5 ways to animate FASTER 

Animators who take way too long on their animations rise up! Edit: we should start a club or smth

6. Draw super fast

0:12 THIS!!! ☝ Not only video references are essential for truly visualizing body mechanics (which is impossible to properly invent without years of experience), but it's also a tremendous time saver when it comes to brainstorming since in-character acting or improv is an amazing source of inspiration for how a character should move in a shot (trying to figure this stuff out while animating is not only lengthy but can also lead to inconsistent/awkward/faked results). One of our supervisors on feature films REQUIRED us to gather/record references before animating. And for people who think it's cheating, then let me tell you, EVERYONE cheats in the industry (Disney, Dreamworks, Illum, Fortiche...).

having adhd makes it rlly difficult to stay on the one task. i have to constantly change tasks other wise i get rlly bored

i've learned over time that, as an indie animator, and being the only person working on my animated series, it is better to actually get something out, rather than waste time trying to perfect every little thing. so, my animation is choppy, my lines aren't polished, and my characters go off model. but i also have produced 3 episodes so far, it usually takes about a month to make each episode, and i'm about halfway finished animating the fourth episode. so, my advice? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT!! also, smear frames. utilize them whenever possible :D

I really appreciate how snappy this video is, as someone who struggles to watch longer informational videos cause I struggle to sit through 10+ minute vidoes for art help

a lot of youtubers waist peoples time by drawing out things that don't need to be, but you got strait to the point with it and I can really admire you for that.

I started dipping my toes into animation for fun lately while I prepare my portfolio in character design. I’m already getting a ton of use from each video, thank you!

This is gonna be SERIOUSLY HELPFUL when it comes to making our new animated series - thank you so much for making this

I love how short yet packed with helpful tios your videos are

you following that curve at that end was satisfying

As a beginner animator, I find this so helpful as I want to eventually produce full animated videos in the near future, so thank you for these really helpful tips

Great and informative video, I appreciate you getting straight to the tips, no bs, in a quick concise manner! Thank you!

I love how you straight forward to the explanation! The others usually talking about unnecessary things for like- almost 1 minutes. Thank you, this helps me so much 💟 !

Ahhh i love how concise this tutorial is!!! Thanku sm for this :D

Hello :) I consider myself a beginner animator and this video was helpful. I've done other animations in the past but I gave up for a while on it, and now I'm restarting at animating. I searched 'How to animate faster'(Because I don't want to take longer than 2 months if possible 😅) and found your video! It has very helpful tips and I learned a couple of tips :D(especially the pen stabilizer lol I'm a noob🤣). I'm almost done with one animation but will be sure to use these tips on my next one :P In the near future I'm interested in creating digital art, so will be sure to check out your other videos :) Thank you, I'm a new subscriber ^_^

Great advice! Keep up the amazing videos! :)

Love that this was straight to the point.

Yes yes yes! This is so much needed!

The last tip was something that i need to hear i will practice tracing better my line with a good pace thank you.

Respect that the videos are easily digestible and short!!❤

I never even thought of the first tip and I could for sure use that! like I definitely need that!!! Thank you!

AHHH THANK YOU! I been taking forever with my animations THIS WAS QUITE HELPFUL!!

Best video I've seen about it. It is very explanatory, simple and direct. Thank you so much!

How havent i thought of the character sheet!! Thanks so much for sharing that tip, im going to start working on my reference now !!

This was a very helpful and straight to the point video, thank you!

Dang. This video goes hard. Really good info straight to the point.

I've just started animation and these are helping a ton, thanks!

This was such a helpful video! Very clear and concise especially for a beginner animator, thank you much !!!

Short and simple advices, Thank you!

THIS IS AMAZING .. short, straight to the point and helpful ... TY

Awesome video and animations!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

I loved your videos ❤

Thank you for the tips. Needed this

Really nice! As an animator myself, I've noticed I do some of these already, it's really useful!

These tips are so good!!! Thanks!!

Subscribed thank you! Explained well and all solid wisdom!

holy mother of moly this was concise, well-worded, and so so helpful!! thanks :)

I've found that if I need super precise lines, it's actually easier to crank up the tools for that and then draw with the mouse. Usually works best with the tools set so that there is a bit of a delay between the cursor and the line, and then just go slow. If I try using the pen then I have less control and have to still redraw multiple times.

I wasn't expecting actually helpful stuff but man THANK YOU you actually have real advice that isn't common sense

I loved this video sm🙏

Finally! A video that is helpful and doesn’t waste time! AmaZing!!!! I AM SUBSCRIBING

This literally helped me in every way

Great tips, thank you so much!

Thx! I turned a lot better at animating! ❤

Great advice! Thanks!

thanks, you are the only channel that really cares about do it FASTER !!!

Thanks for this advices !!!

Ayee!! ty for the tips

Love your art style!!!

😊 Thanks for sharing your experience with us

These videos are very informative!!

I shall take notes , im currently animating a series and this will help alot

thank you ! also can you make a video explaining how you animated that character at 0:31 seconds, mainly how you maintain proportions and how you added the clothes to the character

Amazing straight to the point :)

Thanks for the info

These tips are really good!! I've been studying animation for a while but my execution still needs work :( Something I might add for the last one about lines is that if it's going wrong too many times - take a break and do somethign else, either another activity entirely or work on another part of the animation before you come back to it and try again :)

Thank you for your tips!!🎉❤❤

I have to animate a 2 minute video for a class assignment. It doesn’t sound that bad until you realize I spent two hours for 10 seconds of animation. This really helps and I will be able to turn it in on time 😊

Nice video! good simple tips for beginners and pros

how did i just find out about your channel?! this is great!

LOOOOVVVEEEE YOOOOUUUU for thissss!!! Thank youuuuu! Subbed!

I concur!

For me I use smear frames sometimes to create motion sometimes, it really helps!

Good advice, thanks 👍

Holy cow. I've never received so much insight before actually trying any of those methods... I got this...

Succinct and really helpful.

Some excellent tips here! I have a nasty habit of adding more and more frames where one could get away with less.

Great video! 🎉

God thank you so much

Additional tips for animators who use TVPaint: 1. Make heavy, and I mean HEAVY use of the B spline spline function for long smooth lines. If you want a taper, make your size graph an upside-down parabola and set it to fade. This lets you make vector lines using points and rasterize them, and is way easier to use than bezier. This helps create smooth lines extremely fast and saves an insane amount of time when in-betweening (while also improving precision). 2. Make use of the Alpha curve function when resizing/rotating existing frame elements onto another frame. When you rotate or resize an existing element, the line quality will drop and the edges become blurry. Go into the fx panel, search for “curve” under the color section, and set your “alpha” graph to a shape that looks like a spline (adjust to your own liking. The more extreme the spline gradient is, the sharper your edges become. This helps to clean up your lines and is especially effective on brushes that already have textured edges. Alpha curve can also be used to make cool effects if you animate blurred elements then sharpen them. Hopefully these tips have helped a TVPaint animator out there :>

thank you 😭

As someone who never animate before I find this pretty usefull

THANK YOU

great. all of this are helpful

Segments, depending on how your brain organizes things depends on how you should break down the different segments of work.

Im trying to make a show but i really dont know how but tyy for the tips!

I need to animate in certain ways to keep my attention lol. I’ll storyboard first, my least favourite process. Then I’ll animate each frame/scene an finish it, then move onto the next. helps me gain good progress and want to finish.

This is a really good video 👍

one minute in and im bowing lol, thankyou!

Figured i'm the type of animator who likes doing it by scene or by cut. Seeing the final animation gives me motivation to do it again, and, again. I cant seem to finish a project when I do it one by one. Like, finishing all the sketch from start to end, then moving on to lineart, and so on.

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As a 2D animator, i find myself making these mistakes quite often. thank you, this video was very helpful. ( :

Thanks, GOD bless you.

Hey this is really helpful epically for me since im trying to get into animation but i just dont agree with reusing poses,emotions,or frames i dont know it just fills so...dead doing that thats why ill always redraw every frame even if i get burned out...its just more life like to me but i still like this video its still go lots of tips and tricks that help

That very last clip was a flex

1:00 I'm SOO glad to hear this mentioned. I remember when I first started animating, that I thought copying/reusing frames would he seen as lazy- but I managed to convince myself it was fine if it looked good :'D 🤌🏽

GOOD WORK

Thank you, Ma'am.

Ty for this video I need help fr

We killing Times with this one

One thing I keep doing on my animation page is starting over and changing the characters clothes. I think I gotta calm down on changing the outfits so much

me looping my animation wip over and over again to see if somethin changes

Thanks for the vid. For the final way, I use Adobe Illustrator. Also, you've just earned yourself a new subscriber.

thank u

thanks for not making it 15 minutes longer than it needs to be

strange, it always seemed to me that doing both line art and colour at the same time felt faster. Nice short tut btw

I once made 2 full animations on PowerPoint presentation one was 2 minutes and the other was 4. I made them both in 1 to 4 months

Good video