This is why I really love when artists have a sketchy style. You can just see every stroke they took to get to the finished piece and I just love it. Clean styles are cool but I just love sketchy styles all the more
This is why the 60s were my favourite era in Disney. All the lines where so loose and sketchy a the you could see the rough drafts through the colour. It's such a cool style.
I wasn't sure what made me fall in love with princess kaguya so immediately but i think your explanation is what i was looking for. There's something so organic about how everything moves in that film, it really enchants you
you basically explained why i find the animation in the jungle book so charming, the xerox method both saved money and the personal touch of the artists
When Isao Takahata passed away, a friend of mine sent me your video, and I really liked it. Now this video got recommended to me... and it was just what I needed... A lot is being said and shown in this video; but this is why 2D is one of my most favorite animation technique out there.... not only because it's YOU and the paper (or how it used to be), it gets really personal and you start living through your work, that's also why I ADORE watching pencil tests, full of life and natural imperfections, that makes it perfect. Thank you for putting this video together, great thoughts, great movie recommendations and your soft and calm voice was also something that I needed. I'd love to see more videos like this from you. Subbed!.
No problem at all! :D Thank you so much for your hard work, I hope your channel reaches more and more animation lovers (specially the young ones!). Also: Do you take theme suggestions for videos?, just curious. :)
Thank you very much :) I don't generally take suggestions, I have a list of ideas that I'm working on one by one, but through my Patreon, I'm going to start a monthly research talk where we can all share ideas and I'll outline what I'm working on!
Made in Abyss does the same type of thing with dangerous creatures being drawn very roughly; and the more human or orderly characters are drawn with static, uniform lines.
“A pencil is the simplest tool of any you can have, it’s a little stick at the end that makes a mark... but there’s a line that goes straight down your arm that connects to your heart. You take something that’s hidden from others, and you reveal it to them by drawing...” -Glenn Keane
My question is how we can make an animation be as expressive as possible while keeping the ‘contemporary‘ style, so it looks attractive to the general audience, not only us artists.
One way is treating ink and paint -phase with the same level of importance as during the days of Cel animation. Those lines were carefully painted with beautiful strokes, so while they lost the energy of the pencil drawing, it gained something else in it's place.
I don’t know what type of animation do you mean, but I think Francisco Schepperd might be doing something similar to this. I recommend looking at a music video called, “The Music Scene” by Blockhead, but then again, I might be wrong about this so sorry.
Oh my god, I did not expect to see a clip of Chalkzone. It's been over a decade since I've seen it, and yet it's themesong still drifts into my head at times...
A comment from Spain. Your animation videos are great. Your knowledge of the medium made animation phanatics like me learn something new. Infinitely grateful. Keep helping us understand what we love, you're doing great.
I wish you showed Disney's old colored line style. Lauren Faust said her inspiration for MLP's colored lines came from old Disney films like Snow White and Pinnochio which used colored lines instead of black. It was much more difficult back then, with each line requiring a different physical ink blot.
Great video. I always like those little imperfections in drawings that are missing in other types of animation. Particularly with rigging, it just makes it feel too sterile.
Awesome video. Thanks for putting this essay together so beautifully. Animation is the most fantastic art and there’s many decisions to be made to get the final piece of art. Whether lines or no lines, 2d or 3d it can really move us.
Wonderful analysis! I'm a big supporter of medium and style reinforcing character and story and of course love boiling lines and traditional pencil tests. Your examples and explanations for this are spot on! I'm curious... did you study animation at University or is this a side project for you? Your animation knowledge is impressive! Looking forward to more 'key' and 'in-between' video essays! :)
Thank you very much! I do this as a side project right now but hopefully soon I can give it way more time! You know, I’ve seen your short before, Acorns! I’d forgotten about it but it’s a great example of energy through boiling too :) and also how the little creature changes colour with the seasons and mood! Really superb stuff
Any-Mation that’s great, the level of research and editing on this is already so high, I’d be fascinated to see what can be done with more time! But great work on fitting in this quality on a side project, it’s tough to do! Oh wow really? Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked my film! Yes, the boiling line was a very conscious choice to keep the characters feeling alive... all done on paper so it meant a lot of drawings! :)
I love all the films mentioned here. Now I have new films to watch and admire( the ones I have seen here are One Punch Man and Mune: The Guardian of the Moon, and for Mune I'm so happy it was mentioned since it doesn't seem to be very well known but it's beautiful)
i wonder if you can tag this for easier searching; i tried to show it to a class today and, having temporarily lost the link, i tried every way i could think of to search for it and couldn't find it. (i finally found my previously-saved link.)
This is why the 60s were my favourite era in Disney. All the lines where so loose and sketchy a the you could see the rough drafts through the colour. It's such a cool style.
Have you seen anything by Tom Law? His short 'This Actually Happens A Lot' is worth a watch, its a good attempt at animating an ink/nib style (usually reserved for one panel newspaper toons)
I remember that one moment from Mother's Basement analyzing Jojo Part 2 Opening, when the Pillar Men are shown in rough sketches to show their primal power.
how was this video only reocmmended to me now, though i have a feeling that many other people are getting the same recommendations at the sametime. (would still add a recommendation to list the movies in the description below)
No this is where you're wrong drawing is not something anybody can just do you're talking about art here the one thing you really need to get this going it's ambitious. You need to be ambitious enough otherwise it's never going to happen you got to find motivation you got to find something inspires you to do it. Otherwise you would never develop the skills for it therefore you won't be creating art you'll just be doing something else besides what you should be doing. Which is art that is what you should be doing that's what that is what you should be thinking of doing art should be the only motivation and ambitious you would ever need the sole purpose of doing art or drawing something is for the art itself nothing else that's where you're going to get your ambitious from and you're motivation and what would expire you to keep going and doing more and more and you'll see there's never going to end. Be ready to be alone and be happy for it for your imagination has no end and you're never going to run out of ideas. There are so many fields in the art field that you can get into if you get tired of one or you have completed everything you wanted to complete in that one for you and you just want to try something else and get more creative that way. Ambitious and passion for art is what you need it is the key to being an artist.
I mean clean animation in The Amazing World of Gumball is incredible, but nothing gets me going more than rough, bold, sketchy,closely line work. It just looks so organic and natural. Organic things aren't as clean. I really dislike the popular thin lines being used now. I get why they are used, but it is so boring.
It's sad to see how sterile a lot of western animation has become. There is nothing wrong with CGI if the story subject matter fits it, but it is so often applied to projects and subject matter where it is impairing the expressiveness and emotional impact of the final product. Creating for instance a a sterile mechanized dystopian future or animating a mindbogglingly complex but precision assembly line is something 3D modelling would lend itself to wonderfully but trying to create an abstract work where two spring butterflies swirl around each other and morph into a young couple of lovers dancing through a field would be next to impossible to do well with 3D modelling. The death of cinematic classic 2D animation here in the west is a real tragedy that I hope is not repeated elsewhere in the world.
This is why I really love when artists have a sketchy style. You can just see every stroke they took to get to the finished piece and I just love it. Clean styles are cool but I just love sketchy styles all the more
You feel it on the paper, I love them!
Absolutely loving this channel
You know it is good because the low comments and subs. The plebs avoid these channels
So this is where you get inspiration?
Placing the artist in the centre of the art, thanks for your work
This is why the 60s were my favourite era in Disney. All the lines where so loose and sketchy a the you could see the rough drafts through the colour. It's such a cool style.
I wasn't sure what made me fall in love with princess kaguya so immediately but i think your explanation is what i was looking for. There's something so organic about how everything moves in that film, it really enchants you
Art is probably the only place where imperfection can be truly charming. No mistakes, just happy little accidents. :)
Thanks for reminding me how gorgeous the Beauty and the Beast score is ❤
you basically explained why i find the animation in the jungle book so charming, the xerox method both saved money and the personal touch of the artists
I was lucky enough to see Jame's Baxter rough out scenes before, in creating pencil tests, its so hypnotic
pencil and computers are both tools, it depends on the artist to make great things with them.
100% agree
When Isao Takahata passed away, a friend of mine sent me your video, and I really liked it.
Now this video got recommended to me... and it was just what I needed...
A lot is being said and shown in this video; but this is why 2D is one of my most favorite animation technique out there.... not only because it's YOU and the paper (or how it used to be), it gets really personal and you start living through your work, that's also why I ADORE watching pencil tests, full of life and natural imperfections, that makes it perfect.
Thank you for putting this video together, great thoughts, great movie recommendations and your soft and calm voice was also something that I needed. I'd love to see more videos like this from you. Subbed!.
Hi Nitanima, thank you very much for your comment :) I completely agree and I’m very glad you like the videos! Thank you very much for subbing
No problem at all! :D Thank you so much for your hard work, I hope your channel reaches more and more animation lovers (specially the young ones!). Also: Do you take theme suggestions for videos?, just curious. :)
Thank you very much :) I don't generally take suggestions, I have a list of ideas that I'm working on one by one, but through my Patreon, I'm going to start a monthly research talk where we can all share ideas and I'll outline what I'm working on!
awesome recollection of Line
i love samurai jack ...so style ...!
Made in Abyss does the same type of thing with dangerous creatures being drawn very roughly; and the more human or orderly characters are drawn with static, uniform lines.
Love it
“A pencil is the simplest tool of any you can have, it’s a little stick at the end that makes a mark... but there’s a line that goes straight down your arm that connects to your heart. You take something that’s hidden from others, and you reveal it to them by drawing...” -Glenn Keane
My question is how we can make an animation be as expressive as possible while keeping the ‘contemporary‘ style, so it looks attractive to the general audience, not only us artists.
One way is treating ink and paint -phase with the same level of importance as during the days of Cel animation. Those lines were carefully painted with beautiful strokes, so while they lost the energy of the pencil drawing, it gained something else in it's place.
The audience aren't particularly picky when it comes to the art as well to animation
I don’t know what type of animation do you mean, but I think Francisco Schepperd might be doing something similar to this. I recommend looking at a music video called, “The Music Scene” by Blockhead, but then again, I might be wrong about this so sorry.
Oh my god, I did not expect to see a clip of Chalkzone. It's been over a decade since I've seen it, and yet it's themesong still drifts into my head at times...
A comment from Spain. Your animation videos are great. Your knowledge of the medium made animation phanatics like me learn something new. Infinitely grateful. Keep helping us understand what we love, you're doing great.
muchas gracias Andoni! I’m very grateful for you all for watching and leaving comments on what you all think!
Loved this video! Very informative and enjoyable, can't believe it doesn't have more views.
I wish you showed Disney's old colored line style. Lauren Faust said her inspiration for MLP's colored lines came from old Disney films like Snow White and Pinnochio which used colored lines instead of black. It was much more difficult back then, with each line requiring a different physical ink blot.
I actually use coloured lines in my artwork.
I wish I did too
I have enjoyed every millisecond of this video!
This is incredible, thanks for making this!
that last scene of Dear Basketball hit hard!! And yes A Truly Awesome Video Anymation👌
I love this style of essay, collecting the different ways an aesthetic element can be used. Great work!
Your voice is so soothing.
Thank you, its not always so smooth haha
i personally love pencil tests,love the vid
Thank you :)
Loved this essay! Makes me appreciate animation so much more
I agree with you hand drawn animations seem to have much more soul.
lovely
Loved the video, thanks a lot
oh my god where have you been with this channel??
I found my new favorite channel
Great video. I always like those little imperfections in drawings that are missing in other types of animation. Particularly with rigging, it just makes it feel too sterile.
Thank you very much :) It's great to see an animators stamp on their work
Awesome video. Thanks for putting this essay together so beautifully. Animation is the most fantastic art and there’s many decisions to be made to get the final piece of art. Whether lines or no lines, 2d or 3d it can really move us.
I so want to use this idea for my next short...this is so inspirational
thank you, this was a pleasure to watch :)
Your content is absolutely stunning! I hope you'll get the attention you deserve!
Thank you very much!
Lol analysing Wolfwalker before it even get a release date, that's some fine work!
Such an awesome channel, well made videos, I love it
Thank you
what a gift
Woooooow this os one of the most amazing and beautiful video of animation I have ever seen
I sometimes animate for fun, and I always have so much trouble with smooth lines. This is great.
Just beautiful
Great job on this channel, Any-Mation.
I am sad it took until today to find this channel
This was a great video, instantly subscribed.
Wonderful analysis! I'm a big supporter of medium and style reinforcing character and story and of course love boiling lines and traditional pencil tests. Your examples and explanations for this are spot on! I'm curious... did you study animation at University or is this a side project for you? Your animation knowledge is impressive! Looking forward to more 'key' and 'in-between' video essays! :)
Thank you very much! I do this as a side project right now but hopefully soon I can give it way more time! You know, I’ve seen your short before, Acorns! I’d forgotten about it but it’s a great example of energy through boiling too :) and also how the little creature changes colour with the seasons and mood! Really superb stuff
Any-Mation that’s great, the level of research and editing on this is already so high, I’d be fascinated to see what can be done with more time! But great work on fitting in this quality on a side project, it’s tough to do! Oh wow really? Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked my film! Yes, the boiling line was a very conscious choice to keep the characters feeling alive... all done on paper so it meant a lot of drawings! :)
I'm in love with the new one piece arc' art line. I wish a lot of anime have it as well
Beautiful video! :D edit I watch Mune because of you it was just lovely thank you :D
Oh wow! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, it was a real surprise treat when I saw it too! Thank you
I love all the films mentioned here. Now I have new films to watch and admire( the ones I have seen here are One Punch Man and Mune: The Guardian of the Moon, and for Mune I'm so happy it was mentioned since it doesn't seem to be very well known but it's beautiful)
It deserves so much more exposure. Its so imaginative and creative
Watch the first season of a cartoon show called “Chaotic” - it was drawn in a flash animation style
I absolutely will
this video refresh my mind about animation need to be outline
Beautiful 👏🏻
Thank you very much
SO GOODDD!!! Subscribed
Awesome, thank you!
I love your voice, man!
Oh thank you haha I got it for my birthday
you have to make more videos. i hope you understand how inspiring youre videos are too artist
Oh wow, thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏻 don’t worry, I have a few more videos planned :)
i wonder if you can tag this for easier searching; i tried to show it to a class today and, having temporarily lost the link, i tried every way i could think of to search for it and couldn't find it. (i finally found my previously-saved link.)
Absolutely, I added some tags there to hopefully make it easier to search :) Also thank you very much for sharing the video
This is why the 60s were my favourite era in Disney. All the lines where so loose and sketchy a the you could see the rough drafts through the colour. It's such a cool style.
Awesome section i can see in between my work shifts XD
Awesome resume and content :3 you got a new subscriber
BRAVO!
Have you seen anything by Tom Law? His short 'This Actually Happens A Lot' is worth a watch, its a good attempt at animating an ink/nib style (usually reserved for one panel newspaper toons)
I never had, thank you very much for directing me toward him :)
Great video!
I know this is an old video and all but can anyone tell me what was the interview at the beginning ?
where can I find the full video of the clip of Glen Keane you used in the beginning????
th-cam.com/video/1ftHVPJJ26I/w-d-xo.html enjoy
@@Any-mation thanks :)
yes please more!
Soon :)
thanks for this ! Any research into different animation styles out there ?
It's an ongoing process
I remember that one moment from Mother's Basement analyzing Jojo Part 2 Opening, when the Pillar Men are shown in rough sketches to show their primal power.
Oh I definitely have to check this out!
Loving this new section, what about an Inbetwwen about well...Inbetweens? it's tagic to see how this part is almost always taken for granted :T
Thank you so much! I’ve a full book of ideas that are slowly churned out! Though, Nothings out of the question just yet!
Cool
how was this video only reocmmended to me now, though i have a feeling that many other people are getting the same recommendations at the sametime.
(would still add a recommendation to list the movies in the description below)
That's not a bad idea! Usually I put them at the end in the credits for everyone to see
@@Any-mation thank you, will spend the next few days watching your entire library of videos you are doing great work here.
This is so beautiful! :D
This is why I'm trying to not do a sketch layer anymore. I try to draw the lines as I see them and then use that, no clean up.
Nice! Good thing I had the bell thing turned on. Loved it!
And how did I not know there was a Danger Mouse reboot???
It came out a few years ago, and they did a great job of rebooting it! What's even better is that they're working on the second season right now!
I remember it knows it's a reboot. And oh, Count Duckula makes an interesting appearance
love your stuff keep it up!
Can someone explain how the lines in Attack on Titan are considered thick?? Especially compared to Rick and Morty or literally any kids animated shows
I’m feeling happy lol
I absolutely feel the same way about pencil tests.
They're just so full of life
Damn
Soul.
Glen Keane
I'm cursed with obsessive animation. I'm taking too many breaks.
Rick and Morty lines are way thicker than Attack on Titans. Actually, Attack on Titans' are really thin.
I picked a bad clip, I meant in the intro haha
Lines flatten. If you want flat you want to see lines. if you don't, you don't.
No this is where you're wrong drawing is not something anybody can just do you're talking about art here the one thing you really need to get this going it's ambitious. You need to be ambitious enough otherwise it's never going to happen you got to find motivation you got to find something inspires you to do it. Otherwise you would never develop the skills for it therefore you won't be creating art you'll just be doing something else besides what you should be doing. Which is art that is what you should be doing that's what that is what you should be thinking of doing art should be the only motivation and ambitious you would ever need the sole purpose of doing art or drawing something is for the art itself nothing else that's where you're going to get your ambitious from and you're motivation and what would expire you to keep going and doing more and more and you'll see there's never going to end. Be ready to be alone and be happy for it for your imagination has no end and you're never going to run out of ideas. There are so many fields in the art field that you can get into if you get tired of one or you have completed everything you wanted to complete in that one for you and you just want to try something else and get more creative that way. Ambitious and passion for art is what you need it is the key to being an artist.
Is your nose blocked or somethingÞ
so thats why whenever i line my drawings, they look lifeless!!!
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This is my big qualm with digital animation and why it never inspires me to drawn.
I mean clean animation in The Amazing World of Gumball is incredible, but nothing gets me going more than rough, bold, sketchy,closely line work. It just looks so organic and natural. Organic things aren't as clean. I really dislike the popular thin lines being used now. I get why they are used, but it is so boring.
1:56 ew, no thanks. I think I'll stick with traditional hand drawn animation.
It's sad to see how sterile a lot of western animation has become. There is nothing wrong with CGI if the story subject matter fits it, but it is so often applied to projects and subject matter where it is impairing the expressiveness and emotional impact of the final product. Creating for instance a a sterile mechanized dystopian future or animating a mindbogglingly complex but precision assembly line is something 3D modelling would lend itself to wonderfully but trying to create an abstract work where two spring butterflies swirl around each other and morph into a young couple of lovers dancing through a field would be next to impossible to do well with 3D modelling. The death of cinematic classic 2D animation here in the west is a real tragedy that I hope is not repeated elsewhere in the world.
Spiderman Into the Spider verse has that creative touch I haven't really seen much in CG. Everything has so much energy and life to it.
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