"No, you can't just jump into animating a really sick fight scene, what were you thinking?" That hit so hard lol. Such a good video, thank you so much for this.
Two words.......thank you. Ive been stressing about how i can achieve my dream without going to school since im not able to afford it (Im a South African)...but by accidentally coming across your video,i now have clarity. i truly appreciate you, thank you so much !
You're welcome! I actually started this channel because as a South African, I also knew the struggle. When I realised I wanted to be an animator, it was really hard to find resources, and there aren't really affordable schools, and online courses are also unaffordable for a lot of us with our weak currency. So I feel you, and glad I could help!
Thank you for making this! Lately I feel like my animations haven't been improving as much as I'd like. Although I'm going to school for animation soon, I still want to practice outside of class and this gave really good pointers of what I need to work on!
I'm so glad you found it helpful. That's a great mindset to have, to already be pro-active and seeking to improve yourself and not just leaving it up to the school. You'll go far with that attitude !
this is exactly what i was looking for ! thank you so much I just started my animation journey its easier than I expected but still super tedious its definitely a thing of trial and error
i have graduated in 2018 with an animation related degree, but thanks to life events, depression, and working to have a roof on my head, I have nothing within my portfolio. I draw here and there, but it's pretty bland. I have recently gotten to a point where I have a comfortable work/life balance and I feel this video is very resources to access information that helps me learn and refresh info I learned from college. Definitely liked and subscribe! Update: Finished the video, and hell yeah, it definitely is very organized the way the work and practice pipeline is presented. Also, why doesn't this have more views? I feel it's very honest on how to approach and improve animation.
It sounds like you’ve persevered through a really tough time and I can relate to a lot of it. I’m really glad you found the video helpful , and thank you for the comment. My main goal is to help people like you who have a passion and dedication for animation, and to make it more accessible for everyone .
First of all I think the book character animation crash course by eric goldberg is amazing so very much reccomend! Thank you so much for this video 🙏 I'm in a uni course which is supposed to have animation in it but I know I'm not going to learn anything from it, today I was just getting overwhelmed about where to start and how to go about learning this stuff and then here this video pops up, it got me excited to learn animation again so thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏
Im currently on my second year of my animation degree and i feel like i don't know a thing. Our curriculum is terrible. We dont bother with drawing fundamentals. And the principles of animation are just rushed through. Maya is the only thing they spent any significant amount of time teaching. But what good is that if non of us have the fundamentals down first? Right now im learning what i can from channels like yours. Thank you.
that sounds awful. it's a story I've heard from a lot of people :( It's really sad. But stories like yours are actually part of the reason I started this channel, so I'm really glad it can help
Thank you SO much! This is great and so valuable! I have been looking for something like this for quite a while, feeling overwhelmed beginning to animate. (Also: not me writing down everything in this video including links, only to find out there is a curriculum document including all of this) 😅
Great work you're doing Watching from Cameroon you just earned me as a new sub Am very much into this and have been researching an I came across you I wished I had seen you more earlier thanks for your great stuffs looking forward in getting my 3d animation arts skill to pro level dou I will love to go to school for that unfortunately not available in my country but if you're to give advice on schools to study this what schools will you suggest even yours thanks I'll appreciate.
Hello. I'm a beginner cartoon maker. And I don't know where to start. I can't draw perfectly, but I just wanted to learn how to draw cool characters. And I wanted to learn how to make cartoons. Can you please advise me where I should start. A base maybe. Or, for example, how to learn to draw, and so on? That's where you started?
Awesome video Robyn, I have a couple of questions: Do you think is still possible to learn 2d animation and get a job as a 2d animator? or is just too much of a niche nowaday (like stop-motion eg), so might as well learn it just to have solid foundations and then be ready for 3d anyway? And speaking about 2d, how many studios still do hand drawn frame by frame animations? isn't "rigging and moving stuff around" using keyframes the norm now? Sorry I sound a little confused, but I'm trying to grasp where one should focus its efforts if the priority is to work asap in the industry. (also english not my main language) thanks and keep up the good work
2d animation is still very much alive and well and very popular, in fact it's making a bit of a resurgence in popularity in the last few years. There are still a lot of studios that do frame by frame animation , but yes, rigged 2d animation is very popular, particularly in the production of things like animated series since it's less time consuming for thngs that require a high output with a short turn around time.
Hey Robyn thank you for your content. Realistically how far do you think we can get using free stuff? Also, if I wanted to learn 2D animation which online schools would you recommend me?
You're welcome! If you have a really strong showreel that shows people that you are a good animator and you know what you're doing, they don't usually care too much about whether the software you used is free or not. Of course, working in a studio you will need to know the software, but once you've learned one type - like 2d or 3d - it's usually not too difficult to learn how to use a similar program, and studios often use different softwares so learning new software is kind of part and parcel of being an animator. The main thing is your skills. Its about the artist, not the tools. I know that animation mentor has a 2d animation course but I'm not sure how in-depth it goes. Otherwise you could try Skillshare
hi, thanks for the video and your knowledge that you share❤ I want to start learning animation, but I am constantly stopped by the thought (and very often I see the opinion of bloggers in this field) that artificial intelligence can easily replace this profession. what do you think about this? how soon will this happen and will it happen at all? and in which direction would you advise to develop, in 2d/3d/vfx?
This is a tough one with many facets and considerations, but I did try to answer it in one of my videos, with my own opinion as well as some input from some other industry professionals. It's this one, if you wanna check it out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUs0qMUi2Yc.htmlsi=KYnT8D7Qk0YB9OAC . As for what direction you should pursue - If you mean in terms of threat from AI, then 3d so far is the least at threat as I see it right now because it's a lot harder for AI to generate anything remotely close to what we can create in 3d... BUT I don't think you should let that sway your decision. They're all quite different, and it really depends on you and what you enjoy doing, and what your strengths and weaknesses are.
Hello there miss. First of all thank you for the video, quite informative, i just question is all. Have you read the works of scott h young? Mainly because i have somewhat been on an autodidact kick and so i was thinking how this would be approached from the position of ultralearning, especially when it comes to learning the principles. just how difficult could it be made without going too out of one's depth? Thank you reading as i may have taken up time, being that you may be a little bit of time researching what ut is in top of reading this. so in the case you respond i appreciate your patience.
@@RobynO_O Cheers! I enrolled in an expensive art college for animation and quit after the 2nd semester because they weren’t teaching me anything useful. I have been an artist since childhood and knew the fundamentals of animation so I bought the Animator’s Survival Kit book and taught myself during the quarantine. I have done a couple music videos for myself which led to my getting paid projects ever since.
@@RobynO_O Thank you! If you’re interested, my latest work is on a friend’s Hip Hop history channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MhN9PNudn4A.htmlsi=RrfFd4-X-X2autm-
