How to Animate SMOOTHLY - 5 Steps

[@lvbboi9]

This man really likes apples doesn't he.

[@ahabwatterson6492]

Yes he do

[@NotHiroChi]

do you wanna have a bad time?

[@snap2cb777]

so true

[@Unoriginality_Incarnate_stupid]

* Megalovania intensifies *

[@tommynator97]

Or he really hates doctors…

[@Thegingerbreadman223]

This actually made me understand keyframes better! And now I know how to properly plan my character movements as well as reactions or what i might animate them doing! this was very helpful! (Now i know why i needed a proper sketch book TwT) This also explained why animators put numbers between some frames. And id never really take my time to listen or watch tutorials, Since im working on an animated series i can focus now.

[@Thegingerbreadman223]

thank you so much for this!!

[@zooble_.]

how is the series going?

[@Thegingerbreadman223]

Ive actually forgotten about it for a long while/given up on it, yet im making a few new ones. Currently its only planing design and plotting, I'm working on my 3d modeling/animation skills! :)) i can't wait to see where it all goes.

[@zooble_.]

@@Thegingerbreadman223 that's great! i'd love to keep seeing you post updates, if you want. no pressure :)

[@lima88726]

8:35 toniko made me use flipping more often in my tradicional animations, this really gave my animations life, I would love to see videos of how you breakdown characters for animation or your process in general

[@snap2cb777]

To anyone who doesnt know the 12 principles Alan Becker did a video on it in his tutorial channel and I suggest watching it just in general but also before this video as it spends more time explaining what Frugal references.

[@pinkiepurplez]

I've seen this video before, but I want to say this is under-rated. It really feels like you are being taught the most important aspects for smooth animation. Keep doing what you do, really helps :D

[@levlev4048]

Awsome, i think your tutorials are alwaysbhelp ful and i have fun drawing. You relly inspire me and hope you do well. Thanks

[@squibolysquaboly6427]

I plan on making an animation channel, and this helps a LOT! THANKS SO MUCH!

[@NobleFrugal]

Definitely tune in for part 2. It will wrap the whole project together and I'm confident that your channel will benefit from the info. Happy animating!

[@unoriginalpersonALT]

YaoMomo UWU What's your channel going to be/already called?

[@squibolysquaboly6427]

@@unoriginalpersonALT uhm... Hopefully, I planned on it to be called Myrwolfy. But my youtube channel won't be here any time soon. I still have to get a lot of stuff for the animating, but I hope you will be one of my subs!

[@unoriginalpersonALT]

@YaoMomo UWU Sure! You can tell me once you're done, i know it might take quite a while. I'll see if i can sub to you :D

[@squibolysquaboly6427]

@@unoriginalpersonALT TYSM! It's been a HUGE dream for me to become a youtuber! This means A LOT! I WON'T LET YOU DOWN! 😄

[@zoeyoong974]

When they say smooth it’s pretty much: I really enjoyed the way in which you utilised the 12 principles of animation towards creating a finished product which shows good evidence of timing, arcs and poses to pose in contrast to straight ahead. The motions are nice to look at as you can clearly see and understand exactly what is happening since you cremated nice in between aswell as keyframes, they were very effective

[@tylersasser7749]

All I want to know is when your creating a animation drawing it frame by frame is how do you keep the outline from moving all scraggly like no matter how well you trace over your onion skin to the next frame.

[@unoriginalpersonALT]

@Tyler Sasser Me too!

[@spookyvanillabean3618]

Same with me!

[@scaleythedino49]

I'm having that issue as well

[@caliscats2378]

I recommend basing your animations on simple shapes, such as making the head a circle and body a square. Trace over both this and the onion skin to keep lines consistent.

[@MsDancealot]

Thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial, always have trouble with the in-betweens cause I always put too many and then I put the extremes! This is just a godsend!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Very clear demonstration of the process. This will definitely help a lot of people

[@J-547]

I'll be here for Part 2, this is helping me understand a whole lot more. Thank you.

[@freya-r4904]

I've always thought of creating animation with a different method than just go frame-by-frame. Your method is very helpful

[@galathinyus8307]

Hey I just wanna say you are a savior. I’ve been drawing for 15 years, since elementary school, and the past few years I’ve felt empty and lack of passion when it comes to my art. I’ve been struggling with life in general so education has been out of reach for me. Recently I’ve been feeling a burning desire to learn animation, I feel it’ll bring the new challenge I need and I feel I’ll be passionate about it. This lead me here, today is the first day of my commitment, I woke up and been scrolling YT to learn since I can’t afford classes and for now material is out of reach but I’ll learn all I can from the bases and practice the bases on my iPad till I can get myself a computer. Thanks a lot for opening this door I really wanna reach high places from here. 😊

[@KNuzX]

Great tutorial, definitely learning and enjoying from seeing you go through the motions of bringing your character to life! Thank you :)

[@delivered1]

Ooh, I definitely want to see this one!

[@Mosafiato]

i like this :D i from Argentina and i understand english. I really enjoy your videos. You are helping me create my original web series

[@Mosafiato]

I am* sorry for mi english u - u

[@rodannnkekw2866]

Espero que te vaya bien!

[@spidy0x337]

I love such Drawing Demos. Please Continue ....

[@LiyAxolotl]

FIRST PART!?? NOOOOOOO! IT WAS TOO GOOD TO KEEP US WAITINGG! THANK YOU NONETHELESS! I will post the animation I'm making while following this tutorial in your Discord! It kinda sucks tho u--u But I am getting better thanks to your dedication to teaching others!

[@rrbcraftergames3361]

This is the best tutorial out there

[@indianpenspinner1816]

You are great ,i learnt a lot of stuff about the animation this single video ... thanks to God that i found you channel.

[@ToonRage]

so simple but so effective

[@shammy3944]

Im starting with animation and this helps me alot thanks man!

[@koffinrott]

This is incredibly helpful and was reccomended to me in my time of need. Thank you so much!

[@NobleFrugal]

I'm glad you found it helpful! I plan to structure more of my videos like this.

[@PrettyYukiTheArtist]

I have an question....does this tutorial works with the app filpaclip? Also love ur content

[@PrettyYukiTheArtist]

Thanks!!!

[@unoriginalpersonALT]

@Pretty Yuki Huh..?

[@capitainsheep1137]

i did the bouncing ball animation and follow the same principle with my first animation and thanks to you now i know why it was looking a bit off , it was because i didn't put enough anticipation and i relied too much on onion skin for extremes

[@slvtfordice100]

I cant wait to see!!

[@doodlesdragons653]

This was really fun and interesting to watch, it was cool to see you drawing on the tablet!

[@basicomen8713]

I can't wait to use this tutorial when I finally learn how to draw!

[@Supertimegamingify]

I sometimes find it useful to use multiples in a rough draft of the movement, then use the positions of the multiples to help me draw the inbetweens in the right place when I get to that stage.

[@lenardgayo1042]

can you make a video about the 12 principles of animation individually

[@micbo6545]

Isn't there is a book by an animator(s) at Walt Disney about the 12 principles that is available on Amazon

[@lenardgayo1042]

It's called "The illusion of life"and the "Animator's survival kit" and they also have the 21 foundations of animation, tips to be an animator etc.

[@ahabwatterson6492]

Everybody's animation looks great! I can see you made your cartoon on your yt. Fascinating!

[@JunebugPresents]

I have no idea what you mean by flipping between your drawings. How does that work? Can you provide a link to the video where you learned it? Thanks. Also, 15:32, how did you estimate the length of the animation? Did you use a stopwatch?

[@tobiggs1550]

Ryuk, is that you?

[@KingOmnihog]

Great stuff! But i do have a question, i understand the extremes and keys, but i get confused on how do you determine what the breakdown favors, what does it depend on?

[@NobleFrugal]

Usually breakdowns go in the middle, but it depends on how you want the movement to feel. I recommend trying different breakdown positions yourself and seeing how they affect the your animation.

[@KingOmnihog]

@@NobleFrugal alright, i see now. thank you for responding so quick! i appreciate it!

[@Vysak534]

thanks apple bro making this tutorial video❤

[@fin.animations]

Your videos are amazing and really help and inspire me! I subed

[@Z3nHolEminD]

Nice video , I’m new to the whole “ onion skin “ , but thanks for the advice

[@TheCurious36]

solid video seb, im really into animation and glad i can learn from you haha

[@P34RLSKVLK]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR TEACHING ME THIS IT HELPED ME IN MY JORNEY OF ANIMATION 😊❤❤😊

[@itsmenoiceboibadartist6783]

Wow my mind just blown thank you so much thank youuuui

[@arthritic]

Great videos. Incredibly inspiring. Keep up the awesome work!

[@BevvyIsTheBest]

Awesome! Irrelevant but I had an awful day and it made me feel better just watching this and learning new things

[@collindraws419]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[@werd_6078]

this is so helpful thanks!

[@TomMartinek]

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

[@manel177]

FINALLY, a good tutorial!!

[@terryf1c893]

yes yes plz make more animation demos plz

[@rebeccadean923]

Thanks so much for sharing. Any final editing tricks that smooth together frames?

[@AshroYT]

15:31 how to make the animation run slower... I know its increasing frames but after framebyframe keys set next to each other how to increase frames?

[@boycoolboy2275]

That was awesome

[@ABE2000]

This is impressive, and it's pretty inspired by one of Walt Disney Animation Studios and The Sergio Pablos Animation Studios.

[@mrfupe5612]

This help soooooo much!!!!

[@sofia.sk18]

How long did it take you to animate that short? Love the vid!

[@NobleFrugal]

around 4 hours!

[@sofia.sk18]

@@NobleFrugal man that's impressive

[@callumjones5666]

Thank you for making this I really want to make fluid beautiful animation when I am older and this really helps man who likes apples 😊

[@zarastorm4981]

Have you ever showed your face or thought about doing a q&a

[@thecultofdionysus7619]

Your character is adorable

[@DonutKingStudios]

Hello, I am having trouble with opentoonz, it just randomly deleted my rooms and idk how to get the default rooms back like “basics” rooms and stuff like that please help

[@NobleFrugal]

Have you tried re-installing?

[@DonutKingStudios]

@@NobleFrugal I bet that would work, but if I delete it and reinstall I’ll lose all my work

[@NobleFrugal]

@@DonutKingStudios i wouldn't delete anything. I'd just install it to the same path. Opentoonz will override the settings, not your work.

[@DonutKingStudios]

@@NobleFrugal how would I do that exactly? Because last time I deleted open toonz and reinstalled it to have the latest version and it deleted my stuff for some reason

[@NobleFrugal]

@@DonutKingStudios The thing is, you don't have to delete opentoonz (and definitely don't delete the opentoonz stuff folder) before reinstalling it. Just run the installer again so it can repair and replace missing files. It shouldn't interfere with the project files at all.

[@epicnessatpeak]

Im a flipaclip animator, and have been trying to learn this new program. The problem im having is the copy and paste. In flipaclip i would use it in flipaclip very often, mostly for consistency and faster work flow. I would normally copy and paste a characters head to move where i need it to move, then i draw the hair flowing afterwards. This program, when i want to move a head slowly to the next pose it keeps duplicating the frame (connecting the frames) so if i move one frame it moves the other which really ruins my workflow. I figured i would probably draw frame-by-frame instead of fluidly working one frame at a time copying and pasting certain body parts to create a fluid motion. I'm sorry for writing this long comment but im just wondering of there is something in opentoonz like that.

[@sofiuzc4863]

thanks for the video (:

[@clydestuff3199]

Thank you master!!!

[@Felix.Wingfield]

I haven't figured out how "flip" with the wheel.

[@NobleFrugal]

I set my wheel to Z and X on my keyboard. Then set Z and X as previous and next frame respectively in the Opentoomz shortcuts menu.

[@Felix.Wingfield]

@@NobleFrugal Thanks so much!

[@trininapoli1255]

Hi! Your video is so informative and helpful (especially for me because im a Animation Student). Thank you for taking time to do this masterpiece!👍🏼💫 Pd:I have a question: How app/Software do you use in this video?

[@TwoTailedSponge]

I have a question. What video formats can Open Toonz and Tahoma2D export and import?

[@iniquitouslemon5975]

If you wanna make it a video download ffmpeg

[@cheesetaco8294]

You are extremely talented, I’m glad that I am able to learn from these types of videos.

[@Viewer802]

People forget to like sach a masterpiece 😢 But I did❤

[@Geeksstudios]

Can I still do this on hand drawn paper?

[@tyketoons]

Yes

[@NeroForte_]

you are the best

[@federicocorte9183]

Thank you for the "lesson" , but what program do you use to animate?

[@gachaakiememes3255]

I think open toonz

[@mattiescott1615]

Hey:) i know you posted this like a year ago but im just finding this now and i have a question- so im doung an animation with this animal with a long flexible neck and the neck and head are shooting forward, but there are scales and stuff on the underside so when im animating the shooting motion, how can i keep the scales and stuff in the right spot so it doesnt look like the scales are moving up or down or whatever during the animation?

[@PiyushGarg-tc1xb]

this animation called as a 12 fps or 24 fps ? in 24 fps we have to draw 24 drawings?

[@ItsMeJuvyYT]

what is this brush?

[@animatedgifs6544]

Thanks 💧😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😇😇😇😉😜

[@DazzlingAction]

should show us how to story board

[@Karl_69420]

Breakdowns? I can do that

[@theoplays8652]

Thx I'm being paid to make an animation for someone and thx alot

[@theoxx6060]

Hope you're done

[@andantette]

Good luck

[@thedarkone5459]

i DIDN'T REALLY FOLLOW ALONG TO A t BUT I DID LEARN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN kEYS, eXTREMES AND iNBETWEENS-STUPID cAPS- tHANKS nOBLE

[@rosiethemaca]

App?

[@Mr.SilversChannel]

What fps to us

[@vitodtin9304]

ooooh I get it keyframes sells the story extreme sells the motion

[@Germancrashout]

I don’t know how to explain my animation it’s like it’s alll over the place it doesn’t look good it’s like not human speed I wanna know how to make my animation slower

[@caliscats2378]

Change the FPS or what number you animate on. I animate on twos and threes, at an FPS between 12 and 16 (depends what I’m working on)

[@erenmbokazi2970]

Can you please help me with opentoonz 1.5

[@jerrytoon1695]

Animation app name

[@khmissatoon2436]

Hi dear viewers, my huion pen is no more working properly can any one give me a piece of advise?

[@vesperian_]

I am trying to watch the video... But youtube won't load the video lol

[@maijakalnina5363]

7:49

[@iaminactive332]

Can we draw in krita and animate in opentoonz?

[@spookyvanillabean3618]

Krita has a animating feature as well

[@ayanjaved322]

is your character based on a Sonic the Hedgehog character Rouge the Bat

[@gitoanimation2651]

Hai 👍

[@TANJimations]

I wanna try animating without onion skin but I really don’t have the motivation to do it because my brain is convinced that my animations will just turn out worst

[@LawPHnow]

what do use app

[@jamesklark6562]

Do you have the dial set to swap between frames? I have 3 modes on mine for canvas rotation, brush size, and scrolling, so a little curious how helpful it'd be to add a 4th mode.

[@marymations]

NobleFrugal Studio is literally Alan Becker but for people who like to go cheap

[@P34RLSKVLK]

I just discovered how lazy I am. I use smear frames for every in-between (I’m trying to fix that)

[@Dougrax]

Me making my animations or my cellphone

[@justjosh5292]

if gordon said it, its gotta be.

[@dreamrestore213]

Some advice.... I'd you decide to talk for the first 20% of your video.... Try adding some smash cuts to examples of what you're talking about. You think people have the attention span to look at a white board for 3 minutes..??

[@seanchrisregner3390]

When i don't have digital pen...

[@Voxxval_isepic]

I animate with phone (no digital pen) so dont let ur supplies choose what are you

[@sktcg1]

Hi 👋

[@theresaramgeet6586]

Hi

[@zerpuck]

First thing i reacted to was: "Why tf he have only 3 fingers on right hand"