Looking to see if anyone knows how to become an animator

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SirFrancisThe3rd
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Looking to see if anyone knows how to become an animator

So, ever sense I was a little one I've always been in love with cartoons and anime. From ducktales to dbz but sadly I can't even draw a stick figure withought makeing it look like a blind person tried to draw with no hands. So, my question is, does anyone know of a way to teach a super nube how to draw then animate. I have quite a lot of money so paying to learn is not an issue. My goal is to be as good an artist as axel-rosered, Critical Volume or pballooned. Then one day making inflation animations with the quality of cartoons and anime. Now it would be mainly me trying to make money off of youtube by making like shorts or an internet show but the inflation stuff would be free cuz that's how I role. So if you could help me out maybe one day some amazing content could be all over the internet for you to enjoy

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Berry-DukeAlt

Drawing takes a lot of practice, trial and error, and perseverance. Before you think of animating, work on an art style that makes you comfortable. Just keep drawing until you get a knack at it, and once you can do that, thats when you get to animation. Plus, a little bit of anatomy studying would be perfect for animation ;)

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Berry-Duke is right about that. Ideally you want to find a style that works for you, or if your comfortable, use "puppets" in programs like Adobe Flash.

I'll be honest, and just hear me out first, but a really good place to look for that stuff is in the My Little Pony fandom. It's absolutely brimming with tutorials, assets, rigs, anything animation related you can find there. Plus, as a bonus, at least for me, puppets like the pony rigs they use on the show don't require extra drawing for each frame: puppets are manipulated to look like they've been redrawn, but as they are vector based graphics there is no quality loss.

(Bonus note, a couple years ago a whole bunch of ammateur animators made a full 22 minute length "episode", and the animation was show accurate. How many other television shows have had a fandom do that?)

If you'd like I can link you to a fairly solid tutorial, but if not and/or if your stereotypically repulsed like most of the common internet folk, then no worries either. Just putting the option out there.

(Not on here too often, replies might be slow.)

SirFrancisThe3rd
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Thanks for the feed back man. And I can't say I'm like a watcher of the show but I have seen some art and animation of the show that I liked. But yeah I'd love to see the vidoes you're talking about. Anything helps at this point haha

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Another Canadian Guy
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Here's the tutorial I used. The first video has the benefit of not actually even being pony related, and it's a really good but simple start. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQlfsG4ged4

 

I'll be honest, it's not super in depth to each and every detail for complete newbies, but it should show you what each step is, where to access it, what it does, and blah blah blah (much like most tutorials on the internet). If you go into part 2 and upwards and want to use the rigs he's supplied, let me know and I'll send a PM for the files.

(Not on here too often, replies might be slow.)

pballooned

Oh, I feel flattered!

I suggest the book "Cartoon Animation" by Preston Blair, who is a Golden Era animator.
Also, you can learn about drawing composition, layouts, color, direction and more from the animator point of view here(check the contents list at left): http://johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com.ar/

SirFrancisThe3rd
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Yay :D It's like getting tips from a professional. Thanks for the link, but a quick question. Do I just need the books? Or do I need a light box to?

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pballooned

The book,
is highly recommended, but you can try without it if you want. It's all about drawing and contruction until page 89, where it starts teaching about movement.

The light box,
is useful for drawing "inbetweens", which are "filler" drawings between two other drawings displaying key poses.
It is also useful for cleaning a sketch drawing.
The light box also has the pegs you hang the sheets to, so you can do multiple drawings while keeping the sheets in place.

That said,
without the book nor the light box I was able to do this animation with a memo pad as an 11 year old kid(all sheets came attached together in one edge, which would work as "pegs"): https://youtu.be/dmPeH-iAxPU

Berry-DukeAlt

This may also help, but look up the disney family album series on YouTube. this series showcases most of the disney animators and they give some very useful advice for animation. I'd definitely suggest watching the Milt Kahl one in particular, but that's up to you ^^

pballooned

Good name. Kricfalusi mentions him pretty often. Milt Kahl passed away 5 days before I was born.

Lopni

As people say here, and I'll agree - just read some materials for inspiration and formulate your goal. Don't spend too much money before you decide what you want to achieve.

As I detailed in PMs, if you still don't mind spending several hundred - buy Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop you'll be able to learn really fast drawing or painting - completing a simple picture in 5 minutes.

With animation you can...

SirFrancisThe3rd
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Thanks for all the help guys, wish me luck in my endeavors. Hopfully within a year or so I should be showing progress. 

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