How to keep your 2D Animation Consistent and Solid
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- In this highly requested video, I talk about how to maintain consistency in proportion and solid drawing throughout your animated shot. I talk about three techniques such as place and trace, layout drawing, and flipping for this.
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*draws one frame*
"That's enough for today"
*about to open the animation software*
"Thats enough for today"
@@ayansiddiqui4559 i love how it's about too, you didn't even open it XD
@@yoannesleonardi6799 hehe
same lmao
Literally same😭
Tip: draw the arcs in another colour on another layer. Sometimes I mark numbers on the arc lines themselves as if they're timing charts
Genius ❤
Thank you! I’m doing an animation and I didn’t use arch’s at first, or anything and the shape and design kept changing all the time and by the end all of the limbs and proportions were completely different.
I re-did the whole animation and it’s a lot better
I do this too! It's super helpful, especially when managing frames in space *and* time.
Jesus loves you :)
I've read somewhere that timing charts actually originated from drawing lines on arcs!
Maintaining consistency is always tough for me, so this is wonderful advice! Thank you!
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Yes For mee too
Sammee
May God bless you in animation! Jesus loves you :)
@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 haha youre awesome
I've been doing this for years but thought I was "cheating" but it made my animation so much easier and faster. Thanks for the tutorial! Your work is Great, Can't wait to see more from you!
Kaloian Tcherkezov I think it’s only cheating when you trace your design from someone else’s art but then not giving credit. As long as the original design is all by yourself, you sure can trace your own artworks.
There really is no cheating, just...faster and smarter ways of doing it. Stealing other's art is the only form of cheating I can really think of. Making the most out of your tools and ideas is definitely not cheating
Jesus loves you. :)
@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 who are you to speak for him?
@@commie_dog_boy he is a follower of Jesus, Jesus loves everyone so simply passing on that information to someone who isnt listening is very acceptable.
2:17 Using a rotating overhead drawing to track head rotation is pretty genius.
Yeah
Me, a beginner animator: THAT’S WHAT THE LIGHT TABLE DOES?!
Edit, cause I’m STILL getting sassy jokes about this. XD :
I’m using it! Yeah it seems obvious now with that name. But in my defense, I didn’t even have the NON-digital equipment for years.
LOL
it lets u see the page before kinda like onion skinning when u animate digitally
W h a t d i d u t h i n k i t w a s ?
Me also an beginner animator: WHATS A LIGHT TABLE?!
You’ve got a lot to learn young one.
Beginner here with a tip I learned the hard way: When using that tracing method, do be sure to try and keep your lines clean, or at least not super sketchy where the exact shapes are not entirely clear. Trying to make an inbetween of two super rough shapes makes it very hard to determine where to place the new lines, and creates a shape that changes throughout the frames
While sketching it out helps get the feel at times, do practice at sketching with longer lines than chicken scratching the whole thing with thick brush sizes
I think I needed to hear this because it made me wince and grimace. Which means I probably do it too much. >n
@@Broeckchen Mmhm, every artist is different and have their own techniques that work, but its a thing to keep in mind when trying to retain shape throughout
Like some folks are able to just mentally keep track of their proportions
me watching this with an iphone and flipaclip: *interesting*
Same here
Haha same, but I'm on a different phone. Though I do animate on a fire tablet
Same, except an iPad ;w;
Ikr
i mean, nowadays you can still use the same method, you just need to watch an ad to make a new layer and lower the opacity lol
You are amazing Toniko, thank you for doing these.
This is really useful. I'm a comic book artist and I'm struggling to keep consistency in each drawing. Thanks :)
Gordon Freeman in the Flesh, or rather in the Pencil Lines...
Boone Keller
He was like 😂
ruclips.net/video/XI2avw5-L8U/видео.html
Here comes the artist squad.
We should-
“Shut up Pixar!”
“Sorry Disney”
Look who’s with him!
*Oh my god*
Dang dang diggity dang a dang, dang dang diggity dang a dang
Showing up here took some guts, time to rip the flannels.
Who’s the storyboard remind you of? Especially the panels.
HA!
Dang dang diggity dang a dang, dang dang diggity dang a dang.
Hey random person, Jesus loves you! He died for you so you can have eternal life if you choose Christ as your Savior. We all are sinners and don't deserve Heaven, but God sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins and then He resurrected. You can be freed from the mockings and sin by the blood of Jesus Christ
@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 not a christian btw but i respect the effort
While I have been doing a version of Place-and-Trace as I animate, I didn't think of the Layout-Drawing to "map out" all the poses into a single drawing; that's so simple and effective!
Thank you so much for sharing all this advice!
oh my 😳😳 i feel like i'm in math class and i finally figured out how to do something
thank you for this! as an amateur animator, this really helps with making them smooth and consistent. Subscribed for sure!
I use Tv Paint for years and I never knew about that tool. You can imagine how many times I wished I could shift and trace as in ToonBoom and now you tell me it's easier? Pretty awesome! Thank you!
I m not even an animator ,why I am watching this ?
So that when your future animator friend starts complaining " oh my animation not consistent", you explain it to him as if you're wise in every field in life😅
@@jersonatilo9190 LMFAOO truee
* ~Knowledge~ *
Same for me; I guess my excuse is so I can see just how complex 2D animation can be, and in turn why 2D animation commissions are so pricey; It really does take a lot of effort and time.
this advice is saving me, my animation prof preaches traditional flipping and I get why flipping is important but I always end up drawing my roughs bigger and bigger and having to scale everything down. so THANK YOU
I’m REALLY new to animation I got into it to pass time in quarantine and it’s really fun, I keep drawing to many inbetweens, and I feel like I don’t know how many frames to draw per scene, any tips?
The secret is learning about timing and spacing. The space between the drawings defines if the character or object is moving slower or faster. The time it takes between one drawing and another will define how long the action lasts. There are free videos on YT talking about the 12 fundamentals of animation, and timing and spacing are among them. By knowing these basics you'll start to have an idea of how many drawings will be needed.
Keep practicing! Glad to know more people are taking up animation this quarantine, let's all have fun!
Luna CL Thank you for the tips, I will definitely looking more into the animation fundamentals.
@@intenseartage3010 The animator Aaron Blaise, who worked at Disney on several famous movies, has a RUclips channel with drawing and animation tutorials. Specifically one that might be useful for you is the Aaron's Art Tips episode 8. It's on how to avoid over-animating. This guy's premium course on the fundamentals of animation on their website, creatureartteacher . com is also available for free right now because of the pandemic.
mechantechatonne thank you for telling me about these resources, I appreciate it, I will definitely check it out 👍
U should checkout bam animations. Very helpful guys
ACORDING TO THE WAY HE SPEAKS IN THIS VIDEO ,YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS PROCESS IS TIERING
wow, this is the first time i see someone doing a demo and comment not just on 2 software, but 4. toniko you're great man, great teacher and great artist. i'm glad that you sharing all your knowledge on animation with us
i JUST searched up videos for drawing consistently minutes! before you posted this.
Thank you so much!
Hey Toniko! Super ince tutorial! I'll be sharing with my students.
BUT! For Toon Boom Harmony, did you know you can use the shift and trace directly in the camera view?
Kuddos! :)
Rough Layout drawing is a technique that we learn when we start learning and often forget, I think is great to remmeber using it more often.
These videos are amazing, but I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned the adorable short animated intro. 😍😍😍
Toniko, excellent! I still remember your personal project!
thank you so much Toniko!!! being consistent in my animation has always been a struggle for me (i swear I've learned a lot more from you!!!)
I recomend have a good character design sheet, because, this help to maintain a good proportions in the animations. and practice for warming the hand a bit before make definitive animations drawings
4:47
"the character is about to swing a crowbar"
*HOLY SHIT ITS GORDON FREEMAN*
Just what I was looking for the whole week! TY
This tutorial was extremely helpful to a question i’ve had for a long time. Thank you x infinity 🙏🏾🙏🏾
most educational animation youtube channel out there.
You're a legend. Thank you for this breakdown.
Your tutorials give me not only good tips but much inspiration. Thanks!
OH MY GODS!! THIS IS SO EXITING!! Thank you for the advice
Thank you so much for all you do! This is a great resource!!!
Your videos always keep me hyped up to animate, thank you so much man ❤
What a great video! I learn so much from you.
This is what I need!!! Really useful Toniko!! Thank you so much!!!
Mind blown! 🤯
Definitely saving this for a while. Thank you for this video!
Thanks for posting this...this is something I’ve tried to get better but have never been quite able to find the “secret” so to speak.
Awesome tips! Love the placeholder tip :)
Thanks so much for this! Your vids are always super helpful🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great video, Toniko!
Quality information! Subscribed. I think I'll binge you videos this week 😂👍
This video was awesome. I love your personality! This was so fun to watch. And of course super helpful! ❤
AWESOME, this is exactly what i needed
Your animation is always lovely.
Thank you for helping us
I was just think about this! This is a life saver. Thank you. Ps i really like your Gordan Freeman drawing
This was really helpful, I only wish I had learned all of these techniques long ago. Thanks so much for sharing!
I am a HUGE fan of Tiny Nomad. So glad I found your channel!
Thank you for this! I didn't even know you could of move around the onion skins in tvpaint. Best wishes on your journey! Dream bandits inspired me to get started in animation.
That video is so sick!
It inspired me too
Thank you Toniko! This video is really helpful.
Ahh I love your work and your vids are really helpful!
never heard of a couple of these techniques but ive somehow been using them!
thanks for this video!! exactly needed this information
Great explanations, keep it up!
This is so helpful! Thank you so much!
just what i wanted thanks
i love this channel man
This is great! Thank you for sharing!
You can now do Shift and Trace in the camera view of Toon Boom as well :) Much less of a hassle than sending the stuff to the Drawing View.
Thank you so much for these tips, I just started to want to get into 2d animation
since I do stop motion, so these tips are sooo helpful, Thanks!
the tips are really helpful! thanks!!
your drawing skills are insane!
I used the trace and place technique before even knowing how to keep my drawings consistent. I didn’t really know how, so I just tried it out and it worked well. The first times when I tried it, I felt so bad because I thought it would count as cheating. But then I learned that you are allowed to use tricks and different methods to work with animation. Thank you for this video! I think you described all of them, but mostly the trace and place very well!
Wow, I'm not even an animator, but this simple tip will help me with illustrating characters at different angles/usage cases. Nice tip, thanks!
This is amazing :D!!!
I love this man
Easy to understand and helpful. Thank you
These tips are great! I will utilize them on my way to learn animation!
Thank you!
life saver!
This was awesome and super helpful! Thank you so much!!!
The wolf at start: "I'm a human after all, I'm a human after all, don't put your blame on me, don't put your blame on me"
This is soo good , thanks !!!!
Thanks alot!
This is really helpful! Everytime I try to do animation I get upset because my characters keep changing sizes.
I used place and trace yesterday on my recent animation without knowing I used one of those techniques. :D
This tutorial was lovely! But oh my goodness was THAT GORDON FREEMAN????
interesting and super helpful!
what a wonderful channel I discovered
Thank you so much for this 👌😭😭
Awesome this is going to help me a lot thank you very much
People like and others are the reason why I want to draw again and try to get into animation :)
Really helpful video.
Really useful video😁
Great Video.
Thanks this is encouraging
This was actually the very first question when I sat down to draw my first rough sketch for my very first animation.
I drew a pose 1 and then wanted to do keyframe sketch 2 where the person had moved quite a bit on the canvas and I was like:
"Wait... how in the world do animators prevent a person from unintended shifting in size or overall shape between far spaced out keys??? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"
Thx for that excellent video.
In case someone wants to use CSP: Use the "Light table" for inbetweening. You can turn/move/scale there w/o changing your actual frames just like he explained for other tools.
Thank you
Thanks
I forgot there’s a beginning and end frame first before in between frames, I used this for the first time and ooo it looks good
5:00 didnt expect to find gordon freeman here
Awesome
i don't even have an interest in doing animation but the waving dog in the into is always so cute that i end up watchinf the videos lol
your characters are always too cute man lol Amazing stuff and very helpful, Now i know forsure to learn my shapes before I do anything else.
THANK YOU 😭😭😭😭
I am trying to to get better at animation and this was so helpful
Hey can you make a video on animating characters in 3D perspective? It's pretty hard for me and I'd really like the help 🙂