A friend does motion graphics during the day, then spends an hour or two of his own time on character animation. You just have to make the commitment, and stick to it. From what I've seen, you don't have any time extra work time when you're cranking out TV graphics. Pretty cut and dry "we need...

synthsin75 wrote:I thought that was very nice, especially for 2 1/2 days. Did you composite the clouds in AAE?

yes in AAE

thank u for the kind words,

but i can see a quality drop from lets say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbK67-BYibc

i think i should be getting better with time, not getting worse.

i am now working as an animator for a tv station.(have been for some time now) but what they mostly want is 'motion graphics'? (and that they want fast!) it has come to a point that i really don't do any character or any narrative animation any more (these things take time) at work we mostly use ado...

hi everyone!

this was done for a variety program 'chat n music'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGLxkzJt ... annel_page

drawn and partialy animated in anime studio
composited in adobe after effects

audio by Mr. Janajeewa Wehelle

comment pls

my friend is coming sooner than i expected.
had to make fast decision...
so since all of you recommend the same thing, i'm getting
"The Animators Survival Kit"

whoopie! can't wait!

thank you all for your help!!

hi everyone, i want to buy a good book on the basics of animation. i want it to be a good reference book (something that i will not outgrow soon) that will go into the basics of movement and things like storyboarding, character designing, animating in 1/2/3 etc. i can spare about 40 US$ it should be...

thank you all for commenting! synthsin75 the first letter is "La" the full name is "lahiru madala" "the morning sun" slowtiger i know there is a problem with movement, but i cant really figure out how to address that... i think more studies of movement on simple figures...

animation for children's TV program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwI2bwWeRU

please comment

still waiting for audio so i just put in the theme from "Nausica of the walley of the wind" to see

beautiful !

was all the painting done on paper?

i would have liked the man's face to be more realistic

but Beautiful !!

thanks jahnocli i didnt use much ease in/out keyframes but if the movement is from frame 1 to 10 i create a key frame on frame 8 and drag it back to about frame 6 and the movement is ease out (but with more control) i do this because with a short duration putting ease in /out keyframes is not notice...

this was done for TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbK67-BYibc took about 2 weeks (also doing other things in the middle), most of that in drawing the figures. the sequence is made for September (literature month)...so this is supposed to evoke the classical literature of the island. the faults i ...

Thanks a lot guys!!
really greatful for all these deatiled suggestions and pointers.

i'm working on some characters. so i can practice 'weight' and such...
i will upload some files soon.

and i got my self a wacom bamboo
so, no more RSI for me
mind-blowing details here i come!

'complain' is such a strong word! :wink: but i see your points Re: the animation. as learning from the internet is not very easy as there are a lot of information/opinions, out there. so there is no structure to your learning process. but with this i keep learning the importence of pre-planing, difi...

i'm the above mentioned Madhawa.
thanks a lot guys, for all your help.

and all your examples on the forum.
have inspired me a lot.