Approaching Full Figure Animation and finding your shorthand style

[@_dmon_]

I swear, these videos always makes me want to start drawing when I’m in no mood too. Thank you for these!

[@icantplaygames4134]

Same

[@binky6851]

Same!

[@ItsJJOLO]

Inspirationnnnnn

[@Cloud-9_C9]

Yess that's inspiration for you & it can motivate you to try it, I'm no professional artist however I did start drawing since I was a kid & it runs through my family as well and everyone has their own skills but now I started something new which is drawing storyboards & animating 2D and freelance it takes a long time but let me tell you it's worth it if you try it and put the effort anything is possible you just have to be inspired and motivated

[@BG-cs9ek]

Same

[@eveningrice]

Always makes me happy when todays animators reference the old days of stick figure animation, which is what brought up so many new animators.

[@randriamasinoroherimamitia7977]

I don't know how you do to do video on such specific theme that are EXACTLY what people struggle with. A lot of video talk about big picture stuff - but you do videos that help on thing people struggle with but no one thought about documenting. A true gem in the KZbin educational space. This is exactly what I was looking for right now ! I feel like this is a very important thing that I am personally struggling with ( and maybe other too ). Getting that rough pass right is something I just learned was so important in the process - not just some random sketch. Before, I'd use thing like the hipless-stickman and get the motion really right but then totally STUCK once I had to add details. And it really took me a lot of time before realizing that, because I was impatient and solely focused on the motion without thinking of the next step. So this is truly a lifesaver man ! THANK YOU ! And I never feel like I recommended this channel enough T-T

[@Rudenbehr]

Damn I need to up my gesture drawing game before even attempting some of these

[@christinekoper2407]

I feel you 😭

[@user-ug2eg9fs1v]

same honestly

[@Sam-bn3dy]

John 3:16 ; For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

[@0ia]

When something is hard, it is something you improve at by doing. When easy, you will not learn. Learn gesture by doing hard things. Delaying hard practice is delaying learning

[@brist4r1]

I need to up my everything game 😭

[@OlofStorm]

Great video! I think I normally go with the loose style for my first passes. Hats of for creating a animation with each style! Shows how much work you put into your videos!

[@CompV24Jordan]

Hi Olof I love your videos

[@amakaugo7657]

Hello olof csn ou do a cinema 4d anime tutorial

[@royzfgg9168]

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[@babypowder4503]

Thanks!

[@xandrepearcy449]

Man, you totally nailed why my last animation project in Uni (first year) was so tricky and unfun for me. I had been using a sort of F/G hybrid...and for someone that is still trying to understand his life drawing and anatomy....this was really hard. Like, tearfully stressful and restricted how loose i was thinking. I wanted to be loose but i was thinking analytically...which really a problem. Thanks for making this showcase of techniques, I will try working with the simlar methods then perhaps apply F to a later pass.

[@mrquackadoodlemoo]

I'm so glad I found this video. Animation looked fun as heck, so I decided to try and storyboard and animate a baseball player pitching a baseball, but I've had major issues keeping this consistent and natural.

[@dias3244]

I just want you to know that your content is invaluable. Thank you so much for all your hard work!

[@ironforged2329]

Its been years and this taught be something so valueable! I've been doing stikman animation and never tried this shoulder and hips version. This will change my animation forever!

[@tdawg332]

I love the opening animation, it's so cute 😍

[@HappySoDuh]

Thank you for taking the time to make this the best you could. I have bad adhd and hearing people pause for too long or be too slow can make lectures impossible to pay attention to, and even in school I often just use textbooks and self teach. You keep your flow going and it helps a lot.

[@lidestudios5094]

tysm! I draw with cursor so I've faced some struggles with animating. This helped me find my style, and just the way you show yourself drawing everything in this video gave me motivation to start right away! Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it !

[@alexblin9986]

i've been studying your expressions lecture and i've been able to draw heads and faces way faster now without feeling so constrained in guidlines. today i'm gettin the hang with poses from this one and i just wanted to say thank you for these! you're awesome!

[@apnosaurus]

As someone who has done martial arts the animation tips sound just about right.

[@rikrishshrestha5421]

This is exactly the video I was looking for. I wanted to draw quick-to-test animations for my game characters and I'm not good at drawing , most videos on youtube are about drawing really professional art and animator. This video was perfect for me as a game dev.

[@Anthonylazo0225]

Bruh I’m not the one to say “wow... that is adorable” but that dog in the beginning is just adorable

[@terrorbyte5352]

These videos really help boost my confidence in animating. I should use these shorthands from now on

[@johndeggendorf7826]

Wow...a Perfect tutorial: comprehensive and concise, immediately useful. Thanks for doing this!

[@thunderglitcher]

I will now study all of these approaches in drawing. This has also definitely opened my eyes and made me feel like animation is a possibility.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

My goodness you convey weight and momentum so well. Also if you're animating a story board that much the industry should really call it an animatic and even then it sounds like it's almost just doing the rough pass the way you described it. Really silly of them to put that skill on the story board

[@niceguy1965]

Its fun that he makes incredible animation scketches on the video and finalizes it with stop-motion animation. Great work man, i hope to learn more from you!

[@atten9306]

thank you so much this what i really looking for . when animating i'm allways concern with a good drawing rather than story or movement first , really worth it to bought you gumroad video !!

[@Thollis1987]

The into animated puppy is so adorable! 😍

[@fesyaa8407]

Wow thankyou so much for this lesson! I didn't know how useful it was before i fully watched it :0

[@Zenzuke]

Oh man, this must have been SO MUCH WORK

[@MikeKoech-5lg]

😂😢

[@makethisabeat]

Also I'm learning that for some scenes rotoscoping is very useful , particularly hands and emotional gestures

[@may___021]

Your videos are so helpful. Thank you for making them. You explain and show things so well and clearly. I'm a complete beginner when it comes to animation and I feel very overwhelmed, I feel like I'm not cut out for this at all. But your videos are really helping.

[@THUNGUNS]

most helpful animation video i've seen on youtube so far, thank you

[@demonchickenwithrice6492]

Great video. I usually do a combination of C & D (arms are sticks while legs are sausages). Sometimes I do E or H

[@autonaut279]

Wow, the ju-jitsu animation is just gorgeous!

[@sanacionhealing]

Wow this is super helpful, thank you for showing us this and describing each approach

[@jikau159]

Really great works Mister. Thank you for this vidéo, cheers from France.

[@alpha8here]

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Toniko!!! I really needed this!

[@marcodistefano6351]

Amazing proportions, smooth and clear

[@caroodraws]

Dang man your stuff just comes alive

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you :)

[@anweshamukherjee5729]

I finally found this helpful video! So much of useful information for the beginners.

[@reignandbongao9497]

I tried doing a bit of animation. I did a hybrid of D & F which how I do my illustration works usually; having bad anatomy fundamentals with a dash of perfectionism ended up with me taking upwards of 2 hours for a single panel first pass haha. Maybe I'll explore when I do this again, B & C sounds appealing and fun to do.

[@elsv99]

This is something no one is talking about but I've struggled with for the longest time! Thank you!

[@divaandconn5109]

Best video ever it’s shows many different forms and styles for beginners or the more advanced

[@cheyfi]

This video was super helpful! I want to learn how to animate so that I can improve the quality of my videos, and I think that using one of these shorthand methods will make it easier for me to conceptualize the movement and acting! I especially like the "flour sack and sausages" lol

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you :)

[@triple_j-hs555]

Omg I love to draw and now I'm learning to animate thanks to this video! It feels like I want to animate for my free time

[@spectrumanimation8180]

Wow your such a good teacher. Keep it up, you can teach a class of your own.

[@jacksonfunksworth3822]

this really helped me comprehend. great work, comrade

[@TheSymbioteRagnoro]

INCREDIBLY HELPFUL for what I'm doing RIGHT NOW

[@PentaPW]

I unexpectedly learned so much from this video. So glad I clicked, subscribed!

[@georgekeita4872]

Yeah that's IT. That's the THING. It's so helpfull for going faster and professionnaly. Thank you so much!!!!

[@seraby7151]

E.... animator's delight, directors and assistant animator's nightmare 😂

[@Nick-wz6tz]

This is exactly what I needed all this time, Thank you very much, sir)

[@iliketofly7810]

I did the flour sack and sausage method omg it’s so helpful thank you so much

[@voxieart]

Great video! Thank you. I really love and appreciate what /how you contribute to the animation community, much love 🙌🙌🙌

[@RaulJose1111]

this video even made my figure drawing better thank u brow.... subscribed

[@aceknowledgable9403]

As a novice drawer I am confident using approaches D, E, F, H, and I; however, as an animator, the A, B, and C approaches are more comfortable for me to do. I've done storyboards using the Skeleton approach but with the movement and fluidity of H and I because I am very familiar with human and nonhuman anatomy and motion in general. I hope to practice F and G in the future, but only once I have A to E down. Thanks, Tonika Pantoja!

[@nathan_j_hill]

Extremely informative and intuitive! Love your animations too :))

[@macaronimadman7160]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I FINALLY MADE MY FIRST ANIMATION FROM START TO FINISH

[@ROKMO]

This was so so great! thanks for this!!

[@GingerBreadMug]

The short hand looks very interesting I am going to practice that style more

[@xaviersailliol]

Thank you for all your work. Very useful!

[@untonyto]

excellent! and you did all of them yourself. Thanks, I learnt something but can't verbally firm up what exactly. More, More!

[@xQuandaleDinglex]

This is awesome man! I’ve really been studying anaromy and so forth, but have been struggling with a shorthand to produce consistent forms. This helps! 👌🏾

[@Its-j]

Thank you I really love animating and drawing

[@Firelillylove77]

This was so useful! epic :)

[@hridoy4785]

Damn this is the I have been looking for decades

[@mskiara18]

I express my thanks for the video, I have shared in hopes to bring awareness to your guides. Interesting that despite having little knowledge when I was beginning to learn to draw, I have used D, H and F as practice for poses back in 2012.

[@alexvid43]

very interisting! thumbs up for putting so much work on your video

[@오-0Oh]

심플한 디자인으로 시작! 이것은 놀랍습니다. 섬세한 표현을 재밌게 만듭니다!✍️🙂💭

[@jubileeYAVEL]

Novice here, I noticed that F and G looked not only stiff(like you said) but also heavier like the where larger or wearing armour, and vice versa with H and I

[@BeatBall]

thank youuuuu really needed that one

[@1faaiz110]

That intro made my day

[@erinrivers3902]

thank you this information is needed, wonderful.

[@meistersegocomics]

Yo man, this is really helpful 👌

[@ChindoEnyidah]

Great content/video

[@boopydoop491]

AAAA THANK U TONIKOOOOO

[@minired1015]

bless YOUR SOUL!! this was very helpful

[@youssefradwan2594]

this video is everything thank you

[@alittlepianist2881]

Just found your channel I really liked this video it inspired me to working on my style for animation

[@GTWLSamurai7]

dude thank you

[@an_animator6577]

Thx for teaching me how to draw!

[@Wonnray]

Great vid! I have a 2D animation class I'm in and I'm animating humanoid characters so we'll see what I go with. I have to make a short that is about 3-5 minutes long, which sounds like a lot actually lol

[@david83597]

what class all these courses i seen have been shitty "watch me draw" so far

[@david83597]

i want to make a humanoid character

[@Wonnray]

@@david83597 Well, I said 'great vid'; not 'great class.' I would take these vids (and any other you see online) as sound advice from practiced art veterans rather than the keys to the kingdom. There really isn't an easy solution or magic trick to being able to execute on drawing well. Also, watching someone draw isn't as invaluable as you're making it sound.

[@florasyarafina]

this is really insightful!! thanks for the video!

[@snowboman]

Love the content!

[@ryanblue9457]

Thank you I'm learnt so much from this

[@shahinmoshtagh6955]

Great video!

[@SalakotPhilippines]

Thank you bro for this tutorial

[@the.martianrei3323]

Cool to know you look into useful martial arts such as BJJ

[@studiowater963]

I use the Building blocks for my animations

[@melomaniakjm]

Fascinating!

[@CoolguyinAngola]

Awesome Video bro.learned a lot

[@stevenbaker436]

Thanx, good break down.

[@thefriendlyaspie7984]

thanks so much for this great tips

[@evankam28]

Oh man, you almost scared me when you said you did 'torso then head'. But then you said 'head then torso' is also viable, almost made me think I was do roughs incorrectly.

[@TonikoPantoja]

Honestly just do anything that gives you the most autonomy. I like doing it that way first because I personally have problems figuring things out if they dont feel planted to the ground - so I force myself to do that. It may help people, but others might have a different approach.

[@animationspace8550]

People who draw the feet first for ground planning: 👁👄👁

[@Cartoonkal]

This is cool. Will you make a vid on what to do for a second pass? I'd like to see that.

[@TonikoPantoja]

Absolutely!

[@Cartoonkal]

@@TonikoPantoja Awesome! Can't wait!

[@kadzaitactual8986]

Thanks man that was a big help

[@kentashimizu5984]

Thanks for your recomen ❤️

[@greguar86]

Amazing content

[@KhayJayArt]

I usually do either the contour one or the quick and loose one.

[@XerpollAnimation]

Ty for introducing shorthand to beginners like me 😭 I straight sketching before making it hard to feel the movements.

[@richteeworks]

"... the Xiao Xiao Series, in the early 2000s" Damn i'm not sure why that made me feel so old lool

[@tentaclesmotions4088]

inspire me thank you a lots

[@an_animator6577]

I used, A (Stick figure), D (Floursack and sausages), E (Quick and Loose) and I (Bold Straights V.S. Curves)