Animation Lesson - Approaching Complexity One Step At A Time

[@gbeaudette]

I haven't seen that cartoon in forever. I love the shot of her daintily dabbing at the massive shotgun shells so much.

[@chromo48]

+Grant Beaudette That bit was amazing -- delicately and gracefully loading the shells so as not to damage those freshly painted nails. Great stuff.

[@TheDreamMachine0089]

This was such great info! What i got out of this was, like anything else in art, painting, drawing sculpting, etc. You start with the broad and then break it down into specifics one step at a time.

[@nariter]

This is very helpful. As a beginner animator I get pretty overwhelmed with some of the things I start to animate, and this had some pretty good points! Thanks for making this. :D

[@Zeroprostudio]

You're an absolute genius, i wanted to cry just listening to you explain the scene!

[@lemuras]

Aaron, Thank you very much for uploading this videos, is amazing having a disney veteran doing this kinda things. It's veeeery useful!

[@seventhpass]

One of the best animation lessons in the world

[@estephan90]

thank you for the tip Aaron Blaise; breaking it down. That assignment would've given me some sweaty hands just thinking of all you had to do.

[@StarAndAster]

Woah, awesome! The way you approached this scene was really well thought out. I was never a big fan of these type of cartoons when I was younger, but studying them nowadays has given me a new sense of appreciation. :D

[@aartist90]

Yep, this process is just as valuable in 3D. You absolutely HAVE to work from big to small! Otherwise you potentially waste a bunch of time constructing poses without knowing their overall context within the shot. Thanks for another great lesson, Aaron :)

[@jonnysophisticado]

Thank you AARON,!Sophisticated use of the basics

[@JavierGonzalez-qg5el]

Thanks Mr Blaise. Great insight in how to work complex shots this tutorial has been extremely helpful.

[@NexeL_NKC]

I'm gonna start animating a dancing dragon couple, and this actually kinda helped me to put it into perspective of what I've got to do. They're gonna be dancing a sharp dance, the Cha-cha, lots of movements on top of movements. It's gonna be one heck of a challenge but as you said, just take it one step at a time.

[@KB_Art]

Brilliant! Thanks for this breakdown. ❤

[@LikesArtAndAnimation]

Thank you for the tutorials. You are a fantastic artist and teacher. I've learned a great deal and I'm grateful. Thanks again!

[@freeafghan]

Wow what a great exlpaination. Thanks Aaron

[@StarpunkD]

Thank you so much for your tutorials. They're so helpful!

[@wolfsingleton]

That is a great explanation, thanks for breaking it down like that. When I studied some animation techniques, I tried a similar shot. I swung a dumbell tied to a rope (side to side only) and then basically onion-skinned over the actual video frames to get the feeling of the technique down. It was like using training wheels. Too complex for me to do like you did! Quickly moved over to 3D animation, but retained great respect for those that can hand-craft such realistic scenes.

[@LovelyAngel.]

Amazing tip, love this approach

[@IshikaShanai]

As a beginner animator, this was immensely helpful. Thank you for sharing this!

[@mad872]

You're such an ispiration! I'm starting to animate my draw because of you! You're an amazing teacher! Thank you for you're lessons!

[@Animate4Cel]

Great advice, thanks!

[@UConceptPublishing]

great explanation. it's definitely much simpler when you disseminate the action into the steps as you described.

[@kimtran4497]

This was very helpful! Thankyou

[@jarosbodytko6462]

Wow, I never even knew there were Roger Rabbit animated shorts! Being a huge fan of the movie I always assumed that's all there was.

[@ramyahegde]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us.

[@googleg8650]

cool extra vid from the animation course, thanks that was useful

[@Lunipu]

I'm so fascinated by your art :)

[@lautaronahuelperuccajover7455]

Amazing as always.

[@faladorn2421]

it's right at the beginning my brain expolde ! Always incredible the capacitu of the evolution and adaptation in animation

[@Ho4uK]

Thank you! Very helpfull.

[@SmokeeWhine]

great helpful video

[@munishanimates]

Very awesome knowledge

[@CaCriGuz]

Thanks to you master !! thanks for sharing your knowledge :D

[@mycollegeshirt]

that was amazing

[@revoltanim]

awesome thanks

[@maevblog9955]

Thank you! Make more animation toturials

[@CookieFridays]

Genius.

[@horaciosalazargomez9488]

The Art of Aaron Blaise Hi! This is excellent!! Roger Rabbit was one of my childhood 'heroes' LOL! XD I found it funny in that age... Now I don't like him very much, but I still thinking its animation is great!! And more knowing that you were behind that cool work... So AWESOME!! :D Now the hero is you!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge again! Have a nice day!

[@amyvanzi9845]

wow...just wow.

[@stephanmaya]

Hi Aeron! I bought your full lectures and loved every second of it! Can you perhaps explain cleanup? Specifically handling shadows. I've been watching rough and cleaned animation, and saw the lines that obviously indicated where the shadows would be put in at coloring. Is there some sort of specific process cleanup artists follow when drawing in the shadows? Thanks a million!

[@DDRandDSLover]

This was very informative and helpful! Definitely attests to the fact that breaking complex things down can make the process less daunting and more achievable! Thank you so much for sharing! :-)

[@IgneousFrizzle]

Man, thank you so much for posting these advice videos! :) They really are quite inspiring and encouraging! As an independent (and flat broke lol) artist/aspiring animator, I really appreciate these tips and tricks whatever they may be. I can't imagine just how LONG that pendulum spinning sequence took to do. D:

[@JLocke573]

Do you have any tips for maintaining character consistency from frame to frame? Thanks

[@ashishavin8748]

Hi, Aaron! Your work is truly inspiring. I have a question, though. How much of Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas' rules do you follow? I mean, how often do you break those rules?

[@StudioSambodia]

This was great advise sir :) this wasdone on TV Paint back then?

[@drawer9987]

Aaron, amazing! How long did it take you to do all of that drawing?

[@kboogie2323]

awesome Aaron!! so was this shot a combination of pose to pose and straight ahead animation?

[@kcjleemx5]

Hi! I love your channel. I'm an aspiring computer animator and I'm hoping to purchase a course from your shop soon. I love watching and learning from your videos. Is there a video or course that you can refer me to on acting?

[@theartofkatelyn]

I love your tips! thank you so much for doing them, ^^ and if I may ask what program did you use to animate and were did you get it? I would love to get it. :D

[@mat-andre]

+The StormingDragon He says he uses TVPaint at around 4:25. I've used the free program called Pencil before as well as photoshop...Pencil is really simple and basic, but it's completely free and easy to use for beginners, but I'm sure there's a few options out there. I heard BoomToon is great too. Hope that helps a little! :)

[@theartofkatelyn]

thank you! ^^ but I've done Pencil before, a long time ago...then I moved to BoomToon (which I still have) and now I'm using Adobe Flash to animate, there all good program but I was hopping to upgrade again.... but thanks for replying! :D

[@rgm6070]

Is this an open file? I mean, do you open this video on TVPaint?

[@dalyzee]

Hey Aaron. I'm currently attending college for 3d animation. And I was wondering if you also do 3d animation and if so if you could just show some tips and tricks. Just so I know what to really expect. Awesome vid btw

[@RaschidAN]

Daly Zee I would say almost everything he says about classical animation can be adapted to 3D, the basic principles are more or less the same..

[@ayersjrmichael]

How long did it took you to complete that part of the animation?

[@MOEBUCKS]

I want to try to do hand drawn animation for my phantom raven

[@ducktheowlcat8555]

Did you do that animatoin

[@XxKalicoKatxX]

Hey, may I ask what program you use to animate? I'm interested in animating, but I'm not sure which program to use. Thanks!

[@mat-andre]

+XxKalicoKatxX He says he uses TVPaint at around 4:25. I've used the free program called Pencil before as well as photoshop...Pencil is really simple and basic, but it's completely free and easy to use for beginners, but I'm sure there's a few options out there. I heard BoomToon is great too. Hope that helps! :)

[@XxKalicoKatxX]

Thank you so much!

[@NachoHoyos]

Ey what software is this? Thanks.

[@keerthanaputhuvaya8893]

Flash or TV paint

[@kynaarts9638]

And ( I forgot to add this part) if you want to see my animations and drawings you can go on my Facebook, it's called shakyna Stevenson

[@tekarts]

You make art seem like a three letter word.

[@kynaarts9638]

Are you an art teacher, I want to learn how to animate like you, I tried animation before and it was good to me, but not like yours. My art teacher doesn't teach like you do and I can draw better than him, yeah soooooooooooooooooo I need a art teacher for next year when I'm in 8th grade.

[@faladorn2421]

it's right at the beginning my brain expolde ! Always incredible the capacitu of the evolution and adaptation in animation