Swig - Procreate anim and How it was made

[@Nonyah123]

Almost a weeks worth for a 7 second animation, we truly MUST appreciate artists and animators! Amazing as usual Niko

[@smji5269]

I'm an animator and clients aren't very understanding of how much work it takes, a lot of times they ask for stylised long videos in a very short period of time and get mad when I reject the comission.

[@Jham3D]

@@smji5269 One time a client called me lazy because I told him I couldn't animate over an entire new 50 min podcast every week XD

[@Jham3D]

2D Animation especially deserves more spotlight these days. I love both 3D and 2D but the film industry made a mistake replacing nearly all 2D Anims with 3D.

[@potatoshark72]

This makes me happy. Thank you for noticing and i mean it I’m not just being nice

[@TenTenJ]

I am just now learning procreate, and I did a cartoon of a loved one recently. I couldn’t believe how powerfully the brushes and the smoothing helped create the final product. But watching this was simply magical. It makes me happy knowing I can learn these skills and apply them in my own way for my own needs. You’ve given me such insight into key frames and animation. I will look into your program.

[@lewisbrennan1308]

making the background was impressive

[@chickeno8395]

impressive

[@mackdregaming9170]

Very

[@miketez1]

Very impressive

[@thanhclips]

I found everything impressive

[@miloggoff]

The fact this was all done in Procreate is crazy impressive

[@benhartart9487]

imagine how hard old school animation was 20-30 years ago with no computer program assisting :P

[@aSnooter]

@@benhartart9487 you do realize they had computer programs for animation in both 2000 and 1990 right...?

[@malavikamalu333]

​@@benhartart9487 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6e2eHyoe9x-gdk

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much guys and girls for all the support and great comments❤️❤️! 🥳Painting the background took about 5-7 hours, and the animation took almost a week😁

[@seolmirae5207]

Can u please tell me how did u animate the snow?

[@sunwep3737]

DAMMNN

[@anisomniac5931]

A lot of people don't realize how much time animation truly takes.

[@benjaminlyons5261]

@@seolmirae5207 he tells you how he does so in the video. Please watch. It’s pretty ingenious. I especially love the simple work flow of creating random lines first then duplications then flipping

[@YKV42]

@@anisomniac5931 yeah! So truth!!

[@chickendoorbore]

holy crap that was so cool and you just presented it so casually, im in awe of your talent and i hope my skills can one day reach that level. you’re truly an inspiration!

[@anotherrandominternetguy404]

Same, man

[@martinandreev5204]

"I was inspired by Klaus, not that this looks like that" Oh dude completely!! I was thinking the background and character design reminded me of the concept art I've seen for that film. Incredible work!!! Thanks for such a good video

[@martinandreev5204]

Also. I'm really interested in how you placed the snow animation on top of the existing layers. How do you layer separate animations on one another?

[@taylorsills1338]

That is exactly what I thought when watching the clip!

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

THIS IS SO UNDERRATED THIS BEAUTIFUL

[@krass73]

programs ?

[@juliacfc]

I’d love to see how ur layers were organized after the whole process, this would really help me understand the background and silhouette etc

[@kingkingston6488]

Exactly what I’m thinking from scratch

[@YoussoufErrougua]

I enjoyed each second of that video ❤❤

[@muhammadali.2755]

Same

[@j_respect5948]

Yeah

[@shahintabassum8584]

You drawing is also best

[@melharris1306]

I can’t believe this was done in Procreate. Amazing artwork and animation!

[@Allaboutstory]

You are my fav Procreate Artist, you make it so easy and creative

[@ak-gi3eu]

he will not even reply you

[@kakapostudios6691]

@@ak-gi3eu stfu

[@jomare66]

@@kakapostudios6691 “reality is often disappointing”; he is telling the truth.

[@madster01]

@@jomare66 Well he did see their comment, so no need being negative!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@MTtheDoodleKing]

man the composition of the shot is so satisfying. The cold colors really set the mood and make me feel like I'm in winter next to a fire. Also the Animation is really professional. I love this so much.

[@SaiKumar-qs9ly]

@Jake Folk ... to watch netflix right?

[@potatop172]

Everything about this was impressive. From background, to character, to snow

[@zerkicz2443]

I'm so glad to find that stuff. Learning from masters it's what I've been looking for.

[@pikamii]

You are soooo patient ! 64 frames must have taken forever to draw ! Thank you for sharing, it looks absolutely amazing ! Great job !

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much. Yes, animation does take patience :-) but very fun to see the result

[@akhilnarayan5392]

​@@nikolailockertsenhow many weeks it took you to make this? Please reply.

[@nikolailockertsen]

@@akhilnarayan5392 Thank you for asking. I spent many short hours over a very long time. So abit hard to tell. But if I did it in back to back workdays, I quess 2-3 weeks

[@akhilnarayan5392]

@@nikolailockertsen thanks man... I'm looking forward for making animation...I know sketch and drawings but have zero knowledge about any softwares...can you suggest a free good software for pc..and do I need a tablet too?

[@nikolailockertsen]

@@akhilnarayan5392 I do all my work on the iPad with Procreate and Procreate Dreams. That is really the combo I would reccomend. You need to buy the iPad + Pencil, but the software is just a one time buy of 35 USD all together! All updates are free!!

[@matthewbogart4183]

I’ve been using Procreate and FlipaClip this past month and really enjoying this , and then I’ve just seen your work and realise the full potential , quite frankly mind blowing! Truly inspiring work !

[@k3n972]

Same i find animating in flip a clip so tiring tho T-T

[@HannahAgra]

@@k3n972 it seems there is no free decent alternative for ipad for... anything. Relying on apple is horrible :(

[@illustrator6468]

@@HannahAgra ToonSquid is good, not free but it's only £10 :)

[@maazician5197]

I never knew that jesper would have to face this situation ever. 😢 Claus you shouldn't have left him alone.

[@Lacroix999]

This is crazy! Just a few short seconds worth of animation, yet so much work investing into it all! Makes you have a greater appreciation for the full length movies we used to watch as kids where it was ALL done this way

[@nikolailockertsen]

Hehe, yes. Animation does take time!

[@Mayeru]

i can't believe you made this on Procreate, like, how in the world the app didn't explode after all those layers?

[@cheesecube420]

A newer ipad runs procreate super smooth

[@Mayeru]

@@cheesecube420 he was not using the M1 in here though, and i have the 2020 ipad pro and procreate has some limitations in layers

[@brad4448]

@@Mayeru not if you get the 1tb version you get more Ram even on a non M1 version

[@kotor1357]

I'm assuming he made several files and put them together in a video editor

[@Mayeru]

@@kotor1357 yeah, that's exactly what he does, he actually generates different parts on different files and then merge and transport finished parts into the main one or the "parent" one, but that is like a WHOLE process

[@stephaniemorgenstern727]

This is absolute magic. Especially watching how the snow was created. Seriously inspiring!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@briekastner]

Love this idea of keeping your character next to the anim to trace/ stay on model. Definitely giving this a try!

[@nktcell]

Man, I learnt more from this 11 minute video about animation than from decades of watching cartoons and anime! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 love it, thanks so much!

[@Miabiediheihrurrrf]

this is quite literally insane.... the fact that you can just create this is amazing dude. you are incredibly talented

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you so much :-)

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

the old school art style is a dream ❤

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@CFlower323]

Whoa this is incredible!! Like literally everything about it is so cool, the style, the color scheme, the character design, of course the movement and glow of the actual animation. You are such a talented artist, how do you now have a million subscribers yet?? Amazing work man, keep it up!!!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much!

[@loicbosman4739]

intrestingly as this unfolds, we keep seeing the surly man having his drink and I can't help but get the feeling that he just has no idea that he's part of such a beautiful art-piece

[@nikolailockertsen]

Haha, that makes me smile. Thank you!

[@therealbeekitty]

Wow, this looks so great! I love all the different elements, the atmosphere in this entire animation is so strong. I've been wanting to try my hand at small animations but it's hard to figure out how to do environmental stuff. Seeing the way you did the snow, for example, is so useful and interesting. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you and you are very welcome :-)

[@crochetbyplabita]

Your voice is calm. That's all I need in any tutorial. Thank you for your guidance. Thank you so much. ❤️

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-) That is nice to hear

[@sharifaahmed9240]

Absolutely love it! I recently started learning animation on procreate and just me writing my name in the most basic way with butterflies around took SO LONG. Hands down to you my man, I know this took a crazy amount of patience and effort 👏🏽

[@nikolailockertsen]

Hehe, thank you. Animation takes time, but is very fun when you can play it in the end

[@thomasfurlano9106]

this just came up for me to see on my side. thank you Nikolai for sharing your work

[@nikolailockertsen]

Nice. Thank you for watching

[@sabrinatortora6019]

Holy cow! That was nothing short of amazing.

[@Auspex1980]

I love this! I wish this was part of entire animated film with this character.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-) That would be fun!

[@zacharydewitte384]

Absolutely amazing talent buddy love the work, as well as the dedication it takes to show us your entire process!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@lydiac2221]

I made an audiable "WOAHHH" at the snow tutorial part, this whole video was so helpful, thank you

[@nikolailockertsen]

Hehe, nice :-) That makes me happy!

[@saraalkhateeb6071]

Wow! It's very interesting to see your process of work! Thank you so much for share, this has been very helpful!

[@evestmike4919]

I have been looking for this like how they make, the process and all and here finally found it thank you so much for sharing

[@nikolailockertsen]

Glad you found it :-) Thank you.

[@ArtWithGauravChoudhary]

That is so amazing! You took that to another level with the small details like the reflection on the bottle!

[@CarrieSketches]

I really love the color scheme, lights, and darks. ❤️

[@casseyyj]

you are so underrated, sir. your artworks sre really amazing and i'm always looking forward to them! i love your works 😍

[@AlexHuneycutt]

Thank you for this Nikolai, just amazing to watch it all come together. I'm stunned how quickly you back out 3 am environment together. Working directly with value to create diapers and then push them all to a color range is a good tip. Most images don't need more than 2 colors to really work, gotta keep that in mind for myself when working with color

[@RplayzClipz]

Bruh i clicked on this video because i thought it was actually Klaus the animation is Gorgeous

[@Emmanuelh89]

This was absolutely amazing!!! I was looking around for the best tips on how to animate in procreate and you were by far the best. Thank you so much. Although, there’s still so much I have to learn in knowing what to use on the app lol. I would love to study under you.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much. I have two very good courses here schoolism.com/instructors/nikolai-lockertsen

[@alex8426]

You're awesome. Just like everyone, I've enjoyed watching the process on how you did the video. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@LordRubino]

So a joy for the eyes to watch. Thank you for sharing! Really inspirational. Magnifico

[@SirDersthe3rd]

Go hard in the paint... Very moving ... Superb styled .. makes me smile

[@JoeKawano]

This guy’s incredible! Kudos! Good job! Liked and subscribed!

[@JesseMartin]

If anyones curious, he has 2 courses on Schoolism that are so so worth it!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@SketchBen]

I absolutely love this! It was wonderful to not only see the development from drawing concept to the final illustration along with seeing the framing process of the animation. Wonderfully done I’m so happy I found your channel, looking forward to going back and seeing more come from you.

[@TommyLikeTom]

This is one of my favorite videos on youtube

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@artbyeshia7204]

This looks amazing! I just made my first ever animation. All I have is Procreate, and it was hard sometimes. I had a hard time comprehending how you made all these layers work in Procreate - that must have been a lot of merging in the end! Really amazing, the animation is so smooth!

[@pallavrajpatra7227]

The sleeve slides back on the bottle hand when he takes the swig. Great physics.

[@K.dennee]

this was so beautiful-

[@lyricwymer4881]

The way you made the falling snow was really awesome

[@mosugi]

Incredible!! Thank you for sharing the process. I took your Schoolism course last year and learned a lot from it! Did you duplicate the file and do the animations across separate files, or did you actually have enough room for all the layers in the one file? I am always astounded by the amount of work that goes into a short animation clip like this. So good!

[@OkamiWSDwarrior]

Woah that snow was awesome.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@Dandydust397]

Do your classes cover any sort of camera movement, I have never seen any procreate tutorials for camera movement?

[@quesodecabra9937]

In rough animator u have that

[@Dandydust397]

@@quesodecabra9937 ohh what a nicely timed reply, I just downloaded enough animator and am having a lot of trouble figuring it out, but I’m super excited about figuring out that camera feature, it is confusing me though and I don’t see any good tutorials

[@quesodecabra9937]

@@Dandydust397 its very intuitive but be careful beacuse sometimes crashes and u can lose the work, duplicate each project every time u advance in them just in case

[@nikolailockertsen]

Camera movement in Procreate is not very doable. But I use LumaFusion to composit my backgrounds and animation from Procreate if I want a cameramovement. I got a tutorial for it here gumroad.com/nikkos_tutorials it is the one called "making a painting into a movie.

[@nishanta4575]

This is so beautiful and simple. It is almost therapeutic.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Haha, thank you :-)

[@BK-lq4me]

I‘m only a beginner when it comes to digital drawing and I always wondered why artists keep filling their objects with grey before colorize them? I‘ve seen this everywhere and I don‘t get why they keep doing this.

[@suyin8796]

I could be wrong, but usually for masking, a method that allows you to use layers for your drawing. When I use the grey, it’s usually to allow me to see where I need to colour on next. But I am only amateur so I could be wrong!

[@YANAPA]

The real answer to that technique is for having a good read of values (light & shadow) for the scene. So when he’s done with it he can colorize without changing values. I hope it makes sense!

[@Lygon_]

They fill their objects with grey so they can basically quickly select that block of grey and make a selection without having to lasso the shape every single time. It’s a real time saver! Of course, you can use it in other ways too like the ones mentioned here.

[@karlb6273]

Job very well done! I very much like your style. As it happens, Claus is my favourite animated film. The storytelling is brilliant and the attention to detail is borderline insane. I’ve watched it well over 20 times (I blame my child, not that I mind though), and I still discover new details every time.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you. Yes, Klaus is a masterpiece!! I also love it ALOT!

[@shreyaagarwal2740]

Hey Nikolai, this animation is beautiful and just so realistic! Just wanted to know the time it took you to complete this entire piece

[@makeoversbymeme2077]

One week. 5-7 hours to color the background alone

[@Onlydewx60]

This is the kind of thing which will make the aspirant animators to think about something

[@nikolailockertsen]

:-)

[@adrian_almao]

Oh my goodness!!! Your drawing skill is amazing!!! What a piece of art!!!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you so much for your nice words :-)

[@Sen_Rida]

This is honestly gorgeous! I love all the lil details and the style 👌 beautiful work!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

I've stumbled upon this and I'm IMPRESSED! 🎨👏🏼👏🏼👨🏻‍🎨 From Bandung, Indonesia

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@that_nerd_that_games4495]

The way u animated the snow made my jaw drop 👏👏👏👏

[@ToddDolce]

I am not an Apple fan nor an iPad fan but have always thought of Procreate as a pretty cool app.....but this was so impressive to see and the talent and skill you possess is evident when I see this. ABSOLUTELY beautiful work!!!! Procreate is a great app but like all others, its just a tool that is reliant on the skill level of the user. Again,....Beautiful work!!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-) and, yes! Procreate is great :-D

[@joelruiz6440]

Jeez! You work us beautiful! Thank you for your dedication to the arts, as it inspires many of us to continue pushing forward in our pursuit for the arts!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you so much :-)

[@eisque]

That’s so beautiful

[@doodlingdebbie1]

Hi Niko, I’m making my way through your videos and to say I’m impressed would be an understatement. You’re a magician of arts. ❤

[@nikolailockertsen]

Hehe, very happy to read your comments :-)

[@doodlingdebbie1]

@@nikolailockertsen I did my best at drawing your background and animating it. As you’ll see, I’m no where near your level but, I sure had fun trying. I’m too old to get as good as you but, doing these are fun which is good for the soul. Thank you for your kindness in teaching others like me. ❤️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqjcf56KnMambbMfeature=shared

[@nikolailockertsen]

@@doodlingdebbie1 Wow!!! That looks very good :-) Cool to see that you did your version of it. Keep at it :-D

[@doodlingdebbie1]

@@nikolailockertsen thank you❤️ It took a lot of thinking about sharing this with you when your talent is off the charts. If it wasn’t for you, I would have never been able to do what I did. Hopefully, I’ll get better. It’s so much fun learning and you’re definitely a wonderful teacher. It’s so kind of you to share your talents.

[@nikolailockertsen]

@@doodlingdebbie1 Thank you so much. I am very glad to hear that I could teach you some nice tricks and tips :-)

[@jacquiventurini7877]

This is incredible!! You are amazing at this. All the details make it just stunning. 🤯🤯

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you so much :-)

[@boneratstudio]

This is really well done. Thanks

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@AaronBlaiseArt]

Amazing!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you!

[@sandraseg]

I have no words. Amazing job!!

[@cyphi1]

You're the best animator I've seen on KZbin so far!!

[@alvinbetsayda415]

I've been animator for almost 7 years c4d lumion after effects but this is a different level like a BEAST... and the way he spoke so very humble

[@jimbo899]

Thanks so much. Have been trying to figure out how to animate the embers coming off of a fire and now I can using your snowflake method in reverse. Keep it up!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Yes, cool :-) Thank you

[@clevertitle3767]

So masterfully shifting between the values and colours, such style and class!

[@furuki60]

Really give me nostalgia vibe when i was on college, i was animation student then i work not in animation field, i wish i can back to animation, love your work

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you. It is never too late to animate :-) if not as work, maybe as a hobby.

[@renevanderwesthuizen1520]

Oh my soul - that snow is amazing

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@museswoods]

You are the best animation teacher on KZbin . Please please upload more. I am going to sign up your course.

[@VictoriaFlorenceB]

This is absolutely insane! Love that!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@jordansinger8543]

So grateful for this insane talent - such hard, precise work, and we are all grateful!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank yo so much for your wonderful comment!

[@reepacheirpfirewalker8629]

I will sure be looking into this form of art. So many different ideas of things that I would love to get out there.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you. Yes, animation has no limit :-)

[@mackydoodle1832]

This is absolutely incredible!!! Wow! Amazing job 😊

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@rousgarden8576]

blew my mind how you did the snowflakes!!!! amazing work!

[@petercruz1993]

Your drawing talent is captivating

[@salima4744]

YOURE SOOO TALENTED this piece is amazing!!

[@TommyLikeTom]

so interesting that you paint the background first. It makes sense, as we are shaped by our surroundings

[@nikolailockertsen]

Yes, I love creating an environment before putting in a character :-)

[@Mr.misterr]

Wth the snow thing is so good, I just started learning animation by myself and this is so useful!!!

[@zehrahessen]

what app do you use?

[@Mr.misterr]

@@zehrahessen Clip studio paint pro But I have a limitation that restricts me to 24 frames, because this isn't the full version. But it's still nice

[@Katayoonab]

this was amazing I loved it

[@nikolailockertsen]

@@Katayoonab Thank you very much :-)

[@lawrencetyrpa]

Totally love that! You also explain it very well. Thank you!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you very much :-)

[@cynzhou]

So beautiful and creative!

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@nandu_4542]

Straight to animation ... i love these kind of videos

[@anjalibagla9124]

Holy mother of all gods - all that hardwork

[@Atomic-toons00]

Man this is very beautiful🥺🥺🥺

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@Enter321]

Awesome. This is called Legend Level.

[@nikolailockertsen]

Haha, thank you, but still far from Klaus level!

[@CoachDale_TopNotchMuayThai]

I loved this, thank you so much. I’m going to start to get into animation on Procreate. Just starting to watch videos on it, this one was really great

[@yourhomearts]

WOW amazing! Really impressed ✨🤍

[@nikolailockertsen]

Thank you :-)

[@byte2600]

A true master that we get to watch today. I am a huge fan. I had to rewrite this as I compared him to Jim lee who is my favorite artist but is on the wrong side. I am just thrilled that I get to watch Nickoli and am blown away each time. Definitely going to try take his courses. Definitely the bob ross of the iPad and procreate and I say that with the deepest respect and reverence I have. ,

[@gracenotfound6110]

Holy crap dude you are super talented! Almost thought this was a movie! :O