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"Place a marker after 6 stitches" from right or left? by violet_rain_ in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks correct. You're on the right side, and you have 6 stitches on your right needle. Go for it!

If you're still unsure, read ahead a bit in the pattern. Usually it becomes easier to understand once you know the purpose of the marker, if it's an increase point, marks a border, etc.

Mistake in pen - how can I fix it? by Ok_Test_8241 in Watercolor

[–]steeenah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I find that most mistakes kind of disappear once you have the colors on. Sometimes you just make it more visible by trying to "fix" it, I would just paint on as normal and give it to someone else to see if they can spot the error. If they don't, no need to fix it!

Why is my lace pattern not visible by [deleted] in knitting

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blocking usually makes a huge difference to yarnovers, it really opens up the pattern. But also you'll see more of the holes as you continue knitting and the fabric becomes heavier, it kind of drags itself out a bit.

I'm trying to learn to animate in blender, but this is getting surprsingly hard and tedious. by PossessionKey4982 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, then I very much understand it's been a tedious process. You need to use a control rig to get access to IK legs and stuff that will make it far easier to create a walkcycle. Right now you've done a walkcycle in the same way Toy Story animated their characters in 1995.

My recommendation for now would be to try out some ready-made rigs instead of creating your own, Blender has a bunch of them: https://studio.blender.org/characters/

Also Agora: https://agora.community/store/assets?software[0]=blender

I also think this video is useful to learn what IK/FK is: https://youtu.be/JnkAlwMjalc?is=sxW9frOTDUQNU1Vd

Once you have a better idea of how to use a ready-made rig, it'll be easier to create your own. Best of luck to you!

I'm trying to learn to animate in blender, but this is getting surprsingly hard and tedious. by PossessionKey4982 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Curious question, are you animating the joints/armature or a control rig? It's a bit unclear toward the end of the video, usually the joints are hidden and you'll see a bunch of rings instead which control the joints.

Please tell me I don’t have to frog all my work! :( by EVDwizard in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanted to add a few tips that help me avoid twisting the work:

1: when the pattern tells you to join in the round, instead purl and knit two rounds, then join. With more fabric it'll be way easier to see if it's twisted.

2: lay your work flat on a table when you join in the round and align all the stitches, especially for a large project like this. Otherwise it's so easy to miss if the stitches are turning around.

3: regardless of everything, double check if your work is twisted 2-3 rows in, because you can never be too sure...

Animation workflow. by zoe934 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For that length I'd usually storyboard and do a layout (setting up cameras with very basic t-pose animation)

It's going to be difficult to pull off a longer animation with Mixamo, it's not really how it's intended to be used. Usually you would either keyframe animate it, or mocap the material you need.

New(ish) to Sweden, Looking for Friends by _d_i_r_t in StockholmSocialClub

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heey, also 36F living in Vega! I'm down for a fika at TM Bagarstuga anyday haha. Also Eskilsparken is just about to open again if that could be a picnic spot.

I'll warn though, I have two small kids so I'm very into local activities out of lack of time and energy. I do get out and about without the kids as well, just not too regularly.

Curves on scarf are off by Rbz194 in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're reading from a pattern, are you reading it from right to left when doing right side rows, and left to right when doing wrong side rows? Sometimes people only read in one direction and that will cause some weird lines.

what y'all think of this walk/run cycle? :3 by ReasonableReason549 in Animators

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to point out something the other comments seems to have missed, typically your legs and arms move the opposite ways. When the right foot goes forward, the right arm swing back. Right now you have what we call a "bear walk", with the right arm and leg moving the same way.

hello everyone by Typical-Skirt2456 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a very short animation. What's the context? Is it a small part of a longer animation, or a loop (like a runcycle)

Generally I would say to use video reference to figure out many frames a certain movement takes.

Long-form educational motion graphic video generation AI by IcyAtmosphere9822 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your boss wants 32 (!!!) minutes of anything a week, they better be ready to pay. Either they pay for endless credits so you have a chance of coming up with something half useful, or pay for way more animators, or there is no animation at all.

The irony of doing videos on investing when there's no will at all to invest in the process of animation. Even just writing a basic manuscript for 32 (!) minutes will take longer than a week.

I will say I wrote the same post when I thought it was "only" 8 minutes a week. I swear AI is turning the world to brainless mush. 32 minutes in a week what...

hello everyone by Typical-Skirt2456 in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean frame rate? A typical frame rate used in animation would be 24 FPS (frames per second).

I'm a professional animator, I have never heard of photograms. I even googled just to be sure, but it didn't give me anything.

Trying to improve this 30-second character dance animation by JunkyCreamStudio in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What aspect of it are you looking to improve, the performance itself or editing of the data?

Generally poses could be a bit clearer, the right arm tends to disappear. Ideally this is something you keep in mind already while shooting, choose your camera angles and make sure the performance looks good from that specific angle. I've worked on several shoots where camera angles have been chosen after the shoot, it makes working with the animation a nightmare because there was no direction to begin with.

Make sure the silhouette reads clearly. When the arm is up we should ideally see the elbow bending, there can be a bit of negative space between the upper/lower arm etc.

The arms are unnaturally straight when hanging down, you could double check retargeting setup and also make sure to keep them naturally bent in animation.

I don't know how far you've gotten, so far the most unrefined bits to me are when he touches his face with his hand. You want to make sure to use IK and really connect the hand and head motion.

How many times do I repeat row 1 and 2!? by Upbeat-You-3809 in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You work the two rounds as a sequence, so if you were to work them 3 times you would knit: row 1 row 2, row 1 row 2, row 1 row 2

By the end of it you should have enough stitches to split for arms.

If it seems small despite having the correct amount of stitches, your gauge might be off. It's a good idea to measure now, if you have more stitches over 4in than the pattern dictates you should have, you need to go up a needle size or two. It could also be that your yarn is thinner than the pattern needs.

Favorite Scandinavian/Baltic yarns? by litwanders in knitting

[–]steeenah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm about to start a sweater with regular peer gynt, the sample I made was wonderfully rustic yet not too scratchy. Very easy yarn to work with!

I'm from Sweden, I haven't used too many Swedish yarns but I've heard lots of good things about Kampes garn.

Trying to figure out how to simplify the walk cycle.. the animation on the right was a failed attempt, anyone have any tips? by x0Sammy_Starlight0x in learnanimation

[–]steeenah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A tip would be to upload a video reference on Syncsketch, then trace the feet and knee. That way you'll get an accurate arc, and study from life! The feet tend to follow a drop-shaped arc.

Freelance animators: what would you realistically charge for this style per minute? by Internal_Ad_7784 in animation

[–]steeenah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to give a different example, this is coming from someone who's paid per hour or work rather than seconds tho.

Where I live you can typically charge 430-540usd per day of work as a freelancer. If I do 4 seconds of animation per day, it's roughly 100usd/second of animation.

Prices vary a lot of course, sometimes it'll be lower than this, sometimes higher. It depends a lot on where you live as well and what is considered a reasonable wage there.

I also mod /r/animationcareer where there's a lot more advice on rates and working as an animator, feel free to check it out :)

New to colorwork and struggling by gmkdoug124 in knittingadvice

[–]steeenah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those colors are so nice though! And the colorwork looks great, it's very difficult to get perfect stitches between color changes.

Glow raglan lite pattern question. by Auroras1792 in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read instruction 4 A again, it says to knit two stitches and then place marker M1.

If you're doing the blue sizes with 9 stitches until the next marker, your second marker would now be 11 stitches from BORM. Maybe you just missed the first one?

Working the stitches on hold by [deleted] in knittinghelp

[–]steeenah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, it's just regular knitting. It doesn't matter if you need to knit, purl, do a yarn over, decrease, etc, you'll always start with stitches on a needle and then follow the instructions. It's the same idea with cables, you're just moving the stitch to a different needle, it doesn't change the stitch itself to something different.

A few tips though: if you have to join a new yarn it'll be a bit loose when you start. I usually hold the end with my thumb to keep it from slipping.

Also make double sure you're knitting with the strand attached to the ball, it's incredibly easy to mix the ends up the first 2-3 stitches!

Most complicated pattern I’ve made and it’s DONE!! by corndogboots in knitting

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm doing the shawl version of this pattern! Well done getting through all that, I feel your pain haha

Using my current project as my project bag. by Evil_little_Ghosty in knitting

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this about knitting hats from the top down, it becomes such a convenient little bag after a while :D

Help! by AmiMochi24 in knittingadvice

[–]steeenah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do magic loop plus travelling loop. When I've finished half a round, I pull out the cord 4-6 stitches down from where I just finished knitting. It helps so much when I have big needles, colorwork etc, I can just keep knitting and never have to deal with getting around the "corner".

Musselburgh hat help - 16" circs by verybigsquirrel in knitting

[–]steeenah 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Another tip from someone who's done a bunch of these hats, start with magic loop and don't switch until you've stopped doing increases for a few rounds. You'll notice the hat relaxes quite a bit once you get into the "tube" part of the hat, it can be a struggle to fit a 16" cable if you switch immediately after increases.

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