn't apply to everyone!
Reading the book and watching this is sooo goood! Love this animation a bunch!
Yip sure is
Hey, it’s Sr Pelo.
Hey it's that guy
Sr pelo is a man of culture as well ✨ (??
Hey Pelo :D
The non-technical parts of the book where Williams talks about becoming an animator are my favorite.
Im reading it right now and I would have to agree with you on that haha!
Crowne Prince oh hey I knew you looked familiar! I love your rubberhose animation video
I agree.
Such interesting history.
Notice me senpai! O: ♥
A furry thinking he can become a good animator how pathetic
This is really good, Bravo !!!
kekeflipnote hey if you’re reading this love your animations there so COOL!!!
With hugs and care,
Me
Keke!!!!! :D your so "inspiring"!! 😀
kekeflipnote didnt expect to see you here :)
You should be on the top of the comments section! Dude, you're awsome!
Others: you need to buy an expensive software to create cool animations
Keke: Hold my Nintendo DS
I miss old style of animation like this. So expressive. Combined with higher frames and smoother animation, it's just perfect. Good job
Same, I hope it comes back in some form
@@TsulaAngenati2292 COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH DUCK TALES COUGH COUGH
Its great, but its very lengthy and time consuming. Its why most individuals, let alone, major studios, have favored tweening and smear shots rather than in between cell animation. It saves everyone involved time, money, and (in terms of the animators themselves) sanity.
I say someone should develop a studio that specializes in hand drawn animation, like how Laika specializes in stop-motion animation, where this kind of animation is encouraged, time is given for the animation to be its best, where people don’t feel like they have to animate on lower frame rates, and the release date for a movie is determined by when the film is actually done, and where the gap between finished and release is used for marketing.
@@dillonwright13 like what studio ghibli used to do
Anybody masochistic enough to animate in ones deserves my respect.
It's not masochism, it's a style choice. Good animation in 1s is pretty fluid but in 2s still can be fluid.
DUDE! FANTASTIC!
Lol I see you in every video’s comment section I watch
surprisingly it doesnt need more pikachus I see! xD
How is it that I see your comments literally everywhere, even on my own shitty videos?
That is like Disney Animation!
For C-C-C--hrists Sake! What a F-F-F-Fantastic piece of animation!!
Lol
He says F-F-F-CHRIST
You animated it! Cool! :D
:D
:D
I enjoy these amazing animation pencil drawnings
:D
@@TimeTravelingFetus nice emoji happy face their mate
I’m usually used to seeing Milt as a comfortable, poised, relaxed and calm old man who’s always happy to talk to you about animation or even draw a few sketches for you, but this is an absolute far cry from the Milt I’ve known from the behind the scenes documentaries and personal interviews.
You don’t wanna mess with Milt Kahl… he’s a force to be reckoned with.
Well he was pretty focused on his work.
Even in those interviews I thought he looked kind of intimidating.
You haven't seen him answer an inconvenient question in that interviews, his face transforms and the eyes become menacing.
I remember reading this story in the animator’s survival kit! So cool seeing it animated :D. He had a lot of respect for Milt and even though he was very heavy handed and to the point with what he said, he dumped a lot of valuable wisdom where he went. Rest In Peace Milt Khal and Rest In Peace Richard Williams, the man who’s illustrations and story inspired this animation.
He yelled that phrase about music and it changed Williams’ perspective and how Williams worked. He stopped listening to music and had all his brain power focused on animating.
Also nice tid bit in your description about music lol
@ShockingPikachu Do you mean listening to music while animating? Because to me, I would never want to live without music, heck the London streets be playing shoegaze and Britpop around his days
This particular bit isn’t useful advice; just his personal preference. I, like most people, don’t get distracted by music. Classical music maybe, becaue it doesn’t have a consistent beat, but I listen to lofi or something like that that aids concentration.
I need to be getting to it more since I want to do 2d animated shorts .
who are you and what did you do with Richard Williams!? this is amazing!
HBruna hey there bruna
Yes
Just watched your new video it was amazing
Hey look, it's the henntaii lady
This is stunning. Absolutely loved Richard's speeches about the people which he had experiences with.
I know this comment is old, but I never thought I'd see you here
When you're on the brink of sensory overload and some random noise occurs:
I might have a mild mild case of Asperger's and this resonates with me, even though I'm not familiar with the medical terms but the message got through
i love how Richard is animated in the style of "The Thief and The Cobbler". it's a really nice reference :)
He looks like a combination of the two characters. :-)
He is!? I thought that was just my brain playing a trick on me! I love it!
@@jvgreendarmok I thought so too.
Oh my god thank you, something seemed familiar but i couldn't place it. Especially that last draaawwn out step he takes, where the bottom of his foot comes toward the screen with that 3D effect
My personal favorite part is when he strides over at 0:07
The walk is unique and the little flip out that he does with his foot is just perfect
Watch the theif and the cobbler if you havent :)
Following the advice of the book makes things look this good.
Thank you all for your kind comments, it makes worth the effort :)
You should work for the animation industry, this work is amazing
You know he probably does, something like this takes a lot of practice and experience.
Did you do the inbetweens straight ahead?
Dude,you should teach Animation your really Great.
You are so, so talented! I haven't seen movement that smooth since Felix Colgrave 💜
Came to see this after hearing about Richard's passing. You really did this story justice, truly wonderful animation.
Yes, it's sad I didn't get the opportunity to meet him in person. I was so happy when he saw this project and got his praise. I'll miss him.
i didnt even know... we lost a giant
@@edquint Did he ever say it publicly? I'm trying to find the quote of him saying he watched it
@@Sergeantmajormario he did from his Twitter account
Im so glad I had the book, I wouldnt understand shiz without it
yes, so would you kindly explain?
I don't get it :(
@@charisgehman7941 the video literaly the animate version of the some panels from the book. I think it was on the first pages. Tho is still funny aninated or just panel like the book. Things about animation and so it was telling there
@@RomyAkari350 ok okay which book?
@@charisgehman7941 "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams. As my teacher once said, the bible of animation. Toons of good copilation of knowledge for a base but you can also learn to perfect it more from practice
Keep coming back to this years later.
You fucking *nailed* Richard Williams's style.
What the hell? This was animated so smoothly and WITHOUT interpolation? Damn. Mad respect to the dedication.
What’s interpolation?
@@pokaay3163 Interpolation is a function of video editing software that FORCES animations/videos to have a higher frame rate. What it does is also smear the inbetween frames and make it look horrendous. There's a good couple examples out there like Noodle's "Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [4K 60FPS]" where he goes into deep dive over how it offends the animators and artists both.
@@GeneralJaydonius no offense, but you got the wrong idea of that video.
Interpolation it's a tool, but on its own it can't do much. It's the job of the artist to know how to use it.
(But also yes, it does shit on the artist if you just put a previous animation that didn't have it in mind and then upload it)
@@cractor6307 Well your latter comment is mostly what I refer to these days. Some use it as a shortcut, or just not bother at all with how it affects things. The video I sourced even explained why it needs to involve the intent of the artists otherwise it is downright offensive.
@@GeneralJaydonius oh I yeah, I've heard of that before. Now I'm just in awe of the skill
I like how you drew Richard Williams more faithful to his own art style. thought that was a neat touch
Even with the fluid animation, complete with that foot swinging. Mwah! Magnifiqie!
I thought he looked like a character from The Thief and the Cobbler!
@@StemNoodle i think that's the idea seeing that Williams made T&tC.
@@MoonLoonie69 oh yeah! ^.^
Oh my God, I recognized the scene before they started talking, you really did it justice. Thank you for the amazing quality you bring us.
What is it
@@Scroteydada Or rather a short comic about how animation is concentration lol
Same
Tbh, I envy animators who do animation without any sort of interruption. It's best becuase you can focus more on what you are doing and get less distracted.
The face just screamed Thief and the cobbler from the thumbnail, and I was 100% correct
Omg I was thinking that too!!
Honestly, this feels like Richard Williams' own animation! The lavish and fluid frames per second, the lanky character, etc
This has been the most fluid animation I've seen in a while
I don't understand the moral here.
If I don't listen to something while animating I go crazy.
Same with me. My mind always has an unlimited video if library to play if i dont listen to music while i work. These mind videos are titled "remember that one embarrassing interaction you had years ago?"
Mr. Robert was the same until he used the advice:
He says in the book that he could concentrate better, so the poses and acting become more fluid.
Oh, and he used a mix of the pose to pose and straight ahead. Read the book "Animator's survival kit" , it's fascinating ^^
The moral: Do whatever you need to to get yourself in the mindset of working. Don't listen to someone else's workflow completely even if they're the best. You're you and however you need to situate urself in an artistic mindset to work is the right way. Listen to music. Milt is a crotchety old man here lol
I tried "unplugging" like he describes in the book. For a few hours it works, but after a few hours the silence itself becomes more distracting than anyone could claim music and podcasts could ever be.
@@TetsuDeinonychus I say work how u need to not how someone else thinks u need to.
That animation is as smooth as butter!
Milt's subtle voice when he turns to look at Richard is interesting because the aggression is more in the way he glares at him.
The "If Looks Could Kill" trope.
I love how the other guy looks like he’s about to break out laughing
These animations kind of remindes me of Disney's movies made in the first 2000s such as Fantasia 2000 and Atlantis, very nice
Before Milt started talking it was gorgeous work.
Then when he started talking and this got ludicrous good.
RIP both Williams and Kahl. ;3; You two will forever be legends.
Never ask a woman: her age
A man: his salary
Milt Kahl: If he ever listens to classical music while working
A curious and enthusiastic guy who just wanted to learn everything possible about animation... his journey is very inspiring, i'm grateful this book exists. He was very lucky to have these mentors, and later friends, Ken Harris, Richard Kelsey, Milt Kahl, but more than that, it shows what someone with passion and courage can achieve when they want to. "If you ask questions, you will find out what you want to know. If you're lucky enough to ask someone who knows."
Woah, this is just stunning! One of my favorite moments in the Survival Kit, now animated in an approach that follows what the book teaches and does it incredibly close to what Williams might've done himself. Never would've thought this would be a thing that exists! Just like his work, you've filled this with a ton of the nuance and fluidity he strives for. Makes the whole thing really come alive.
Fantastic work man! This is the kind of stuff I'd include as inspiration.
I’ve never even read the book
This is still comedy gold
This is truly magnificent. I remember the original comic strip by Richard Williams leaving its mark on me since my university years. But still, to see it brought to life with such fluid and dynamic character movement is breathtaking!
You handled the overall flow of both cartoonists' movements extraordinarily! I'm sure this'll put a smile on Mr. Williams face. Very well done indeed!
I love every facial expression Richard makes
One thing I'd like to point out about early animation compared to today.
An animator in the 50s would be doing all of the drawing, sketching, and revisions of the character to simply get the movement right. They would not be doing, say, the details of the characters, the lines and inks, or the colors.
Doing the initial stages of animation took a lot of planning, reworking, and focus. Playing music in the background would have been discouraged, and I dont imagine the old record players or radios had very good quality headphones to go with them. I also can't imagine hauling your record collection into an already crowded animation office.
When the art was ready to be inked and colored, that work was passed onto women artists of the time, who generally were the only ones trusted with that role. Often a radio was playing in the office, because it was very boring grunt work, coping and tracing and matching colors.
So you can listen to music when the focus heavy work is done, and when you need to do tedious grunt work like line art or coloring, put on something that will help keep you focused on your work.
I'm not smart enough to think of one thing at a time
Me: *chuckles in adhd*
Haha same
You absolutely need to find a way to share this with Richard Williams. You even found a way to homage Williams' style. The Student Richard Williams is very reminiscent of the thief from Thief and the Cobber. It's that pointy curious face and the way you lead the character's direction with it. Gorgeously done.
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Perfect. I shared this with my own animation teacher. I'll post back what he says. I know he'll love it.
GLORIOUS!!
@@EvilAnimator1138 3 years later...
@@sarcasticsuperjerk18 yeah I'm also waiting
Reminds me of Eric Goldberg's (he worked on Genie from Aladdin) style of animation.
The kind of movement indeed does have that flow and beats to it that Eric uses a lot.
Makes sense. Eric worked for Richard Williams.
“I’m not smart enough to think of more than one thing at the same time!” is very weird for me to hear as someone who suffers from the exact opposite problem. Regardless, this is some truly incredible work!
That's an amazing tribute to Richard Williams! I know it's been three years but can you please do more animations in this style? I truly love the fluidity of the animation, art-style, and sound effects.
I REMEMBER THIS ILLUSTRATION. It scared the crap out of me, hahaha! I always have to listen to music when I animate, but I do find that Milt is right on one end: when I really need to focus and not just do simple tweening, I have to turn the music off first.
I am a student of drawing and i just made this "stupid mistake".
It ain’t no stupid mistake; it just depends on the person about what helps them focus more on their craft, music or silence, it doesn’t matter since it doesn’t have to be just one way of doing things…everybody has their own way and that’s what makes them work, and unique too, to put it
I was afraid that when searching for this animation here from seeing it on Vimeo, I thought I was going to find some jerk reuploading it, but instead blessed to find the same creator here! I Love This!!
For a moment I thought this must’ve been animated by Richard Williams himself. Amazing skill!
Rechard: do you listen to classical music when you are working?
Williams: so you have chosen... DEATH!
Having Raggedy Ann on continuous loop at 3 years old cemented my tastes for film visuals for the remaining 32 years and counting of my life. Thanks, Richard.
Woah... woah.... just... woah! Your animation is just so inspirational! I'm not sure if you have an FAQ somewhere, but what program do you use to animate? I really love the texture in the clean up!
Judging by the texture I´d say TVPaint, but that´s just me guessing.
Keith Rowsell that may be. Maybe I've just never found that brush yet haha thanks
Either that or Toon Boom Harmony since they are using that in Spa Studios. I´ve not seen a textured brush that convincing in toon boom though with all those vector lines.
cortyzz420 420 on the contrary, it was quintana
He said he used toon boom harmony in his lion king tribute (in the description)
wow this is so fucking smooth
Yessir
Wow. That's some stellar animation. I haven't seen something this simultaneously fluid and punchy at the same time in a long time. Perfection.
I love how if you watch this in slow motion, you can see the small details of how rich reacts to milt as he goes off.
I remember seeing this in the Book and thought "man, imagine if this was animated?" Awesome job on this.
My dream is to animate like this one day I love you’re work you’re such a inspiration...Thank you for working on amazing pieces like these.
This is most likely just my childhood nostalgia talking, but this great animation gives me plenty Fantasia 2000 vibes. :)
So fluid. I can see the style being that of a Disney movie.
Having the book and seeing the art getting in motion brought tears to my eyes.
I loved it!
I got this book for Christmas! And now I’m studying it in hopes of becoming an animator! This animation is amazing! ^^
3 comments down, and I see an expert animation commentator and two incredibly talented frame-by-frame animators.
That's how you know this shit's good.
This animation is so smooth, especially the mouth movements! Matches the pronunciation perfectly!
Like the man said himself:
Animation is concentration!
Unless you're in the inbetween process
I have this assignment in which I have to get a video an analyze how it applies one of the 12 principles of animation, but man, how can i choose ONE for this? It is just perfect in every sense.
I thought people didn't draw this way anymore. Man it puts my heart at ease knowing this exists.
This is the perfect representation of the two hemispheres of my brain interacting
This was so inspiring I decided I would unplug my grandmothers life support 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
You ever get so angry you start clucking
Oh my God. That animation is gorgeous!!
...strangely, when reading Don Bluth's book, Somewhere Out There, this was literally the first thing I thought of when he talked about Milt Kahl. Makes sense to me.
Coming back to this after Williams’ passing. Rest In Peace man
I’m speechless ! I love the original strip in the book. I was disappointed Richard Willard couldn’t animate it himself. Your version is outstanding. What an homage !!!!!
Original: O-of all the st-st-stupid, g-g-goddamn questions I've ever heard, I've never heard such a f-f-- stupid question!! I-I-I'm not smart enough to think about more than one thing at a time!
SMOOTH!!!! 🤩💕👍 Thief and the Cobbler tier smooth!!!
Is it normal that I want to cry because of how good this animation is? 😭
It's sad that the person who tweeted this video got WAY MORE likes and retweets than this video has views and likes. I came here to put this video in my playlist for the future.
R.I.P. Mr. Williams. Thank you.
I've seen a lot of short animations, animated movies and series. And I think this is the best one I've ever seen in terms of animation quality. This is truly a masterpiece.
Everytime when I look at this animation, I always feel like I never want to give up.
I miss animation like this, reminds me of stuff like the Iron Giant and Treasure Planet.
That man needs to have his artist desk at more of an angle or his neck ain’t gonna feel too good. (All jokes aside great animation!)
Does he look like he's smart enough to think about his back posture when he's drawing
(But seriously from the little I know just making your back straight isn't the do all, it's more important to get yout back into movement when taking breaks, it not moving should be the main issue. So don't forget to take breaks)
By the way, why is most of the book just talking about the different ways to do a walk cycle?
The book doesn’t hold your hand through everything, it only teaches you what you need to know. It’s not just about the walk cycle, but the momentum that needs to be carried through every movement. Everything in animation needs to feel like it has weight behind it.
walk cycles are one of the hardest things to animate.
90s animation vibes, thank you❤
Wow, coming from someone who has the Animator's Survival Kit, seeing this not only be animated but animated on par with Richard's work like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler is amazing. I'd do anything for a fraction of that skill.
we will miss you richard
This animation is the point of how to bring characters, even if they’re real people, truly to life. Every pose, expression, beatdown, etc, is just nailed down perfectly to create such a well-flowing animation that is super smooth and also as well, actually MAGICAL. To me, this IS animation MAGIC!
-JM.
REST IN PEACE Mr Williams 16 Aug. 2019 Bristol, UK
This is great animation! Milt *almost* does one of his head swaggles when he says "more than one thing at a time."
Darn it. Why I didn't see this earlier..?
Oh well, better late than ever... My god, the effort in making the animation style in here is just astonishing and phenomenal.
Y'all! even in richard williams says so, it doesn't mean that he's right all the time! sometimes people work better listening to music and it helps get people in the mood! it's your call really, but it doesn't hurt to give everything a try!
(also that animation is really smooth i enjoy it a lot)
...THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! The animation is so fluid and pretty!!!
This book is honestly one of my favorites for drawing reference, it’s so fun to see it animated!
It is insane how accurate to Richard's style this is, you have a beautiful gift...
I love how you tapped into Richard's obsessive usage of ones
Holy maracas, this is good! I'm ready to buy your book on animation any time.