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How Pro Animators Draw in ANY Style
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Learning the 12 Principles of Animation is the biggest hurdle all animators must overcome. But how can these principles remain constant in a medium that is constatly changing? This is the untold story of the 12 Principles of Animation and why they will remain. Forever.

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00:00 The Rules of The Game
00:54 The Origin of The Principles
02:15 #1 Squash and Stretch
02:34 #2 Timing
02:56 #3 Anticipation
03:12 #4 Staging
03:30 #5 Slow In & Slow Out (Spacing)
03:44 #6 Arcs
03:57 #7 Pose to Pose
04:08 #8 Overlap & Followthrough
04:19 #9 Secondary Action
04:29 #10 Exaggeration
04:40 #11 Appeal
04:51 #12 Solid Drawing
05:29 Animation Changed Forever
07:20 Taking Them to the Limit
08:39 Richard’s Masterpiece
10:50 Character Animation Crash Course
11:05 Enter Computer Animation
11:20 Why They Remain Unchanged
12:48 We Are The Next Link

Since I started the channel, it was my dream to also make documentaries on the things I'm passionate about. One of them being the history of 2D animation, which I’m obsessed with, so I wanted to give myself a chance to explain the origin of the 12 principles. Hope you get inspired by what these unsung heroes did, we’re standing in the shoulder of giants!

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In this video I will show you how professional 2D animators are able to animate any character on model. We'll explore both the process to learn and absorb a production style, and the secret to drawing characters accurately: the Place and Trace technique!

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00:00 How did he do it?
00:52 Our Job as Animators
01:36 Learning the Characters
02:34 Simple Volumes
04:33 The Mistake When Animating
05:06 Draw the Emotion
06:44 The Secret (Place and Trace)
07:31 In Cut-Out Animation
08:03 In Anime
08:52 Closing the Gap
09:55 Your Animation Style

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In this video I’ll show you what led to me working as a 2D animator on Bleach, Boruto, Lackadaisy, Disney Descendants, Gawr Gura’s first music video, and how I conquered the obstacles of learning animation on my own. This is the story of how Toy S...

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The Lackadaisy Pilot stands its ground in the history of 2D Animation. In this video I'll tell you how it was made, the challenges it faced, the wonders of crowdfunding, how I got involved in it as an Animator, and the power of "You got the job".

It is no exaggeration when I say Lackadaisy changed my life's course. This animated production was unlike anything else, and it was a dream come true to be part of a Lackadaisy Animation.

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All crew members + links to their socials
https://www.littledaisycafe.com/cast-and-crew/

Tracy Butler
https://lackadaisy.com/
https://twitter.com/LackadaisyCats

Fable Siegel
https://fablepaint.com/
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Iron Circus Comics
https://ironcircus.com

Other Projects you should support
Ramshackle @Zeddyzi
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FarFetched @FarFetchedShow
https://twitter.com/FarFetchedShow

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Katie Winchester
https://twitter.com/FireNoggin

Robin Eide
https://twitter.com/robeans_art

Kayla Stith @SEGAmastergirl
https://twitter.com/SEGAmastergirl

Star Ren
https://twitter.com/staraptures

Melanie Mrozek
https://twitter.com/Radvumtal

Nick Leong
https://twitter.com/nickleongart

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Lackadaisy Patreon Launch
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Lackadaisy Milksop / Flirtation
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Lackadaisy #BoozeCats #LackadaisySweep

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In this video I will teach you how to create Post-Production for your 2D Animations like a professional. We’ll use Adobe After Effects and explore the process of color correction, color grading, compositing and animating. You can apply this to both an Anime or a Western animation look.

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00:00 Why Do They Look Better?
00:31 The Goal of Post Production
01:05 Importing Your Animation
04:20 After Effects Timeline
06:14 Push Your Values
07:02 Effects & Adjustment Layers
09:01 Integration Pass
10:07 Color Script & Mood Boards
10:57 Masks & Mattes
14:59 Backgrounds
16:05 Animation Keyframes
17:58 Null Objects
18:58 Ease In and Out
20:22 Puppet Pin Tool
21:34 Animating Masks
22:24 Animating Effects
24:16 Camera Movements
26:03 Parallax, Pans and Trucks
27:48 Automatic Rim Lights
29:40 Highlights
30:57 Lighting Change
33:04 10 Secret Hacks
33:22 Bloom Effect
34:08 Fake Animated Lighting
34:52 Blur Vignette
35:34 Time Remapping
36:55 Bulge Effect
37:34 LUTs
38:17 Anime Line Art
39:19 Chromatic Aberration
40:42 Mask Sequence
41:39 Complex Scene Breakdown
43:00 Exporting
44:22 Outro

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I sat down with some of the best artists in the world (Pro Illustrators, Animators, Concept Artists, Painters) and asked them the questions that, not only gave me a ton of value, but in a way, I really needed to hear their answers.

Combined, they have over 8 million followers and work with the biggest companies in the world. It was truly eye opening to see all these amazing artists go through the same struggles as us, beginner and professional artists. Thank you for allowing me to interview you!

Also, it was always a dream of mine to edit a Vlog video for my channel. I had a ton of fun making this, and I hope you do too watching it!

Recorded during Lightbox Expo 2022 #LBX2022 #LightboxExpo

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Proko @Proko
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Ross Draws @Ross Draws
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Sinix @Sinix Design
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Marco Bucci @Marco Bucci
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BaM Animation @BaM Animation
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Nathan Fowkes @Nathan Fowkes
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Hozure
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Fortune K.
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Tony Bancroft
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Luis Gadea
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In this video I will show you how to paint professional Cel shading for your comics, webtoons and animations, from start to finish. I’ll give you the fundamentals to develop your OWN coloring style, Anime style or Western.

I rarely see artists use these 7 tools in their digital art, yet they allow us to work with Color and Light to tell a story. Remember, Color is also a character in a production!

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00:00 Intro
00:22 Cel Shading
01:01 Prep Work
02:33 SECRET 1 - Integration
03:47 SECRET 2 - Gradients
05:05 SECRET 3 - Fading Shadows and Highlights
06:12 SECRET 4 - Volumetric vs. Flat Shading
08:54 SECRET 5 - Color & Values
11:13 SECRET 6 - Bloom Effect
12:55 SECRET 7 - Everything Else
13:47 Outro

Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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In this video I'll show you both the Benefits and the Limits of the Artificial Intelligence image generation programs like DallE 2, Midjourney and Disco Diffusion and How they will change our jobs in the digital art industry.

We'll go through each production area (Illustration, Concept Art, Backgrounds, Character Design and Animation) and explore its applications. We'll also talk about a new job born with this technology (with a surprise guest), and my honest thoughts on how it'll shake our lives as artists.

I will also touch upon the ethical issues that A.I has brought up. From art style theft to Who is the artist. If there’s a time to have this conversation, it is Right Now. I truly feel ALL artists should at least be aware of how fast this technology is growing.

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Dall-E 2 BY OpenAI:
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Midjourney:
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Disco Diffusion:
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00:00 The Dream
00:35 AI is here to stay
02:04 DALL-E 2 vs Midjourney vs Disco Diffusion
03:06 Illustration
03:58 Art Style Theft
05:40 Concept Art
06:51 Prompting
08:42 Backgrounds
11:49 Character Design
13:06 Who is the Artist?
14:11 Animation
15:59 New Horizons
16:48 A.I Artists - Ethan Smith Interview
23:24 My Honest Thoughts
25:25 Outro

Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"

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dalle2 #midjourney #discodiffusion #aiart #aiartist #ai

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“After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him - his taxi.”

This was my graduation film in 2020. No 3D software was used in the making of this short film. Everything was digitally drawn, animated and painted. My thesis focused on the use of perspective grids to emulate camera movements and rotations in 2D. I figured I never did uploaded it to my own channel so here you go!

For the story, it is entirely fictional. But after some self-analysis I realized I probably came up with this story because of real events in my life, in a sort of “what if” version of how things could’ve happened.

I created this film with lots of love for the craft that we do, and I really hope you enjoy it!

Awards:
QUIRINO AWARDS 2021 – BEST SCHOOL SHORTFILM
CHILEMONOS 2021 – BEST SCHOOL SHORTFILM
DRAWTASTIC “GOLDEN PENCIL” 2021 - BEST STUDENT FILM
KIAFF 2021 – BEST STORY/SCRIPT & BEST FILM IN SOUND
HAND DRAWN DOCUMENTARY – CONTEST WINNER

Official Selections:
LOS ANGELES ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2020
ANIMATION DINGLE 2021
MANCHESTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2020
SPARK ANIMATION 2020 – IN COMPETITION
TORONTO ANIMATION ARTS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL 2021
SEOUL INTERNATIONAL CARTOON AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2021
SHIBUYA TANPEN FILM FESTIVAL 2021
SHNIT WORLDWIDE SHORTFILM FESTIVAL 2020
CINANIMA 2021
ASIFA-SOUTH ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2022
TAICHUNG INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2021
PRIME THE ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2021
LIFT-OFF SEASON AWARDS 2021
MAAC 24FPS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION AWARDS 2021
ANIMA 2021
ANIM8 STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2020

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