How Animated Cartoons Are Made

From THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY on Cartoon Research.com

[@notsunnydaysahead]

damn this guide was released 100 years from now (1919-2019)

[@lllACRYONlll]

Some say the animator's still revising that cartoon to this day...

[@_JoestarThestar]

101 years

[@lenaperreiradasilva4139]

From first world war time (a few after..... most exactly)

[@srinjoychakraborty4136]

102 years

[@yourlieinapril2321]

103 years soon

[@therealnivas]

3:16 considering that only the mouth should change, he literally drew everything else of the head so accurately. I can't even write two 'a's that congurent.

[@rider4745]

Damn tru bro

[@DeviantDebianDuck]

I think there's a light at that box reflecting the image you draw to trace it, that's what we do in animation

[@rayvega3163]

@@DeviantDebianDuckThis short came out in 1919 and I’m pretty sure light boxes didn’t even exist at the time. Well sorta,the rotoscoping machine is created in 1915 and it has its light box to trace the projected film. But even then, I’m pretty sure the concept of light boxes that isn’t rotoscope related isn’t even thought of until some years later.

[@NeonDefense385]

Keep in mind that this is a century ago

[@ecrok9305]

@@meerashahvaiz4118 oh shut up dont insult

[@vansh6038]

@@meerashahvaiz4118 are you indian

[@vansh6038]

@Nibir Barman I forget

[@harikishan236]

Imagine an ipad pro with pencil in his hand. He could have produced animation shortfilms on weekly basis

[@HaradaCh]

I am artist based on ipad pro and i used to draw on paper before Does ipad pro or digital make it faster or easier? I can say surely "NOPE" It's just make thing convenience, that's all and convenience doesn't mean make it easier It just that you don't have to pull many tools, its like all you can eat buffet You still need amounts of time and real skills drawing on digital thingy

[@anshulgoyal9008]

@@HaradaCh Dear real skills and ample time will always be required in animation field.... But you can't say that technology didn't make the process faster and easier....animation requires high precision and digital tools makes the process much less labor intensive, secure and cheaper.... Also one can undo their mistakes....

[@nickolazcarters]

@@HaradaCh he's talking about the MAN in the video who's PROFESIONALLY mastered MANUAL animation. It's like saying imagine if that guy ever experience modern animation. how could be possibly easy for him since he already mastered the most HARD way of animating.

[@user-yt2bv4ok3w]

@@nickolazcarters finally someone understood !!

[@bens.8787]

​@@HaradaCh​ 'Im an artist based on iPad pro yadayadayada'. Clearly your skill level is nowhere near what is being displayed here. Putting yourself on equal standing as this talented animator is straight up an insult. But yeah, keep up with the vanity.

[@hieuthemedic4013]

That meaning the artist have to drawing 24 nearly same pictures just for 1 second on tv scene

[@eye1158]

They still do

[@mehedihasanroy]

Oh my!! What? We even don't knew the real TALENT and EFFORTS. This is called the hardwork

[@ImGamingchannel]

I'm cry feel so happy to meet the legend R.I.P 1894-1967 Mr.Carlson

[@osamabinladen824]

Where did you meet him?

[@TemmieTheCat12345]

@@osamabinladen824 I think he meant is he meeting him inside the video

[@imadwali874]

He is a real legend

[@Sweetcommando]

this is actually pretty insane

[@jeanblack1250]

Funny how the people in the cartoon industry think animating during the golden age was torture. While it certainly wasnt easy, the animators at least had many resources to looktat and use. Animating was much more difficult during the early 20th century compared to the 30s-50s. Everything was still fresh and many had to learn the process on their own..without many references! Probably why the earliest cartoons look very crude in comparison to later works.

[@SpyzacFilms]

Jean Black also they were merely coping what was out the window, they could draw a cartoon about a train moving and it would be marveled at, so i guess it was alright back then if it was crude, because it was so new.

[@SpyzacFilms]

***** That could be true.

[@Kaprykorn117]

***** I don't watch most 30's cartoons besides Mickey and Popeye because of all the singing and lack of plots in other series such as the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

[@Made_In_Heaven88]

''alright we'll fix that'' and then he shot himself

[@Ivanamalakian]

LMAO

[@BloxerPlot]

you are a twat, first that neither mr bray or wallace carlson died and for the joke too

[@punkgrl325]

Wow, they didn't even have animation disks or lightboxes at this time. Damn, and I thought animating in the 50's and 60's was tedious, but they actually had it pretty good by then compared to this.

[@Michaelambrose1522]

butterstix 24 y

[@maenkarchipay1722]

Think about tom and jerry

[@IloveGod10018]

Aside from the ear infecting music this is the best videos I've watched explaining how Animation are made in the early 1900's

[@elijahstackhouse6759]

THAT WAS AWSOME! That's what want to do in the future, I was thinking that I want to open my own cartoon studio! :D

[@Soap0]

Cresh stop crushing the kids dreams dude not cool

[@Amuh2004]

chicken lover You can start just now. All you need nowdays, are pencils,paper and a camera or a tablet! That's What I did yesterday with my IPad.

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

Hey chicken lover, Cresh is wrong there, today it is easier to open your own studio, than get a job a big studio, due to today's technology. In fact, not a lot of drawn animation goes on today, but a little studio may find a way in. Best of luck, keep following your dream.

[@CharismaticGamer]

Follow your dreams. Anything is possible.

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

Same here! Create characters, stories and work towards getting help creating an animation studio to bring these stories to life.

[@Mahmood-]

I'm very grateful to those artists. What persistence!

[@AamirBilal]

This was amazing. So much has changed since then but every step counts and couldnt be today if it werent for all these steps. Wonderful.

[@spasticpug5209]

Cartoons will always be a series of pictures I don't see that changing

[@jasonmosher8047]

+Spastic pug And film is a series of photographs.

[@jasonmosher8047]

+Spastic pug It doesn't necessarily matter what something is by itself, but rather what you get out of it.

[@spasticpug5209]

+Jason Mosher yes film is a series of photographs and that's basically what I said even if you don't make every frame I personally like stuff a bit rough which is my opinion and why I'm not a Disney fan but yes a series of pictures that's what film and cartoons are

[@anjumayoub9077]

did you check The rise of teenage mutant ninja turtles.... 100+ years changed so much things ☺️

[@lmbnwankwo2961]

Wow! So much work. God bless his soul

[@randomstuff625]

They did all that just for make our childhood better . #Respect.

[@mez0ktz]

I didn't realize that it took that much work to make a few scenes in animation. Great Video :)

[@tbsdrummer87]

These seem like genuine good people. Such an appreciation for the hard work they did to bring us some of the cartoons some of us grew up watching re-runs of. Would totally go back in time to to these days just to experience a different life than 2020.

[@yosefdemby8792]

Of course, when sound was available, and you could have dialogue, you had to animate the mouth accordingly.

[@abnowacky]

Sound film was available, it just wasn’t widespread and well known until the late 1920s.

[@billboardcard6223]

8:05 this man look so happy.

[@abnowacky]

He must be proud of his amazing work!

[@billboardcard6223]

​@@abnowacky❤❤

[@sirjohnnyful]

I think this was before cel animation was created. Before cels were out, people had to redraw every single character in exact form, in order for them to have mouth and body movement.

[@SpyzacFilms]

sirjohnnyful now we can have only 6 different poses and never need to make the pose again

[@robbiefarabee6954]

If it was before cel animation, that means the animator needs to draw the background for every frame.

[@abnowacky]

@@robbiefarabee6954That’s right.

[@VellanSubrumaniam]

Watching classic cartoons nowadays on youtube worth whole lifetime of hardwork of hundreds of men in just a day. Really appreciate great art pieces our ancestors left to us.

[@lockheart619]

The patience for this is truly amazing

[@subbot2113]

The father of anime we know today

[@ratihfebiyanti8324]

the real art!!! i really appreciate the creator of 50's-60's cartoon and i still watch it untill now to get me to sleep thank you

[@timsmythfilmsandanimations]

Wonderful stuff Jerry, thanks for posting this film.

[@imadwali874]

What an amazing logic I love and respect your works This was amazing you guys deserves a Gold medal you are the real animators creators. No computer or software just used pencil & paper

[@drawingwithnd2410]

Is just so satisfying, the guy was so happy after he completed the first scene

[@DS-of6ui]

The current generation has not even the slightest clue how much of R&D has gone into making tech available at thier finger tips....Hats of to our ancestors to have paved the path for us.....and now people complain if the wifi is slow like that is the most critical thing ever😥

[@pooruanimations]

Man, that must've been a lot of work

[@enderdude992]

This guy be Henry Stein from Bendy guide video in Iron Horse Cinema

[@k.debbarma315]

For his hardwork our kids laughs today ✨

[@DeadEyeAnge]

Tv used to be so sad for people who can’t read

[@zigzag5627]

Thanks for posting this, Jerry. Thoroughly entertaining and a great glimpse into Bray Studios.

[@tshewang2403]

Thank you for making my childhood awesome

[@jaeeee507]

I'm Here For 2019. Happy 100th Anniversary To This Movie! :)

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

From simple antics to unforgettable victories, it's awesome to follow this early behind the scenes of animated cartoons.🎯✏👵🏼👨🏻🦶🚪🎥☀️ Stay safe everyone!

[@The_Psycho_Red_Ranger]

Man! The hours of hard work and very limited technical equipments the writers/producers were working with back then was HELLA tedious! This makes me appreciate the high quality animation we use in today's generation.

[@adityakumarchoudhary3840]

God... The Hard Work which they did 100 years ago is nothing compared to now

[@lenaperreiradasilva4139]

Acording my personal opinion this guy is a hero ......... and he gave me a greate inspiration .............................

[@Freetrumental]

01:12 When you enter the ladies' wc by mistake

[@ivvanolivier1915]

Documentaries have come a long way.

[@XJIcequeen]

It's amazing that their hands don't cramp

[@sanjaykrishnamatheswaran6012]

Patience level 99999999999+

[@JeffreCat]

Wow, that's sad knowing that their work seems a bit more complicated.

[@keybyss98]

And yet, later on, the process got easier and easier... Like you said, pretty sad. XD

[@MaxT.W.]

that amount of paper was probably 7 minutes

[@steamboatwill3.367]

for some it's way easier working by hand then with a computer.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

just noticed that this was uploaded on my birthday 😳

[@davidkay6388]

Steamboat Willie. Happy birthday

[@steamboatwill3.367]

it's not October 3rd...

[@davidkay6388]

Steamboat Willie. In my country it is

[@steamboatwill3.367]

David kay ) where's that?

[@arhamsaa]

They had to do all this shit again and again to make an animation? Fuck,I never thought making a cartoon can be too hard.

[@rachelmarieLMT]

He looks like a 21st century hipster (:

[@SweetChinMuzik1]

@Moltisanti 040 she definitely does

[@juliatorres3914]

Does anybody remember this animation studio anymore.?

[@stephenholloway6893]

Little know by today but Bray Productions was around from 1914-28. They're perhaps best known today for launching the careers of Paul Terry, the Fleischer Brothers and Walter Lantz instead of the shorts they made. Other then possibly the earliest Out of the Inkwell shorts, earliest Farmer Al Falfa shorts and Krazy Kat during the early 20s. Plus longtime animators Grim Natwick, Shamus Culhane, and Felix the Cat co creator Pat Sullivan also worked at Bray.

[@Boysinblackmaketoast]

Stephen Holloway so it isn’t known for its cartoons, but what the employees then created? That’s insane!!!!!!

[@stephenholloway6893]

@@Boysinblackmaketoast Partly due to that The Fleischer Brothers and Paul Terry for example took the characters they created with them. Though Bray did do a season of shorts featuring Krazy Kat from 1920-21.

[@taiarapeter9417]

i gess it couldn't be done by just one man...

[@PaulNWidd]

This must be my favorite Tutorial for the Cartoons....

[@VellanSubrumaniam]

This amount of hardwork will make him trillionaire in current world. Glad nowadays we dont have to work too hard just to have a decent sunday dinner.

[@Autismooo]

damn what cam corder is this? it looks so stylish old! i actually want one too ^^ (i know im coming way too late with this, but i can still hope :P :D)

[@MaxT.W.]

i dont know the name of the camera, but this film was recorded in 1919

[@Autismooo]

so that means i need a video cam corder from 1919! :D (if this would be that easy lol :D)

[@aziborbon9051]

Genius...Tough work!

[@velocisstarrle4480]

Their hand-drawing animation was even better than mine using the computer! How bad I am?

[@priyankanaik4515]

which cartoon film he is making ?

[@hixidom2274]

The producer thinks it isn't tasteful? No. He says a woman with wooden legs should have a funnier gait.

[@mohamedzifri1549]

Respect

[@ronalddebbarma7710]

This is really hard working

[@mohammdarifansari7266]

Great talented brother old is gold

[@amritanandpathak1112]

thats a lot of work

[@davidtuomi8361]

It's interesting, you don't see many pictures, let alone motion picture film, of carbon dioxide tube lamps in operation. They were the precursors to fluorescent light bulbs. They had a wide color range, but they never caught on because they were power hungry and fussy to operate. But they did get a lot of use in photography, as shown here on the camera stand.

[@hira2630]

Really great ....patience and creative skill.....

[@yosefdemby8792]

Wait. When did they start using cels?

[@terrimcsorley1785]

That's good but Animation is a Traditional Animation no tracing of inking and painting Just Drawing, Scanning and Digital Ink and Painting.

[@watashiiru]

Now we just use it flipflap or other animator applications,then we being an animator😁

[@thuhongbui7158]

2:14 - 2:53 that's tough, 39 s for a pic ?

[@Amuh2004]

ALEX AND ALICIA LUONG And the fact that the drawing is speeded...

[@beenyourself4781]

This is Awesome ❤❤

[@lucianocescut2149]

Wonderful!

[@prafulsonawane8399]

I hope this animator is doing well now 🙏

[@Langkowski]

They didn't even use animation cels

[@masterluisYTV]

i still make cartoons like this

[@quaife]

Thanks you for posting this Jerry............................................ :) Katy

[@lubguru1851]

dat took lot of efforts hardwork n time.. hatsoff

[@moreb7bx661]

how old this actual video is it 1920????

[@MaxT.W.]

1919

[@abdifatahibrahim201]

about 101 years old

[@roshantime1092]

Arrogant boss he had.. But to achieve in life u need tough boss.. Boss r for correction

[@uttakarshjain]

The oldest tutorial

[@Trucker1957]

Amazing, what painstaking work that was.

[@NoobGamerDipu]

Never seen something like that! ❤️

[@comedylesgamer2010]

So that's how they make Tom and Jerry

[@Soap0]

Is this music copyrighted?

[@lubguru1851]

dey were 100 yrs ahead of deir time

[@wfiuu_lakshu]

Woww he really nailed 💯

[@akalankarathnayake2419]

this is excellence skill but not now.......

[@steamboatwill3.367]

yes there is.

[@deeznuts-zq4jv]

Thank goodness for computers

[@FriedFrogLegsAnimations]

I agree but hand drawn animation and stop motion animation is a beautiful art form to just like puppetry every animation has there own unique skill strengths and weaknesses

[@Taydar]

Ah very historical

[@VihanMultani873]

Hard work

[@loyaxethegreat68]

Such a talent

[@321gogamer]

That director still looks nicer than john k

[@finalboss69492]

Best talent ever

[@Jakain]

Eli Thompson's kid

[@adonism3672]

Now this is real smart

[@ilyas-aderinahamdillah5760]

woooowwww hard work

[@watashiiru]

For God Sake,it's hard if 25 minutes are 2500 frames per 12 frp!!!😲😲😲

[@MrGhost-qr7lh]

It's seems to me in those days Sucks.. But i wonder how the kids in that time was happy when they see this cartoons 🥴

[@CharismaticGamer]

These were simpler times thats why. They were happy with just about anything.

[@hugobelloso4782]

A masterpiece!

[@akhil_mp]

Hats off u people ❤️

[@ilmyhbh1749]

Legend

[@karanlahare3131]

Ate yr esa bannda hai bilieve ni ho raha hai yr 😊