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Thought I share some of my animation. You can see them here. They're all drawn by hand. The fishing cartoon was filmed onto 16mm film, while others are put together digitally. I'm actually trying to make cartoons with cels, only because most of my favorite cartoons were done that way. I'm hoping to shoot it onto Super 16mm film, a format I find fascinating. Normally it's used in indie films and documentaries. In the last few years I befriended a veteran animator named Mark Kausler (who worked on numerous films, including "Roger Rabbit"), who recently did a short film with cels, and it made me want to give it a shot. Nowadays the only cartoon in the world that's done on cels is "Sazae san" in Japan. Not that I never gave digital a shot. I have ToonBoom and do few things with it. This one was done with the software. In the meantime though, I'm doing comic books. Mister Beeg fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jun 15, 2013 |
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I should probably read all 22 pages of this thread to be sure, but is there anyone here who does traditional animation? I mean, actually draw on paper and stuff?
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Jun 21, 2013 23:24
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Awesome. I'm glad I'm not alone in that regard. Here's an animation that I've done a while ago. I drew this with grease pencil on overhead transparency sheets rather than paper. I'm hoping to make a film with these characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNQgRk-mKo
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Jun 24, 2013 01:16
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To anyone who animates with pencil, what do you use for animation paper? Personally, I just use normal copy paper (8.5 x 11) with a three-hole punch. I bought round pegbars from Lightfoot, Ltd. and use it on that. I wanna try animating for something that's suitable for the 16:9 aspect ratio, though. Animator Milt Gray told me that he uses 11 x 17 paper for that, so I'm gonna try that next time, once my new animation lightbox arrives.
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Jul 3, 2013 03:00
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I have many reasons for papers, but it's primarily for aesthetics, and that I'm just more comfortable with it. I do have a tablet but I rarely use it. I use ToonBoom to composite everything. (Agreed on not having to use expensive paper, although neonnoodle has a point about translucency. I should look around for cheap, super-thin paper)
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Jul 3, 2013 04:29
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Been talking to neonnoodle about animation, which helps a bunch. Thanks! I realized that I have some legal size papers in my stack. I should probably try those out for 16:9 ratio. I just got a new light table today from Lightfoot, so I'm dyin' to try it out.
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Jul 10, 2013 00:21
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neonnoodle's probably seen this, since she's gonna help me with this, but here's a brief animation I did. Only the first 10 seconds is actual animation, with the rest being still pictures with narration by my co-writer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a98iSkuOrHs It's for a cartoon fundraiser I'm doing. Link is here
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Sep 4, 2013 20:43
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I've been doing animation on and off for years, but with the pandemic going on, I decided to do it full-time. And honestly, I've been having fun. You can see a bunch on my YouTube channel, but here's one I'm particularly proud of, a crossover between my two webcomics. I co-animated this with a friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6iNkAUM77M
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Mar 15, 2021 02:18
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Ccs posted:The latest show I worked on got revealed, it was a really fun show with a really hands off client. Hopefully it gets picked up by a streaming service and gets more seasons ordered. Very cute! Hope the show's a success
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Mar 17, 2021 04:36
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Neon Noodle posted:Here is a new program This looks fun! I love how you switch to multiple animation styles as well. The Chuck Jones and Dr. Katz Squigglevision sequences in particular are my favorites. The cartoon radio concept is fun.
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Mar 26, 2021 01:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEkwliTaXw A little piece of animation I did, released last month. I'm in the middle of making a full-length cartoon featuring this character (she was also in "Cat and Kat", which I shared few posts up). One of her shtick is that she can take off her tail and change its shape (an idea influenced by the really old Felix the Cat cartoons), hence why I did this short as a test of sorts.
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Mar 26, 2021 05:40
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1381833992090095617 In my illustrations I normally don't use that much layers (just sketch, ink, and color layer for individual characters), but since doing animation I find myself using a lot. Even then, I don't really draw each body part on separate layers unless I plan to animate them moving. From a cartoon I'm working on
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Apr 29, 2021 17:26
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Still working on my cartoon. Gotten a significant chunk animated and colored, but still months way from being done. Here's a brief snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE7qrEBGfbU You can now record timelapse video on Clip Studio Paint, including animation, so you can see me animate this sequence in 1.5 minutes here (I wish it only took that long to animate this, ha haa) Armpit posted:Heya, I'm an ancient lurker from back in the day who's pumped to discover this thread still exists! Figured since I've started posting my work online I should be posting it here / hanging out too These are very nice! Drawn on paper?
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May 20, 2021 19:16
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Armpit posted:Aw thanks! About half of them are paper, but I've been learning TVpaint recently so the possum and Mr. Boop are digital. Neat! I have TVPaint, although I haven't really gotten the hang of it. That Mr. Boop animation is GREAT, btw XD Saw it on Twitter a while back
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May 21, 2021 20:42
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Double post, but whatevs. I put out a sneak peek for the cartoon I've been working on! This is an excerpt from the short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy2olGjb0lY
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May 22, 2021 04:35
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E5tMXVfaEE Clip Studio Paint recently put out a new version that came with new brush sets, so I decided to try some out for animation.
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Jun 1, 2021 04:27
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8O8_EJsX0 Did this for a contest. Animated in just 2 days.
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Jun 9, 2021 05:22
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FunkyAl posted:I liked how this looks, and would add using the watercolor as a cycle would strengthen its textural effect. Have you ever done sumi ink/how big do you work usually? I wouldn't mind trying out hand coloring animation with inkwash! Just a matter of figuring out how to work around it. I have animation paper and Acme peghole puncher, so I got the essentials, at least. As for the resolution, I usually animate at 2048x1152 (2k HD), although for the web upload I render it to the usual 1928x1048.
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Jun 10, 2021 09:09
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Created a loop with my characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j26DOHERCM
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Jun 25, 2021 01:28
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Still in the process of finishing a cartoon based on my webcomic. Put together a rough cut using finished animation and animatic, and it wound up being over 17 minutes long! Whoa! Well, half of it is animated (I started back in March), so I'm gonna see that I finish it. In the meantime, I took the time to do this ditty for a Saturday Morning animation jam. This was inspired by a real PSA that aired on ABC for years called "Don't Drown Your Food". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzavTZT97l4
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Jul 10, 2021 22:29
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Made a new sizzle reel for my animation. Has some WIPs for the new cartoon I'm making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtICjfgCUT0
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Jul 30, 2021 19:04
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Neon Noodle posted:I made a film Very neat! Nice work on the film
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Aug 4, 2021 03:39
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I'm at the point with my 20-minute cartoon where I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it still feels so far. I'm 3/4 done with the animation, with 44 scenes left to do (including a handful being done by animators I know). Still been a good experience. Doing all of this made me learn some approaches to animation that makes me learn to be efficient, which will hopefully save me time when I do new cartoons (although for future cartoons I'm gonna cap the running time to 10 minutes, at least for a while) In the meantime, here's a sketchy layout https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1423823152350695428/
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Aug 9, 2021 16:43
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Neon Noodle posted:Holy cow, 20 minutes!! Are you still working in CSP? Yeah, it's all CSP! My friend is animating his scenes in Krita, though, which I then import to CSP for clean-up and coloring. I use DaVinci Resolve for editing. I've adapted to CSP very well for animating. Very much have a handle with it, including how to do lip-sync efficiently.
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Aug 9, 2021 17:04
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Down to 26 scenes with my cartoon. Hoping I can finish by next month. I'm taking a long nap after it's over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGHHxQPe8tc Here's a peek in the meantime.
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Aug 23, 2021 01:18
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1433302879536812035 Update. Down to 8 scenes now. I have all the "hard" scenes completed (scenes with lots of movements and action), so I'm pretty much left with scenes that's mostly talking head. I started working on this last October (although the animation process didn't begin until March), so being so close to done is an odd feeling.
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Sep 3, 2021 01:54
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The cartoon's done! Clocked in shy of 18 minutes. Longest piece I ever done. Will release on Thursday! Ahh! https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1434688932453756928/ An Ounce of Gold posted:I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out when it's finished. I'm about to embark on making a few shorts, but in the end it should turn out to be around the same length... I hope it won't take a year, but I'm prepared! Since we had a couple months pause and because we were high off our scriptapalooza placing, we wrote a few shorts. Maybe next time we pitch, we might have a little more of a fan base than my girlfriend's mom. Very exciting!  Best of luck!
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Sep 7, 2021 21:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntXuG8u9OY0 It's finally out. 11 months of work, including the last six months spent animating non-stop. Hope you enjoy! Based on my webcomic, been wanting to transition it to web animation.
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Sep 9, 2021 22:51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrb7XdqX6j4 I used CSP to make my "Katrina" cartoon above. I definitely recommend it. Here's a tutorial if anyone wants to try it out.
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Sep 25, 2021 20:43
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Feels weird that I'm the only person posting here, but I figure I'd share this https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1455916929416368140/ I did a bunch of storyboards, including two "Fuzzy Princess" cartoons and a bunch with other ideas. Hoping to have a productive 2022. Already sent some scripts to my voice actor. My "Katrina" cartoon got a very good reception, so that's been encouraging, hence why I'm making more with the characters!
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Nov 6, 2021 02:34
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An Ounce of Gold posted:Keep it going! I only had a chance to watch the opening bit, but what I did see I liked. It reminded me of the Peanuts. It had that laid back chill vibe going on. Also your sound design was really well done. Not just the voices, but the balance on your sound effects and background music was great. When I get some free time, I'l lfinish watching it. It's on my watch later list on youtube so I won't forget. Thanks for the kind words! and especially your comments about the sound mixing. I agonize about sound a lot in my cartoons and spent a LOT of hours trying to find the right balance with voices, sound effects, and music, so I'm very relieved and happy to hear that my efforts paid off! As for storyboards, I find doing it on paper easy to focus. I prefer doing them in a separate room, away from my tablet, because it keeps me focused better. My storyboards are very scribbly, and it's more satisfying doing it on paper. It's just a personal thing for me, I guess. I have no problem scanning it in because I have a feed scanner. I do all animation digitally with my tablet, although it's still traditional frame-by-frame. Two other people helped out on the animation front, and one of them did his scene on paper, which I scanned and cleaned up. Curious if anyone can tell which scene was done on paper. Mister Beeg fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Nov 7, 2021 |
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Nov 7, 2021 05:51
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Did this GIF on the fly (heh). I recently modified the bat character's design from my cartoon (giving her a fang and tail, specifically). Did a quick animation just to see it in motion https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1457575366927818755 I normally don't share GIFs I make here, but I'm so happy with how this came out I'm making an exception.
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Nov 9, 2021 03:22
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1458303023109873664 Some of you might remember my "Ask a Cat" strip, which ran on GoComics for several years. I'm planning to revive it for animation, with the goal of releasing it periodically (semi-weekly, hopefully). Here's an intro animation I did.
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Nov 11, 2021 05:48
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1462903442041618436 Add this to "something only I'll care about," but yeah, I did have my animation transferred to 16mm.
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Nov 23, 2021 23:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHi-G82upk Working on a 2nd episode of an "Ask a Cat" series of shorts! I posted the full animatic for my backers on Patreon if anyone's interested (hope it's OK to plug) Starting to work on the 2nd Fuzzy Princess episode as well. I'm in the process of getting the voices recorded! Here's a page from the boards: 
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Dec 13, 2021 04:45
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Something silly. For the "Katrina" cartoon there were several dialogues that were recorded but never used. This was one of it. I liked the dialogue enough that I wanted to animate it as a standalone clip, though, so here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB9HEdGC92k
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Dec 27, 2021 09:12
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1477366296929091593 GIF I made for the New Year. Working on recording voices for the new "Fuzzy" cartoon. I'm hoping I can outdo the pilot in future episodes, although that was still a big undertaking. It was expensive to make, too (I spent thousands on it), but I'm hoping I can face through it!
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Jan 6, 2022 03:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYBTjLHQl0 New cartoon! Animation was finished in late December, but just got the theme music back today.
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Jan 8, 2022 21:28
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https://twitter.com/bakertoons/status/1495923115301519361/ Starting work on the 2nd Fuzzy Princess cartoon! Trying to keep it within 10 minutes (the 1st one was 18 min.). The script was half the length, so hopefully i can keep it within that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a__aCPMQrCM A piece of animation I did quick so it'd come out today. Adding sound effects was fun. I was going through the meow sounds I have when my kittens started climbing around the room trying to find the other cat. That was somethin' ha haa
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