In betweening lesson - by traditional animator Scott T. Petersen 

I mean if your aim is traditional animation, yeah. But you don't 'need' to draw to become an animator, look at some genres like stop motion and 3d animation. And if you already know how to draw, it wouldn't necessary translate to your ability to animate, you'd still have to learn the subtleties of timing and spacing to do convincing movement, as well as the staging of your characters to tell a believable story. Again, if you wanted to do traditional animation then you NEED to draw very good and know how to be consistent, but it isn't as necessary in, for example, 3d animation. But the principles of animation stay the same in every medium.

I'd say it's definitely a good idea to start with learning to draw before moving onto animation. However, it's still very possible to get better at drawing along the way while learning to animate. So, really depends on the person and their level of patience and passion.

the thing is that animation requires another different set of skills apart from learning how to illustrate so you have to learn both

@@meowmrrrp I know how to animated I just don't know how to draw that's the thing and I don't have patience ;-;

You can start animating as early as you like! You don't have to be good at art to animate

reference isnt cheating if you draw side by side to it. But tracing over someone else’s art / the reference picture is cheating.

@@APRILartz I know that, I'm saying if you reference and interpret it into your own drawing

@MelodyMania Same!! I'm doing much better now too. Glad you can relate.

every now and then, even when I'm drawing like an OC or something, if I don't know what the pose is I just use myself. it 100% helps

I think its one of the biggest lies whenever people say " oh you cant draw without reference your not a true artist!" When reality, an advance artist always uses reference. How is one suppose to draw a tree or a boat, etc if we dont know how it looks like first? Great masters always had references of the human skull so they know whats "underneath" when they draw.

Life applies the gravity you need to learn.

Learning inbetweening was what you needed to get entry level job in animation.Being a good animator wasn't really that essential.

@@louismorel661 That's probably because in betweening has is also educational in the animation process.

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@@mysticsmoothie530 andrew😖

Ehab Subahi w-was that a pun?

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Just prove the quality of the person he is.

I know that this probably isn’t that serious and you’re just complimenting him but I still feel like there’s people who think that think that you have to do a certain thing in order for it to be “true art”. If any of ya’ll out there think that, news flash that’s wrong. Any form of anything can be an art, not necessarily within actual psychical drawings either. It could be modeling or music production or acting.

@@kottonkandy0962 literally his opinion

@@conor4d957 Not his opinion if he expresses it as though it were a fact though ;/

@@rontheron4807 I g u e s s s o

@@kottonkandy0962 absolutely right

Traditionals are rare these days, I too loved them! They're actually so time consuming so people just prefer digital over trad I suppose

Digital can be hand drawn though?

@@WolfMoonWings digital hand drawn is different then traditional hand drawn

@@ninisdesk I agree. Pretty soon, traditional hand drawn will decline in favor of digital hand drawn but still popular in Japan where it also utilizes digital hand drawn according to the TVPaint channel.

i realy found it ...you can only teach by yourself this...and watch tutorials where it looks obstacle ..no more west time on class desk learning aliens ...spending time on what u already know...

I highly recommend watching this video series about the 12 principles of animation: ru-vid.com/group/PL-bOh8btec4CXd2ya1NmSKpi92U_l6ZJd (Here's all the video in a single go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uDqjIdI4bF4.html) Just understanding these concepts gave such a huge head start in my animation class. Tonika Pantoja and Aaron Blaise are also super helpful channels! Pantoja: ru-vid.com/show-UCRTRqkhrehrY9hJJcLVUeRQ Blaise: ru-vid.com

@@alanaflynn8878 wow! thanks so much!

Bro, I took high school animation too, but alot of its content was teaching how to utilize photoshop and apply affects

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@@JosephM Man of culture found here

The short spinning animation he used as an example for the straight away method had more frames than Twinkle Nora Rock Me had in its entirety

So, at least 5.

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10:16!!!!

Human being are also very far removed from ideas like "dedication", "hard work" and "passion" nowadays so people who have the perserverence to learn and create stuff like this are waning.

@@earlyman7439 thanks for that man. I actually am an artist btw and I pride myself in my ability to work hard. Traditional animation at this level takes a literal lifetime to achieve, forgive me if I give it the praise it deserves.

Welcome to art and animation 😜

early man - no, we’re not. Not sure where you got that idea but people simply don’t wanna spend years of their life meticulously sketching, lining, and coloring each frame and putting it all together. If we have the tools to make the animation process faster, then why not use the tools available? It’s like trying to cleanly cut a cake, but instead of using the knife you try and just use your bare hands. Sure, you may get a pretty good result if you try hard enough but it’ll take you way longer and you’ll probably feel a little empty afterwards as others have already finished their slices when you’re sitting their with a chunk in hand. The point is, people aren’t getting lazy, they’re getting efficient. I highly admire anyone who still has the dedication to do any type of paper animation but in all honesty it’s a large waste of paper, ink, paint, and time. Kudos to you if you like this but when people get more efficient you shouldn’t complain about people who don’t wanna spend 10 years on one film. What’s the point of an industry if it doesn’t innovate?

My thoughts exactly

Genus Entertainment It's like viewing it without having to scan it in to a computer or something

hes animating it.

It helps to see if the frames are consistent Moving correctly and not have it morp It's like constantly playing the play button Also it can help you to focus more on the movement of your animation instead of the drawing

Very good answer. You are right on the mark.

Yeah, I've never found it helpful

I can't do neither of them xD

Both are expensive and require a lot of time and effort put in on the artist’s end. If you have enough determination you could do either one of your choosing and master it well.

What's the difference in skill?

@@SillyTaxEvader You're il.

I think that's the richest form of animation. Keep it up!

Holy shit I thought I was the only one who thought that I have a table light that’s coming tomorrow and I was struggling to grasp of wtf their talking about but I’m just glad that I wasn’t thinking of that earlier.

Its never too late to start, im actually planning on doing this for a living, bring back some of this stuff, do alp the hardwork, and get started, then call me :) lol

If you have that mindset, then you never really loved it that much to begin with. The independent animator community is huge, especially on this platform. Unless both your hands are gone, you can still always learn in order to make your own stuff and have the possibility get picked up in freelancing gigs.

psycho maniac Any

Animation paper, it has holes on the bottom that corresponds to the peg bar to keep the sheets you're working on registered correctly.

Most obliged 😁 Thanks

psycho maniac Fuck yhu B.. Askin' A dumb As Question

Printer paper

Exposure sheets are used to do this! It's a chart where the key frames are written in relativity to the over-expressed syllables of a character in the scene. Basically like this: A = Keyframe 1 O = Keyframe 2 L = Keyframe 3 The syllables would pertain to the shapes the character's mouth would be making. In this one, he might be saying "all".

Kraison Frameworks thank you! I need to do more research on traditional animation, it’s really interesting!

Here are some links to better understand things. The first two are article from the ToonBoom website and another animation site, the other is just reference sheets. learn.toonboom.com/modules/basic-concepts/topic/exposure-sheet-timeline-and-timing animateducated.blogspot.com/2017/08/organizing-your-animation-work-part-3.html?m=1 support.animationmentor.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/201034298-X-Sheet-Exposure-sheet-Templates?mobile_site=true

@@TeegMonkey No problem! If it wasn't for traditional animation, I would've never gotten into art. It's one of my passions. I'd also recommend Preston Blair's book, "Cartoon Animation", and "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams, which I've heard is excellent.

@@KraisonFrameworks OMGGGGG the same thing applies to me! Growing up with classic Disney movies totally began my love of art, now that you mention it!!!!😍😍😍😍😍 thank you!!!!!!

For Sure...!!!

treasure planet?

@@Liradu2 idk

What movie is it??

It's 101 Dalmatians

@@BoarPit I don't remember Roger looking like that

ikr

I left this video with new knowledge and a husbando lmao

you'll find plenty of irl versions in Utah. lol the character hes drawing is a Mormon missionary

whats that

@@amargapreciousmargarettee.3125 if you're asking about what a Mormon is, its what people call a church thats based out in Utah. also the members of that church. the character he designed looks a lot like the boys that are native Utahns.

Thank your good

It was real quality I bet but difficult, I'm sure!

Trust me it's easier than digital animating!

@@RAVIOLl I don't know if you'll see this question, but I'm real interested in why you say so. I've always thought digital animating was easier since you can make edits easier (you can lasso tool a limb and move it, at least for the base sketches), have easier control over onion skinning, and can preview longer clips than with traditional (to see how a movement or moment looks).

@@alanaflynn8878 Also it's far more practical and cost effective. You won't have to worry about constantly replenishing paper and drawing tools or keep track of stacks upon stacks of paper. Also some digital animation programs were made to be able to create a traditional look, like TvPaint.