I hope we've learned something today. Animation is hard as shit. It takes so long to get the movement right, time things, add smear-frames if necessary, make everything smooth enough, keep it consistent, etc. It LOOKS simple, but it's NOT. This animator in particular had to draw nearly 300 pictures for only a 10-second animation.
I know how difficult it is. I animate for hobby. I'm not good at it, as I'm a self-taught artist and self-taught animator, but I still try. However, animating like this IS NOT EASY. I will probably never get to this level of skill for decades. This is obviously someone who has poured their entire life and dedication into their career, and I respect them so much for that. It's exhausting, difficult, and stressful. But it inspires hope in so many people to see finished animation with so much hard work put into it. And that's what makes it worth it.
Give yourself some credit, for god's sake. You're a single person not an entire Disney animation team -- This is the result of multiple people, I promise you that. I animate myself (not very well) and let me tell you, I bought The Animator's Survival Kit around a week ago and already I know so much more (and I'm not even halfway through!) If you ever see it I recommend you buy it and start reading it through.
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· 7 years ago
I wanna learn how to draw so I can work for Dreamworks
@mightyoak (dunno if this tags you, I'm hoping it does) I drew a year ago, and I'm considering getting back into it when I start senior year. Honestly, the most I can tell you is to start as soon as possible, and to keep trying. Experiment a lot, and I mean a lot. You'll eventually find a style you like, and that style is what you should polish. Obviously, you'd want to build a reputable repertoire by drawing in other styles, but as an animation artist you'd need to find a style you're comfortable with so that you can use it over and over again, for each frame of the animation.
Mightyoak I'm not a professional animator or anything but I do enjoy it so I'll tell you what I told chilledtothebone -- get the Animator's Survival Kit when you can spare the money.
It's jut a bunch of methods and techniques written/illustrated by the guy who directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit that he came up with or picked up from other people over the years
I did a live-action animation project back in February. It was a 30 second project and it took me three hours to do it; I'm no professional, but keep this in perspective. Imagine how long it must've taken to do that scene.
I know how difficult it is. I animate for hobby. I'm not good at it, as I'm a self-taught artist and self-taught animator, but I still try. However, animating like this IS NOT EASY. I will probably never get to this level of skill for decades. This is obviously someone who has poured their entire life and dedication into their career, and I respect them so much for that. It's exhausting, difficult, and stressful. But it inspires hope in so many people to see finished animation with so much hard work put into it. And that's what makes it worth it.
Sounds intimidating