Character Animation - Beerus

One of my favorite Dragon Ball characters but a much more complex design than I'm used to. Even obstructed my routine of putting every character in a long-sleeved shirt to avoid having to remember where muscles and bones go.
Tried a couple new things this time:
Snout mouths - since snouts make mouths go much deeper into the head than a human's, a lot of syllables that would normally just rest on the flat plane of a human face start wrapping around the sides too, turning 2D shapes into 3D instead
Camera panning - this wasn't part of the original plan but the speed of his first couple steps made it hard to see what his head and mouth were doing
Audio is taken from Dragon Ball Super - Episode 35.

[@inkchariot6147]

He says he's not controlled by raw impulses, but we all know he'd come running if Bulma brings home Five Guys.

[@Pihutihutihutijay]

isnt' that how the original scene goes? he makes the statement then immediately gets distracted by food.

[@b-17theflyingfortress]

You know....some people don't know that Five Guys is a restaurant...this can really be taken out of context real quick....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ultrite2696]

Beerus once heard that they had five guys on earth. We now have super saiyan god

[@Sweet_Z_Official]

Oh, believe me, YOU guys would do the same! 😂

[@mooseyoung3281]

he's boutta be shaped like bulma if he binges there lmao

[@vincentfranco2917]

Sheeeesh the animation is sooo good, the facial exspressions the exagerations of the mouth, the handss tooo bro omg ,auggh its so good. Keep on going man. Love your stuff ❤❤❤

[@Greenst4rX]

And the small tug of his cloths on his chest as well

[@Crocodile-n4c]

Fr mappa is banging on this guy's door

[@TheJPooka777]

I've always wondered what it would look like if Dragon Ball was animated in a "Non-Anime" style while still maintaining the complex character designs. Amazing.

[@jonathansotelo4877]

Kind of looks like an adult cartoon. Thankfully not one of the ones that try to be a, "comedy" and all they can figure out as comedy is being as crude as possible.

[@XxInfinityxXTimer]

Dragon ball if the same studio of Invincible on Amazon have the rights to animate their manga into a show

[@knuxuki1013]

It is quite intriguing to see Dragon Ball animated this way

[@kninzotagoni3635]

Actually dragon ball is already in a way the style is not a triditional anime its unique.

[@rlamas4783]

@@XxInfinityxXTimerinvincible wishes it looked as good as this, that show has no flair it’s stiff asf and it’s animation is kinda choppy

[@ryans-archive]

This is fantastic! Really reminds me of classic Disney and Don Bluth animated films. Of course, your own style is what shines most here. I can see obvious inspiration while still being entirely unique. You've really accomplished a wonderful style to your work that I've seldom seen elsewhere. Excellent work!

[@FizzyArtCola]

Don Bluth would be proud

[@TheAndrewj96]

The sassy little head shake on “raw impulses” is _perfect,_ holy shit. I feel like a lot of animators on this site wouldn’t think to add a little detail like that, but it adds so much to the character of the whole thing.

[@fuzzyhead878]

It kind of reminds me of this head wiggle classic disney animators would use in certain animations as a lowkey way of showing off their skills.

[@TheAndrewj96]

@@fuzzyhead878 Definitely.

[@MageBurger]

Two words. Milt Kahl. More words: Let’s just say we can thank him for popularising the head wiggle. Even more words: On average, animating head wiggles is super difficult. It’s considered a flex if you can pull them off.

[@transientimages]

Thats some Milt Kahl type stuff -- SirloinBurgers is flexing on us mere mortals.

[@LilacLikeTheFlower]

“Instead of letting raw impulses control me” -The same person who would destroy an entire planet if he didn’t like their pudding

[@DeronHargrove]

Jeez, this both fits Beerus and is an excellent animation!

[@marbardan]

0:06 HE PULLED A MILT KAHL

[@BlusterTheBenevolent]

Big fan of this, I find the “script” in the bottom corner interesting since that’s how you can tell when to animate the mouth to sync up with the dialogue

[@djbakedpotato9293]

indeed

[@estebson]

Sirloin is legitimately one of *the* best animators I've ever seen here on KZbin

[@headphones_guy777]

I will admit, the smoothness was a teensy bit uncanny at first, but the more it went on the better it looked

[@Yeep7658]

Now show us his LEGO counterpart

[@ZennirusSol]

How long did it take for you to make this animation? Proportion, Lip syncing, timing, etc. You kept them in mind and you've made an amazing animation out of this :D

[@SirloinBurgers]

Thank you :) I'd ballpark this one at 100 hours, excluding the time spent practicing drawing him before doing the keyframes. His weird head shape took a while to get the hang of.

[@Errocoolplayer69]

​@@SirloinBurgersholy.

[@Funko302]

@@SirloinBurgers I know this took way more than 100 hours

[@Damian_1989]

I like the stylistic choice of showing the "structural lines" for the drawings in certain frames

[@taydrtot2641]

I've never seen Beerus, let alone any DB character drawn in such a smooth and expressive way. It makes me want a remake of the show itself in this style.

[@kingn0ah377]

I mean, hey, with one piece getting a remake that condenses the story down without filler and reanimates those first few fights, a version of db+dbz with fluid animation would be so fucking hard

[@thebeaverkidd2970]

Disney just needs to buy Dragon Ball, make a time machine, then hire a team of their old animatiors along with this guy.

[@MuteTheGuy]

This reminded me that Beerus is actually supposed to look like an egyptian type of cat and not just a weird dog. That might just be because he has way more wrinkles on here than normally and that's how it should be as the actual cat he's based off looks like that! So I can say I really love how you drew Beerus here and that the animation is SUPER smooth. Straight out of an animated movie. Great work! :D

[@S3amanNG]

This is really good I love the flow of his walk and the way you animated his head bounce as he talked really adds a lot of personality to his character and the motion in his arms as he's talking really adds to it to and match up really well with the LS and body language. Speaking of, the lip sync is really on point. Great work

[@princevegeta79]

This is legitimately so charming, I Love the animation, i love the way he moves, i love the way he talks, i love the way hes so expressive Everything about the animation OOZES charm and this is GENUINELY my most favorite animation I've seen You've captured his style, the dialogue + his movements is so mesmerizing. Honestly love it!

[@slappygurt]

i clicked on this just because i was expecting it to be an animated version of "it seems you're a...."

[@misterboxhead3045]

When I saw that the animation is 9 seconds I trought it you animated the lego beerus

[@grandgojira5485]

Same

[@night_knight897]

Hmm, it seems you're my friend. I really like my friends that much. WHIS! Get the friend maker!

[@CannonofAnts]

hmm... seems you're a...

[@Dvoid.]

Rip akira

[@purpleYamask]

Comment from my fiancé, who's Uncle Jason voices him: "it's still so weird seeing people fanboy over a purple cat version of the dude who taught me how to use a grill"

[@legitpizza3794]

OLD DISNEY DRAGON BALL IS PEAK 🔥

[@smirker2313]

I dig the head swaggle. Reminds me of Milt Kahl's style.

[@oranglordd]

It seems you're an artist I really like this piece of art WHIS, GET THE LIKE BUTTON

[@ellingtonf1097]

Why the fuck does this look like early 2000s Disney? And why does it work so well...

[@Lyheroes]

It seems you're a *mash buttons* my friend! I really like my friends! Whis bring the friend feedeer!

[@ill_hex8103]

Not to be negative and/or a complainer, but I want videos like these to be a reminder that good art = time. Budget, maybe. But no animator would ever be able animate on this quality in crunch. The hundred or so hours spent on this (even if most of that was just practice) doesn't justify fans wanting everything to be smoothed-out like a video game. Like, not even Akira was animated entirely on 24fps, so don't even at me with your “new and improved with 60fps” interpolated crap. Sorry if I sound mad. I'm just back on my bs because of gamers.

[@cajs100]

Hmm it seems you're a ninja I don't like ninjas that much Whis, get the ninja killer

[@I-eat-dirt45]

Is it wrong to say that beerus is hot

[@zamarr8740]

Says the man that nuked a whole planet because he didn't like the food they had

[@savagekid94]

you know an animation is really good when it just makes you smile. You smile because the emotion and characteristics of the movement matches the personality of the character. Excellent work! Him snapping his collar cloth thing was a nice touch

[@amaulana090]

There are more in-betweens in this video than there are frames in a modern Dragonball episode

[@duckinthecommentsection1596]

Meanwhile beerus when any earth food:

[@saymonista]

I thought he would say get the nga killer

[@YRNHarper]

BIG 🅱️🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️ ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@zamazeus0855]

You made me learn that for aniamtion mouth, i should write the SOUNDS and not words, Thanks for the advice ! ( just by watching )

[@cooltiger2439]

Meanwhile also beerus (Blows up planet because they forgot the lambsauce)

[@NomiChan1]

Dude, Beerus just fits your animation style.

[@RedRoz911]

It seems you're my friend.. I really like my friends.Whis! Get the friend Maker

[@yudaheinzu-777]

This Is Disney Level Animation Good Job Man

[@puffnstuff7905]

THIS IS AWESOME! Seriously, i love the movement you gave Beerus and it's not too much movement in too little of an action either, it's just enough for how an actual person would move their body as they walk and talk. AND the movement fits Beerus's personality! It short, this is really fucking good

[@Nothers90]

I found this animation from lego beerus search

[@ThePerfectStormOfficial]

Same

[@Watermelons89]

i thoguht it was the lego beerus

[@tatsumakivee4201]

Dragon Ball if Disney owned it back in 1990s

[@ZackShark1]

He's so flamboyant

[@heroyolkie]

0:06 oooo- the head shake! Subtle but that's a nice touch. You did a great job with that one! Edit: Milt Kahl! Just remembered the animator I was thinking about. I hope you get to master that even more

[@AverageWaffler]

bro, if this guy was on the dragon ball super team, the show would be 10x better

[@ecw613]

They said they forewent drawing a character without long sleeves so they wouldn't have to remember where the bones and stuff went. That shows true dedication and an amazing drive to always constantly improve!

[@nisor123]

damn, you served, beerus served, everyone served

[@chris92264]

Damn is like watching a cartoon from the 70s the movement is so smooth💥

[@RenMomoDotPog]

I commend you on A: not taking commissions as I would never do that either B: not having any social media as that is a deep dark place I paint miniatures and people ask when I can paint them for people and that's just too much stress, so I get it

[@kaystruenoo]

Hmm it seems you're a...

[@jaxolon333]

this genuinely looks like something out of an old disney movie, this is great

[@SavantPete]

You drew that dog from Fornite so perfectly

[@zaneo2037]

You turned him into a Disney villain holy crap

[@vik.o1598]

I don't think a 9 second animation can impress me that mu...

[@poggerman3056]

If disney was still good they would definitely hire you

[@LaserBungalow]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@saviogustavi]

It seems this is a good animation, i like good animations. Whis get the animation maker.

[@LiamKassay]

Like when your destroying worlds on a whim

[@juststayinmotion]

Dragon Ball if it was animated by Disney

[@BossEvasion]

Love that adjusting of his collar when he said respect, just great character acting in general!

[@plusah1268]

why the hell is there only 60k views? this animation is deadass amazing, I can tell you love the craft, good shit man, hope to see you succeed!

[@jasonluoker1391]

This 9 seconds better than Last 9 year of Disney

[@HanakoTaco]

Bro got that Walt Disney animation on the 90s fr

[@lenardb.custodio198]

Disney beerus 👍

[@lil-nicco0610]

This looks REALLY good! Amazing job!

[@goofygoober5804]

this is better than anything from super 💀

[@LaWizardMain]

the same mf when very good food is involved

[@DigitalAnt-o1l]

Sad this has more detail then whole ass episodes

[@wayzospace]

bro omg, i really wish there was an anime that had this level of character animation this is so sick

[@mightythehalfsaiyanhedgeho7286]

Holy freak this is so good!!!

[@jdominousdubz]

if disney handled dragon ball

[@travisblitz]

Beerus has a real Don Bluth flair to 'em

[@RedRoz911]

It seems you're my friend.. I really like my friends.Whis! Get the friend Maker

[@Fraudulentactive]

👍

[@the_apex_latino420]

Would

[@VeedoYT681]

Love the animation

[@SupImMeloned]

Hmph seems u look like friend

[@cheeseisgood17]

If Disney did Dragon Ball lol

[@bingos806]

This is really good!! I love how you’re able to convey Beerus’s sass through his facial expressions and hand gestures!!

[@Internet_Monkey]

Why is he slaying so much💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅

[@Tha_Pencil]

Damn this made me a fan of beerus

[@Sweet_Z_Official]

Love this animation, considering that I'm a cat-lover.

[@GalekC]

saame

[@usernamecipher]

god DAMN this is smooth

[@Chillythesilly]

He’s so zesty I love it

[@StarboundRose]

That is so smooth!

[@RainzorBlade]

yesss I love Beerus! Awesome animation

[@ShockedTaiLung]

Your artstyle is perfect for Beerus

[@big_guccii99]

Disney Ahh Animation 💀

[@redwarrior1071]

better than the actual anime

[@denisdeoliveira9749]

PLEASE make of fanart of Chase paw patrol with brazil SHIRT!

[@AnonyMorshu]

Literally two episodes away from seeing the original context. Some odds.

[@Solesteam]

This looks like Dragonball Super but made by early 80 to early2000s Disney...

[@soldiergigas14]

You.Need.A.Raise!! Give this person a £1000!

[@Drogaidon]

"It seems I am in old-Disney animation. It is very interesting feeling indeed. Whis! Revive the old-Disney animation!"

[@Absolute75000]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS SUCH A CLEAN ANIMATION

[@DeadeyeMaero]

What about Lego Beerus…

[@dragonballspaghetti154]

He doesn't like the n

[@therealtroller]

He gotta get the killer

[@randomix2806]

fruity ahh cat 💅💅💅💅