How to keep your 2D Animation Consistent and Solid

[@KingDuckSauce]

*draws one frame* "That's enough for today"

[@ayansiddiqui4559]

*about to open the animation software* "Thats enough for today"

[@yoannesleonardi6799]

@@ayansiddiqui4559 i love how it's about too, you didn't even open it XD

[@ayansiddiqui4559]

@@yoannesleonardi6799 hehe

[@CloudyCora]

same lmao

[@acooliemoore]

Literally same😭

[@Scroteydada]

Tip: draw the arcs in another colour on another layer. Sometimes I mark numbers on the arc lines themselves as if they're timing charts

[@insidememesmind6482]

Genius ❤

[@literallymothman4596]

Thank you! I’m doing an animation and I didn’t use arch’s at first, or anything and the shape and design kept changing all the time and by the end all of the limbs and proportions were completely different. I re-did the whole animation and it’s a lot better

[@samconcklin]

I do this too! It's super helpful, especially when managing frames in space *and* time.

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you :)

[@ashleymessedup]

I've read somewhere that timing charts actually originated from drawing lines on arcs!

[@cosmicdragon]

I've been doing this for years but thought I was "cheating" but it made my animation so much easier and faster. Thanks for the tutorial! Your work is Great, Can't wait to see more from you!

[@timefliesaway999]

Kaloian Tcherkezov I think it’s only cheating when you trace your design from someone else’s art but then not giving credit. As long as the original design is all by yourself, you sure can trace your own artworks.

[@hayapatel_]

There really is no cheating, just...faster and smarter ways of doing it. Stealing other's art is the only form of cheating I can really think of. Making the most out of your tools and ideas is definitely not cheating

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Jesus loves you. :)

[@commie_dog_boy]

@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 who are you to speak for him?

[@zteir]

@@commie_dog_boy he is a follower of Jesus, Jesus loves everyone so simply passing on that information to someone who isnt listening is very acceptable.

[@Alllex]

Maintaining consistency is always tough for me, so this is wonderful advice! Thank you!

[@alittleleaf805]

L

[@vishalraval3344]

Yes For mee too

[@kenadidraws]

Sammee

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

May God bless you in animation! Jesus loves you :)

[@davidlestrange9153]

@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 haha youre awesome

[@vilelilman4252]

Me, a beginner animator: THAT’S WHAT THE LIGHT TABLE DOES?! Edit, cause I’m STILL getting sassy jokes about this. XD : I’m using it! Yeah it seems obvious now with that name. But in my defense, I didn’t even have the NON-digital equipment for years.

[@purrpletiger2159]

LOL

[@nonbinarybastard]

it lets u see the page before kinda like onion skinning when u animate digitally

[@private4043]

W h a t d i d u t h i n k i t w a s ?

[@1kbeforehalloween587]

Me also an beginner animator: WHATS A LIGHT TABLE?!

[@Mimirules21]

You’ve got a lot to learn young one.

[@boonekeller5275]

Gordon Freeman in the Flesh, or rather in the Pencil Lines...

[@laylastiny.3402]

Boone Keller He was like 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnqVkqmtapJ_brc

[@sassycreator2795]

Here comes the artist squad. We should- “Shut up Pixar!” “Sorry Disney” Look who’s with him! *Oh my god* Dang dang diggity dang a dang, dang dang diggity dang a dang Showing up here took some guts, time to rip the flannels. Who’s the storyboard remind you of? Especially the panels. HA! Dang dang diggity dang a dang, dang dang diggity dang a dang.

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

Hey random person, Jesus loves you! He died for you so you can have eternal life if you choose Christ as your Savior. We all are sinners and don't deserve Heaven, but God sent His only begotten Son to die for our sins and then He resurrected. You can be freed from the mockings and sin by the blood of Jesus Christ

[@boonekeller5275]

@@zondwhomlovesjesus8444 not a christian btw but i respect the effort

[@dysn3961]

Beginner here with a tip I learned the hard way: When using that tracing method, do be sure to try and keep your lines clean, or at least not super sketchy where the exact shapes are not entirely clear. Trying to make an inbetween of two super rough shapes makes it very hard to determine where to place the new lines, and creates a shape that changes throughout the frames While sketching it out helps get the feel at times, do practice at sketching with longer lines than chicken scratching the whole thing with thick brush sizes

[@Broeckchen]

I think I needed to hear this because it made me wince and grimace. Which means I probably do it too much. >n

[@dysn3961]

@@Broeckchen Mmhm, every artist is different and have their own techniques that work, but its a thing to keep in mind when trying to retain shape throughout Like some folks are able to just mentally keep track of their proportions

[@GalacticChimp]

2:17 Using a rotating overhead drawing to track head rotation is pretty genius.

[@LannyLeArtist]

Yeah

[@batanggawkgawk]

me watching this with an iphone and flipaclip: *interesting*

[@kaleeyahhatcher587]

Same here

[@BlueTheCartoonAddict]

Haha same, but I'm on a different phone. Though I do animate on a fire tablet

[@marsh.al.mel0w162]

Same, except an iPad ;w;

[@ejspy3331]

Ikr

[@scruncheduppaper4828]

i mean, nowadays you can still use the same method, you just need to watch an ad to make a new layer and lower the opacity lol

[@intenseartage]

I’m REALLY new to animation I got into it to pass time in quarantine and it’s really fun, I keep drawing to many inbetweens, and I feel like I don’t know how many frames to draw per scene, any tips?

[@lunab541]

The secret is learning about timing and spacing. The space between the drawings defines if the character or object is moving slower or faster. The time it takes between one drawing and another will define how long the action lasts. There are free videos on YT talking about the 12 fundamentals of animation, and timing and spacing are among them. By knowing these basics you'll start to have an idea of how many drawings will be needed. Keep practicing! Glad to know more people are taking up animation this quarantine, let's all have fun!

[@intenseartage]

Luna CL Thank you for the tips, I will definitely looking more into the animation fundamentals.

[@mechantechatonne]

@@intenseartage The animator Aaron Blaise, who worked at Disney on several famous movies, has a KZbin channel with drawing and animation tutorials. Specifically one that might be useful for you is the Aaron's Art Tips episode 8. It's on how to avoid over-animating. This guy's premium course on the fundamentals of animation on their website, creatureartteacher . com is also available for free right now because of the pandemic.

[@intenseartage]

mechantechatonne thank you for telling me about these resources, I appreciate it, I will definitely check it out 👍

[@VeonySyndrome]

U should checkout bam animations. Very helpful guys

[@oldhbruna]

You are amazing Toniko, thank you for doing these.

[@anisbentafat8862]

I m not even an animator ,why I am watching this ?

[@jersonatilo9190]

So that when your future animator friend starts complaining " oh my animation not consistent", you explain it to him as if you're wise in every field in life😅

[@aur9035]

@@jersonatilo9190 LMFAOO truee

[@sneku_chan4407]

* ~Knowledge~ *

[@XaneMyers]

Same for me; I guess my excuse is so I can see just how complex 2D animation can be, and in turn why 2D animation commissions are so pricey; It really does take a lot of effort and time.

[@georgiee00]

“Photoshop is definitely not great for animation” .. welp

[@diogobernardino54]

I can recommend Blender! It used to be for just 3d, but since the 2.8 update it has 2d animation features! The best part is you can merge 2d and 3d together! (If you want an example, search Hero Blender on YT. They have a bunch of other shorts but they only use 3d).

[@Axxidous]

It’s not recommended but it’s not unusable. If you can draw on it, you can use it. It’s just not catered to animation if you’re trying to flip past stuff.

[@mawcha]

you can use amindessin2 to better help if ya havent!

[@finnthefannibal]

Krita is really good at this with good brushes too but might crash if you have too many frames

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

This is really useful. I'm a comic book artist and I'm struggling to keep consistency in each drawing. Thanks :)

[@ZeBirdBrain]

Hey Toniko! Super ince tutorial! I'll be sharing with my students. BUT! For Toon Boom Harmony, did you know you can use the shift and trace directly in the camera view? Kuddos! :)

[@brainimpediment]

oh my 😳😳 i feel like i'm in math class and i finally figured out how to do something thank you for this! as an amateur animator, this really helps with making them smooth and consistent. Subscribed for sure!

[@samuelsathler9586]

I use Tv Paint for years and I never knew about that tool. You can imagine how many times I wished I could shift and trace as in ToonBoom and now you tell me it's easier? Pretty awesome! Thank you!

[@PenMarkArt]

While I have been doing a version of Place-and-Trace as I animate, I didn't think of the Layout-Drawing to "map out" all the poses into a single drawing; that's so simple and effective! Thank you so much for sharing all this advice!

[@MP-hb2zi]

this advice is saving me, my animation prof preaches traditional flipping and I get why flipping is important but I always end up drawing my roughs bigger and bigger and having to scale everything down. so THANK YOU

[@zombreon6021]

Steven Universe's animators could use these tips

[@Jenns228]

...the show is over lol

[@musrider97]

wow, this is the first time i see someone doing a demo and comment not just on 2 software, but 4. toniko you're great man, great teacher and great artist. i'm glad that you sharing all your knowledge on animation with us

[@marlonchun854]

Thank you for this! I didn't even know you could of move around the onion skins in tvpaint. Best wishes on your journey! Dream bandits inspired me to get started in animation.

[@reagle9315]

That video is so sick!

[@reagle9315]

It inspired me too

[@hoezpetty3465]

Steven Universe animators pls take notes

[@OcioCamaraMx]

This is really helpful! Everytime I try to do animation I get upset because my characters keep changing sizes.

[@troy2428]

Hey can you make a video on animating characters in 3D perspective? It's pretty hard for me and I'd really like the help 🙂

[@Radude33]

4:47 "the character is about to swing a crowbar" *HOLY SHIT ITS GORDON FREEMAN*

[@priscillasalomo6589]

ACORDING TO THE WAY HE SPEAKS IN THIS VIDEO ,YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS PROCESS IS TIERING

[@rt-vl]

5:00 didnt expect to find gordon freeman here

[@lesliegordon9147]

i JUST searched up videos for drawing consistently minutes! before you posted this. Thank you so much!

[@faizanraza255]

I Literally just came playing Black Mesa seriously Freeman?

[@keybyss98]

These videos are amazing, but I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned the adorable short animated intro. 😍😍😍

[@artbykestonremy]

Photoshop not recommended for animation Me using photoshop to animate: .....Shit

[@dr.flavio8288]

thank you so much Toniko!!! being consistent in my animation has always been a struggle for me (i swear I've learned a lot more from you!!!)

[@spectralham3181]

Gordon Freeman!

[@tempestfan8701]

Me watching this while struggle make animation using flipaclip:Imma smash my head to my ipad

[@Little3Pigs]

Rough Layout drawing is a technique that we learn when we start learning and often forget, I think is great to remmeber using it more often.

[@kirojacket3663]

my god, it's Gordon freeman

[@SevanVartano]

Me watching this video while trying to brush up my skills by animating my own design of Gordon Freeman: Toniko: ...in drawing A, the character is about to swing a crowbar - Me: :O:O:O

[@scruncheduppaper4828]

coming back here because im struggling with this 4 second animation HELP

[@joelmayerprods]

You can now do Shift and Trace in the camera view of Toon Boom as well :) Much less of a hassle than sending the stuff to the Drawing View.

[@xxoof_masterxx8528]

The wolf at start: "I'm a human after all, I'm a human after all, don't put your blame on me, don't put your blame on me"

[@gemmapower]

I recomend have a good character design sheet, because, this help to maintain a good proportions in the animations. and practice for warming the hand a bit before make definitive animations drawings

[@DanilGrachev]

Interesting question - how much time you will put into 2 hour animation? If we're talking only about drawing process.

[@kimaly7718]

Again whenever I turn on the cc and you said your name, IT CAN NEVER ACTUALLY SAID YOUR NAME!!! 🤣🤣🤣 This time it said "hey guys it's city cupen TOA" LOL!!! like what??? 😂😂😂

[@vinucyrus4621]

Toniko, excellent! I still remember your personal project!

[@kelasphotoshop2023]

Great explaination. I enjoyed the fruitful sharing of you.

[@raccoonsalsa483]

wow i didnt know shift and trace had a name! ive been using shift and trace for a while and i thought i came up with idea myself haha!

[@dayman1]

I have a question I been seeking for awhile I just don't know how to look for the answer, in a lot of animation roughs you can see the animator has left a aspects out, like a arm moving or a head turn, but they draw the rest. is this because they don't need to animate that or they can leave that for the in between animators? Im just looking for clarification.

[@scribblecloud]

i love your videos but the microphone quality genuinely hurts my ears, especially on sharp sounds like ''s''

[@cdscissor]

1:48 Is that my boy Tails?

[@runihura9186]

What animation program(s?) do you use?

[@nothingmuch5844]

I cannot even just do it for a simple blinking animation My character looks super differently at the end

[@SilvestrStalonovic]

Thanks alot!

[@AnthonyMTG]

This tutorial was extremely helpful to a question i’ve had for a long time. Thank you x infinity 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@leonadrian7257]

So all I have is photoshop cs6. Is it really not good for animating? I'm new.

[@Shabazza84]

This was actually the very first question when I sat down to draw my first rough sketch for my very first animation. I drew a pose 1 and then wanted to do keyframe sketch 2 where the person had moved quite a bit on the canvas and I was like: "Wait... how in the world do animators prevent a person from unintended shifting in size or overall shape between far spaced out keys??? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Thx for that excellent video. In case someone wants to use CSP: Use the "Light table" for inbetweening. You can turn/move/scale there w/o changing your actual frames just like he explained for other tools.

[@bronzefanpage8256]

Where/how do you color in the first bare frames? Thanks!

[@SiD19884]

i do frame by frame but can only do on digital.. How oxymoronic is that XD

[@ilikedrawing4371]

Toniko Pantoja Toniko pantoja Toniko pantoja I Still Don't Understand That Rough Layout Is Like A Keyframe Or Key Pose ?? Please Answer This Question

[@TonikoPantoja]

its just a drawing underneath the animation

[@ilikedrawing4371]

@@TonikoPantoja kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIe6pYeGlpyqgq8 Does this example animation require a layout

[@ilikedrawing4371]

@@TonikoPantoja .

[@ilikedrawing4371]

@@TonikoPantoja .

[@ilikedrawing4371]

@@TonikoPantoja .

[@johhnywood4248]

Is that a praying mat behind you?

[@thatoneguy6469]

When you showed the photoshop example all I could think was “HaHa GoRdAn SwInG dA cRoWbAr!!!”

[@yen_bm]

most educational animation youtube channel out there.

[@Kunoich1]

I'm not sure if my question belongs on this particular video or not but here I go... Just to make clear I am a fan of Anime so I'm trying to keep with that style. I always had a problem with trying to find what frames are important to actually make into a keyframe. Not like the simple stuff such as the blinking of an eye or the subtle breathing of a chest. Even a wave is easy to me: Lift the arm and then a few frames for waving. but other movements like a girl flicking her hair to one side is tough. (when i still think it should be simple enough to animate) Then, there are sometimes where, if I make keyframes and for some god awful reason, I can't bridge them properly or make a convincing inbetween. Then I get stuck cause I'm not sure what it is I'm doing wrong. I heard that two or three keyframes should be enough to at least convey what small action a character is doing. At this rate, I have no clue anymore. Could it be my mindset? am I focusing on something I don't need to focus on?

[@spectrumanimation8180]

At least I understand this. Honestly, I was holding my breath in the other videos😤😮😦😧😩. Anyway thanks a lot!!👍👍

[@jwheeler1106]

Thanks for posting this...this is something I’ve tried to get better but have never been quite able to find the “secret” so to speak.

[@hatzze8315]

does anybody know a good ipad animation app other than procreate? (I'd prefer a site or app that has sound)

[@kuolitee3237]

can you explain why photoshop is bad for animating ?

[@riccandar9305]

Thank you for helping us

[@abujabubi9277]

do you have any recommendations for how many frames to use for one movement?

[@zenn2070]

2:39 i get demotivated when people use complicated terms to explain animation.

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

Took me so long to realize he was drawing Gordon freeman

[@TechnetiumTheDragon]

I used place and trace yesterday on my recent animation without knowing I used one of those techniques. :D

[@neey3832]

when i am animating in the start the figure have a size, but in the end the figure have half the size of the start, i hate that...

[@kiwiabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw]

5:43 I beg you pardon? I didn't quite get that word

[@jessicahanimator]

This was really helpful, I only wish I had learned all of these techniques long ago. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@lova368]

Can you recommend easy app for beginner? Is csp good?

[@simondragon206]

Nice animation but i wish i was better than you😢

[@gidkideon]

Wow, I'm not even an animator, but this simple tip will help me with illustrating characters at different angles/usage cases. Nice tip, thanks!

[@ArvensisAndromeda]

Heyo... This is such a pain in the ass. I almost hate that I love animating.

[@daanimegoatman6683]

Would creating character sheets help create consistency?

[@sadcena7204]

I was just think about this! This is a life saver. Thank you. Ps i really like your Gordan Freeman drawing

[@SpectrumAssociates]

"But how else are you supposed to perform smears?"

[@T4eva]

Just use shapes, everything is made out of shapes.

[@irlanda3490]

why does photoshop is not recommended for animation?

[@karuoanimation]

Hey Toniko if you see this can you please explain what is a Framerate Modulation and how to use it in 2d animation? Thank you!!

[@el_oyyotv]

Can u move the onion layer in clip studio?

[@yes-si9xi]

how do you seperate the two frames when you overlay it over eachother like that. it might just be a me problem but i dont understand what im looking at when i do that

[@yes-si9xi]

@FaithG-tx2hw thanks!

[@mrtiredeyes]

I feel a little more hopeful now

[@magness57gaming67]

Well, Gordon Freeman! And about time too!

[@zeccet3781]

THAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@iron2steel]

What a great video! I learn so much from you.

[@kiteelzebub6475]

This tutorial was lovely! But oh my goodness was THAT GORDON FREEMAN????

[@TheOneWhoAnimates]

just what i wanted thanks

[@BrendaMaryanArt]

The actual Toonboom Harmony have Shift N Trace tool that is super easy to use :D

[@RuviGaPo]

FUNNILY ENOUGH !!!!! This was rly encouraging but from like a reverse angle?? I've already been using these tips for a couple months now (wether i picked it up subconsiously from videos and just forgot idk but most likely thats what happened) and Knowing that makes me feel like i'm on the right track for once instead of every aspect of animation being entirely new to me ya kno??

[@SgtHoggin]

I use ToonBoom Harmony 15 Advanced and I have not seen that Virtual Desk with the peg adjustments in the Drawing View. I'm currently having trouble trying to find it. Is there an option to enable this or is this a Premium only feature?

[@SgtHoggin]

Don't worry, I looked up the Documentation and found how to do it now.

[@SgtHoggin]

Finding out that this tool existed has been hands down the most helpful thing in ToonBoom.

[@LukeTheDukeYT]

I just wanted to learn how to make my animation smooth, but this is good too

[@timothykasalirwe3037]

What free software can a beginner like use when starting up with animation

[@KhayJayArt]

Krita is pretty good

[@prodbydrumdrop]

your characters are always too cute man lol Amazing stuff and very helpful, Now i know forsure to learn my shapes before I do anything else.

[@laserkahn5444]

5:02 Half-Life 3 confirmed