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😭

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@GalacticChimp]

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

[@LannyLeArtist]

Yeah

[@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

[@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.

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

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

[@oldhbruna]

You are amazing Toniko, thank you for doing these.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@priscillasalomo6589]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@lesliegordon9147]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@keybyss98]

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

[@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.

[@vinucyrus4621]

Toniko, excellent! I still remember your personal project!

[@OcioCamaraMx]

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

[@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

[@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!!!)

[@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

[@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! :)

[@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

[@yen_bm]

most educational animation youtube channel out there.

[@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.

[@Radude33]

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

[@riccandar9305]

Thank you for helping us

[@AnthonyMTG]

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

[@SilvestrStalonovic]

Thanks alot!

[@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.

[@RabuHina]

People like and others are the reason why I want to draw again and try to get into animation :)

[@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.

[@saiwestfield]

I used the trace and place technique before even knowing how to keep my drawings consistent. I didn’t really know how, so I just tried it out and it worked well. The first times when I tried it, I felt so bad because I thought it would count as cheating. But then I learned that you are allowed to use tricks and different methods to work with animation. Thank you for this video! I think you described all of them, but mostly the trace and place very well!

[@Teymur39]

Your tutorials give me not only good tips but much inspiration. Thanks!

[@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!

[@lulum1656]

Just what I was looking for the whole week! TY

[@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"

[@jessicahanimator]

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

[@TechnetiumTheDragon]

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

[@slightlyembittered]

Your animation is always lovely.

[@TheOneWhoAnimates]

just what i wanted thanks

[@AliteralA10warthog]

I forgot there’s a beginning and end frame first before in between frames, I used this for the first time and ooo it looks good

[@aliciaabdullah]

i don't even have an interest in doing animation but the waving dog in the into is always so cute that i end up watchinf the videos lol

[@yuvaroo_animation]

You're a legend. Thank you for this breakdown.

[@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 🙂

[@kelasphotoshop2023]

Great explaination. I enjoyed the fruitful sharing of you.

[@zorrothescoundrel]

what a wonderful channel I discovered

[@guckmyman]

your drawing skills are insane!

[@iron2steel]

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

[@fantasy6245]

I am a HUGE fan of Tiny Nomad. So glad I found your channel!

[@FoundMyBrave]

This video was awesome. I love your personality! This was so fun to watch. And of course super helpful! ❤

[@jorgesanchez3403]

Mind blown! 🤯

[@mariigoldenn]

Your videos always keep me hyped up to animate, thank you so much man ❤

[@kiteelzebub6475]

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

[@ElinaNoodles]

Definitely saving this for a while. Thank you for this video!

[@KatHarpy]

never heard of a couple of these techniques but ive somehow been using them!

[@sadcena7204]

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

[@cloudshifter]

That's a rather easy solution, build a turn arround reference sheet and then you have a ready angle of the character to copy no matter what direction the character is facing. Then tween their expression to what fits.

[@PilferpupCartoons]

This was awesome and super helpful! Thank you so much!!!

[@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!

[@maximisxxx]

Thank you!

[@TheOfficialKingIdea]

Thank you so much for these tips, I just started to want to get into 2d animation since I do stop motion, so these tips are sooo helpful, Thanks!

[@Gulpman1]

Easy to understand and helpful. Thank you

[@lbrtvlldr]

Great video, Toniko!

[@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??

[@theanimxyz]

These tips are great! I will utilize them on my way to learn animation!

[@sealbatross]

Awesome tips! Love the placeholder tip :)

[@McZee_Sketch]

wish that there were more in depth tutorials for toon boom :/ most of the tutorials i see are for the tools in the most expensive version, awesome video like always though!! :)

[@arjunpradeep5078]

This is what I need!!! Really useful Toniko!! Thank you so much!!!

[@janelle9998]

FINALLY I found the right video

[@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179]

Quality information! Subscribed. I think I'll binge you videos this week 😂👍

[@vishalraval3344]

Thank you

[@LukeTheDukeYT]

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

[@bliss_gore5194]

4:55, GORDON FREEMAN, IN THE FLESH!

[@danielleporat344]

Thank you Toniko! This video is really helpful.

[@philosophyfrog2653]

This is great! Thank you for sharing!

[@StevenHolmes-o7o]

Many thanks

[@rt-vl]

5:00 didnt expect to find gordon freeman here

[@s0ne01]

AWESOME, this is exactly what i needed

[@carloslainez2238]

thanks for this video!! exactly needed this information

[@revion6682]

i love this channel man

[@coffeekat-]

interesting and super helpful!

[@RobertsReviews]

Great Video.

[@eamonn_3]

Great explanations, keep it up!

[@hoshie1328]

the tips are really helpful! thanks!!

[@Fishnberg]

these tips not just helps with animation even works like comics and help as well..

[@filipemecenas]

This is soo good , thanks !!!!

[@graysbygrace]

Really helpful video.

[@Haphazard-Nugget]

I love this man

[@arjb1046]

Bro. I have a problem with maintaining volumes in inbetweening. Thank you for this video. This'll help immensely.

[@BrendaMaryanArt]

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

[@kiraunos2269]

THANK YOU 😭😭😭😭

[@kingcabbage9502]

Thank you so much for all you do! This is a great resource!!!

[@Flutter_Aeina]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much!

[@spectrumanimation8180]

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