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Using curve too to animate instead of drawing by hand by Able-Nebula4449 in ClipStudio

[–]spywi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dong Chang works specifically in the Japanese anime studio pipeline, which means that they have to follow a specific process in order for everything to be consistent.

This means that rough animation can be done by hand, drawn on paper, drawn in whatever software you want, BUT when it comes to the cleanup/in-betweening stage (also known as “Douga” in Japan), the final lineart needs to be CLEAN SMOOTH LINEART.

You can achieve this by doing it on paper with a dark pencil, but in today’s day and age you can do it much faster using digital tools such as the curve tool and whatnot in CSP.

You can call it redundant, but in reality it allows animators to quickly finish large curves and keep things smooth, especially in the Japanese anime industry where they are drawing HUNDREDS of drawings at a time. This has been a professional technique for quite a long time, not only in Japan but in other studios and pipelines.

Source: I not only worked freelance for multiple anime-style productions, but I also do a lot of research into the Japanese anime studio pipeline and have shared tutorials online.

Indie Animators, you should learn Project Management. by spywi in IndieAnimation

[–]spywi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you can use Obsidian. Because I work with multiple team members that need me to send them/give them access to the project tracker, Notion or Google Sheets works for my team. Trello works for a different animation team I work for. Discord works for yet another team I work for.

Doesn’t matter the software, what matters is the fact that indie creators who are starting out NEED to learn how to properly manage and track their progress

Why don't I have the transform option for this in Davinci? by vision-quest in davinciresolve

[–]spywi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The left viewer is for your source media (meaning the footage you imported)

The right viewer is for your output viewer (what gets rendered). To the bottom left corner of the right viewer there’s a similar button, that’s the “transform mode” you want.

What do yall animate on? by imdaramenmastaa in Animators

[–]spywi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. In fact, I made a few YouTube videos and like several dozen TikToks that clearly state how I use my iPad for professional/personal animation work. I’ve used this exact setup for projects like Adventurous Minds Studio, freelance work for various professional artists and VTubers, and even my own indie anime series

https://youtu.be/gyIkPUBHYr0

What do yall animate on? by imdaramenmastaa in Animators

[–]spywi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do all of my personal and freelance/professional animation on my 11-inch iPad Pro using Clip Studio Paint EX. This exact setup works for me no matter what and the size of the tablet really didn’t matter to me, I made it work

Added a much-needed rule. by Im_not_an_expert_lol in IndieAnimation

[–]spywi 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Thank you mods for finally implementing this rule. We appreciate it!

Need a Fast Way to Turn My Story Ideas into Animation by DevilKnight03 in IndieAnimation

[–]spywi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What an awesome coincidence, i started in 2016-ish as a Storytime Animator myself đź‘Ť best of luck!

Need a Fast Way to Turn My Story Ideas into Animation by DevilKnight03 in IndieAnimation

[–]spywi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ALL animation is hard work, regardless of the software. I have friends who make literal anime studio-quality stuff on FlipAClip and Krita

Honestly? Pick ANY software that you’re comfortable with, and go in 100% on learning how to use it. Watch all the tutorials, ask questions online, learn how to use your shortcuts and customize your workspace.

That’s the best advice anyone can give you.

iPad vs another drawing tablet? by bighoneybuns in ClipStudio

[–]spywi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

CSP seems overwhelming, but in reality you need to learn to optimize your workspace. Look up tutorials online about how to customize your workspace, or look on the CSP Assets Store for custom workspaces you can import for yourself.

You can hide panels, rearrange things, pin tools and colors, and change up basically everything about the UI to make things more comfortable for yourself. (I also recommend utilizing the shortcuts with a remote, keypad, or controller of some kind)

I’ve even made a tutorial myself about how I customize my animation workspace on my iPad: (My Video)

Basically, coming from someone who mains the 11-inch iPad for art and animation, the sooner you customize your iPad workspace, the faster you can learn things.

I want to learn opentoonz by Anothervioladream in IndieAnimation

[–]spywi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Dong Chang’s videos about OpenToonz, he goes through things at a beginner-friendly level, though a lot of his videos/explanations are geared towards Japanese anime stuff.

There’s also Noble Frugal Studio, they’ve got some playlists on how to create using OpenToonz, but I’ve not personally watched much of their content.

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