If I were in your position, I'd follow those videos with the DigiCel FlipBook Demo or if you can hold down your lunch long enough to reach the checkout page, you can buy Autodesk (blurgh) Sketchbook Pro which I imagine is what TVPaint Debut would look like, but test the free version first, it can be a flaky software for some. Japanese animation often looks extremely polished, but check under the hood once in awhile.Īaron Blaise ( of Brother Bear) sells a pretty good Full Animation Course that can teach you all the above ( in TVPaint no less) and CartoonBrew is running a discount on it at the moment. Learn to animate like this and what software you pickup won't matter. So although Kill la Kill is extremely exciting to watch, usually only a handful of scenes have any real work done on them, most of it is sliding, reuse and holds.Įverything is there, anticipation, secondary animation, follow through animation, appeal, squash and so on. I highly recommend studying animation old school or at least with software that is closest to old school as possible, you want to nail the fundamental principles down, which sad to say you don't often see in mainstream Japanese (or American these days) animation. Looking for a Book and supply recommendations? Check here first.You can read the Fusion User Manual Here for system requirements. Holding an event/collab for the entire r/animation community? Message the mod and get it stick'd on this sidebar. Turtlestack has compiled an epic list of 280 animated shorts. Glen Keane -Annie Awards -Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Girl Who Leapt Through Time) FYI A manual review is usually held within 24 hours. Please note that if your account is younger than a month and if your combined karma is less than 15, your post will automatically removed by the automod in order to prevent spam. When posting your own content, please be mindful of reddit's self promotion guidelines * Follow Reddit's Self Promotion Guidelines Please tag your submission as if it contains any. * From #2, #3 and #4 follows: Any non animation related topic must be directly and primarily beneficial to animators. * From #3 and #4 follows: People with no animation experience themselves must be able properly compensate any animator they seek to work with.
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