Honestly huge respect to your first animation that you showed. The fact you actually had motion, not to mention with multiple characters, from your first animation is amazing.
Great stuff dude! Real accessible. That's something I struggle with when explaining animation, I take so much stuff for granted that I forget to explain a lot of it.
@@JDI_4 in pretty sure you take all of the characters off but keep the baseplate is the exact same place and take a picture and when you edit the blocks out the background will be underneath if you need help you can search on TH-cam and I think there’s easier methods, hope that helps
Hey! Thanks for the shout out! This video is awesome! You are doing an amazing job breaking down the basics for the next generation of brickfilmers, excited to see more :)
Thank you so much for making this video. I’m a huge fan of stop motion, and have been since I first saw a replay of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in the theater ages ago as a kid. The thing that always keeps me from attempting to make my own is struggling with a terrible degree of perfectionism. But after watching this video, I am beginning to understand that it’s ok to start simple and to have imperfect expectations.
4:55 - in regards to making sure your phone doesn’t move while snapping photos … if you have an OTG cable… or one of those lightning to usb adapters for your iPhone… you can connect a usb keyboard to it, and control the shutter button that way. I’ve used that before in the past, and it helps me keep the camera still because every time I tap the screen to hit the shutter button, it moves slightly. Also, Stop Motion Studio has the very useful feature called Onion Skin, which helps seeing the past photo so you know how far to move each time.
The one I use is actually an industrial packing table made by Uline. It's extremely heavy, has metal shelves and costs around $350. I splurged to get a nice table for animation, but you can definitely use any sturdy table/desk. You can even wedge some weights or sandbags against table legs to make sure tables won't move or slide. I have seen some animators use strong tape to fasten table legs to floors as well. Professional animation tables are usually built from wood and have cross beams underneath to keep it from wobbling.
Thank so much man, this video was so helpful. I just started practicing LEGO stop motion and I’m gonna be making my own LEGO stop motion movie one day. It’s gonna be called the space warrior by the way
For my first attempt on an animation, it wasn't that bad, I struggled to keep the camera still because a few times when I tap the picture button, it moved a little bit so it's not perfect but I think I can fix that. So I will try it again and try to fix the camera movements. But thanks for helping me get started, that's really helpful.
The cheapest way would be to use LEGO pieces, you can build a support using bricks or bars and then sticky tack whatever you want on the end. I have even used poseable Bionicle pieces to hold things. If you're ok with spending money I'd recommend looking for "Helping Hands" tools, or even pro stop motion rigs like the ones made by Kinetic Armatures. These do get very expensive though as they are usually custom made in small orders
This was the first video I watched on the subject, and it was also the last! Made a quick 2.5 second video and was very happy with the result! Thank you!
I love stopmotion and have started recently! These tips are extremely helpful. Thank you so much! Watching your stopmotions you've already done at the start of the video was so amazing how they were so smooth and clean they were! This just shows how long you've been doing your job, and I just think you're awesome! Carry on making the incredible content you already are! 😊😊😊
thx so much for the tutorial now i posted on my channel ( that is not a advertisement) with my first animation. I know its not perfect but still thx for the video. I subscribed. Mybe more tutorials?
Hi. I recently became interested in this topic and immediately came across your channel! I want to thank for your advice they are very wonderful! I admire your work and in the future I would like to learn so! But unfortunately I see that the course is not updated (((Maybe you have a full course from a beginner then a pro?
I would love to see guides on how to do camera movements. It is something that I've pretty much never done before. Also I'm an odd one out cause I animate at 10 fps lol.
I love this guide! It’s always great to hear that it’s possible to make videos even without the experience and equipment initially. Thank you for the amazing video!
If you wanted to save time photographing the model waving and it's not doing anything else, you could copy and reverse order the previous shots from the last one (did this in college when the studio was time limited for my personal use and I only had two weeks to put together a 2 minute piece.)
This is the best channel ever. I tried to make Lego movies with 14 tutorials rules. But this one, helps me a lot. Now, I’ll create masterpiece! (My opinion).
i love the video! i came into it already having a grasp on the basics so i wasn’t looking to learn much, and yet after watching it i feel so much smarter. you have made it to the top of my list of favorite animators
Huge thanks, you just got me started in lego animation - thank you for the app recommendation and I love the different animations you showed clips of. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
I just made my first Lego stop motion and I can say that some of these tips certainly work. My first stop motion isn't that great but these tips certainly helped a lot.
I used to use a tripod for filming, and it was really hard to get good angles. Thanks for the tip on using a small stand made out of lego, much easier to get good angles.
would love to know how to make things fly through the air. if you could do a tutorial for that in this beginners playlist that would be amazing. thank you
Absolutely incredible tutorial, thank you for taking your time making it. I made a few videos on my channel with an iPhone, yesterday I bought Canon EOS RP hoping to step my game up. I am going to ahead and watch all your videos.
Wow that was amazing! Really helpful even for me. I already animate and have this yt channel for it but I haven’t done animating for a really long time due to just being very busy, this video really helped me to start animating again - Thanks
Great video! Lighting is always something I’ve struggled with and still do to this day…Would be awesome if you could talk about lighting in future tutorials!
As an already more advanced animator, though nothing here is new to me, I still like watching videos like this and seeing how other people approach stop motion animation and the different tips and such. So more vids like this would be great!🙂
Hello! Thanks for the video, it’s brilliant! Just a quick question - I’ve tried to do a stop motion project but the figure is not sharp as your one is - would that be an issue with lighting or something to do with settings? Many thanks!👍🙂
The two black gooseneck ones I used in this video are from Ikea! Not sure about the silver one, but probably from a generic store like Target/Walmart. Really any desk lamp will work great for affordable lighting. The poseable ones are good for getting a bunch of angles. You can also add paper over lamps to make the light softer
Christ bless you, thank you for this i just got back into Lego star wars and I wanted to make some stop motion as a pass time this helps a bunch thanks again
Are you able to change what camera it uses? Because my main camera is broken so i have to use my macro camera, and the app wont let me import photos without paying, so do you know a app that will be better for me to use until i get a new camera?
Love the tips! I'm thinking of making of full samurai war etc, but for now I guess I'll stick with general stuff to get the hang of it. If it does happen I'll send it on insta or Facebook etc
Dude, thank you SO MUCH for this! Beacuse of this, my stop motion looks much more smooth than ever before! I truly hope you make some more, ie fight scenes and running, beacuse this was spot on for a newbie like me!
My setup is a nice table and a lamp from ikea that is clamped into place and it provides more light than my actual house light… Oh yeah i forgot. I use a wool worths knock off baceplate (Australian grocerystore) and blue tack and a box from bunnings (Australian hardware store) and a clean Oreo tub (limited addition) and put my minifig accessories like bananas and helmets And in the box some minifigs and blasters I use blue tack on the baseplate and My stand use to be a small duplo baseplate but i lost it in my room so im using dulpo on a lego baseplate for more customisation Oh yeah the knock of baseplate hold my minifigs better then my aucual one…
Honestly huge respect to your first animation that you showed. The fact you actually had motion, not to mention with multiple characters, from your first animation is amazing.
Great stuff dude! Real accessible. That's something I struggle with when explaining animation, I take so much stuff for granted that I forget to explain a lot of it.
Thanks man!!
Wow! When one great gives another great a compliment!
The man the myth the legend, brother hood workshop you are amazing
Legend
жду когда будет обучение как снимать анимации на дорогом оборудовании!!!
Now i know how much effort this takes. Full respect to people who do stop motion like you.
I would love to see a tutorial for how to do fight scenes! Really liked this, by the way, a great refresher!
i too would love the tutorial
Nonstop animations made 2 tutorials for fight scenes you should check them out
0:38 "here's a look at the first thing I ever animated as a kid"
*proceeds to show the most charming 2008 Lego Star War Stop motion*
Mine was sonic running in a custom mario set
how do i make a character jump?
You’ll have to use Lego bricks and edit them out after
@@SkibidiGreenScreen how do i keep my background if i do the editing?
@@JDI_4 in pretty sure you take all of the characters off but keep the baseplate is the exact same place and take a picture and when you edit the blocks out the background will be underneath if you need help you can search on TH-cam and I think there’s easier methods, hope that helps
@@SkibidiGreenScreenanswer his question please
I need to know too
Your animations are incredible but I have to say the cinematography, set up and overall look of your videos always keeps me hooked!!
Ah thanks so much! That means alot
Thanks you are my sponsor for starting me off🎉🎉
CAMERA!
Hey! Thanks for the shout out! This video is awesome! You are doing an amazing job breaking down the basics for the next generation of brickfilmers, excited to see more :)
Thanks man! Im a big fan of all your stuff
Thank you so much for making this video. I’m a huge fan of stop motion, and have been since I first saw a replay of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in the theater ages ago as a kid. The thing that always keeps me from attempting to make my own is struggling with a terrible degree of perfectionism. But after watching this video, I am beginning to understand that it’s ok to start simple and to have imperfect expectations.
Thanks, bro. I’m actually learning Lego stop motion for a Beta Club project that I had an idea about, and this would be helpful.
I’ve been doing stop motions for a while now but it’s always nice hear about the basics again.
4:55 - in regards to making sure your phone doesn’t move while snapping photos … if you have an OTG cable… or one of those lightning to usb adapters for your iPhone… you can connect a usb keyboard to it, and control the shutter button that way. I’ve used that before in the past, and it helps me keep the camera still because every time I tap the screen to hit the shutter button, it moves slightly. Also, Stop Motion Studio has the very useful feature called Onion Skin, which helps seeing the past photo so you know how far to move each time.
Loved all of this. I created my first stop motion because of this video and can't wait to make more. Are you planning on more tutorials?
What is a good sturdy animation desk that you would recommend?
The one I use is actually an industrial packing table made by Uline. It's extremely heavy, has metal shelves and costs around $350. I splurged to get a nice table for animation, but you can definitely use any sturdy table/desk. You can even wedge some weights or sandbags against table legs to make sure tables won't move or slide. I have seen some animators use strong tape to fasten table legs to floors as well.
Professional animation tables are usually built from wood and have cross beams underneath to keep it from wobbling.
Thank so much man, this video was so helpful. I just started practicing LEGO stop motion and I’m gonna be making my own LEGO stop motion movie one day. It’s gonna be called the space warrior by the way
Your studio looks so cool! Love the lighting and depth of field of the studio shot
Thanks man! I plan on doing a studio tour at some point
Thank Very much! I love it
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For my first attempt on an animation, it wasn't that bad, I struggled to keep the camera still because a few times when I tap the picture button, it moved a little bit so it's not perfect but I think I can fix that. So I will try it again and try to fix the camera movements. But thanks for helping me get started, that's really helpful.
Great tutorial
What equipment is good for holding an object in the air?
The cheapest way would be to use LEGO pieces, you can build a support using bricks or bars and then sticky tack whatever you want on the end. I have even used poseable Bionicle pieces to hold things.
If you're ok with spending money I'd recommend looking for "Helping Hands" tools, or even pro stop motion rigs like the ones made by Kinetic Armatures. These do get very expensive though as they are usually custom made in small orders
This was the first video I watched on the subject, and it was also the last! Made a quick 2.5 second video and was very happy with the result! Thank you!
I’m a stop motion pro because of you!!
I love stopmotion and have started recently! These tips are extremely helpful. Thank you so much! Watching your stopmotions you've already done at the start of the video was so amazing how they were so smooth and clean they were! This just shows how long you've been doing your job, and I just think you're awesome! Carry on making the incredible content you already are! 😊😊😊
My son wanted to thank you for your great instructions! We just finished up our first Lego stop motion with more to come.
Looked this up for my son and he and his brother are hooked! Thank you for making this so accessible.
I would love to see you do a tutorial on lighting.
That will definitely be coming in the future!
LEGO animation has been my dream since I was very young. Thanks so much for this tutorial!
thx so much for the tutorial now i posted on my channel ( that is not a advertisement) with my first animation. I know its not perfect but still thx for the video. I subscribed. Mybe more tutorials?
Hi. I recently became interested in this topic and immediately came across your channel! I want to thank for your advice they are very wonderful! I admire your work and in the future I would like to learn so! But unfortunately I see that the course is not updated (((Maybe you have a full course from a beginner then a pro?
This video was a great help! I finally got my animations smoothed with ease in and out. I loved how they look now, Thank you!
I would love to see guides on how to do camera movements. It is something that I've pretty much never done before. Also I'm an odd one out cause I animate at 10 fps lol.
I love this guide! It’s always great to hear that it’s possible to make videos even without the experience and equipment initially. Thank you for the amazing video!
If you wanted to save time photographing the model waving and it's not doing anything else, you could copy and reverse order the previous shots from the last one (did this in college when the studio was time limited for my personal use and I only had two weeks to put together a 2 minute piece.)
This is the best channel ever. I tried to make Lego movies with 14 tutorials rules. But this one, helps me a lot. Now, I’ll create masterpiece! (My opinion).
i love the video! i came into it already having a grasp on the basics so i wasn’t looking to learn much, and yet after watching it i feel so much smarter. you have made it to the top of my list of favorite animators
Good to hear!
This is going to make my stop motion is way better thank you for the tips hopefully one day I can get as good as you :D
Huge thanks, you just got me started in lego animation - thank you for the app recommendation and I love the different animations you showed clips of. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
I’ve been making stop motion for a while but this was still very helpful!
I still enjoy watching beginner tutorials too, always a helpful to get a refresher on the fundamentals! Glad it helped
Same.
I started stop motion in a Lego club in my school. I found
It super fun I. Worked with a partner it was fun and also you are a god at stop motion
I didnt think i would actually make something like this and do it not so badly thanks for the tutorial
This is 100% the best intro to stop motion video I’ve watched to date, excellent work! Look forward to seeing more stopmotion tutorials 😁
Thanks so much! 🙏
I was wondering about backgrounds, run cycles and fight scenes
Amazing stuff bro! For me I don’t have enough patience but I have the talent to make one
I just made my first Lego stop motion and I can say that some of these tips certainly work. My first stop motion isn't that great but these tips certainly helped a lot.
i just recently got back into stop motion, and this was very helpful, keep up the good work!
Helped start my occupation
Fantastic tutorial! Great for an beginners in Stop Motion or animation in general!
Can you do a video on what lights to use or how to build a background
I used to use a tripod for filming, and it was really hard to get good angles. Thanks for the tip on using a small stand made out of lego, much easier to get good angles.
A very complete tutorial! You included all the details which other tutorials out there miss :)
Thanks so much! With how many great tutorials are out there already I wanted this to be a comprehensive one
Yes! I love your tutorials!
Thanks so much! What tutorial do you want to see next?
@@AntBandit I would love to see a run cycle tutorial:)
@@OrangeBrick8 yesss run cycle yesss
This is literally the best tutorial ive ever seen for stop motiok animation
Also your animation is legit top tier!!!
Very nice man thanks for the tips and tricks!
A lighting or set buidling tuturial would be amazing, keep up the fantastic work man!
0:37 That’s still better than most peoples first stuff lol. Great video! Already knew a lot of that but it has still helpfully.
would love to know how to make things fly through the air. if you could do a tutorial for that in this beginners playlist that would be amazing. thank you
Maybe you can use like fishing line or dental floss
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. My 9-year-old son is having a blast trying this out.
Thank you for this amazing tutorial! A great place for me and my son to start our brickfilm adventure!!
Looking forward to seeing what you make!
your tutorial is great and i will use this
Great tips! Everything a beginner needs to get started!
Thank you a lot for this! This really helps me since I started out with a shaky surface with constant light flickers!
Thank You you are a really good underrated youtuber :)
I appreciate that!
Great work - great how you’ve kept everything simple and accessible to all
Great video. I want to do Lego stop motion as a library program, and this was perfect for a total newbie like me.
Your first animation is just incredible :)
Wow dude thanks i hope it will help me much in my animations
thanks for the tips!. i didnt even know where to start when it came to stop motion before this video
Soo helpful!! Ty has m trying so hard to get better and this was wonderful!
Absolutely incredible tutorial, thank you for taking your time making it. I made a few videos on my channel with an iPhone, yesterday I bought Canon EOS RP hoping to step my game up. I am going to ahead and watch all your videos.
Wow that was amazing! Really helpful even for me. I already animate and have this yt channel for it but I haven’t done animating for a really long time due to just being very busy, this video really helped me to start animating again - Thanks
OKAY TBH EVEN UR FIRST ONE IS AMAZING
Really great video and super helpful for a moderately experienced stop motion animator. I did not know about the headphone audio trick!
Great video! Lighting is always something I’ve struggled with and still do to this day…Would be awesome if you could talk about lighting in future tutorials!
thank you so much for the help your first stopmotion is so clean its better than mine lol
Have you ever seen that really old movie, short circuit? :)
lolol, yes actually, love that one
Thank you so much, I’m a beginner and have no tools at all and now I’ve practised a bit and plan on doing some Star Wars animations,
I LOVE stop motion studio, my Dad recommended it to me a while ago and it has been really uselful
I’d really to know how to make a minifig fall or trip; always seemed to give the animations weight behind the movement
As an already more advanced animator, though nothing here is new to me, I still like watching videos like this and seeing how other people approach stop motion animation and the different tips and such. So more vids like this would be great!🙂
I like to do the same thing! More advanced tutorials will definitely come later down the road 😁
@@AntBandit Looking forward to it!
Hello! Thanks for the video, it’s brilliant! Just a quick question - I’ve tried to do a stop motion project but the figure is not sharp as your one is - would that be an issue with lighting or something to do with settings? Many thanks!👍🙂
Are you going to do a part 2 of guid of stop motion?
Dude thank you I have been trying to find how to do stop motion for years and now I've found a nice and simple way to do it Thank you so much!
The first thing you ever animated was so much better than mine lol. Your super good at this!
What desk lamps do you use? I have been trying to find some good ones for a while now, but I just can't find the right one. Any ideas?
The two black gooseneck ones I used in this video are from Ikea! Not sure about the silver one, but probably from a generic store like Target/Walmart.
Really any desk lamp will work great for affordable lighting. The poseable ones are good for getting a bunch of angles. You can also add paper over lamps to make the light softer
Nobody gonna talk abt how good his first animation was
Exactly what I was thinking 😂
Christ bless you, thank you for this i just got back into Lego star wars and I wanted to make some stop motion as a pass time this helps a bunch thanks again
This is a great video! Thanks for getting me into Lego Stop Motion! 💛
Are you able to change what camera it uses? Because my main camera is broken so i have to use my macro camera, and the app wont let me import photos without paying, so do you know a app that will be better for me to use until i get a new camera?
How do I change position of the lego go to another camera direction
Thanks a lot!! I've been struggling with walk cycles but you really helped !! Please do make tutorials on fight scenes...yours are really great
I can see this helping beginners to the stop motion animation community ( like me ! )
Can you make a tutorial of how to do lego sword fights/ or lego gun firing and stuff like that please?
I loved this video! It got me wanting to try some Stop-Motion of my own, also not to mention the video itself is super helpful!
I’ve always wanted to do stop animation, and now I think I might be ready
This helps me make my stop motions look better i will use this in my next video thank you for helping me.
Love the tips! I'm thinking of making of full samurai war etc, but for now I guess I'll stick with general stuff to get the hang of it. If it does happen I'll send it on insta or Facebook etc
Dude, thank you SO MUCH for this!
Beacuse of this, my stop motion looks much more smooth than ever before! I truly hope you make some more, ie fight scenes and running, beacuse this was spot on for a newbie like me!
Your tutorial gave me a lot of help!Thank you!
I need this video, as my video making class' new assignment is stop motion, and I'm going to recreate a clip from a video for it! Thanks in advance!
Glad I could help!
My setup is a nice table and a lamp from ikea that is clamped into place and it provides more light than my actual house light…
Oh yeah i forgot.
I use a wool worths knock off baceplate (Australian grocerystore) and blue tack and a box from bunnings (Australian hardware store) and a clean Oreo tub (limited addition) and put my minifig accessories like bananas and helmets
And in the box some minifigs and blasters
I use blue tack on the baseplate and
My stand use to be a small duplo baseplate but i lost it in my room so im using dulpo on a lego baseplate for more customisation
Oh yeah the knock of baseplate hold my minifigs better then my aucual one…
Thanks! This is very helpful!