What separates Good Animation From Great Animation?

[@alekdavid]

9:59 Legend says this was the first default dance

[@artloveranimation]

I’ll try to keep this short, but I have to say it... James Baxter is my hero. 💜 I loved watching animated movies as a little kid, (and still do,) but Spirit was very special to me. I watched the movie and the bonus feature video of him showing how to draw Spirit, a million times. It sparked my passion to grow as an artist and eventually draw like him. His video had drawing tips that I still remember and use today. I had a passion to teach myself how to draw, and that passion still burns in me to this day, as I now have started to make my own animations on Adobe Animate/Flash in my senior year of high school, and prepare to major in illustration this fall. I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have art in my life. And part of that is thanks to James Baxter. Someday I’ll have to thank him in person.

[@zondwhomlovesjesus8444]

May God bless you ❤️

[@lissacarmona8777]

Thank you for creating this channel.

[@dringar]

u better get an A on that thingy

[@HowardWimshurst]

lets hope so

[@amihiroshi576]

Hmm Interesting he better

[@Kakiloaded]

Howard Wimshurst and did you get the A 😅

[@dillonwright13]

James Baxter is probably one of the greatest animators of all time, probably the Milt Kahl of our day in terms of animation quality, James even said he was inspired by Milt.

[@squareoneanimations4033]

Hey, the animatic looks good so far. Not sure how much time you have left, but whenever I work on any type of big project I find it helps to just walk away for a few days and come back with a fresh set of eyes. Good luck.

[@johngddr5288]

Definitely...

[@lesliesalas6389]

Square One Animations Well said.

[@varm988]

I can't afford eye surgery, let alone art school

[@eddielufe8897]

bro the key of any good animation, movie, shorts, cartoon anything is the story it self, if the story is bad then what ever come next even if the animation is perfect no one will care . it wont matter if the quality is good or not , still it wont hurt if the quality is fine, but after spending the time getting the story right. the one that will capture your audience then jump to what ever come next , your plot is your key , your premise ! good luck and I also like your animation

[@41-siddharthabehera6]

True

[@balloonsdraws]

Man im learning so much thank you.

[@veganandatheist]

10:11 brought a smile to my face😃😄😂😁

[@S4LeagueTBKing]

The Dancing animation made my day to be honest. :)

[@charitablanimations]

That's strong animation

[@Kalaxian80animations]

That animation is really well done!

[@CabblowStudios]

Great advice about studying great actors/actresses/performers. I'm definitely going to try that out.

[@veganandatheist]

you have given me an idea when you mentioned Michelangelo (hope i spelled it right) now I want to learn somethings about his artstyle, also, great video.

[@wrighton959]

Love your videos dude. You've really inspired me with animation. Keep up the good work :-)

[@hotpopcorncake]

I like listening to this channel and making up what I need to work on. I love watching bad animation as bad junk food for animation for me. Just as I love watching bad movie and music it help me relax.

[@LiamTaylor]

Dude these Videos are Amazing!!! They're really helping with my Animation Degree

[@Ryan.Lohman]

Allot of what you mention is in Richard Williams "Animator's Survival Kit," but you go into a bit more detail. I'm envious that you live in the U.K.

[@jiraiyaapprentice5733]

Awesome video, and the james baxter dancing at the end? Priceless 👌

[@basicsyphilis8]

Wow it’s looking great so far. Still no animation done on my side 😔 but getting lots of drawing done for now. Also trying to save up for a iPad so I can do some actual animation & not my Nintendo DSLX that has the flip note studio. Pretty much got most of the basics done on there just need more practice. Thank you for sharing & much love

[@cvanims]

It's so weird--when you mentioned characters showing thought, I immediately thought of Robert De Niro and how his eyes can tell how his body is going to act next, and not only did you mention studying actors, but you mentioned Robert De Niro AND studying their eyes for movement.

[@clayballard6400]

Haha, awesome! Best of luck to you on your work, I know it’ll be amazing!

[@BundaBear]

Ooh I hope you can eventually upload that full animation after your assignment is over :D

[@SAMURAI_GLOBAL]

It's interesting in how you use process that doesn't break copyright although it's hard to find the right people to acquire the rights. I like animation example that came from someone you keep in touch with. The fps is yet in a draft, but has a quality of smooth movement. I believe what I saw was at 24fps which the normal standard for 2D animations.

[@BUTTRUU]

Youre a huge Inspiration

[@AklaX]

how do u achieve these painting after drawing the animation in black and white ?

[@studioflame-eye1493]

You are so talented

[@swggygamer7251]

great video how could you develop drawing from your imagination ?

[@lucasbicalho7703]

what an amazing channel, just discovered it ! btw, the discord invitation is not working anymore :(

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@christophermontalvo9443]

I have a request! Do you Know how animators draw battle scene and the character fist's are going so fast that it gives the illusion that there is multiple fist's Could you do it animation tutorial on how to do that???? Pls

[@gabriellas_fan]

Ik this is a year late, but if you still need advice lol. I think when that happens in animation, it’s not just an illusion that they have multiple hands, I think the animators actually draw separate hands to tie the animation together. They’re called animation smears if you’d like to look up more about them. (I’m not rlly sure how they work, since I’m still a beginner, but I hope this was a start to answer your question!)

[@threeamigos4725]

For example: Diamond Jack

[@andrasstrojan7020]

Are you can make animation whit 3D animation program?

[@jayakumarseenivasan]

Thanks for sharing videos... Can I know about your pen pad?

[@TedBalaam]

I can’t wait for Encounter! Its looks like the perfect film for your kind of fast paced frame by frame action sequences

[@b.simon_art]

U deserve more subs.

[@RMAnimations]

I have learned so much from you

[@olianims]

Damn u got access to so much music

[@homulity5293]

yo, i have been loving animation as a whole for a while, and i recently decided that i wanted to animate, specifically i wanted to combine my love for music and animation and make my own animated music video. i know my goal is very ambitious, and would take any good animator a long time, but i would like your opinion, where should i start?

[@felipevece]

Which program are you usin?

[@iranariel696]

I like it, and thanks , im learning so much ,sorry for my english, i'm from México

[@LunyMilky]

It's really fun that piece :'j Yeah i get it; what we feel through animation is very personal, I guess we have to put a little bit of us in it in order for someone have something to take from what we animate :'j

[@AndreasWilfer]

Hello, I just found your channel and I'm liking what I see. :-D I have a question about your recommended software though, after watching your "Why I'm Quitting Adobe Flash / Animate" video, I would like an update video (or in the "About" section) about: what your thoughts about TVPaint after these.. 4 months?

[@SanzoKun]

i can see you have the old Cintiqwx. Do you mind me asking what arm/mount you are using? I've been thinking of getting one for my one but the most recommended ones i found in old forums are very expensive

[@AchHadda]

are you using Krita in thee first video ?

[@thinthle]

I agree with most of what you said except the line milage thing my animation/art teacher says that it usaully leads to what he refers to as an *deluxe pizza*. And you can easily loose yourself in the lines/details. So while maybe good for illustratating not so much for painting and animation. Or did you mean milage just as in practising ? Because if that's the case ignore my comment.

[@paxonite-7bd5]

Have you tried pixel art for animation and polishing the lines later Japanese animators do that for a good flow in animation

[@polrusstomakriss9001]

thats very intresting i may have to heck to out for when im working on that field of artwork

[@paxonite-7bd5]

Michael Neal their is an animator called Kay ani on twitter That's where is saw this style

[@polrusstomakriss9001]

sagar chowdhary wow i just checked it out, it looks amazing do you know if what pixel animation software it's called? I want to check out the software if they have it

[@danielmagal8716]

What software is that?

[@Jdillust]

Do you use a drawing pad or do you use the mouse on the computer?

[@legoduckie]

Appeal: when you look at a Rebecca Sugar animation and go “damn, that’s wiggly piece of art, but in a good way”

[@amerahmedsamir5841]

can someone please tell the name of this program ?? i think its very cool and good work

[@adildraws]

Wonderful information

[@Justjunda]

Howard is there any way I can join the discord group? It said it's expired :(

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! Here's a new link discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@superbob8791]

Hey I went to join the discord (I just tapped the link on mobile) and it says the link isn't valid or has expired, does anyone know anything about that?

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@GameDevAraz]

Expression...

[@spoooom]

NICE VID SENPAI

[@HowardWimshurst]

thank you 😅

[@spoooom]

+Howard Wimshurst

[@spoooom]

+Howard Wimshurst i will animate with u some day, I WILL!!!!

[@spoooom]

AAAAAAAAAAAA

[@arjun3575]

I'm watching this video and it makes me feel so bad because I can't even animate a stickman and then ibis Paint X ad suddenly pops out.... Are we here just to suffer

[@tomasfu0]

I´m very happy that I discover your channel. Well, I want to make you a Question, Why dont you use OpenToonz? If u can adress it in another video I will see it. Thanks very much

[@gabbieleah8081]

Where can I watch your animations??? Do you have a separate channel for your animations?

[@notoriousadrian4369]

plz someone tell me what is the animation program called plz

[@deadlypop3799]

animate cc

[@deadlypop3799]

or u can get any of the adobe flash versions , basically previous versions of animate

[@thepixel9852]

The invitation of the discord channel has expired ): Can you send me another link?

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@AwkwardPain]

hmm, Discord invitation is invalid or expired? man I suck with technology! :\

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@jamesjr5859]

Can you show us how to make anime fight scene

[@umarakasorrynoob4645]

What's your favorite brand of chips

[@HowardWimshurst]

I would have to say either skips or wotsits if you are talking about crisps (I'm English)

[@darix_3944]

Good animation do 12 principles animation. Great animation clean line with Arc smooth movement with no relying on draft trulyonly finishing consistent linework of straith ahead technique of movements that brings life and consciousness of character.

[@deadlypop3799]

it says the invite has expired for discord

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@deadlypop3799]

thanks man :")

[@mybestfriendsavampire667]

I'm sorry what do you use to animate

[@HowardWimshurst]

TVPaint

[@livelife1197]

I already like drawing and watching the animatics make me feel like animating but I'm a noob so...😥

[@CrazyW.]

Just subbed

[@Skullfurious]

Discord link expired

[@HowardWimshurst]

Sorry! discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@WinstonWilliamsofficial]

Nice!

[@Rio-ht2xk]

His First frame is my final result

[@TheMainCharacter]

What's the discord?

[@HowardWimshurst]

discord.gg/KqhwrfC

[@TheMainCharacter]

Howard Wimshurst thanks dude. I'm not the best artist. In fact this is my first few months even trying art. But I love animation. I've worked a lot in 3d animation so I thought that this discord challenge might be the push I need to see what I can do

[@HowardWimshurst]

Oops the link expired, here's the new one discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@cybertaku3845]

sorry but have you seen that one levi scene

[@saint_iri]

👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@Mosobot64]

Your discord link is expired. T.T

[@HowardWimshurst]

sorry i will have a new link up soon!

[@HowardWimshurst]

discord.gg/p3MHCFb

[@Icecodes]

This is why traditional will always be superior to puppet animation

[@quixotic7920]

Hold up James Baxter? Anyone else think of adventure time?

[@Orion_Santana]

Wow

[@Lebre_]

Like

[@user-kg8gq1nz9j]

Oi