Lip Sync Tutorial [Scribble Kibble #30]

[@xJaystarzx]

Ohhh man I've been lip syncing for years but it's always nice to watch tutorials and see if I can pick up any new tricks!

[@krazeTailFoxlover2469]

OMG JAYSTAR! YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION!! ;'O

[@missoli]

Heyy c:

[@luminawkes7838]

The Queen of Smooth is Here! BOW TO HER! * bows down to the Queen of smooth~ *

[@walterdurand8283]

xJaystarzx hey awesome wafflessss

[@crystairena1865]

xJaystarzx i watched one of ur videos and u earned a sub ^^

[@BlackieSootfur]

oh man i just recently learned on my own to have each mouth shape for two frames to make it look better im not a huge fan of puppets so i end up redrawing mouths every time

[@movednewchannelinchannelde5047]

Hello buddy

[@movednewchannelinchannelde5047]

How ru

[@movednewchannelinchannelde5047]

Ur animations are amazing

[@movednewchannelinchannelde5047]

It’s been 4 years since u commented ehre

[@movednewchannelinchannelde5047]

❤️💜💛🖤💙🤍🧡

[@PikaPetey]

Yeah I focus on the acting. But I tend to take it one step further and where each character has their own SPECIFIC SET OF RULES for how they will move and turn and act. An angry flamboyant character acts and moves very differently from an angry shy-introvert character. One flails and exaggerates their expression shouting while the later sits and sulks.

[@DeadlyComicsYT]

You da master of mouth master

[@PikaPetey]

***** im also the master of getting nothing done on time.

[@CrownePrince]

Crap, I forgot to mention that. Specific rules that define the character. Oh well, another time!

[@CrownePrince]

Yeah, don't you have a work animation and a personal animation due soon? Now? Something like that.

[@leda2760]

+Crowne Prince i do😋 but watching your videos is sometimes more inetresting!

[@Viva_Reverie]

I know it's not good animation etiquette, but I completely ignore the "Leave each keyframe of mouth visible for more than one frame" rule. I like making sure every distinct mouth position is included in every sentence, so no matter how fast a character says "The" there will always be at least one "TH" mouth frame.

[@CrownePrince]

I don't follow it either, but that's because I sync with one's on occasion, and like you I'm paying attention for those distinct sounds.

[@ThePetiteGamer]

I would love to start animating actually. I have too much free time on my hand and not much to do.

[@RaccoonRezillo]

Please do if you have the time and have passion for it! :) You never know if later in life you could lose all that time and wish you had it back. Is my advise :)

[@ThePetiteGamer]

I'm gonna be able to afford flash later on this year so I can indeed follow through :) I enjoy drawing as it is, so this might start another hobby. I've tried gimp and that program is not my favorite otherwise i'd try it again.

[@RaccoonRezillo]

Purplechu I was told Krita is a good free 2D program to use which sometime I perhaps should try myself however I don't do lot of 2D :/

[@ThePetiteGamer]

I'm actually following the twitter page. So i'll have to give that a try. Does it have tablet support and workable layers and all that fun stuff?

[@RaccoonRezillo]

Purplechu well anything that just uses a mouse would use a tablet I'm sure and I imagine it uses layers saying I hear they put animation frames in it. However I haven't tried myself so wouldn't be sure myself because I also used Gimp :)

[@endmymisery_]

I like how their character is randomly on the beach.

[@SnowFox-gv2rn]

I remember I was watching the anime “Soul Eater” with my brother and his girlfriend at the time, and one character always has earbuds on at full blast and can’t hear anything. Apparently the character can still understand people by reading their lips. Then I said, “How can you do that if your mouths just open and close?” My brother and gf were dying with laughter!

[@animaticfanatic7516]

Oh my gosh that's too funny 😆

[@hagayui]

The mouth position in Japanese animations, especially when the character is still and talking in an average tempo, is a bit easier because of the need for only three mouth positions. The A sound = Open mouth The E/I sound = Stretched mouth The O/U sound = Rounded mouth

[@hyeuji]

Thx dor the tips !

[@nightingale3847]

And the closed mouth

[@DigitalDesignDude]

Thank you! I recall reading in an animation book years ago that anime just uses mouth shapes for vowels but I couldn't remember which vowels.

[@renatolicup3408]

04:53 my worst nightmare

[@marcoanimacoes5690]

5:01 my nightmares have nightmares

[@el-jk7pg]

A good way is to record your mouth while saying the lines then go through it slowly so you can get the right shape.

[@Pearl1010]

Nice pfp

[@bluewolf7o321]

2:46 I think this style of snoot on your character looks a lil better than the old one

[@VellaMae]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH 5:00

[@creepydash9356]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dayace99]

descustang aHHHHHHHNBYHGGJH

[@pinkprideparade]

DESGUSTANG

[@russianvesper3866]

QUICK SKIP TO 5:12

[@MelanieJuise]

Vellus HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA X""""""""D

[@missingcoffee1553]

And then the lowest level of speaking is the way I do it. The mouth doesn't move and just is open if the character is talking and isn't if their not

[@darkrosemelancholy6740]

Laventure Heart that's actually not too bad, it reminds me of really old hello kitty movies on vhs ^w^

[@solsticefftls4578]

Started out a mouth master and will always be a mouth master.

[@snowraven3069]

Temmie hoi tem

[@shinyrayquazaaah]

Solstice Idc.

[@bizu08]

brah, u only have one mouth master on your channel -_-

[@solsticefftls4578]

apo calypse I'm not saying I'm good at it, I'm saying I'm not going to take the easy way and be lazy

[@caliicocam7809]

Same lel

[@foxpon3759]

That was probably the cutest episode I've ever seen. All because I love lip sinking. It makes a more realistic animation style, but it's also because I watch peoples mouths when they talk because I listen to loud music and stunted my hearing. Kinda developed a fetish four mouth movement.

[@chsuart]

It's not delivery It's DiGiorno.

[@thelegendh4sit]

SnowflakeSBG AJ OOOOOOOHHHHH

[@hickerystickz1949]

Hahhahahaha

[@randomgrmlin]

Ayy Thomas Sanders

[@TheGuavaArtist]

wheEZE

[@Coolish.pear06]

SnowflakeSBG wow.

[@DAWARKl]

To be honest, these actually really help me. I've never tried animation like, professionally!

[@kairon156]

As someone who watches lots of cartoons and anime, lip movement is something I do notice and wondered about over the years. Thanks for answering what sort of work goes into that process.

[@Starimus]

This is by far the best lip sync tutorial I've seen, I will definitely come back multiple times!

[@pinoyrn1782]

I really wish I didn't move because of my previous teacher, she's deaf and the reason she can teach is because she can look at your lip and see what your saying. I could ask her and say: what is this character saying? It'd help me so much to see my mistakes. ;-;

[@sairaycat]

"You're a villain, just not a supervillain." "Oh yeah? What's the difference?" "PRESENTATION!"

[@EpoxyMuffin]

This was super helpful!! I was having a hard time finding video tutorials for "cheap anime lip syncing" lol and only found ones for the latter two. Thank you for including the different "levels" :3

[@chloeledieff1239]

Thanks scribble kibble! Were trying to animate a movie, and we want PERFECT I MEAN BEUTIFUL 2D animation, and good lip sinc. You really help!

[@Lenacometcastle]

Six year later and this is STILL a masterpiece!

[@capricornus]

These are seriously the best and easiest to follow tutorials. Thank you so much for making these!

[@AntonymofBright]

Heyo! This was a nice and helpful video, so thanks for making this! As a random little note from me, I typically add “cushion” frames when a wide, open mouth shape transitions into a shape where the teeth are together. What I mean by “cushion” is a shape where the lower jaw is very slightly higher than the previous frame to make it look less unnaturally sharp while still giving it a crisp feel. Just a random thing my animation teacher taught me

[@WonderWarrior238]

Niiiiiice! I animate lipsync somewhere in between typical cartoon animation and "Mouth Master" animation, as you called it, because I do everything by hand. I may have just started a year ago, but I'm animating a series so I need this. Thank you!

[@kakao-katze]

I self taught myself lip syncing, but I probably should get more info (And I think I started in between typical mouth and mouth master😕 I pushed myself...) Edit: 20 likes?... Why?

[@obsidian111]

Magic The Cat same

[@bigyeetmydudes5005]

Yeah, I taught myself lipsync, too. I started somewhere between the anime mouth and the cartoon mouth. Though, I'm slowly climbing up into mouth master. One sec, I'll give an example of my first time lipsyncing.

[@bigyeetmydudes5005]

My first attempt at lipsync. (Cringe warning) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5eWd6Z_o9KZrdU

[@farahleanne]

Within the -hundreds- thousands of comments, I shall ask one of the most obvious questions... and that is: What do you animate with?

[@CrownePrince]

Adobe Animate.

[@farahleanne]

Holy dawg, you replied!

[@Stereo6400]

Released Insanity flash! He has showed it many many many many many many times in his videos.

[@yurtnurtgarr]

Animate CC. it's in the video at 0:26

[@gzstudios8393]

Flipaclip :3

[@rainvods6586]

Thank you sooo much as a beginner animator/Digital artist this helped me LOADS!!!

[@leokitsune4056]

My names for the 3 talking styles 1. Baby talk 2. Normal talk 3. Intense talk

[@officialjuhin]

i want to make an animated series (i need voice acters help..) and i learnt about lip sycn like; "Im an albatraoz" "What?!" "Fireball"

[@davethewave2197]

Yeah same with me. Still need a voice ?

[@skellybird8697]

Can I (try) too help with the animation once i get a little better

[@jojo-oi7up]

Thank you! This really is going to help me in the future for lip syncing, keep it up!

[@VannyARTS]

I believe Swoozie uses the first lip sync technic in his animation

[@nathancole3145]

I'm so glad you did a lip sync with an animal character. Good to know that you have to make a new entire new muzzle for each phoneme.

[@FableParadox]

kill me I'm a theatre and art student I'm gonna be a damn mouth master XD

[@SilyLoopsytv]

Fable Paradox same tbh

[@shinyrayquazaaah]

Uh, it don't work like that.

[@darijasadauskaite2870]

@@shinyrayquazaaah do you know the definition of a joke

[@itsvalden]

aeliplives 🤦‍♀️

[@alisaralembcke970]

You make every animators life easier, thank you 😂 🙌

[@KrystalFairyFriend]

Thank you so much! I already knew about lip sync because I worked with puppets but I wasn't sure how to do it on animation. This helps greatly!!

[@fenrir-art4742]

Thank you. I am working on my movie and making sure I keep pace with my characters' lip syncing. I like your art.

[@GariSullivan]

I just love this video. I came to it because I am interested in animation lip syc, but even if I weren't, I'd still love it.

[@OG_SayMoreHomie]

I don't even animate and I love to watch these videos, its all just so interesting.

[@princess_fwog1462]

Wow this is going to help me so much! I hope that I can work my way up slowly to the last mouth animate

[@Fire_Wolfy]

Crown prince u inspired me to start drawing Wolf and cats! Tysm

[@sleepyfuz3599]

5:00 me at age 16th trying to smile in the yearbook picture taking

[@jakemcconnell1018]

I tested Lip sync for years on paper, and now I'm amazing at it.

[@cynthiabrogan9215]

I would like to add something about mouth shapes. If you are in a chorus program you will probably already know what I’m going to get at from this little hint. Make sure that while animating singing that your mouth is taller for more “mature” sounds and can be more open when it is quite, especially on high notes.

[@CerridwenVids]

Funny, I think when you're creating a character, drawing or animating one there will always be a certain degree of acting. It's an obvious statement, but I find it really intriguing. Makes me wish I did more drama lessons when I was little.

[@Keetz]

Usually I tend to take the whole cheap anime method and put my own spin on it. Usually I just do two or three frames for the whole face and move it accordingly. It's used in a lot of high-budget anime, and it actually really works for someone like me who sucks at lip-syncing

[@stevensperanza109]

Why don't you have more subscribers? I'm not an animator and I still find all of your tutorial videos amazing.

[@IBAIPshow]

Great tutorial CP. Continues to highlight the respect and admiration that animators deserve. Well done :)

[@zuperpiplup13]

I made my own mouth lip sync. I call it "Cheaper Anime" I only have 2 frames for talking. Yep, one frame with the mouth open, the other frame with the mouth closed. But, i'll attempt Cheap Anime

[@fangnull]

Why tf do i keep finding you

[@kevinsupreme_ph36yearsago59]

Odd1stOut: I just open my mouth & then words are starting to come out. Sr Pelo: same here

[@wonderbooks4225]

Thank so much !! I was so confused on lip syncing at first but this helps lots thanks! also could you do more of these tutorials as well i love them!

[@pepperxs]

This is my #1 favorite lip sync tutorial!

[@BluAphr]

I love that puppy at the beginning: bobbing up and down with the music, too bad it's only for a second

[@shadiispooks]

You really inspire me to start animating on the computer since I only tried Flipnote yet..

[@RaccoonRezillo]

Great explaining about lip-syncing :) I guess I best understand mouth master. For one I animate 3D, which I guess could save key frames of shapes and use that like the typical cartoon style but I like going for the best quality which I will say I actually block out the mouth rough shapes first when I animate to dialog. Than just like 2D having to hand draw the whole face expressions with the lip-sync I do in 3D :) always wonder if anyone else would understand 3D as well or am I just the only one here that does?

[@Paego_]

lip syncing -shudder- I've never been that good at drawing mouths (or dynamic expressions in general) so I have a LOT of practice to do before I even consider animating talking! But it's always cool to understand the mechanics behinds animation.

[@Reese2500]

3:56 thats what i did when i was learning to lip sync, now i just need to listen and i dont have to

[@RavenFoxx]

For those wondering, you can use Toon Boom's drawing substitutions.

[@snowraven3069]

I don't do animation yet but I love your channel because I can get tips so when I start animating it's not crappy

[@roseywolf7867]

I can’t get over how serious the music got in the end XD

[@swiftadrift5190]

Oh. My. StarClan. Thank you! I've always had trouble lip syncing smoothly, so I tend to just draw basic mouth frames. I animate a lot of map parts...

[@burgersfrompigs]

I think its best to make a new mouth shape every time because that way you have a lot more control and can do facial expressions easier

[@xaspen7785]

'it is about the delivery' - Crowne Prince, Quote of the year

[@kaciekk]

My lip sync type is in between typical cartoon and mouth master but I really should try to stick to typical cartoon to save myself trouble. I've realize that a lot of shows can get what they want pretty easily with that.

[@CrownePrince]

Yep. Spending a bunch of time on amazing lip sync for a typical cartoon doesn't increase sales, for the most part.

[@tinylol]

Wow.... Thank you Crowne Prince!

[@chiktori8742]

Tiny TeacupZ i

[@nerdimations2864]

I lip sync in a style in between cheap anime and typical cartoon. I just listen to the audio, mouth it in the mirror, and draw it.

[@yurtnurtgarr]

in object show animating we usually change shape every frame. but only sometimes. ps this was the first vid i saw on your channel i instantly knew i would subscribe

[@maxmagnus777]

google brought me here as the best match for my search. Awesome video, tnx (video was made 7 years ago - great quailty)

[@karakaddict6577]

I honestly sing the song that I'm using for my animation while animating so that I could make sure everything looks right

[@princesscutieaj1033]

"From little small to big wide aaAHHHH"

[@deadaccount5778]

JEEZ THAT END GAVE ME CHILLS

[@carissalikestodraw4047]

4:53 oh dear shes creepy O.O

[@kristaallen9293]

I am completely new to lip syncing, so when I get the right thing to animate on, this video might help a lot! ^w^

[@bubblecat4168]

dang this is super helpful! i weirdly find it really hard to bring myself to animate only the mouth- i gotta redraw the whole body and everything to be happy! thaaaaaats probably why it takes me so long to animate h ELP

[@himarisan_8193]

tip: talk in front of a mirror it dosent have to be anything specific just talk, then either look closeley or put your hand on your cheeks parts above your nose and see if they are moving while you talk,that can help with lipsyncing

[@apotatodraws5224]

*Screaming* I'm gonna suck as I learn about animating but this helps so much.

[@thisisfine.8101]

When you step on a Lego and hold in the pain 5:00

[@CaitKat]

I do the latter most of the time, but i do edit and tweak some of the same frame. I will for example draw the top half of the muzzle, and for each frame draw the bottom jaw only individually

[@pumpkinsaj2493]

OMGOSH IM IN LOVE WITH THE CHEAP ANIME STYLE!!!!

[@richardcampbell-leclair6534]

2:41 "Little oooo to a big wide Ahaaaaaa."

[@willows_millow9669]

wow this is so much help I've recently just started animating and my dad wants me to try something else different program, different style but you are alot of help 😉

[@aaandag9688]

Ren and Stimpy are basically masters at this

[@mutedchroma]

I’m a noob at animating and lipsync, didn’t know that there were different types of lipsync. I’ve been struggling with the “master” for some time now 😅

[@k1n5h0]

Crown Prince pulling out all these extensions and I'm over here on Flipaclip tryna make a doodle go 🖐✌👏🙌

[@inactive5645]

Since this is 3 years old, I wanted to kind of add an extra note (everything else is best, but just going to add something for changing the mouth every other frame): I mainly animate the mouth like so, but sometimes I may draw over the first version of the mouth on the next frame, making it a tiny bit different than the other (but this is optional). I found it best to draw a second version of the first mouth, making it seem more “defined”. But yeah, just wanted to add that note. QwQ

[@eeveelicousdraws2536]

Is it just me or the way kibble draws humans is hilarious

[@LostSwiftpaw]

Recomendations actually gives me a video i desperately need xD

[@artist_knux]

2:08 Thx for the nightmares qwq

[@channingcheese2]

Homestar runner uses like, 4-5 mouth shapes for everything. There's an 'ah' shape, an 'eeh' shape, and an 'o' shape. And sometimes it's just shapes being squished around inside a mask like with bubs or strong bad. Heck coach z doesn't even have a mouth. Nor does Pom pom.

[@viraramadhani9323]

For lip sync, I basically say the lines while looking at myself in the mirror for reference. I always try to exaggerate the mouth later in the animation.

[@amethyst3276]

I think the "cheap anime" mouth will work with my style best since my style is pretty simple.

[@xxyriiax]

Though this is old, it's really helping me out!

[@crystalcolors2229]

I've been using master mouth lipsyncing ever since i started animating... No wonder i hated lipsync

[@pepperxs]

Imma take these step by step. Starting with my main lip sync as cheap anime with very little cartoon, moving up until I get great at the mouth master... ;-;

[@antoniambuehl9392]

Oh my I LOVE the way you ended that video

[@BAAAAAH_]

Ahhhhhh ty so much for a feral lip sync video it took me forever to find one!

[@100colorpencils6]

Okay so a very easy way to get into lip syncing is by having 1 open mouth and one close mouth. You can then import your audio, and just have your character open in close your mouth every word. It works okay but is a good way to get into lip syncing. This is like cheap animate but cheaper.

[@rudestbuster8663]

Heh. Since I'm starting to animate with Flipnote, I'm starting off with practicing the "cheap anime" style because it's easier to make. Soon I'll be able to make the typical cartoon.