@@EvanG. That reminds There's this old saying "If you show a man a movie, he'll be entertained for an hour, If you teach a man how to make a movie, he'll be entertained for his entire life" That's why i like these types of videos a lot!
It's hitting me how good the world designof spongebob is. I don't even know what the flower clouds are supposed to be but it's such a cool aesthetic that perfectly mixes with the style of the show
I didn’t even watch SpongeBob regularly but when I was about 14, I started hyper fixating on the eyes and facial expressions on SpongeBob characters. My own style isn’t anywhere close to SpongeBob but having it as a reference really helped me with drawing a variety of expressive faces.
In my college, one of the animation exercises was to study episodes of spongebob and try emulating the elements that make it so unique. Studying animation frame by frame is definitely one of the best ways to get started in animation as well as learning how to storyboard. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊
what inspires me into animation is the LEGO Monkie Kid show made by Frying Bark studio which also was working on Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles 2018. the sakuga animation in Monkie kid improved a lot after the critics that the studio got after RotTMNT, and it's just something special to finally see the lego show made not to advertise lego sets, it does the opposite thing - the sets are more like an addition to the show itself, like a fan merch. beside that, its not 3D, it's 2D animated! i absolutely love the amount of details in the show, the amount of references to the ancient book it was based off, attention to character designes and ambient, literally every screenshot from this show can do as a wallpaper, even the funny ones - there're a lot of those! and lots of references, too - at least 2 Jojo references i spotted. i love this show so much i wish i had the same skill as the animatora have
Same bro, i cant even draw like, a simple angry birds character, but SpongeBob, oh no, i memorize every single detail, to the exact spot and size of the holes, how long his socks and nose are, everything
SpongeBob got me into drawing al together. I would watch it all the time as a kid which made me memorize every character how they looked and now I can draw them and faded to my own style. Thank you Stephen Hillenburg!
This is fr helpful! 😊i thought about watching shows to study them but didn’t realize others did that (new animator here lol) so I will definitely be paying more attention to cartoon facial features and binge watch SpongeBob mhm
How would i describe SpongeBob SquarePants? Well it's kinda like your best friend that you really have fun hanging around with. And it's also a teacher, always giving great advice and inspiring you. There's just something about SpongeBob that just makes me go *YES* because of that fancy metaphor. It's simply inspiring. A lot of my animated work can always be traced back to SpongeBob in some way (And Ren and Stimpy too i guess). And studying the movements and watching the episodes really does improve my skills. Say what you will about the quality of Modern SpongeBob but i am glad a classic and good looking cartoon can exist on TV these days and hopefully inspire a lot of young artists in a similar way to how we were inspired! Thank you Stephen (R.I.P) for making the best cartoon ever!
The shows that influence me is Hey Arnold, Spongebob Squarepants, Edgar and Ellen, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Sonic X and Sonic Satam! These shows still inspire me to this day as an artist and animator!
The animation in the first 3 seasons of SpongeBob were the best! Like, especially season one! Just that style and the facial expressions make me laugh so much (also you missed out on Qubo too, the animation in those shows were amazing too)
Super awesome video!!! Spongebob is a really special show to me and I wouldn't be the same today without it!! It's one of the many cartoons that made me want to get into art and animation in the first place!!! Some other cartoons that were big inspirations to me throughout my childhood and really made my love and passion for art and animation grow include Ninjago, Adventure Time, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, TMNT 2012, and many many many other cartoons!!!
SpongeBob is not storyboard driven - it's script driven. The Patrick Star Show is board driven. *edit - I really liked your video. SpongeBob is a special show/project :)
The show was produced in the board-driven format for seasons 1-9a, starting from "Help Wanted" to "SpongeBob, You're Fired" (at least in packaging order for the latter). Thought I'd mention it.
I kid you not sponge Bob very strongly I fluences the facial expressions of my characters and I was legit just dreaming about drawing again and watching some spongebob for reference. That's kinda scary how I just woke up 10 mins ago and I see a video about it
Pink Panther. Aeon Flux. Bugs Bunny. The sillier the cartoon the better. 2d isn't going anywhere because of the ability to suspend the disposition of reality.
I’m just a teenage girl having to deal with the challenges of life such as high school and home life. I want to become an animator someday, and I’m working on improving the quality of my art. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a great artist. What really got me into wanting to be one was because of The Powerpuff Girls.
The title of the video gets cut off on the home page and my dumbass saw "Watching EVERY SPONGEBOB EPISODE made me a BETTER...", then I said "It made you a better person?!"
I’ve been studying older Mickey Mouse cartoons, the rubberhose ones, not the crappy 3D ones. Learning a lot from it. I’ve always struggled with smear frames, my smear frames don’t feel like motion, so seeing stuff like Goofy clapping super fast in the newer rubber hose Mickey Mouse cartoons definitely helped a lot.
The thing is i started as a self taught animator which i was bad at the time but got better at animating from watching animations. But i didnt need frame by frame, i just watched animations. But sometimes i would rewind to make myself learn
I'll admit, it's sad that "Be true to yourself" isn't the norm anymore for some reason. Whenever I see people talk about popular shows they worked on, they often said they did what they thought was funny, and you can tell how genuine the jokes, art, etc., are when they do this. Following trends doesn't make it fresh. Doing what you think other people will think is funny is disingenuine and hard to measure its effectiveness. Creating something according to an original vision in your head means that it's more likely to be original and thus catch attention since media is filled with so many clones trying to capitalize on trends that die out. I guess this only backfires if your genuine vision is just uninteresting to other people, but then I'm not sure why you'd be in such a high position if that was the case or it would make more sense to make something more niche and find an audience for that.
Can't tell if it was on this channel or not but there used to be a really good animation breakdown of the One Jump Ahead segment in Aladdin, can't find it anymore :(
Here's my answer to why animators are dedicated to tell stories: Because we have that creative itch to make cartoons that has the potential to become narrative art. So long as you know your inspiration, the tone and genre of what gives cartoons an identity and are familiar with narratology such as the story circle, then we can begin to see how characters and ideas can play out in scenarios. I think it's important that these cartoons exist as a visual gallery of storytelling to all audiences, not only because it offers a form of escapism but as a source of creativity that ignites engagement and inspires personalities. The kind of cartoons that brings friends and families together helps evoke connections; interlinking passions openly to each other. If cartoons back then like Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney are proof that what gives cartoons and animation significance thanks to the dedicated creatives that passionately want their vision to spark enjoyment (so long its not propaganda), who's to say we don't have that capacity as artists?
No offense but it sounds like you could've made a few more cuts on the audio. There's several parts where you seem to stop yourself to go in for a second take. Good video though, lot of interesting points.
If even the only reason you want to animate something is simply because you enjoy animation and animated styles, then that is enough of a reason to no just lazily film it on your phone and call it a day.
It's funny because what Spongebob can teach you about cartoon artistry throughout the entire series, can be learned much faster and much more effectively by watching only 4 episodes of the first season of Ren & Stimpy.
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Wait in the title did you mean "Me?" It says "Be" right now just to inform
damn the internet is great, would have loved this as a kid
Same here, I always loved the crap outta spongebob and it is still one of my biggest inspirations for animation, i would have ate this video up.
That’s why I’m trying to use it to learn, not just to entertain
@@EvanG. me to
@@EvanG.
That reminds
There's this old saying
"If you show a man a movie, he'll be entertained for an hour, If you teach a man how to make a movie, he'll be entertained for his entire life"
That's why i like these types of videos a lot!
@@EvanG.me too dude
It's hitting me how good the world designof spongebob is. I don't even know what the flower clouds are supposed to be but it's such a cool aesthetic that perfectly mixes with the style of the show
I think it’s trying to replicate the 60s “hippie” style that you see on so many swimsuits.
5:29 When you realize Patrick and Sandy don’t have unique walking sounds:
Spongebob is a great animated show to learn from, but an artist always has to do a delicate dance between learning and being derivative.
Exactly. Your inspirations fliter through you and create something UNIQUE!
Green SpongeBob
NylonBob
@@alex.g7317 The emoji's name is greenbob no pants
@@janelleparker-johnson4634 lol
I didn’t even watch SpongeBob regularly but when I was about 14, I started hyper fixating on the eyes and facial expressions on SpongeBob characters. My own style isn’t anywhere close to SpongeBob but having it as a reference really helped me with drawing a variety of expressive faces.
It was a mild derivative of Ren and Stimpy. With many Spumco animators on it.
In my college, one of the animation exercises was to study episodes of spongebob and try emulating the elements that make it so unique. Studying animation frame by frame is definitely one of the best ways to get started in animation as well as learning how to storyboard. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊
Tip 1: Be true to yourself
Tip 2: Don't miss your chance
Tip 3: Or you'll end up
Tip 4: Like the fool who
Tip 5: Ripped his pants
what inspires me into animation is the LEGO Monkie Kid show made by Frying Bark studio which also was working on Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles 2018. the sakuga animation in Monkie kid improved a lot after the critics that the studio got after RotTMNT, and it's just something special to finally see the lego show made not to advertise lego sets, it does the opposite thing - the sets are more like an addition to the show itself, like a fan merch. beside that, its not 3D, it's 2D animated! i absolutely love the amount of details in the show, the amount of references to the ancient book it was based off, attention to character designes and ambient, literally every screenshot from this show can do as a wallpaper, even the funny ones - there're a lot of those! and lots of references, too - at least 2 Jojo references i spotted. i love this show so much i wish i had the same skill as the animatora have
SpongeBob is the only cartoon character I can draw from memory, he’s that memorable
Same bro, i cant even draw like, a simple angry birds character, but SpongeBob, oh no, i memorize every single detail, to the exact spot and size of the holes, how long his socks and nose are, everything
SpongeBob got me into drawing al together. I would watch it all the time as a kid which made me memorize every character how they looked and now I can draw them and faded to my own style. Thank you Stephen Hillenburg!
Finally someone who has recognized the greatness of SpongeBob
This is fr helpful! 😊i thought about watching shows to study them but didn’t realize others did that (new animator here lol) so I will definitely be paying more attention to cartoon facial features and binge watch SpongeBob mhm
How would i describe SpongeBob SquarePants?
Well
it's kinda like your best friend that you really have fun hanging around with.
And it's also a teacher, always giving great advice and inspiring you.
There's just something about SpongeBob that just makes me go *YES* because of that fancy metaphor.
It's simply inspiring.
A lot of my animated work can always be traced back to SpongeBob in some way (And Ren and Stimpy too i guess).
And studying the movements and watching the episodes really does improve my skills.
Say what you will about the quality of Modern SpongeBob
but i am glad a classic and good looking cartoon can exist on TV these days and hopefully inspire a lot of young artists in a similar way to how we were inspired!
Thank you Stephen (R.I.P)
for making the best cartoon ever!
Thank you for making this! Amazing insight on how to study animation and thought process behind animation.
The shows that influence me is Hey Arnold, Spongebob Squarepants, Edgar and Ellen, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Sonic X and Sonic Satam! These shows still inspire me to this day as an artist and animator!
The animation in the first 3 seasons of SpongeBob were the best! Like, especially season one! Just that style and the facial expressions make me laugh so much (also you missed out on Qubo too, the animation in those shows were amazing too)
Super awesome video!!! Spongebob is a really special show to me and I wouldn't be the same today without it!! It's one of the many cartoons that made me want to get into art and animation in the first place!!! Some other cartoons that were big inspirations to me throughout my childhood and really made my love and passion for art and animation grow include Ninjago, Adventure Time, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, TMNT 2012, and many many many other cartoons!!!
SpongeBob is not storyboard driven - it's script driven. The Patrick Star Show is board driven.
*edit - I really liked your video. SpongeBob is a special show/project :)
the old seasons were board driven!
@@AnimationHustle Yes they were! Currently however, the series is script driven. Just a small nitpick.
The show was produced in the board-driven format for seasons 1-9a, starting from "Help Wanted" to "SpongeBob, You're Fired" (at least in packaging order for the latter). Thought I'd mention it.
Great video, even with the minor editing hiccups
I kid you not sponge Bob very strongly I fluences the facial expressions of my characters and I was legit just dreaming about drawing again and watching some spongebob for reference. That's kinda scary how I just woke up 10 mins ago and I see a video about it
i watched other friends scene from steven univers and i was stunned how well animated was
Pink Panther. Aeon Flux. Bugs Bunny.
The sillier the cartoon the better. 2d isn't going anywhere because of the ability to suspend the disposition of reality.
I’m just a teenage girl having to deal with the challenges of life such as high school and home life. I want to become an animator someday, and I’m working on improving the quality of my art. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a great artist. What really got me into wanting to be one was because of The Powerpuff Girls.
Sameee! I don’t want to be an artist, but it’s a passion for me too! I hope that you do well on your journey ^^
Fun video. Lots of great behind-the-scenes video in the background too (though some of it repeated). Thanks for making this :).
The title of the video gets cut off on the home page and my dumbass saw "Watching EVERY SPONGEBOB EPISODE made me a BETTER...", then I said "It made you a better person?!"
I’ve been studying older Mickey Mouse cartoons, the rubberhose ones, not the crappy 3D ones. Learning a lot from it. I’ve always struggled with smear frames, my smear frames don’t feel like motion, so seeing stuff like Goofy clapping super fast in the newer rubber hose Mickey Mouse cartoons definitely helped a lot.
The thing is i started as a self taught animator which i was bad at the time but got better at animating from watching animations. But i didnt need frame by frame, i just watched animations. But sometimes i would rewind to make myself learn
I want to watch the video you have in the background like the actual SpongeBob animators.
I'll admit, it's sad that "Be true to yourself" isn't the norm anymore for some reason. Whenever I see people talk about popular shows they worked on, they often said they did what they thought was funny, and you can tell how genuine the jokes, art, etc., are when they do this. Following trends doesn't make it fresh. Doing what you think other people will think is funny is disingenuine and hard to measure its effectiveness. Creating something according to an original vision in your head means that it's more likely to be original and thus catch attention since media is filled with so many clones trying to capitalize on trends that die out. I guess this only backfires if your genuine vision is just uninteresting to other people, but then I'm not sure why you'd be in such a high position if that was the case or it would make more sense to make something more niche and find an audience for that.
We’re do you have the behind the senses from ?
Cartoon Network late 90's early 00's. He knows
Ben10 inspired me to be an artist.
Pd: Nice video!
Underrated show and franchise! What series is your fav?
Good video. I'm actually inspired by Looney Tunes and it's director Chuck Jones (as well as Maurice Noble).
Can't tell if it was on this channel or not but there used to be a really good animation breakdown of the One Jump Ahead segment in Aladdin, can't find it anymore :(
Here's my answer to why animators are dedicated to tell stories:
Because we have that creative itch to make cartoons that has the potential to become narrative art. So long as you know your inspiration, the tone and genre of what gives cartoons an identity and are familiar with narratology such as the story circle, then we can begin to see how characters and ideas can play out in scenarios.
I think it's important that these cartoons exist as a visual gallery of storytelling to all audiences, not only because it offers a form of escapism but as a source of creativity that ignites engagement and inspires personalities. The kind of cartoons that brings friends and families together helps evoke connections; interlinking passions openly to each other.
If cartoons back then like Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney are proof that what gives cartoons and animation significance thanks to the dedicated creatives that passionately want their vision to spark enjoyment (so long its not propaganda), who's to say we don't have that capacity as artists?
No offense but it sounds like you could've made a few more cuts on the audio. There's several parts where you seem to stop yourself to go in for a second take. Good video though, lot of interesting points.
I follow your TikTok because I love watching documentaries about animation and now I’ve found your RUclips!
Maybe ... I insipired by Sponge-bob, Spider-man into the Spider-verse and Pokemon to animate🥸
I learned from SpongeBob that exaggeration is important
The loud house and the Casagrandes encouraged my skills ❤
you said storyboard secrets is available online??? all i see is a website where i can buy dvds of it
This is a great video I am gonna subscribe
south park makes me want to be an animator
Daniel give me coffee
1-3 seasons the best, 4 maybe, other seasons suck
Is it still done drawings, not computer and not 3d?
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Yes! Still drawings according to this
Hey dude the 4:31 vid playing here what is it i have been looking dor something like that for a while
Were do you g’et the clips
Nice 👍
Tell me this guy works at Nickelodeon.
Dude i am slowly becoming a better animator
If even the only reason you want to animate something is simply because you enjoy animation and animated styles, then that is enough of a reason to no just lazily film it on your phone and call it a day.
I dont want to be inspired- ass pizza
Good video but watch out for the editing issues (repeating urself, black between shot..)
Watch my interview with Brad Abelson editing was 👌👌👌 I think! This was edited a year ago!
If you want to get technical, he wasn't really "true to himself" because he ripped off the Bob the Sponge design from another existing comic.
But SpongeBob himself was unique though, right?
You could probably just watch half of the first season....
It's funny because what Spongebob can teach you about cartoon artistry throughout the entire series, can be learned much faster and much more effectively by watching only 4 episodes of the first season of Ren & Stimpy.
But then you’d be watching ten and stimpy ew
SpongeBob is NOTHING like ren and stimpy lol
Dude practice your script. If you mess up cut it.
No one cares
Womp womp
for me, it's not watching the show, it's just boredom
Really it made me go insane. I'm refuse to listen to that yellow infection of the earth laugh over and over every fricken time.