The Future of Animation and Grease Pencil

"The future of animation and Grease Pencil" by Daniel Martinez Lara
Blender Conference 2018
Saturday 27 October at the Theater.
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[@4mb127]

Grease Pencil is a breakout success. I want to thank these guys for having such a great forward vision.

[@rahimpowell3508]

How much is Grease Pencil?

[@PerErik87]

@@rahimpowell3508 I'm afraid I have to dissapoint you Blender is totally free and you can't pay for it, the grese pen is a function in the beta, on their website(It's in the stable to with less functions). But if you wan't to pay, join the development fund.

[@JonasViatte]

I'd be so happy if hand drawn 2D style comes back to big films and 3D studios =D!

[@RevRonin7]

Spider-verse is the way of the future tbh. It's superior, visually, to pretty much everything 2D animate... ever...

[@GribGFX]

I disagree Raptu Jragon Producing. 2d animation can look better and it has. For example; Redline, Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man, All quality character animation in old 1990's Traditional animated movies from Disney and Dreamworks and don't even get me started on how beautiful Kizumonogatari is. I believe Spiderverse is the start of the mix of 3D and 2D animation coming together properly.

[@diocre7446]

Akira is the Elixir of Anime.

[@cashboston166]

Pro trick: you can watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@augustusnova8245]

@Cash Boston Yup, have been using flixzone for years myself =)

[@Zyragonn]

Ive been animating in flash for years and i came into conclusion that it would be nice to just make some half 3d half 2d animating style, and now i found blender! You are my saviours!

[@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174]

How is it going?

[@Zyragonn]

@@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174 I went back to adobe xD

[@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174]

@@Zyragonn the new blender updates are even more awsome

[@IIIspirit]

I love how such bold experimentation is possible in open source applications, what a great tool this is, wonder if sculpting can get ideas out of it, and use some of the code too

[@xox8717]

once everything nodes and asset manager projects are added , they will make ever thing better, and soon grease pencil will work with both Cycles and EEVEE so u can have grease pencil object interacting with 3d environment/ lighting....etc the possibilities are endless

[@tunaroll3957]

I was never able to get into Blender due to its weird UI.. up until the newest 2.8 beta.. OMG! what a lights year of improvement in UX and UI! Congrats Blender team!

[@artedesing]

I'm studying Blender 3D in depth, I dropped Maya 3D and I see that the future will be 3D Blender worldwide, not because it is free, but because it has a team that thinks a lot ahead and that makes all the difference for 3D and 2D artists a lot. thank you for freeing me !!!

[@prav2432]

my message to blender community: *don't stop !*

[@brunaf.1842]

This gonna change the industry!!

[@MrDanINSANE]

I hope to see a better brush-engine like in other 2D software, it feels very limited now. But the idea of 2D inside Blender is still an amazing thing, keep up the good job!❤️

[@drewwellington2496]

(commenting 1 year later, the new brush strokes happening in 2.9 are blissssssssssssssss)

[@gisellemarte]

this is so freaking exciting because I just started learning blender and im inlove!!! I want to learn grease pencil so to combine 2s and 3d together. I love how community based this program is.

[@keshav_p]

U are going to be a major part of the story of many animation companies.. and talented people who couldn't afford much at their age...really a great effort!

[@Omegawerewolfx]

the environment @16:32 is flat out amazing, the way the reflection changes in the water.....just fantastic

[@benceze]

This is great because modelling & rigging creates the uncanny valley in human characters & 2D drawing gives everything a stylised effect. Just have to brush up on my drawing techniques & the only limit is my imagination.

[@HowIDraw]

So amazing! Like combining hand draw illustrations in a claymation like enviroment. Sign me up!

[@HowIDraw]

@Tactical Exosuit Hey there! I totally appreciate it. So many thanks for following. :)

[@GlebNikolaevskii]

The best thing is... IT’S FREE

[@mb.3d671]

yes! an artist dream come true in 2019!! historic

[@ezrolly898]

Goodbye Toon Boom. Goodbye TVPaint.

[@tobymdev]

nuuuu tv paint is the best for pixel art

[@kizz06]

@@tobymdev however its a nightmare for compositing

[@tobymdev]

@@kizz06 performance wise it does falter, but it has a really straight forward interface

[@kizz06]

@@tobymdev except for the multiplane camera...

[@tobymdev]

@@kizz06 hahahahha i agree with that.

[@DavidBrown-sp6hm]

Ive done both 3d and 2d and found limits for each and wanted to combine them myself. Imagine not having to learn warped perspectives without rotoscope......whaadddd this is just wow

[@m.tayyab6952]

Love you blender,,,

[@FuriousTedyBear]

I feel very proud of myself that I can somehow make out 90% of what he's saying. This when an accent is cool and convenient he sound smart.

[@ZipDraw]

I've been playing with it for days now. It's been fun.

[@J-Hue]

I like the look and potential of it a ton. The 3d depth it captures stands out the most to me.

[@pm1234]

Finally! My Vive was waiting for this for a long time (and I can sell my OSVR HDK2 if someone is interested). I bought Gravity Sketch and it has nice features. Real time lip sync and facial expression while animating are next :)

[@pushanjoardar3185]

BLENDER 2.8 is a fantastic software!!!!

[@Silvanor0]

When traditional 2d drawing page to page evolves to this.....We know soon that animation will change forever in the future if it evolves even more.

[@fioreirving]

This was fantastic! Saw Glen Keane do something like this and I’ve been DYING to try it. Already started yesterday and it works great. I love animating, don’t really care about specialty brushes and all that nonsense. I can animate with a notepad and pencil. This is amazing because it moves in 3d space with a 2d look. Exactly what Keane said is the future of 2d

[@RTX-zo2yc]

blender you are amazing,,i love you and Daniel Martinez Lara good job i can see my future with blender

[@julianwildauer]

Thank you so much devs!❤️

[@tecnoblix]

This feels like a real-time creative video game generator. Not generating games, but image rendering. Very cool.

[@JasperCousins]

I'm so glad to see one of the big modeling softwares embracing VR, especially as its Blender, my favorite of them :)

[@WARDISWARD]

I remember his tutorial scen for 3d max 5 , pete something with an army helmet Great to see him using blender now

[@JoshuaMerrill042]

keep up the good work guys!! 2.80 is already awesome and we are all looking forward to the final release! -- P.S. Right Click Select Forever!!

[@dagoelius]

This will be amazing in the hands of someone who can truly draw.

[@puravida2851]

Blender is a magical place

[@hanswesker8455]

Mr. Lara is a top-notch presenter!

[@RhysChristian490]

This is so fucking sick! I’m squirming to get my hands on it! And bless this guys heart for trying so hard to speak English! ❤️

[@toonflix3757]

For me it doesnt really matter if blender team has a deadline or a release date for the final release blender. it doesnt matter at all u can take ur time and build it for the better. blender team is giving all of their efforts for the sake of all of us and note this is for free blender team should take all the credits from their blender users. Im sure in the next few months or years after this release all of their efforts will paid off.... Kudos.

[@jaythermo6937]

ok I have to say this which may be nothing to anyone else but I so taking a back when I saw Daniel Lara on this video, a little history I remember starting out using 3d software during 97-99 and he had a small website with a few snimation and still from working on MAX i thought it was the coolest thing because he made pepe when he was in recovery in the hospital. 3D was a whole different world back then Now I'm watching blender tutorials to see he did Hero it's like whoa... that's cool. (I had more to say but for the sake of typing, time and etc) memories ahhhh..

[@allan5996]

I love seeing this stuff in VR! its amazing!

[@Chromiumg]

I wish he didn't talk over the whole two minute thing by Disney.

[@scottmartin7717]

This looks so wonderfully badass

[@Sam-rz3rd]

18:19 Does anyone have any info/links on the artist that the CC tells me is "Goro Food Eater"? EDIT: LOL it's "Goro Fujita"

[@theartoftk1]

hes also a food eater

[@adevilscupoftea]

I'm still in a dream FOOD EATER

[@elKachivache]

Funny thing, in my subtitles it was translated as Gordo Fujita (FAT Fujita in spanish) LOL XD

[@ZeyuRen]

This kind of technology changed my life

[@vagizz]

I worked some years back as a 3d artist in tripleA and now Im a 2d guy for casual games. Im into animation while im not strictly animator so this is perfect for me.

[@hombreerana]

"okay?" -Daniel Martinez Lara, 2018

[@webgpu]

Nothing like a good animation in "BR" (Birtual Environment, in spanish)

[@hozcar30]

It's "Virtual"

[@igorjee]

¡Yesss, Birtual Enbairomen!

[@jascrandom9855]

18:15 That looks like straight out of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Its Absolutely Beautiful.

[@Drstrange3000]

I know right! My jaw dropped. So stunning!

[@nesnahmik]

The artwork is just awesome

[@joshuasindiga1788]

Grease Pencil, this is wonderful, i need to learn this.

[@Fby02]

Oh my god this is amazing.

[@migmindy]

INCREDIBLE. yes yes yes, that looks brilliant

[@masterneme]

So this is basically Tilt Brush but better.

[@xox8717]

yep, and soon grease pencil will work with both Cycles and EEVEE so u can have grease pencil object interacting with 3d environment/ lighting....etc the possibilities are endless

[@maelstrom2313]

Yep, I knew there was a reason I hadn't bought Tilt Brush yet. It seems closer to a toy than a tool.

[@conspicuous.8163]

Someone remembers Tilt Brush? 😮

[@Will-vj5bc]

I loved this guy's performance in the Ice Cream Man.

[@RobertHildebrandt]

16:32 I love this scene. Does someone know the full name of the artist?

[@TechCarnivore1]

Nobody knows... :(

[@RamiSlicer]

Grease pencil sounds very useful.

[@_yuri]

it is dude and it is only getting more stable and faster

[@dedouze]

Very inspiring conference ! Anyone knows which artist is the london VR scene from ? at 17:15 ? Would be nice if the video could link to all the videos in the description

[@FlyinBoi]

Whoa its the blender king of 2d 3d animation

[@Ntorial]

It will be great competition. Since adobe also starting project aero

[@unaddan]

Beware, Blender is conquering

[@Fadetoblackcollective]

THIS IS AWESOME

[@PhysicsMosses]

Glad!

[@dante_ele]

This is amazing. I find the animation a but stuttering. But overall this tool is freaking amazing.

[@souper_z]

3d + 2d = very fun and good

[@the_grass_trainer]

HERO was AWESOME! Braaah!

[@AdamBechtol]

SOOO COOOOL!

[@torinux4980]

Wait, WAIT a fucking minute... I had a hard time understanding what this guy said, but are you telling me this is 2D animation? but developed in a 3D ambient? holy shit!

[@Polycrest]

Awesome presentation

[@Hunty.]

The only problem I have with it is that a lot of it really looks 3D it doesn't have the same visual effect. I hope that someday there can be some type of tech that allows people to animate the way you do in 3D with keyframes. I know rigging exists but it can only do so much in 2D. It can't really handle perspective changes.

[@sigrid714]

PoseVR looks interesting but it's only an R&D project right now. I've only played around with a few of the early software tools out there so far, but I dream of the day we can see true VR posing tools in Blender. It is just so much more intuitive to pose models in native 3D space in VR while you can see them as lifelike objects in front of you, than posing them in only 2 dimensions at a time on a flatscreen. Best I can describe it is like the difference in trying to paint realistically using a mouse and juggling opacity/diameter hotkeys, vs painting it with a pen tablet screen like Clintiq with pressure sensitivity. It's just a more natural interface.

[@oudiboudib3563]

When a free software beat all expensive software out there

[@CaybyJ]

This is the kind of concept that other poor mainstream 2D/3D hybrid animations should've had.

[@zona8843]

Wow i can take a walk in wonder land, this is more like a game than watching movie

[@TheJobCompany]

OMG That's so bright!

[@sigrid714]

Wow cool, just noticed the music for Hero was composed by Oscar Araujo, the same guy who wrote the Castlevania Lords of Shadow soundtrack

[@eritreanism]

I applaud anyone learning to speak more than one language, but when you are trying to pitch and idea like this, you need to make most of your minutes on the stage to sell your idea smoothly, but his English was a major drawback.

[@yumri4]

I think he got the VR thing correct for how it should be done not how it is done right now. I am hoping Blender can take VR for both the design side and consumer / output stage better.

[@janfellstrom]

Interesting! I must try it ... In my dreams. Great if you are a 20-year-old animator.

[@cctrevisani]

I wish I had drawing skills to play 2d animations in a 3d environment like those beautiful short examples. Saúde Blender.

[@thatdudeguy7176]

Pick up the pencil start drawing then

[@levan3818]

this s awesome. Thank u so much

[@vazak11]

That was amazing!

[@kiradodstierna3184]

This is sooo coool :O I really hope to learn it someday

[@LetTheWritersWrite]

This is only going to get better with 2.8 too!

[@skidfrog]

I saw a clip about 2018 on using grease pencil to draw freehand 3D set designs that looked great but now I can't find it now ! Buildings / alleys....rock forms etc. ( no symmetry ) . I presume it would be necessary to build a rough low poly model and draw over it.....but how to draw "in the air" evades me ! Any tips or tutorials on that area of expertise similar to that beautiful London set !? Thanks !

[@安康-y4x]

i want cry , so nice and thanks!

[@Cybernaut551]

私の期待が満たされています。

[@technofeeliak]

I found it difficult to understand this man and there are some significant technical problems with this video. While I appreciate the effort that goes into these presentations and the management of this channel I think quality is important.

[@technofeeliak]

@Raphael Barros Yes, he says at the very beginning that he's from Barcelona and his very strong accent makes it obvious too. It's actually very charming, but I have to listen very closely to understand his words. There's nothing wrong with expecting to have an attentive audience, but I had so much trouble that I was about to skip this video entirely after a minute. I understand the Blender development team is a small community, but when presenting concepts to the entire world I think the delivery and quality can be improved upon. I'm not making a racist comment, I'm only pointing out what is obviously less than desirable about this video. But of course, someone has to defend this man's integrity as a contributor to the project as if that's what my comment was about. Look, I can speak both French and English, but I wouldn't feel comfortable with my less than perfect French to be a spokesperson for a product. If I were to stand in front of an audience and the world, believe me, I would make how I organize myself and speak a priority. Maybe, just maybe, someone who is more comfortable should be speaking on behalf of Blender. That's probably not in line with the spirit of what's being done, and I do recognize as I said that this is a community effort... but I think at the very least, someone with video editing skills should be cutting the video down, removing the frozen frame that appears for a few minutes at the end... If this doesn't make sense to you and you feel attacked personally, I think that might reflect on the kind of problems Blender 2.8 is likely to suffer from. I mean, how many years did it take before the right click default which everyone was having difficulty with was actually addressed? Anyway, I'm only talking about professionalism. Raising the bar a little. Making what's said clear... please and with all due respect.

[@technofeeliak]

@Raphael Barros I'm only doing what you're doing... interpreting, not making up a strawman. If you read my first comment, I spoke for myself saying that I had a hard time understanding what this man was saying. I'll point out that your reaction was to say that he made an important contribution to this tool and that you believe he's Spanish... so... his integrity... his nationality or race or culture. Why would you need to make a case for him anyway? I've also notice you didn't agree with me where I'm talking about the error in the editing process. Look, I just want these presentations to improve that's all. No one was hurt in the writing of my comment. ;)

[@firstnamelastname-pd6nj]

I can understand the accent perfectly but his use of "uhhh..." every 5 seconds is incredibly annoying

[@technofeeliak]

@@firstnamelastname-pd6nj, well I don't want to pick in this man... but yes oh my God. If it's about getting a message across to the world then... a little refinement maybe? A tiny one? I'm only speaking for myself here. I need something clear... my excuse is that I'm supposed to be autistic and so I'm overly sensitive to these kinds of things.

[@kira_15_R3D]

I agree, and practicing pronunciation is not really that hard, I was raised in barcelona as well, I just write the words on google translate and analyze the sounds and repeat the pronunciation until I get it right. My accent doesn't sound spanish, it used to, but I practiced with observation, trial and error. A Bristish man told me that my accent is like a mix between british and american. And there's no problem in understanding what I say when I talk to english speaking people.

[@gavinalan]

Walt Disney Animation Estudios

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

This is so mind-blowingly exciting for me. I'm an After Effects and Photoshop user and have never worked in a real 3D software before. How do I start? (That's an open question to anyone because I realize that everyone has their own preferred jumping off point.) I often use live video footage to onion skin against, to get the movement and timing I want. Is that possible here? Is this something that people can pick up on pretty fast? Is this part of Blender now or is it an update that's coming soon? I'd love to join that training program. Thanks.

[@JorgitoInSpace]

You can place images and story board in 3d also

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

@@JorgitoInSpace Cheers. That's fantastic. So I can take a Tiff sequence and import it to roto against a 3D setup? I was thinking of rigging a 2D looking character with a 3D rig and then move it through an environment much like at the 16:50 mark.

[@bloody_albatross]

@@christophermoonlightproduction Yes, you can use background images. They can use an image sequence as source. However, the current beta build of blender 2.80 seems to be a bit broken and the "Auto Refresh" option does nothing, so you have to click the refresh button on every frame change to see the correct image from the image sequence. So animation of these background images doesn't work at the moment. I'll report a bug...

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

@@bloody_albatross Thank you, and thanks for reporting it. I really appreciate that.

[@johnw3194]

Please improve the sculpting stroke curve to be more customizable, or allow us to use our own curves.

[@skydog0_038]

your awesome blender!🦄🐱‍🚀

[@ghostheadnow9628]

Holy cow.....this is the future? damn....

[@karlspear6729]

Where do you get the controllers?

[@josephbach1]

drawing the environment and the perspective is really cool but the character itself i don't know i think it is still faster in 2d. But the environment i can't wait i already love 360 painting and drawing.

[@jascrandom9855]

Doesn't look like any more hard work than the traditional way.

[@Hyper5nic]

Okay :-) very exciting stuff! And very much looking forward to what happens next! For editor: Maybe you can fade then cut the last 3 minutes off with grease pencil. ;-) Also, when in January 2019 is this Grease Pencil Training happening, where and how to get on board?

[@frostreaper1607]

Welp, looks like you need a VR set for the good stuff (14:40) tried doing this with a wacom but it just places strokes wherever it pleases D: Guess I'll have to wait. PS going to agree, a way of rigging those 2D painted 3D characters would be extremely amazing.

[@zackmercurys]

Great Pencil

[@KrishnaKaipa]

Amazing

[@Skyefaux]

HELL YEAH!!!!! VR grease pencil!!! I need

[@jonschroth]

Awesome. Anybody know what the Stylized Street Scene at 17:08 is from?

[@entheogenetic]

"Clint Howard's" accent is a little thick, but these are exactly the same points I've been hoping would continue to be endorsed - More VR integration PLEASE - eliminate the archaic MOUSE AND KEYBOARD HCI we are WAY too dependent on - it will launch the correct direction of ideation for many/all current and future creators and imagineers

[@jascrandom9855]

Blender 2.8 Master Race!

[@nyspace1]

I am making a thank you note to send to Blender