Finished watching this and if I got this correctly, the key is understanding the shapes that make up the character and/or object. Which allows you to get that simplistic view of what is being drawn. And because you can see that bit is a circle and that bit is a triangle. It removes a lot of fluff you could say, making it easier to see how things change. Because now instead of thinking about the whole nose, you are just thinking about a triangle and how it changes. Then from their you can build up.
I'd like to add one thing as well. I think in animation, the principles of animation its not enough. One also needs to learn acting, go to acting class, the psychology of acting, the subtext. Even if it's animating thru dialogue, i think what choice you choose to interpret that dialogue into animation is important via subtext, body language
hey, just to let everyone who doubts this "must learn anatomy first to animate", i am only in the simple skeleton, front, which i exercised like a month or 2, and i can animate much much much smoother, with much ease, without correcting, the consistency is so much better, and it just flows better. the frustrating thing only is that for a 2 seconds animations in halves i worked for an hour over 1 character jump/dive. but its pretty impressive. thanks for emphasizing this!!! its the real deal
I am gonna money for your course . I have been trying to study human skull from various sources but never learnt so much from from a single source in such precise and clear way . In my country there are not much jobs for 2d animation that's why i am learning 3d but my passion lies with the 2d animation . Will definitely pick your course up
This is super cool of you to do a lecture like this. I've been making the same mistakes for years and now I understand where I've been making them after watching your video. Thank you very much for your time and dedication to keep animation an art form and not just a money maker. Don Bluth is the man! Plain and simple. I enjoy his cartoons more because he puts so much effort into his drawings and pushing expressions in the characters face. You can really tell this in "All Dogs Go To Heven". I am going to take the tips you gave us and start applying them to my drawings. 🤙Cheers!
😕... Okay,now realizing I don't know a frickin thing about animation...or drawing.. This video is really educational.This dude isn't cutting any corners,which is what I look for in a teacher.Very,very well done!👌
Since I can't watch the entire vid right now, I just wanted to ask a question in the comments first. I've made my own type of animation exercise that raised some questions from a friend. I would have a frame and draw that exact frame again and again and again, as I believed it would refine your animations and give you more control because of your ability to stay to the frame. If the standard deviation of the redraw was off by about 1/10th (i know its not a number quantity but im phrasing it as so) of the original, drawing continously would allow the deviation to become something lower, maybe 1/100th. and then, very fine motions could be made because the accuracy was increased. And this continued redrawing would allow the character not seem 'shaky' as many beginner animations are. I don't know if this makes much sense, but I've been wondering if this is true in any way. It has been a very long time since I've animated, and even then I did not animate much. Please help, and to anyone who does, thank you so much. I am sorry if this wording is bad or confusing in anyway I kind of rushed this.
Drawing the same frame over and over and over may get your drawing to be more accurate and improve your mechanical skills eventually. I think it will probably stunt your artistic growth in other ways, though. Drawing from life and a variety of other sources will eventually give you that same precision (moving from 1/10 to 1/100) while also expanding your visual library and allowing you to think in 3d space.
Amb, can you explain how to properly animate holds? I’m doing 2d and every time I have to make a character hold a pose for some frames it makes it look dead. This isn’t the case with Disney and don bluth and the other great animators. How do they keep their characters alive while holding?
Thank you so much! it's extremely helpful! Can you upload it in higher resolution please, it's currently at 360p I've already seen all of the video but still it would be even better for others.
Your lectures sound so angry 😅😂 Having to know and study the basics and anatomy are important, agreed, and im finding in college this is kind of rushed. I had one semester of figure drawing. One. That's it. Then I'm just chucked into animating as if i know how to. So stuff like this to fill some gaps is really helpful
I'm sorry but you kinda sound like you're trying to intimidate me to follow your instructions like a kidnapper. "Now let me tell you what you gonna do OK? You gonna come to the 2475 Buena Vista Avenue ok? And you gonna put the money in the box on the side of the road ok? And let me tell you why you gonna do that ok? You gonna do this cause I have you family ok?"
Sure just head over to FB and type AMB Animation Academy ( you can like the page too :D ) and the stream is there you can adjust quality just like TH-cam!
I’ve watched 10 minutes and it looks VERY interesting but the number of times you say “okay” is triggering my anxiety. Thanks for putting it up tho, I’m sure the video is very good
The content is very valuable, so please don't get triggered on thiese kind of details, because your oversensitivity will stop you from learning. I'm 40, and my generation is way less sensitive, not getting triggered and anxious on anything, because we were exposed to the real world much more in a younger age, so it makes us handle and overcome hardship much easier, because I don't get stuck unnecessarily. If it triggers anxiety in you, then in real life with real challenges, where you need a mental strenght, (it can be work, social realtions, financial hardships, bringing up a child, illness, etc.) you can get into depression easily or loosing ground, because you are too sensitive. Sorry for lecture, I just see this issue in this generation, because children growing up very spoiled and overly protected, so they acting like kids even when they get into adulthood.
@@tamnicco My comment was respectful and appreciative of the work the artist put in it, while simply stating a fact about my experience while watching it. Your comment on the other hand is extremely condescending and just way off, cause you make the mistake of assuming you know things you can't possibly know about me, for example what "real challenges" I've faced, what age I am and whether I'm mentally strong or not. I think you should consider re-evaluating how you communicate your thoughts, Tamas, because it all came off arrogant and entitled. You may not have meant it this way, but that's def how it came across. And also, very important note: anxiety has nothing to do with being weak or strong, and making that association is disrespectful to those who suffer from it and also displays a level of ignorance that's concerning, specially since you pride yourself on being very mature. I suggest you research this topic, so that next time when you try to give someone advice, you have a better understanding of the issue. Have a fantastic day!
@@crlealve that's fine thanks. From my perspective if I watch a free lesson from a great artist, I would keep my opinion and criticism to myself. That actually sounds entitled to me, when someone gives an advice to an artist about unimportant details like this. I just appreciate the lesson,it's free, so even if I dislike something about, it's my own issue. You actually told the artist that you couldn't watch more than 10 minutes, because the way he talks makes you anxious.
@@tamnicco Getting feedback from your viewers that can allow you to improve your content so it can reach more people is hardly an "unimportant detail", Tamas. And Idk what to tell you, seems like you're incapable of letting me be and have a pressing need to teach me 'something'... Anything, really. First you try to 'teach' me about my anxiety, now about the relevance of my opinions. You keep sounding really entitled and rude. I'm sure there's people in your life that will appreciate your teachings, you should try and help them instead, cause while your opinion is valid and you're absolutely allowed to have one, it's quite irrelevant to me and you're wasting your time. Sorry! Again, have a great and fulfilling day, but please just let it go already.
Yeah. That was my problem too. I'm honestly very thankful to him for all his tremendous help for us, but I'm just 20 mins into the video and I needed to take a break because it is really annoying me too.
mmmmm.... I am pretty sure the people who animated Hilda did not think about anatomy at all to achieve character consistency. I do appreciate this video. This guy clearly has knowledge, but I think this video emphasizes anatomy way too much (and in a weirdly angry fashion).
No the ppl who animated Hilda have to think a lot about Anatomy to achieve character consistency. Yes the characters are heavily stylized which does make them easier to DRAW but in order to ANIMATE them correctly and consistently (and from many different angles) they have to know exactly how the human body works, moves and looks from every angle. Anatomy (as boring as it can be) always plays a part in animation no matter how cartoonish the style is.
Finished watching this and if I got this correctly, the key is understanding the shapes that make up the character and/or object. Which allows you to get that simplistic view of what is being drawn. And because you can see that bit is a circle and that bit is a triangle. It removes a lot of fluff you could say, making it easier to see how things change. Because now instead of thinking about the whole nose, you are just thinking about a triangle and how it changes. Then from their you can build up.
I'd like to add one thing as well. I think in animation, the principles of animation its not enough. One also needs to learn acting, go to acting class, the psychology of acting, the subtext. Even if it's animating thru dialogue, i think what choice you choose to interpret that dialogue into animation is important via subtext, body language
Right on! Glen Keane has said that it's far more important to animate what a character thinks than what they "do".
This lecture will be relevant for ages. Thank you for this
Drink every time he says “okay”
hey, just to let everyone who doubts this "must learn anatomy first to animate", i am only in the simple skeleton, front, which i exercised like a month or 2, and i can animate much much much smoother, with much ease, without correcting, the consistency is so much better, and it just flows better. the frustrating thing only is that for a 2 seconds animations in halves i worked for an hour over 1 character jump/dive. but its pretty impressive. thanks for emphasizing this!!! its the real deal
I am gonna money for your course . I have been trying to study human skull from various sources but never learnt so much from from a single source in such precise and clear way . In my country there are not much jobs for 2d animation that's why i am learning 3d but my passion lies with the 2d animation . Will definitely pick your course up
thank you so much for this tutorial! ive learned a lot on skull construction and face consistency, something ive struggled on for a long time.
This is super cool of you to do a lecture like this. I've been making the same mistakes for years and now I understand where I've been making them after watching your video. Thank you very much for your time and dedication to keep animation an art form and not just a money maker. Don Bluth is the man! Plain and simple. I enjoy his cartoons more because he puts so much effort into his drawings and pushing expressions in the characters face. You can really tell this in "All Dogs Go To Heven". I am going to take the tips you gave us and start applying them to my drawings. 🤙Cheers!
what a treat to have you ! learnt so much from this steam .
The draw looks amazing and the video to
😕...
Okay,now realizing I don't know a frickin thing about animation...or drawing..
This video is really educational.This dude isn't cutting any corners,which is what I look for in a teacher.Very,very well done!👌
This is a fantastic video, OK? Really got a lot out of this, OK? OK?
this might be the most important video ive watched this far in my life
You are really talk from the heart❤
Holy smokes AMB this Is pure gold,
Loved every second of it ❤
I just got done watching this on fb, and I gotta say it's another great and inspiring video from the Master Animator, AMB!
The best video about this topic.
Hii there!!! I'm a beginner in animation .Your work , tips, tricks, voice r so inspiring...... 🙏
All you said is right! Good job AMB!❤
Fantastic lecture as always.
Thanks, GOD bless you.
Thanks a million!!!!!
Yeeeesss AMB❤❤❤
GREAT WORK AMB #REALANIMATION
Thank you for uploading this AMB, and congrats on 7000 likes!! :D
Grats on 7000 likes, AMB!
Thank you kindly!
Thanks again, I love your videos.
My gosh. That was a very inspiring video. :)
Thank You
Thank you so much for this!!!
I want to learn so I can have my own production
Ok?
Me: Ok 👌
Since I can't watch the entire vid right now, I just wanted to ask a question in the comments first.
I've made my own type of animation exercise that raised some questions from a friend. I would have a frame and draw that exact frame again and again and again, as I believed it would refine your animations and give you more control because of your ability to stay to the frame.
If the standard deviation of the redraw was off by about 1/10th (i know its not a number quantity but im phrasing it as so) of the original, drawing continously would allow the deviation to become something lower, maybe 1/100th. and then, very fine motions could be made because the accuracy was increased. And this continued redrawing would allow the character not seem 'shaky' as many beginner animations are. I don't know if this makes much sense, but I've been wondering if this is true in any way. It has been a very long time since I've animated, and even then I did not animate much. Please help, and to anyone who does, thank you so much. I am sorry if this wording is bad or confusing in anyway I kind of rushed this.
Drawing the same frame over and over and over may get your drawing to be more accurate and improve your mechanical skills eventually. I think it will probably stunt your artistic growth in other ways, though. Drawing from life and a variety of other sources will eventually give you that same precision (moving from 1/10 to 1/100) while also expanding your visual library and allowing you to think in 3d space.
Was stuck drawing stuff rigid characters forever before I finally broke out.
Bro said a million" okay" in the video 😂
Amb, can you explain how to properly animate holds? I’m doing 2d and every time I have to make a character hold a pose for some frames it makes it look dead. This isn’t the case with Disney and don bluth and the other great animators. How do they keep their characters alive while holding?
With a hold I would think what is funniest at the time like what if someone got really stiff at a reation shot then fell apart.
I think part of that is very slight movements, or redrawing each frame with slight differences so it feels less like a static image
Thank you so much! it's extremely helpful!
Can you upload it in higher resolution please, it's currently at 360p
I've already seen all of the video but still it would be even better for others.
This was streamed live on Facebook. I downloaded the stream and uploaded it on TH-cam - it cannot be downloaded in HD from Facebook.
OK
Your lectures sound so angry 😅😂
Having to know and study the basics and anatomy are important, agreed, and im finding in college this is kind of rushed. I had one semester of figure drawing. One. That's it. Then I'm just chucked into animating as if i know how to. So stuff like this to fill some gaps is really helpful
I'm sorry but you kinda sound like you're trying to intimidate me to follow your instructions like a kidnapper.
"Now let me tell you what you gonna do OK? You gonna come to the 2475 Buena Vista Avenue ok? And you gonna put the money in the box on the side of the road ok? And let me tell you why you gonna do that ok? You gonna do this cause I have you family ok?"
Thanks you!
17:00
This seems to be more about drawing people from different angles than keeping characters consistent.
Can we watch HD video from facebook ? And thank you so much :)
Sure just head over to FB and type AMB Animation Academy ( you can like the page too :D ) and the stream is there you can adjust quality just like TH-cam!
I’ve watched 10 minutes and it looks VERY interesting but the number of times you say “okay” is triggering my anxiety. Thanks for putting it up tho, I’m sure the video is very good
The content is very valuable, so please don't get triggered on thiese kind of details, because your oversensitivity will stop you from learning. I'm 40, and my generation is way less sensitive, not getting triggered and anxious on anything, because we were exposed to the real world much more in a younger age, so it makes us handle and overcome hardship much easier, because I don't get stuck unnecessarily. If it triggers anxiety in you, then in real life with real challenges, where you need a mental strenght, (it can be work, social realtions, financial hardships, bringing up a child, illness, etc.) you can get into depression easily or loosing ground, because you are too sensitive. Sorry for lecture, I just see this issue in this generation, because children growing up very spoiled and overly protected, so they acting like kids even when they get into adulthood.
@@tamnicco My comment was respectful and appreciative of the work the artist put in it, while simply stating a fact about my experience while watching it. Your comment on the other hand is extremely condescending and just way off, cause you make the mistake of assuming you know things you can't possibly know about me, for example what "real challenges" I've faced, what age I am and whether I'm mentally strong or not. I think you should consider re-evaluating how you communicate your thoughts, Tamas, because it all came off arrogant and entitled. You may not have meant it this way, but that's def how it came across. And also, very important note: anxiety has nothing to do with being weak or strong, and making that association is disrespectful to those who suffer from it and also displays a level of ignorance that's concerning, specially since you pride yourself on being very mature. I suggest you research this topic, so that next time when you try to give someone advice, you have a better understanding of the issue. Have a fantastic day!
@@crlealve that's fine thanks. From my perspective if I watch a free lesson from a great artist, I would keep my opinion and criticism to myself. That actually sounds entitled to me, when someone gives an advice to an artist about unimportant details like this. I just appreciate the lesson,it's free, so even if I dislike something about, it's my own issue. You actually told the artist that you couldn't watch more than 10 minutes, because the way he talks makes you anxious.
@@tamnicco Getting feedback from your viewers that can allow you to improve your content so it can reach more people is hardly an "unimportant detail", Tamas. And Idk what to tell you, seems like you're incapable of letting me be and have a pressing need to teach me 'something'... Anything, really. First you try to 'teach' me about my anxiety, now about the relevance of my opinions. You keep sounding really entitled and rude. I'm sure there's people in your life that will appreciate your teachings, you should try and help them instead, cause while your opinion is valid and you're absolutely allowed to have one, it's quite irrelevant to me and you're wasting your time. Sorry! Again, have a great and fulfilling day, but please just let it go already.
Yeah. That was my problem too. I'm honestly very thankful to him for all his tremendous help for us, but I'm just 20 mins into the video and I needed to take a break because it is really annoying me too.
🤩🤩🤩🤩
To think we had to learn all of this, practice every day for years just to be soon replaced by A.I.
okay?
Can somoene please tell me which software is he using ???
storyboard pro
the best house thank you so much bro
I need you to stop saying "okay". Okay?
Okay 👍
“okay”
“uh”
“um”
no disrespect intended, i just can’t help but focus on how many times you’re saying these words.
Ummmm ... okay.
AMB Animation Academy
lmao.
mmmmm.... I am pretty sure the people who animated Hilda did not think about anatomy at all to achieve character consistency.
I do appreciate this video. This guy clearly has knowledge, but I think this video emphasizes anatomy way too much (and in a weirdly angry fashion).
No the ppl who animated Hilda have to think a lot about Anatomy to achieve character consistency. Yes the characters are heavily stylized which does make them easier to DRAW but in order to ANIMATE them correctly and consistently (and from many different angles) they have to know exactly how the human body works, moves and looks from every angle. Anatomy (as boring as it can be) always plays a part in animation no matter how cartoonish the style is.