MLP Animation Analysis- Winging It 

DUDE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS ALMOST 12 YEARS AGO, this is so good for being in 2012.

1. Knows what he's talking about 2. Good animator 3. Very good at explaining things 4. Ponies 5. Provides source files 6. Provides them in Flash 8 format This guy is my hero.

4:30 she smiled, but then she looked like she said "Woof". Lol

You tube randomly put this in my feed. How I didn’t see it 12 years ago is. A mystery to me lol. Great vid, thank you for the thorough explanation.

Being neurodivergent my learning process leaves me not understanding close to 0% of most RU-vid Tutorials, but these videos, from a whole decade ago is more helpful that anything else ive found!! I love em,! I wonder where he is now

That's what really impresses me about this show. They have a setup that allows them to get a lot of work out of reusable assets, and yet are able/willing to build new stuff in order to make the shot better. It's what elevates it above most Flash animation.

Excuse me, AJ, but we didn’t travel ALL over Equestria searching for you to come home without you.

this looked so much like the actual show! so awesome!!

Now I really want to learn Flash. I've only done assignments in Toon Boom and After Effects.

Omg, I had no idea how much thought, time, effort, and skill went into an animation like this. Ive got a lot of work ahead of me.

casually rewatching these after years of not looking back and i have to say- These videos were absolutely what got me interested in animation as a kid. While i'm no expert animator the analysis videos were really fun and informative, thank you for making them and keeping them listed after all these years.

The amount I used in this scene was about as much I'd ever want to use. I've definitely used more before, but each makes it more and more complicated.

6:50 And here we have the girrafe rainbow dash....In it's natural habitat

Those videos of yours are mighty inspirational mate. Seeing how you study all those little animations in depth and even build those detailed symbols to help really makes me question my own approach which is simply lazy compared to yours. I just see trough it frame by frame, occasionally scribble a rough test, and move on. But it's time to change my ways. Thank you for making these videos. And if you will blog or animate in the future I hope I won't miss it!

When I was 14 i saw this video and that was the first time I learned about flash and ever since then I been animating and I thank you for that this channel started it all

You could do the beginning of the Bat song in the bats episode. That 360 turning was great.

In all my research into animating methods I have never found something so clear and concise. HOW DID I NOT FIND THIS EARLIER!?!?!?

Thank you for showing us these tutorials and for making me appreciate more MLP

I have no intention of ever animating anything in my life, but these videos are just so.. entrancing.. And it really makes me appreciate how hard the team works just to make a "little girl's show"..

Even though I have NO experience in flash, I respect your talent and amazing skill behind the mouse! Your work is just as good as the real show! I especially like the ways in which you ensure that everything has a separate object to make it easier to link together at the end without breaking everything you've already done.. very clever!

2:43 my reaction Too good. I'm bored.

This helps me cause when I grow up I wanna be an animator, and I can start animating my most favorite thing in the world! (Mlp)

Your videos are fantastic. Not many people talk about the principles, and you do a great job explaining them clearly without watering down the ideas behind them. Always excited to see your videos on my feed!

Man, even if this channel has been dormant for almost a decade, I love returning to these animation lessons every so often just as a brush up. I havent ever used flash animation-hell I've hardly ever animated ever, but these breakdowns are so clear and concise that I've been using these as a backbone for my drawings for as long as I can remember

is there a cheaper alternative to flash? for similar animations?

0:28 My exact reaction when I see these tutorials for flash animation.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to make these. You are an incredibly skilled animator, communicator, and teacher. I can't stop watching these.

The amount of work you put into your videos is amazing, and it really shows up in the quality.

I love learning about all the work that goes into making these animations possible. You do a great job of explaining and detailing to us who aren't well-versed in animation theory.

I'm trying to animate ponies and your videos are helping a lot, thanks dude!

I doubt that you come back to check on these videos, but this is one of the bigger things that helped me get into animation when i was younger, even though I didnt have flash haha, i used flipaclip, but i dont know if you ever knew this but you do a very good job explaining the basics of animations to new beginners and I look up to you a lot for that

You teach, without ever lecturing or preaching a subject. Explaining each principle clearly, and with a natural tone that really works wonders. Thank you very much for taking the time, energy, and work that this took to show to others. It really comes across in a way that beams quality.

This is absolutely excellent! It's a true pleasure to find someone who understands animation so well and can explain it so clearly and entertainingly. I really enjoy seeing the relationship between the technical details most of us never notice or even think about, and the end product we have such an appreciation for. I'd like to do something similiar one day- except with video games- and I appreciate finding someone who has already shown such a thing can be done, and done well.

Your hours of work is really appreciated. Thanks!

Simply amazing! You literaly displayed your work in one of the most manner ways ever! You should teach this stuff proffetionaly

These are just so brilliant! I love every single one that you have done!

One of the things that confuses me is how to make a nested loop for symbols. Creating motion loops for symbols without the symbol repeating back to its first frame before it finishes (or copying and pasting the motion on the timeline and resetting the symbol frame to the one you want) as seen with the head bob by applejacks walk cycle. (my wording is horrid)

This is a mixture of stuff from the resource kit (link in the description) and stuff I made myself. Even though I keep meaning to, I've never actually used the Double Rainboom stuff.

I don't have any desire to animate, but your videos are always so interesting to watch! Thanks for taking the time to do this, and keep it up! These are awesome!

Man, I love you for these animation analyses! And I'm sure none of us would mind if you'd keep doing these :) I really should save up for a computer that can handle Flash so I can try these things myself!

It's amazing to see breakdowns like this. One would think that it takes away some of the magic of the animation but I think it adds more to see what goes into making such beauty.

Incredibly helpful, thank you so much for all the time it must have taken to make these videos.

I just have to say I'm surprised how dedicated you are to helping others. It's a nice change. From how you put down not only countless hours in each project. But also soaking hours into these videos. And then you release your work for free. Surprising indeed. Last but not least /)

YES! These are so great, I can't even begin to describe why. I really hoped more would be coming when I subscribed and now I am so glad!

Personally I draw the lines in with the line tool, convert them to fills, and then use the line tool to trim the ends to a point.

Your videos give me a clue about how much work has been put in this cartoon by the crew.

Being a self-taught animator, I am so glad I found this. For the 4 years I have been practicing without schooling, the main thing problem I had ultimately was timing, which is driving me nuts since I can't seem to get it right. But, I am so glad you posted this, because this helped me understand it much better. Granted, I may have to rewatch this several times and practice to grasp it, but that chart seemed to help a lot. I have to put more research into it. Thank you for your amazing videos C:

Thanks for uploading this on my birthday! Waking me up with this video was awesome.

A very thorough analysis and thank you! As others have put it, your videos have encouraged us to try some of this on our own. Well done!

Woo! I love these. Just started working with animation, so I can appreciate them a whole lot more now! Thanks for the video. :)

How did i not find this earlier! This is so good!!!

Thanks partner, you clarify some new aspects of animation to me in every video you do.

Oh my gosh thanks so much for explaining all of this and showing us how the wings work! I’ve been trying forever trying to figure them out for my Pegasus oc! His is gonna help a lot! And especially the celestia wing flap as well! I didn’t know that there was a bigger difference with Celestias wings and regular Pegasus wings to make them fully functional.

I am utterly amazed at this! From a 3-D animator's perspective (well, beginner's, as I haven't worked with 3-D software that long), this is actually extremely helpful in the design thinking part of any animation. Thanks so much for this!

These are going to come in so handy when my animation class starts up in spring. Please keep making them!

This actually helps me a lot because i'm taking computer app and we will be working with flash... these files could really help with the projects i may have to do... Just wow, and thank you for doing this for all of us!

Wow, that was really good. I love to watch your videos, they are always so well put together.

Oh god... it looks so complex when you start making everything symbols and all of the other effects. I'm still working a frame-by-frame understanding of this all, which takes forever! Tweens and symbols look pretty important. This is a fantastic job you did with your animation.

Thanks Grant, for making me appreciate MLP on a whole new level.

I LOVE U YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HELPFUL THESE ARE!!!

Thanks a lot for putting these videos. Every time I watch them I get inspired to start animating again :]

It's just the background sliding while the characters move in place.

Personally, I like the faster wing flaps better. It just look more cartoony and that’s what I love! :D

I love these videos so much. they are really useful if you are trying to learn flash especially if you want to learn it in a fun and interesting way.

Your tutorials are the BEST! keep doing them! They're gold for those who want to learn flash animation!

This is my favorite one so far since it combines the concepts of the older videos with a new concept to make a customized scene.

You don't know HOW long I've been waiting for this! :D

Wohoo! I love these videos. Glad to see you are making more.

I'm really looking forward to see new vids! I just stumbled accross your channel when looking for MLP vids. I was first like "Meh.. it's just moving figures a little bit each timeunit.. no big deal". But after watching the first of your animation analysis videos it was like "Oh my god! This is so brilliant!" and "Whoa, you have to think of all that?!". And now I somehow got completely addicted! So, pleeeeeeaaaaaase make more videos! And thanks so much for the videos you've already made!

I love these! You should make some money off these. I'm finding you to be so much better a teacher (much easier to understand and listen too) than the sites, books, and most teachers. Keep it up man! You're awesome!

Wow every Video is this deep easy to understand speech about mechanics of Flash and Ponies. I like what you did there with twilight list and making your own

I think all of your pony analysis videos are tempting me to try all this out on my animation program (that I can never figure out how it works, sadly. XD) You, sir, are awesome at animations~! I can't wait for the next video!

Jesus this is crazy informative. Good job as always!

I'm not likely to ever do more than have an animated conversation but these are really interesting to watch. Glad to see more.

I'm not an animator, but I find your Animation Analysis videos really interesting to watch. You have a lot of knowledge of animation, that's for sure.

Thank you for making these! I am not an animator, but I love seeing how the proverbial sausages are made!

if been searching all over equestria to find a program like that!!!! thanks bro!!! your amazing!

I really hope you will keep making these videos cause they are really awesome and people can really learn something here too. X3

It's a mixture of the Pony Resource Kit (link in the description) and stuff I built myself. If you look at the kit and source files for this and my earlier videos, you'll have pretty much every pony asset I got.

Hey, I've just started taking a 2D animation class at my college, and one of the first things we animated was the pendulum. Where other students were getting confused with spacing and how the to picture their animation on the chart, I was ahead of the class and finished my animation ahead of everyone else, all because of your video. I'm DEFINATELY going to re-watch these and see if there are any more pointers that will translate to non-pony that I can pick up! Thank you!

Wow.. just wow. I don't know how you find the time to do this but one thing's for sure, you're showing everyone why it's fun to animate :) But you're right.. there are times when symbols just can't be tweaked to make the movement beleivable. With all the angles and the movements I have to deal with in 'Children of the Night' it's not always possible to re-use what's been previously made. Keep up the great work! Everyone's enjoying your vids! :D -Lion

I always get a good feeling when I see a new video from you in my sub box :D

Wonderful, as always. I love your work!

This is so good :D good job man, it's just perfect!

How do you do hair movement?

Dude, this so refreshed my memory on the Williams' book :D Keep it coming!

Thanks so much! I was having trouble with the whole timing thing, but that clock pendulum example really helped!

Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed it!

i've never touched animating or flash in my life and yet i understood everything you said, great job

I appreciate the intricacies and subtle nuances of animation that you showed us, all the more reason I should stick to making music. :)

I've had the luxury of having a Flash license for many years, so I haven't had the need to look elsewhere. You can now basically lease Flash for about $20 a month so you could at least try it out for a couple months to see if you like it with wasting a ton of money. Most other cheap animation programs I haven't heard many good things about.

I hope you know, theses videos you've posted are really helping me out in school.

I'm starting a games dev course this week and one of our first projects is to create a platformer in Flash and these videos are a huge help in getting me more familiar with the program. :3

You know you've made a good video when Flash scares me, the animation is foreign language to me, yet I'm still entertained and informed. Grats mate.

Dude thats amazing keep up the good work!

love all your videos so far.

I really love your work. Keep doing what you do :)

Wonderful as ever!

wow. This, and all your over videos, are really informative and entertaining. I hope you do more.

I love seeing your work in my inbox, in my college there is not 2D animation class or flash class, so it is wonderful I have your videos to help teach me the ins and outs of the program.