How to Design Animations from Scratch (the process behind the magic)

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Last 2020, Ben invited me to this collaboration between 60 animators. The title that I chose was Self Love. In this video, I'll break down the process, and we'll go into detail about conceptualizing, designing, animating, and compositing. This is a frame by frame animation project but this isn't a step by step tutorial. This video would dive more into the thinking part behind the animation.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Backstory
02:49 - Concept
07:53 - Design
11:50 - Frame by Frame Animation
11:54 - Initial Animation
12:55 - Rough Animation (mirror world)
14:31 - Hair Animation
18:24 - Rough Animation (hug action)
20:37 - Cleaner version (hug animation)
20:49 - A much cleaner version (hug animation)
22:06 - Final animation (hug action)
23:13 - Smear
23:59 - Cleaner version (mirror world)
25:33 - Compositing
26:14 - "Normal" way to import
27:17 - Using advanced layers
30:21 - Animate the skin color
33:47 - Dress morph
40:06 - Solving layering problems
44:06 - Conclusion

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No lie I love how you explain animations. People don’t talk about their thought process. The why and how you are thinking about it. No lie this is my favorite animation channel

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! Glad to know you liked the way I explain animation 😄 Glad to know we're bringing something new to the table. Thanks for watching! 😊

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As usual another great breakdown, learned a lot about smear , morph and specially concept part was one of my favorite one where you give priority to message, and as a true Psimply fan always waiting for new videos lots of love keep growing and why the hell are you so underrated 😡

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Hi! Glad you liked our content! And thanks for watching our videos 🙏 Hopefully with enough people watching our content, we won't be underrated anymore 😄

[@threepoint5]

I'm not an animator nor am I involved in this field but the way you teach things makes me want to learn animation more than ever.

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YOU GOT THIS. YOU SHOULD TOTALLY TRY IT ATLEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE😭🤍

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! Glad to read your comment. Animation is hard but it can also be rewarding. If you're interested in animation, I would recommend you to try it out. Being able to draw and bring drawings to life is very fulfilling, at least for me. 😊

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Hello, I'm loving your videos and I'm learning a lot ,tysm❤ I wanted to give back a bit by helping! Idk if u learnt that already since the vid Is 1 year old, but in animate to change colors you just gotta make a classic tween, to go from green to Pink,in 1 frame u put the green color and u elongate it, at the end you divide it and put the Pink color in and boom u got it❤ Hope this helps!

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thank you for this beautiful video

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I've learnt so much with this video 💖

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[@birdyacademy]

Amazing breakdown thank you for sharing! is there a way to import shaps(vector) from adobe animate to after effect so i can use it as shaps and easy morph without re-draw it as shaps and masks in after effect !

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! There's no way, that I'm aware of, that let's you import the vector shapes from Animate to After Effects. You can however import vector shapes from Adobe Illustrator 😊

[@ikexrt]

I got so much value from watching this thank you so much. The issue is my computer is too crude to process aftereffects so most of my work flow is in animate cc. I want to know how did you eliminate the linework when applying the fill in animate cc?

[@plainlysimple]

You're welcome 😊 If you used the paint brush tool (shortcut is Y) then it's going to be a stroke. Once you have your line art ready, just fill using the K shortcut. And then select everything, and just remove the stroke, or you can use an eraser and set it that it only erases stroke.

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Genius. But the channel is underrated.

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[@harshrastogi1996]

Sir i really love your videos. I have few questions and doubt! Like I really want to animate these types of things but I dont know how to and where to start. From this video I can figure out the things and the process i should follow this video is really a great help for me. But if you can tell me some advice like from where to start how to start. Please sir ...❤❤lots of love from India

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! Glad to know you liked our videos! What I suggest is to download any animation software. Some examples would be Adobe Animate, Procreate, ToonBoom etc. There are also free options like Krita (I haven't used this yet). My tip would be to download the software first and just try it out. Try to draw and try to create a frame. Then try to animate. Even just the simple things like a ball moving forward. It doesn't have to be good. And once you are more familiar with the software, you can now try to follow along with our tutorials. And lastly practice. Animation is a practice heavy skill. You would need to practice a lot to get good at it. 😊 Hope this helps and good luck! 🙌

[@goggo1472]

What software do you use for create the designe and draw?

[@plainlysimple]

I used photoshop to design the character 😊

[@helloworld638]

where am I start to learn frame by frame animation , cause I really want to learn it , My perspective is not so good , Can you recommend me and any drawing course

[@plainlysimple]

Hi! We have a class on Skillshare that teaches frame by frame animation for beginners. You can start there 😊 Here's the link: skl.sh/3qNfryA

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hello po , new subsscriber here , sana po pag patuloy nyo lang po pag gawa ng mga tutorial animating video po, marami po akong natutunan sa inyo didto ako nanood pag may gusto ako matutunan sa pag aninimate , salamat po .

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What app does he use ?

[@plainlysimple]

For the frame by frame animation, adobe animate was used. And after effects was used for the compositing 😊