Wow, you are the modern day GOAT of animation. I heard your name for years, so many people learned to animate in Photoshop from you. And now, the world has access to an amazing curriculum to get into animation. Thank you!
I teach an introductory animation class and have always wanted to make a freely available version... glad you're already doing that for me! This is absolutely where I'd try and start (and constantly return to) with my students.
Hey thanks Mitchell. This concept was mentioned to me in passing at university but I didn't understand it until much later. I wish I got my head around it earlier :)
Henrique Barone said in one of his classes, "Timing is when it happens and Spacing is where it happens. Timing describes 'what' is happening and spacing describes 'how' it's happening." I'm slowing trying to find my way back into animation and I'm intimidated and excited at the same time. Its magical and that's why it's so terrifying. This helps A LOTTT. Nothing has to happen to move me to animate, I can just animate a line and call it a day. Thanks Alex!
This is incredible, any other animation introduction I’ve seen always goes straight into all the stuff like appeal and squash and stretch, I’m a person who likes to learn by getting in and toying around and it’s always just been overwhelming, but this seems way more manageable.
Other channels also inform about great ideas but what sets your channel apart is that it doesn't feel like a best random tips you never should know about video. It's more akin to a course which guides you in creating a mindset about animation. I hope you continue to make videos like this one. Maybe make one video about how crucial drawing is in clarifying your thoughts because without drawing you don't have an anchor. Many TH-camrs say it's not necessary to learn how to draw. I feel like it's crucial if you want to free your mind and not reiterate needlessly.
These fundamentals like timing and spacing are the hardest to understand and practice for me and I usually forget the posing step. Your explaination and application methods are super useful for us beginners! You are awesome! I wish you the bestest of the bests!
That's cool. I heard it described that way at animation school but I tend to disagree. Spacing is the relationship between poses over time. Poses are like the molecules of animation and we need to arrange them in a meaningful way. They certainly aren't subservient to either spacing or timing. Removing the ambiguity of that was one of the reasons I wanted to start this channel actually.
@@AlexGriggAnimation I understand your point, but in any given set of drawings there are differences in spacing between, for example, body parts. It’s not unusual to see multiple spacing charts on any given key drawing: one for the torso, one for the arms, etc. Following those spacing charts leads to the breakdown and in between poses. That’s all I’m suggesting.
To drop Caleb Wood into the heads of eager animation beavers deserves a plate full of gold stars already. Such good stuff Alex, and so beautifully delivered.
Love this series! hoping to see more in the future for sure. Alex Grigg thank you for putting these up and producing this. I will be able to share it with my team as well as we are a young animation studio just starting out. Cheers!
Woow that video made my day! This is an amazing explanation. It helped me and I liked it a lot. I have not seen anyone explain like that!!Thank you alot!!
i love this channel its so nice having someone explaining it to you at a pace where it feels like a conversation, plus the structure of examples and the “work together” portions are perfect instant sub, i want to learn to animte
Your videos are really precious, I’ve been practicing animation for around 2 years now and your summary really helps me fine tune the process and simplify everything down, thank you so so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I've been always interested in animation, I've done some really simple short animations but I wasn't really sure if its good and I wanted to take it to the next level but I knew I wasn't ready because the knowledge was missing even though I watched many videos, or took animation courses they didn't give me what I really needed. The way they taught wasn't really good compared to what you're offering here. Thank you very much for your time and effort, I found you through Instagram and these videos really work for me. BEST OF LUCK
Thank you so much for your guidance in this video and your series overall. This si really great advice for beginner animators such as myself. I'm currently making an animation on my own and this advice just helps out so much to organize things better in my head. :) Thanks so much. Such great advice. :)
one useful information I learned for studying movment in youtube is that you can move the videos frame be frame using the "," and "." buttons to do so. Thanks for the video>
I like how you teach these things, it's so amazing that I found this material to learn how to animate ❤❤❤ ... please don't stop doing videos like that 😊
Thank you so much for these classes 💜💜 i'm seriously starting to understand animation much better and btw i'm taking your homework seriously 😆😆 LESSSGOOOOO 🤘🏻✨️✨️
👍 I am a beginner and hardly know anything about technicalities but I am interested to learn. Thank you for giving basic understanding. Very clear and you have made it easy for me to understand.
Your videos are very informative and pleasant to watch. I've binge-watched your whole channel, awesome content, I'm a subscriber now. Please keep it up!
I'm having a hard time on spacing but this video and the other one Literally help me alot I'm getting animation course next year and i can't wait I need to practice if i want to get in
Hello sir I am from India I am learning animation from you Since 2 days only but I feel I can do much better than I do now thanks for making this crash course
@@LordRubino tv paint is raster based rather than vector. It feels nicer to draw in but you can't enlarge things without getting blurry. It really depends on the style of work you want and your own preference
Thank you so much for breaking the process down in a way that's super easy to understand. I'm still very new to animation and already overwhelmed with the complex tips flying everywhere. This video was a breath of fresh air. I have a question, though. Seeing as you said we shouldn't fuss about spacing until we've sorted out the pose and timing, is it a good idea to animate a scene every several frames (like every five or more frames) and then adjust the spacing as necessary when we're done sorting out the pose and timing? For my first animation (a ball bouncing in several arcs before coming to rest), I animated on 1s and didn't make the most of the ball's momentum. Couldn't figure out how to add new frames in-between others on Blender, so I thought, perhaps, it's wiser to leave many frames in-between keyframes in the beginning and then resize later. Is this practical? If it isn't, could you please suggest a better solution? Many thanks.
The eternal question! It will depend on what you're animating but different approaches can work, I have a video called "should you plan your animation?" That talks about the advantages of both ways. I also have a video called how to keyframes like a pro, which gives a bit of a method for approaching the planing stage (sometimes called Blocking). Hope that's helpful:)
@@AlexGriggAnimation Thank you so much! I saw the keyframe like a pro video yesterday, and it helped me a great deal. Looking forward to trying out your magic dot homework. I'll look for the second video and put whatever I learn to good use. Thanks again!
Hey I really loved all your videos Especially for beginners, you are just a blessing! Thank you so much for such valuable content... My question is from where did you learn all these things? Can you suggest some youtube channels and tutorials?
![[[TUTORIAL]] 7 Tips for Smoother Animation](/img/n.gif)
Love this series, Alex! ❤❤
Bro any software
Wow, you are the modern day GOAT of animation. I heard your name for years, so many people learned to animate in Photoshop from you. And now, the world has access to an amazing curriculum to get into animation. Thank you!
Haha I'm glad you found the Photoshop class useful! It was the inspiration for making this series.
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I teach an introductory animation class and have always wanted to make a freely available version... glad you're already doing that for me! This is absolutely where I'd try and start (and constantly return to) with my students.
Hey thanks Mitchell. This concept was mentioned to me in passing at university but I didn't understand it until much later. I wish I got my head around it earlier :)
Henrique Barone said in one of his classes, "Timing is when it happens and Spacing is where it happens. Timing describes 'what' is happening and spacing describes 'how' it's happening."
I'm slowing trying to find my way back into animation and I'm intimidated and excited at the same time. Its magical and that's why it's so terrifying. This helps A LOTTT. Nothing has to happen to move me to animate, I can just animate a line and call it a day. Thanks Alex!
That's an interesting way for Henrique to put it :) I'm glad you're enjoying the classes!
I'm always tempted to adjust the spacing between the frames, but this is a great reminder of how to prioritise
It's soooo tempting!
This is incredible, any other animation introduction I’ve seen always goes straight into all the stuff like appeal and squash and stretch, I’m a person who likes to learn by getting in and toying around and it’s always just been overwhelming, but this seems way more manageable.
Im in awe with this series! It's so beatiful and toughtful, makes me want to try animation again
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Other channels also inform about great ideas but what sets your channel apart is that it doesn't feel like a best random tips you never should know about video. It's more akin to a course which guides you in creating a mindset about animation. I hope you continue to make videos like this one. Maybe make one video about how crucial drawing is in clarifying your thoughts because without drawing you don't have an anchor. Many TH-camrs say it's not necessary to learn how to draw. I feel like it's crucial if you want to free your mind and not reiterate needlessly.
"Animation for everyone", you are a so talented artist and a so generous person, Gosh bless you!
You know you've got animation figured out when even your example of poor spacing is appealing. :P Good stuff, Alex!
These fundamentals like timing and spacing are the hardest to understand and practice for me and I usually forget the posing step. Your explaination and application methods are super useful for us beginners! You are awesome! I wish you the bestest of the bests!
I like your examples for studying posing, timing, and spacing in the real world to guide our animations :D
Grim Natwick always said it all boils down to timing and spacing. One could argue that posing is a sub-topic of spacing. Great video!
That's cool. I heard it described that way at animation school but I tend to disagree. Spacing is the relationship between poses over time. Poses are like the molecules of animation and we need to arrange them in a meaningful way. They certainly aren't subservient to either spacing or timing. Removing the ambiguity of that was one of the reasons I wanted to start this channel actually.
@@AlexGriggAnimation I understand your point, but in any given set of drawings there are differences in spacing between, for example, body parts. It’s not unusual to see multiple spacing charts on any given key drawing: one for the torso, one for the arms, etc. Following those spacing charts leads to the breakdown and in between poses. That’s all I’m suggesting.
It's good to discover these tutorials so well done, it has helped me to understand more easily what animation is. Thank you so much.
To drop Caleb Wood into the heads of eager animation beavers deserves a plate full of gold stars already. Such good stuff Alex, and so beautifully delivered.
Thanks Jim! Haha more people need to see Caleb's work :)
Love this series! hoping to see more in the future for sure. Alex Grigg thank you for putting these up and producing this. I will be able to share it with my team as well as we are a young animation studio just starting out. Cheers!
Woow that video made my day!
This is an amazing explanation. It helped me and I liked it a lot. I have not seen anyone explain like that!!Thank you alot!!
Incredible stuff here - thank you for the classes, Alex! Can't wait for more :}
Learning the language (jargon) of any specialty is the most difficult part. This video illustrates the vocabulary brilliantly. Thank you!
Ayo, this is so helpful. I shall watch this entire series, start to finish.
i love this channel
its so nice having someone explaining it to you at a pace where it feels like a conversation, plus the structure of examples and the “work together” portions are perfect
instant sub, i want to learn to animte
Your videos are really precious, I’ve been practicing animation for around 2 years now and your summary really helps me fine tune the process and simplify everything down, thank you so so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Really enjoying these videos! I love that you explain things visually with different examples so beginners can better understand.
Thanks Jack. I'm glad the examples are useful!
Bro your abilities to explain things is so good🧡
So happy to have found this series! Thank you!
Fantastic teaching, loving this series!
I've been always interested in animation, I've done some really simple short animations but I wasn't really sure if its good and I wanted to take it to the next level but I knew I wasn't ready because the knowledge was missing even though I watched many videos, or took animation courses they didn't give me what I really needed. The way they taught wasn't really good compared to what you're offering here. Thank you very much for your time and effort, I found you through Instagram and these videos really work for me. BEST OF LUCK
On another note, I love your lines and the way you draw!
what an amazing series! very informative and entertaining
Thank you for teaching us all how to animate!
I’m loving this series! Eagerly waiting for future lessons 😁
Thanks Yash, looking forward to sharing more soon :)
Thank you for these classes. They help so much!
Thank you so much for your guidance in this video and your series overall. This si really great advice for beginner animators such as myself. I'm currently making an animation on my own and this advice just helps out so much to organize things better in my head. :)
Thanks so much. Such great advice. :)
loving all this series!
Hey thanks David!
I love this! your approach is very clear, thank you!
one useful information I learned for studying movment in youtube is that you can move the videos frame be frame using the "," and "." buttons to do so.
Thanks for the video>
I like how you teach these things, it's so amazing that I found this material to learn how to animate ❤❤❤ ... please don't stop doing videos like that 😊
After having wanted to learn animation for years I think I’m going to buy tv paint and use these courses to try to learn. Thanks for everything.
This is very exciting to hear. If you search for my Vimeo page I have a beginners guide to tvpaint up there which might be helpful.
this videos are so inspiring, love them so much!!
Thank you so much for these classes 💜💜 i'm seriously starting to understand animation much better and btw i'm taking your homework seriously 😆😆
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This is so well done! Your animations are a feast for the eyes! Big fan!
You are too good. You editing and explanation are so convenient. Thanks you!
👍 I am a beginner and hardly know anything about technicalities but I am interested to learn. Thank you for giving basic understanding. Very clear and you have made it easy for me to understand.
These lessons are amazing 🙌 thank you Alex
Glad you think so!
Another amazing video Alex!
Thank you so much for these lessons
Im so grateful for having discovered your channel
Thank you for this awesome and clear series. Mate, you rock'
This is the best fucking animation video ever you have no idea how long I’ve been looking for this
Your videos are very informative and pleasant to watch. I've binge-watched your whole channel, awesome content, I'm a subscriber now. Please keep it up!
Your videos are amazing! Thank you so much for your work.
I had learn these myself but the 3rd one realy helped clear up what i was currently thinking i needed
Wow! It's amazing how you can achieve teaching animation incredibly with an incredibly prepared animation. :) Thanks!
Thank you so much! Very articulated and easy to understand!
I'm having a hard time on spacing but this video and the other one Literally help me alot
I'm getting animation course next year and i can't wait
I need to practice if i want to get in
presentation of these concepts is amazing
This just completely clicked in my brain. Thank you so much. New Sub! 🎉
Came here because Game Makers Toolkit recommended your video in his Patreon! Really enjoyed this.
Oh great! Glad it didn't disappoint :)
Super cool !! Fundaments are never too much , thanks
This is the best animation basics video ever
Congratulations
I love the way you explain things
Amazing video! Thank you for these insights!
My pleasure
You are incredible ! I love your channel.
another amazing video!!! commenting for the algorithm!!
Thanks Lexi!
Thank you so much for your lessons!
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge!
It was really helpful, got to learn some good things about animation also loved the homework.
this is a wonderful explaination ... thankyou so much for this
Hello sir I am from India
I am learning animation from you
Since 2 days only but I feel I can do much better than I do now thanks for making this crash course
So cool to hear :)
really really loved it!
This video is so good I could watch it even if it was just for fun.
2:26 this trick will solve my problem greatly!! 🤯
Thank you Alex from Nigeria 🇳🇬 of course I enjoyed it, I'm a beginner
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Love your tutorials and how clear you are to listen
Yes! I like TVPaint but I don't recommend it here because it's quite expensive. But yeh it's what I usually use
@@AlexGriggAnimation thank you for reply me Alex
@@LordRubino tv paint is raster based rather than vector. It feels nicer to draw in but you can't enlarge things without getting blurry. It really depends on the style of work you want and your own preference
@@AlexGriggAnimation Thank you very much Alex! Keep up the amazing work!
Thank u so much Guruji (Teacher), ❤ and Respect from India
Thank you, Alex!
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Hey thanks Jacob ;)
Loved the video❤
Love this videos great stuff
Thank you so much for breaking the process down in a way that's super easy to understand. I'm still very new to animation and already overwhelmed with the complex tips flying everywhere. This video was a breath of fresh air.
I have a question, though. Seeing as you said we shouldn't fuss about spacing until we've sorted out the pose and timing, is it a good idea to animate a scene every several frames (like every five or more frames) and then adjust the spacing as necessary when we're done sorting out the pose and timing?
For my first animation (a ball bouncing in several arcs before coming to rest), I animated on 1s and didn't make the most of the ball's momentum. Couldn't figure out how to add new frames in-between others on Blender, so I thought, perhaps, it's wiser to leave many frames in-between keyframes in the beginning and then resize later.
Is this practical? If it isn't, could you please suggest a better solution? Many thanks.
The eternal question! It will depend on what you're animating but different approaches can work, I have a video called "should you plan your animation?" That talks about the advantages of both ways. I also have a video called how to keyframes like a pro, which gives a bit of a method for approaching the planing stage (sometimes called Blocking). Hope that's helpful:)
@@AlexGriggAnimation
Thank you so much! I saw the keyframe like a pro video yesterday, and it helped me a great deal. Looking forward to trying out your magic dot homework.
I'll look for the second video and put whatever I learn to good use. Thanks again!
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i understood but tell me where to do that ,
Excellent content!
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This is gold stuff!
Hey I really loved all your videos
Especially for beginners, you are just a blessing!
Thank you so much for such valuable content...
My question is from where did you learn all these things?
Can you suggest some youtube channels and tutorials?
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Thanks for your lessons!
Awesome vid, thanks.
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Thanks for sharing🙌🏽