How I approach challenging and difficult animation

[@charlyghb]

There's a really great book called "simplified drawing for animation" from Wayne Gilbert. Anyone who feels like a rookie for animation should buy this book, no regrets from me. Thanks for the video Toni

[@Giovanni_Team_Rocket_UK]

Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation*

[@jilliancrawford7577]

Thank you so much! Definitely looking into this!

[@Cromartie]

It's really the patience for me. 10+ years ago I had the most patience in the world and was traditional in my workflow on paper/light table and time spent on pre-production and it showed. Over time, as KZbin/having a schedule became a thing I started cutting steps out of my process and simplifying and simplifying and just stopped being patient. This is a good reminder of how get back to how I USED TO animate.

[@knaveghost]

6:01 that is impressive like Disney the old mirror trick Indeed in animation the feeling matters

[@FireCat_P]

That discord ping at 0:58 madee check my notifications lol!! But anyways this is a really great video!!

[@CarpHarp]

I really needed this, I lose soo much motivation when I can't figure out how to animate something

[@Nintendude.]

How I approach challenging and difficult animation? Easy I scream: "HEEEAAALP!"

[@Boxpersonsd]

Some kind of mind reader, was about to attempt one of my most difficult projects to date

[@ChuckTheChick]

Same, lol, I'm going to make a 3 minute short animation for a movie competition, which ends in roughly a month and a half. I've been reading "Animator's survival kit" from Mr. Williams himself and I wanna try out some things I've learned from that.

[@Boxpersonsd]

@@ChuckTheChick good luck man! Hope you do great!

[@ChuckTheChick]

@@Boxpersonsd Thanks, man! I'm not expecting it to be done in that time period, but it's still something I can put into my portfolio. I'm using Blender, Krita and After Effects - all of them badly 😅

[@Boxpersonsd]

@@ChuckTheChick ahahha I get that. I’m using blender and davinci without any idea how to use them

[@FinnArt]

Discord ping in the intro threw me off lol

[@demonyckscreations9990]

Dude I thought I hallucinated that

[@bluebell560]

i had to replay it a couple of times before i convinced myself it wasnt mine

[@10upstudios]

bro i thought it was my laptop sitting on my bed from across the room i was shook

[@supersolomob422]

I was like "But I don't get notification sounds on mobile"

[@milddiffuse]

you crazy I don't hear it

[@arachnidsLor]

for me animation itself is a big thing that i want to learn. this is a really nice overview of your workflow! i always did little animations on and off (nothing even remotely large) but i feel animation is such an amazing form of art. in drawings generally you can portrait a reality that is more vibrant or clearer or realer or more beautiful. and in animation you can reduce things to the most effective and clear movement, while adding emotions and movements that communicate character so well. i will definitely try this approach! thank you. adding, your animations are wonderful. its hard to put it into words, its like ice skating really wildly but always catching the curves and sticking the landing. so full of movement but always controlled to the point where it still feels very readable.

[@nathanieldavidsplendid5295]

That's it, your a real mind reader. You can't change my mind. Thanks i really need this

[@user-db5pz6mb5x]

Absolutely! I love it when artist and animators show their process when animating, helps people like me to wrap my head around stuff easier.

[@Eugene_Brick]

at 0:58 everybody checked their Discord

[@alexiatv1707]

Every animation I make scares me even if I’m really prepared, so I approach it with fear. But the confidence, patience and priority tips are so key and they really put things into perspective for me

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

You are a hero to all beginner animators

[@livixdrawsframes]

This was such a good video Toniko! I love how you took us through your process of creating the vampire metal singer. I recently went through Aaron Blaise's acting for animation course and he went through the thumbnail sketches phase too. Great minds think alike indeed! Thanks for sharing with us the rough and the polished stages of your work. I may do the same as well. And yes! More process videos please!!!!

[@WingerWind]

Dude your videos are life savers! For a really long time I’ve been struggling with how to plan, and sometimes even my sketches of my animations would take far longer than what I had time for. Keep up the great tips!

[@ByondRAGE]

The planning stage is always the worst step for me it's like "I can see every single frame in my head already and if ii put more information in my head will explode with possibilities" I gotta focus on the "best" shmoves for the model. I will be rewatching each of these as i continue to improve my animation.

[@SarahLoveDeer]

4:49 oh my gosh this is seriously genius... I cant belive I never thought about doing that! I'll definitely have to give that a try soon...

[@EchoYoutube]

This is a beautiful video especially the part about laying out feeling excellent viewpoint.

[@L3gislacerator]

This is a really great video. It's enlightening to see your process!

[@kagisokeebine8911]

I live for Toniko's video thumbnails 😂😂❤️

[@mawcha]

the fact that one of your animations had put me onto nightwish is crazy, you continue to inspire me with every video!!

[@oddbunny4482]

Can't wait to apply all your useful tips on my animation projects !

[@Camtron954]

Bro, your a BEAST

[@user-ff9vc6we1n]

Thank you for bringing this up! I was trained as an animator. But it so happened that I (and the whole class) did not finish my studies. Our mentor animator quit due to health problems and no worthy replacement was ever found. And now I have many fears. Every time on new projects, they tell me that I don't know something and I'm doing it wrong. But at the same time they do not suggest anything. As a result, I make the same mistakes again. And my fear of being wrong and doing wrong is getting stronger ...

[@DiamondRedFox]

i wasnt really doing anything all that complex, but now i want to. This isnt just helpful for approaching something that you arent confident in, it's also good for people who lose motivation for animation as a whole. I have *hella* adhd, so I can get bored very fast with animation. Ive taken many measures to speed up animating, and this will make that process a LOT easier

[@ryoatoart2345]

Breaking this down was so helpful!

[@malahamavet]

wow this was the most useful video I saw this week I'd like more like this to understand the process thank you, this made animation a bit less scary

[@Giovanni_Team_Rocket_UK]

Toniko. You are an awesome dude and animator! Due to my complex problems and anxiety, I feel I will never be able to draw and animate. I have a story I want to write, make into a comic and eventually an animation (cartoon) I feel I will never get it done. you inspire me so much but my heart says yes but my brain says no… it’s a complex problem I have.. -_- But I won’t bore you with the details.

[@dias3244]

You are Brilliant Toniko! Thanks for showing us learning animation is possible.

[@zele4476]

Your timing is genuinely impeccable. I'm working on a project that is slowly driving me mad. Looking forward to watching this one.

[@arrowspawnnope]

When I make animations, I make a draft and call it a day. I could probably get a lot better results if i polished over my drafts

[@pencilmonk]

This is very insightful, I have been practicing the film gesture studies and my draft manship and confidence improved drastically. However making studies from reference is usually too much of a trial and error for me, I would really appreciate it if you can share how you make timing and movement studies from reference.

[@austinwooztoons287]

Animation is hard regardless of skill level. Milt Kahl said in an interview once when asked if animation came easy to him and he sounded off with a resounding no. "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it."

[@RainstormCheetah]

This video is SUPER-helpful, thank-you so much! I've done a bit of animating myself, but not really had a solid process like this. Seeing all the stages and hearing your explanation of how they come together is really useful; especially as I'm making plans to start a bigger animation project than anything I've done before. I'm definitely gonna refer back to this video again as I work on that; again, thanks! :D

[@nathan2dart741]

Thank you very much for showing those parts of your work it's so interesting and after your video i'm going to anim something right now i'm so motivated ! ^^

[@FloraSora]

Thank you for the useful upload. Best wishes from me, Toniko!

[@michelleku6379]

this is literally genius thank you so much for all these incredible tips

[@2shadowgamer2]

Thank you so much 💓 this helps a lot

[@david.mugabo]

Great video Pantoja, thanks for sharing this knowledge

[@joelmayerprods]

Really cool video! Some best practices about clean-up would be awesome too :)

[@CaptainSoftboy501]

I literally just started taking up animating, so BET.

[@radogasy]

Very hepful~ Thanks a bunch 😍💕

[@chumaggots666]

thank you

[@fep1023]

Awesome video. I really appreciate the process breakdown

[@odrfilm]

Nice video bro! keep it up

[@stell4859]

your vids always hit

[@wesmurrell8272]

This is so helpful, thank you.

[@Cherryblossom-ink]

Do u have videos on using all the tools on the program and how to combine the right colors to make your animations look good cause it’s hard learning animations when your a beginner and u don’t get a step by step on using all the tools on the program u brought to animate with

[@walkingstudio4543]

I love it ❤️

[@faizanraza255]

That's really helpful!! Thank you!! BTW what animation software you're using? is this adobe animate?

[@Kalaxian80animations]

First I start doing the animatic (rough animation) with pretty much clean lines, then I in-between it, then I do the line art, color it, and adding shaders, then I don't always do it but, I add sound effects to it (FX), and that's it! Even for complicated scenes, In my animatic phase, I figure out the prespective and the background and everything that has to do with prespective, then how I said above, I do the inbetweens and etc.

[@GabeSweetMan]

Not related to the topic at hand necessarily, but is that Trish playing Nevan from DMC?

[@silhouettefilms.]

I see you were using Neverland by Nightwish. good taste, my friend

[@arichutfles9550]

What is that vampire song scene from? Is there somewhere I can see the completed song?

[@The-E-Base]

I cannot recover from that difficulty.

[@ari_isdrawing4293]

What is the difference between your tie-down and clean up phase? I mean, I am guessing that your clean up is focused on line quality, so what are you focusing on during the tie-down phase?

[@TonikoPantoja]

The solid drawing and detail aspect of it. My first short hand pass was just meant for getting the performance and motion down. My tie down pass which is still considered rough is just there to make the drawings more on model. I'm not sure if I explained this properly in the video, but I always try to define it in every video I do where I talk about the tiedown stage.

[@ari_isdrawing4293]

​@@TonikoPantoja Ahh, that makes sense! I need to go back and rewatch some of your videos for a refresher. I watched a bunch of your videos a while back (love the animation shorthand video) and got inspired to learn animation but decided I needed to improve my fundamental drawing skills first! Anyways, I'm focused on animation now and your content is so helpful, thanks for answering a question I'm sure you've covered so many times :)

[@aboi55]

It wouldl be really good if you can break down ur animation and we can learn a lot from it, who agrees?

[@inuwaters]

thanks

[@usapanglasheng9436]

Sweeeeetttt!!!

[@toxictoxicities]

Hey I was hoping you have any tips for animating in this whole, situation- I struggle with doing pose to pose and then filling it- I'm so much use to straight ahead animation and going with the flow, sure it looks well done but then I don't get the same result I was thinking of or if there is a mistake I'll have to fix a handful. But with PtP I struggle with timing and it feels stiff to get that arc sort of movement I want. Any tips on which one I should use and habits to try and curve these little nit picks?

[@ucool6890]

How you animate a character. Did u use a video reference for ur all animation?

[@MisterM4n]

cute doggey

[@anitomiton4866]

I have Clip Studio Paint with only 24 frames. I can't afford the extra 60. :(

[@Sarcastrich]

Hi! I recently discover this channel. And I'm just want to know who are you? Are you actually working in a animation film or something? 🤔

[@athompsonian]

Hmmm. And how would this work be split among a group of animators?

[@TonikoPantoja]

It would be normal since you're still getting the rough/tiedown look at the end of the day (which then can be prepped for cleanup). unless you're thinking of a really specific scenario of the work flow.

[@cheemsthosausage9226]

That intro music what's that

[@IzFanArt69]

i animate like that without knowing what i do is thumbnail,

[@rowanvezeau5729]

wow im early

[@tribunal2977]

y

[@willexcel]

Mmm, me likey the bouncy...

[@FlashFastBlack]

Comon man, you can't just leave discord msg sound in your video! lol

[@artbyjibs]

This craft is way too tedious, and in the end nobody really cares. I'm frustrated with it. It's kind insane.