Animation Smear Frames [Scribble Kibble #61]

[@wakaran2414]

I see these a lot in screenshots and then people are like "They have the budget, they have money, and people give this shit praise for being so well animated" when its a smear frame, say in Yuri On Ice when Yurio is ice skating you can find a screenshot with elongated arms. It's funny to look at but anyone who knows shit knows that those scenes are needed to create the scene and make the animation look far better. It gets annoying when people take screenshots of smear frames and claims them to be "bad animation" and question the budget and how good the animation is as a whole.

[@JGT-yd2wx]

Just tell them to animate something fast on as low a budget possible. they'll figure out smear frames or die trying.

[@zeldafluff2006]

It's a smear frame, it's not suppose it be pretty :/

[@Summertail]

I can't even animate. I just love the way you teach and stuff.

[@Summertail]

wow..... 164 likes????..... okay.....

[@sirwilliam6268]

BlueRose 🍕 wow cant animate myself but that kinda inspired me to try😆

[@Fezcon]

I mean,if you want to you can.I did and I’m possibly the least motivated person on this planet.Your animation will never be the greatest ever when you just start so don’t be demotivated.If you want to animate,do it.Dont just sit there and say,”I’m not good enough,I’ll wait until I’m good at it” because you will never be good unless you try.If you don’t think you want to do animation anymore,so be it.It’s your life and a couple of doodles on a screen can’t change that.

[@no1legobatmanfan]

BlueRose you know not everyone has the tools for it right

[@pastelokami]

@@Blueroseaa that's what I was gonna say! =3

[@PikaPetey]

smear

[@strigilidigili]

Pikapetey Animations spear smear

[@nottcawthon9379]

spear smear sheer pear quire

[@silasnicol]

thppb

[@bfdgreen]

THIS NEEDS MORE PIKACHUS

[@nottcawthon9379]

*SWIGGITY SWOODY COMING FOR THA [PIKACHU] BOOTY*

[@dr.heinzdoofenshmirtz7392]

These frames are the best thing about animation Edit: how the heck did i get so many likes... '-'

[@huffnpuffn8300]

Soso Seller I love muffins.

[@nourmasalkhi9004]

Soso Seller don't forget about impact frames

[@thelegendh4sit]

Nour Masalkhi what is an impact frame?

[@nourmasalkhi9004]

If you´ve watched one punch man, my hero academia II or anything by yukata nakamura you should have seen them. An impact frame is when an action/impact is so powerful it rips the following one or two frames from their colors and/or distorts them to nothing but energetic scribbles, but yukata nakamura goes totally overboard and it is beautiful.

[@lunarghost255]

Soso Seller I want to like this but it's at 420 likes and I don't want to change that ;-;

[@Fearless_Kat]

Now that I've secured a front seat in the comments section, I'd like to say that I'm glad you finally got around to smear frames. It's something of a mystery to me to get right, so I'm glad you broke it down.

[@veethevee]

hi

[@TennelleFlowers]

Yeah! Smear frames! I did a video about this animation technique too. ^u^ Fantastic job as always, great job explain the importance of the line of motion!

[@LostSwiftpaw]

TennelleFlowers Le gasp

[@profanelamp3017]

I knew you were going to comment on this :D

[@Leav3ye]

OMG

[@scratchpad7954]

A good example of a smear frame in animation can be seen in the beginning of Pokémon ☀🌒 in its first episode as the camera zooms in on Ash and his Pikachu riding a Sharpedo. The velocity of the Sharpedo launching Pikachu up from a lowered position generates a smear frame that can be clearly seen, albeit for approximately 83⅓ milliseconds at most, like Crowne mentioned.

[@BlackLethalDragon]

" There is no law here" Hmmm... ANARCY! All artistical crime is legal!

[@duncan3009]

*starts drawing the most sinful sonic with a mario mustache with luigi's cloths*

[@nartyy]

Everybody is like : "smear frames are the best, ..." and I'm like : "man those look so hard to do..." XD

[@avi_mation]

I managed to do one, and it was very visible HAHAHAHA Jk, it was pretty easy to do.

[@Jensenrobinb]

Just draw it between the two transparent frames in the middle, mutilated

[@v1c-was-her3]

I've been spotting these frames since I was BORN. I love smear frames to death, and many of my short movement animations (that I will never show the Internet world) revolve around them. Honestly, drawing those specific frames are kinda funny, cause it's odd to see your character look so abnormal. I'm glad you talked about them man! Keep up the good work!

[@DivineTerrors]

o i love that anime! little witch academy is my jam

[@ghostaub3719]

Bee-the- Pancake-cat Same.

[@peach5371]

Bee-the- Pancake-cat It's my 4th fav anime ;D Edit: now 2nd xD

[@user-ze2mr5sp7f]

Bee-the- Pancake-cat YASSS

[@lambdaslab9545]

Me too!

[@liam-vk4nw]

Bitter Mitsee ys

[@RedCordPlayer]

Where I first saw smear frames was in Chuck Jones cartoons like the "Dover Boys" I love this when this technique is used as well as when it leads to slapstick such as the character moving fast into a wall.

[@dimensiongoat]

A few things to note is you should also use smear frames carefully, you can’t just smear everything (unless you either have a cartoonish like style or you want to convey your character is very light or squishy). When there’s a smear frame, it generally means there’s some sort of very fast motion. Different smears can also mean different things. If you study certain cartoons like Animaniacs, stretched out proportions are used for very fast movement, lines are used to convey somewhat fast movement, and no smears are used for slow movements.

[@kojin7376]

Smear frames are honest to god hilarious to draw and pause on. I remember watching Steven Universe and pausing on a particularly hilarious frame as two gems unfused, and drawing smear frames just makes the process of animation a little more fun.

[@hassinto7901]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Dog teaches beginner animators about smear frames. You are a good doggo, thank you.

[@eringrey1967]

The smear frames in Yuri On Ice are the best smear frames and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

[@Toxicfish321]

The loop smear in the stop motion "Bump in the night" is multiple puppets in certain frames, always loved playing those larts in slowmo

[@northdakotaa9107]

eddsworld honestly had way too many of these when paul animated the episodes

[@bartibit]

Very fun to draw, very fun to watch. Smear Frames are the perfection of animation world.

[@xMojaveDream]

You did a really good job voicing this video. You sound genuinely happy to talk about this subject! It's nice to see someone on freakin' KZbin being genuine!

[@cupheadboi3226]

This was the reason why rubberhose animation faded out of history

[@martenmaarten]

smear frames are so freaking fun to draw and make an animation look so much more dynamic, i love them!

[@goldybays8654]

Can you talk about fighting scenes? Like the stereo typical cloud with things poking out and cat sounds.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

The beauty that is smear frames As if Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss hasn't had enough of those

[@nilsqvis4337]

In certain conditions where your main source of light is an LED lamp, the flickering makes you see multiples of the moving object instead of the regular motion blur. Shit looks surreal

[@Cann3dChick3n]

I fricking love smear frames and Little Witch Academia

[@extrapathos]

Yea I'm looking into animation and smear frames sounded a bit intimidating, this really cleared things up. 👍

[@Darkoooo]

Thank you so much! I love doing this and i never knew smear frames existed until now!

[@aryxilia5513]

I love how they put some your your frames all throughout their own animation

[@swgadrunq1700]

2:15 I love how the mouth is still bing XD

[@sherriehakola7102]

I totally freaked when she brought up Little Witch Academia!! I love it :) Also smear frames ARE the best!

[@spinel9717]

Smear frames is what gives the Steven Universe fandom cursed images of me

[@buckethatd9471]

lol

[@redfoxstudios2187]

Scooby Doo uses smear frames really well. It's kinda what makes their style iconic. The running away scenes in particular. You can see them in the Scooby Doo inspired Ghost by mystery skulls. I use windows movie maker to slow them down so I can see how they're done because it goes frame by frame.

[@venus8977]

I’m rewatching these also MY FAVE ANIME!!! Sorry it’s one of the only anime’s I watch... Little Witch Academia is great!

[@3rdeye7thdimension]

Crowne: There's no law here Me: *ANARCHISM INTENSIFIES*

[@crystalidk]

It look a bit strange to have the witch girl suddenly just stop at point B. I suggest maybe adding a frame slightly past point B and then back so it involves the inertia of the movement? (Like when you animate a blink, and to create a bit of a pop you'd make the eye slightly more open before bringing it to normal size.)

[@MxMothra]

Hiiiiiii. This is totally wacky, but I shared this video with my animation teacher, and he liked it so much that he shared it with the whole class?? I didn’t expect it, but he thought the content and way it was presented was fantastic. So, good job!

[@Kendorable]

I love smear frames! It's always a pleasure drawing them too, they're silly but effective.

[@foxx.on.saturn5143]

You start getting more animated by ever second

[@fleridanfox6150]

Oh, I actually remember watching Little Witch Academia with my youngest cousin! After watching the movie Your Name some of my family and friends are trying to get me into anime but I just can't seem to bring myself to like it quite as much.

[@jasminesanchez5046]

I’m a small animator but I just have to say . THANK YOU . You are soooo helpful to me and many other people . You help me improve everyday and I can’t thank you enough.❤️❤️❤️

[@carbonattercult4191]

yuuus she finally did the voiceover the fan art at the end i have been missing that for so long

[@georgehenson2412]

They really are the best. I imagine there is starting to be some codification on the technique though. Just like any other aspect of animation, you can do it in many different ways, but there are some commonalities to smear frames that I hope you might explore in more depth in the future.

[@ScoutOW2]

Puppet only programs make this hard. Means you gotta make a sprite of smear frames of every limb.

[@roxannejoie1]

I recommend that after the smear is that to end slowly before Line B or also slowly move from the start

[@ScripScraps]

I love smear frames especially paul ter voodre's ^°^

[@AstronAnimations]

ScripScraps oh my god same

[@indighost__]

omg sameee

[@shiaxys2318]

ScripScraps yeah same and theyre funny too

[@zzsnore]

YES

[@Pzombii]

ScripScraps same

[@fvrryna]

That animation smear at 0:33-0:34 is... *Stretchy body*

[@MiniMinMins]

I accidentally paused on a smear frame in konosuba and It was the funniest thing

[@Jensenrobinb]

I accidentally did that on spongebob and his arm looked like a shovel

[@vocaloidsrock6987]

these videos are very helpful for teaching me about animation.

[@Potatert0t]

sees favorite anime in thumbnail *AWW HELL YEAH*

[@Acissye]

LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA!!!!!!!!

[@Sublimerences]

Thinking Pegasis my favorite!

[@jahandahan7490]

JOHNNY BRAVO!!!!!!!!!

[@pashenka1546]

YAS

[@cozsmilk]

YESSS

[@unstoppablestudio3660]

It's even more fun with 3D. You have to make entirely new objects for it usually. You can just use motion blur algorithms and tactics (though what is the fun in that) but I have the most fun seeing people make entirely new shapes for the purpose. Lego Batman is my favorite one in recent memory (not a lot of examples really exist)as it not only uses newfound objects in order to accomplish the task of smear framing but they try as often as they can to use the real life lego equivalent parts to make the smear frames. I find it a bit amusing.

[@inkdragon3455]

Smear frames are the best part of animations. Actually when you pause it at just the right moment.

[@noriakitty]

I love how I caught one of your smear frames

[@mamabeefus]

i recently tried out smear frames for a map part and they are the best thing ever

[@gagarance]

Ahhhh my two fav things little witch academia in a scribble kibble vid and crowne prince

[@starryu__]

3:24 it’s awesome that you put in double king

[@taylorarmstrong284]

I got excited when u showed a smear from welcome to hell XD I love that animation

[@codevenus174]

If I knew about smear frames before this I would have completed SO many more animations

[@thelegdendarytank1012]

as someone who is practicing animation, smear frames are my favorite thing to do!

[@annorakanon]

I think that on the thumbnail (and 1:11), that girl with blue eyes looks kinda cute

[@jsk-art]

As I just told my older brother as I sent him a screenshot of a smear frame I just drew, "smear frames come from a lawless land where chaos reigns supreme."

[@oliver1435]

that thumbnail is the best thing omg

[@cowpuppy]

Can you make a Scribble Kibble about '' Becky Prim? ''

[@thedoodlepony7778]

Freddy Mew *YES!*

[@lol6161]

yes yES *YES*

[@lorenzoshelby6061]

O gosh yes

[@bearboi2951]

YES MY DUDE

[@crystalidk]

I’ve been a little obsessed with Becky Prim for a while.

[@Connorthecatsdad]

I would absolutely watch a show that was only smear frames

[@Connorthecatsdad]

or better yet, a show where everything is animated normally except one character who's always animated like they're in a smear frame

[@RogerAdams-art]

Thank you for this. I just started to learn about smear frames and your video helped a lot.

[@divalea]

I love all your animation technique and style videos! They make me excited about doing animation!

[@leaf5524]

I just love how smear frames look. So distorted...and hilarious

[@cozsmilk]

YESSSS LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIAAA ITS MY FAVORITE OMGGG

[@sassy_sasarai4090]

This is really helpful. Always wondered how those were done.

[@cyber.starrr]

I can tell you friggin loved this episode because of your voice

[@RockinMonkey]

This video is gold.

[@CeesxCRK]

There are a LOT of animators who do amazing smear frames like inkyface and sir fluff

[@efffyzombie2979]

I'm glad these no one way to draw smear frames cause I was worried about it

[@megmoonfeather2301]

Oml the smear frames at 0:41 were absolutely amazing XD

[@WhipperSnapper551]

0:35 there's a smear lol

[@Ixapter]

I'll have to try some smearing myself.

[@owos100]

I officially love smear frames :3 (Wow, you've really upped it on the animation this time! Way to go! :O)

[@strangerbeyreacts7601]

Thank you. I will start applying smears, as my upcoming animation sequence involves a transformations. :)

[@pluwithtoes1269]

i clicked this for little witch academia i stayed for funny frames

[@Moonfox196]

Whoa I'm in this? My life is finally complete. (But really I'm so Happy you enjoy my stuff) :)

[@gizarno]

a good example is a fidget spinner xD

[@azy9234]

Wait... that's true

[@gizarno]

wh

[@juliem3583]

GIZARNO BAKUZU triggered

[@homestuckgarbage3324]

Oml it is...

[@juliem3583]

Crappy Person that's what makes it so sad

[@72nodes85]

Smear frames are the Wild West of animation.

[@syedrafiqkazim448]

Can you please talk about all of the animations that Gorillaz has ever made? I would like to see your opinions on it X3

[@anonymouscucumbers9752]

I love smear frames because they look amazing.

[@markthecat1531]

The few seconds of animation here!!!! So great 1:00 - 1:06

[@kiwiflavored_]

Yooooooooooo I looove little witch academia!!! And your right they do have good smear animation

[@lazyaries6941]

Thank you for teaching me !!! I'll def try to use this info when I animate for the first time :)

[@cyberfell_draws]

This video made me want to try out smear frames. And they were a lot ‘o fun to draw! ^^

[@snowraven3069]

1:00-1:01 That's a cute and new animation

[@FloweyFanClub]

there were a lot of quick pose to pose movements with scribble. Time to pause very rapidly to see how funny the smear frames look

[@jonasciliento336]

Jhonny bravo was my favorite show as a kid

[@ScoutOW2]

Little Runmo would be nice to analyze

[@dragoniraflameblade]

"There's no law here" LAAAAWWWWWWW! Lol, I was wondering about smear frames this week and I remembered you did an episode on them! Thanks a ton!

[@chloepieakastartastic8004]

When I saw shadow folk smear frame in my head o was DYING Laughing X3

[@nelsonbertantonio551]

While animating: this is ugly Watching playback: oh this is actually really good!

[@elliart7432]

I've literally been drawing every goddamn individual movement to get my characters from a to b.... this is going to change my life.

[@PixelBrushArt]

Thanks to you, my brain is now wired to always seeing them. I don’t know if I should thank you or curse you.

[@pecanrockin]

Dan Backslide from The Dover Boys is one of my favourite examples

[@Maggie66112]

I'm that bad that even my smear frames look bad