/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Just attempted my first walk cycle with a far better rig

>>5076546
looks good for a first attempt op. make more and make sure to reference

bump.

>trying to apply for story artist internship

>studio wants to see storyboards as single panel pdfs
>exported storyboard sequence to single panel pdf from toon boom storyboard pro
>file is 25 mb
>studio requires file to be no bigger than 5 mb

How the fuck do I reduce my storyboard sizes on storyboard pro? Or change the document size?

I’m about ready to add each frame to google slides and export it as a pdf from there

>>5076546
also try to make the leg extending forward to extend all the way. humans lock their knees when walking forward but as >>5076546 said, good first attempt

>start animating in CSP
>enjoying myself doing short loops
>want to do more
>CSP has a hard 25 frame limit and it costs $200 to upgrade to do more
What's a good program that's either free or easy to pirate? Is Blender good for 2D animation? Alternately how hard is it to get Adobe Flash?

>>5077860
Give Krita a try.

>>5076546
looks nice, what program are you using?

also, anyone else have recommendations for an amateur trying to learn some 3d animation?

>>5077860
use this trick in this
https://archived.moe/ic/thread/5069514/#q5069647

Update to CSP 1.10.2 (link in post) / or downgrade if you're using 1.10.5 which hasn't been cracked yet
Download the crack and replace the exe in C: folder
Download the config.sqlite file and replace the one in documents folder

You just got a free CSP EX.

>>5077860

the entire updated adobe suite is pretty easy to torrent. pretty sure there are some cracks of csp ex out there too

>>5076555
blender is on par with the leading 3d animation programs. the hardest part is figuring out how to actually use the program efficiently.

>>5077987
Got any tips to learn that? And do you have any idea if it'd be better to learn character animation in Maya instead?

>>5077986
1.10.2 is the latest and maybe we won't get 1.10.5 anytime soon.

>sakugabooru is dead
rip

>>5076546
>>>/3/

>>5078348
what the fuck nooooo. I used that every day... does anyone know what happened and if itll be back up soon?

>>5077995
If you want the highest chance of getting a job in 3D animation, use maya
If you do it for fun, you can use either Maya or Blender, but Blender is free. For Blender, learn the hotkeys quickly and only watch tutorials from 2.9+ because they recently redesigned the UI

>>5078370
/3/ is useless for animation critique

>>5078484
ah, thanks. I'm just doing it for fun since I want to rig and animate my zbrush stuff. I figured maya would be easier at first because there's humanIK, but some of the blender tutorials for rigging also look fairly straightforward, and there are a lot of them.

can someone sell me on retas instead of just animating in csp? what's the big difference, if any?

>>5076546
terrible read the animator's survival kit and used stepped keys for fuck's sake

>>5077348
Nobody's answered so lemme attempt
have you tried turning it into a zip? I'm sounding dumb, but could you try googling pdf file compressor?

>>5079314
I used stepped keys in the blocking phase and tried my hand at editing the animation curves manually to get the hang of it.

>>5079314
is good for a first attempt, don't be grumpy

>>5076546

>>5079631
Now this is sakuga!

does anyone have links to toniko pantoja's animation course?

>>5080341
lol

Anyone got some nifty guides on animating fire???

>>5082832
https://otakumode.com/shop/5f8f930f4cf2a11c2acfad68/My-Thoughts-on-How-to-Animate-Special-Effects-Explosions-Fire-Smoke-Edition

>>5082887
Is this even in english?

>>5082940

>>5082832
ye, analyze real life. to put it simple fire goes up and deforms depending on wind

>>5082940
I wouldn't think it matters, even when you translate Japanese tutorials the commentary is usually completely useless. A whole lot of "remember that light casts shadows" and shit like that.

I just looked on youtube instead

>>5084598
fx are hard

>>5082832
Have you checked Joseph Gilland's books? I haven't read them yet but I heard they're good for special effects animation.

>>5084598
did this in around half an hour, i will advise you to focus on the big shapes at first taking care of following a curve most of the time, fire is fickle so it can change a lot depending on the wind specially when it gets smaller at the top.
A common mistake that i see you do is drawing the fire like those cheap fires you see in tatoos and trucks, with a lot of points when in reality fire breaks down in a lot of crazy shapes.
Don't worry too much about the little particles you can always come back to do those, the important thing is the big shapes, mostly with FX i go straight ahead except when i do loops, then i need to draw some keyframes.
mess around with the timing too, so that it doesn't feel too mechanical.
Sadly FX are one of the hardest or easiest things to do depending on how your brain works, they rely a lot on feel so there is not much of a tutorial other than fire and smoke go up and water go down.
Merry christmas to all of you folks, I'm off to spend time with family and that stuff.

What software lets you color one frame with the paint bucket and it transfers to the next and previous frames? I'm using Krita and I don't think it can do this, but I've seen it on professional animation software like Retas, and I figure there is something in english that does it too.

>>5087023
Not EXACTLY what you're looking for but it has the same exact function. Blender's 2d animation suite uses materials instead of just colors. What that means is you draw with a material you set the color of and if you decide you dont like the color you can change the material and every drawing that was drawn with that material will change color as well. It's really useful if you want to super quickly change the colors of an animation.

New learning material!

[Junichi Hayama] Animators' Sketches-Moving Character Sketches -Battle Characters--
https://litter.catbox.moe/1b56ej.7z

The book is the continuation of this one:
https://exhentai.org/g/1498102/7eb2576171/
It's extremely helpful for learning how to draw action pose/gestures.

Junichi Hayama is the mentor of Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Berserk, Ojamajo Doremi, Mushishi, Casshern Sins, Precure) and Terumi Nishii (Penguindrum, Jojo Part 4).

>>5088589
Thanks.

>>5088589
Thanks anon!
I have this one which i love. I didn't know there was another Junichi Hayama book out there

>>5088633
Nice, what other books do you have anon? I've grabbed some gengashuu like Dennou Coil and FLCL gengashuu. I wish there are books that teach you basics like how to create layout, effects, character acting and stuff like that.

God, /asg/ must be the most fucking retarded general in this board. Too much crabs there.

>>5088952
The other books i have in my small collection are one by Yasuo Muroi and Atmosphere's Ebisu no Hon 2.

>>5089009
Ah, I've seen someone translated it here. Was it you? I see his new books on amazon too, drawing drills book or something like that. Too bad there are many crabs on amazon who reviewed/rated it too low (even one star). The guy just genuinely wants to help people to improve.

Ebisu's book is Shuhei Handa's one right?

>>5089054
>Too bad there are many crabs on amazon who reviewed/rated it too low (even one star)
Whats up with that. I checked on amazon.jp and you're right lots of people are leaving him 1 star. My japanese is bad so I can't work out exactly why they're mad. I guess there are a lot of crabs in Japan too.
>Was it you?
nope not me

>>5088589
Thanks bro.
I found his books every useful.

>>5076546
Yeah definitely study the reference more.

Some other notes

the arm seems to be moving in a linear fashion instead of an arc and arm feels a bit weird. I see some followthrough you added in but it doesnt look natural

Moving up. it looks arms are moving against the flow of the shoulder. The chest/shoulders move back, but the arm is going forward. so you have a weird break down of locomotion or energy.

I see some "popping" in the legs and you can kinda cheat that by ever so slightly stretching the leg or be really attentive to the foot position to minimize the pops

Its a bit hard to tell if she had any side to side movement as the weight shift happens in the passing pose.

I don't see any Rotation in the spine or head. but thats ok, no need to tackle all the aspects of walking in one go. just want to point that out if you ever get to that point.

>>5088967
You shouldn't have wasted your time in there.

>>5085281
I love the shape.