Flash is making me his bitch

this morning I worked like an hour in gay cartoon of mine called vince the vodoo dolls and I only got half a second done.

Ive got done exactly 74 seconds out of 125
that means im still missing 51 seconds.

so basically all I need to do is fucking no sleep and ill be done in 102 hours (4. days and 6 hours).

tbh the cartoon doesnt look that impressive (to me) so I wonder, am I doing something wrong? what bad habits do I have that are slowing me down on the production of this/anything I do?
I hate to work on a single keyframe more than 4 minutes, and I do! I have not developed a smart strategy to work on my cartoons as fast as I want. I believe if someone else other than me was working on this theyd probably be done months by now.

its hard for me to believe how some of my early animations (sprite ones) took me like 3 h.ours to make.
good times.

sorry for gay post I just had to like vent that out there.
oh and I have submitted a lot of drawings so you can review/enjoy too if you want!
Ill get back to work.

Flash is making me his bitch

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Tyler 2009-11-27 17:21:26

I've been trying different ways to go about it,
but I've found that roughing through the entire thing with
very sketchy, quick drawings to get timings and everything
else down and in place works well.

Then I typically refine those sketches again to get it right.

Then after that looks good,
I go back and render graphics.

Animation takes a long time to do, and even longer to do well.
Practice and such will make you better/faster, naturally.

Emanhattan 2009-11-27 17:21:26

ya man. when I started this cartoon I didnt believe in sketches, you know like I wanted to just "skip that shit" and move on to animating it without drawing the same frame twice.

now thats a bad habbit. the nicest and better animated parts so far are the ones that I did sketch.

cnk 2009-11-27 17:28:48

^
Oh wait, I wouldn't know that, I'm a spammer.

Emanhattan 2009-11-27 17:28:48

damn you you spammer DAMN YOU

Fawx 2009-11-27 17:32:04

vince the killerdoll13

Emanhattan 2009-11-27 17:32:04

lmao

psychomilkman 2009-11-27 17:39:39

*Takes out dildo* Now ur mien :3

Emanhattan 2009-11-27 17:39:39

god no please D:

Starblinky 2009-11-27 18:41:49

dont be a perfectionist. Number 1 rule

TheBoogley 2009-11-27 19:34:11

I start with a storyboard, or at least a bunch of drawings that tell the story, and get my hands on the sound. Then I get the whole thing done with key poses synced to the sound in flash so that the timing is right (like an animatic), then inbetween for ages. I base the keyposes on anticipations, actions followthroughs and results for each of the moments in the piece. That way if I get sick of the project I can just say it's finished and then submit it, and it'll look consistant and tell the whole story even though it's not as smooth as it could be. The independant animations you see in festivals and such take a long long time to produce, don't panic, just take your time and make something that you're proud of. Another option is to get other people on board and make them do other parts of the work, like they do in industry. Employers are looking to see pieces in your reel that have involved collaboration for sound, layout, storyboarding, key animation and inbetweening.

PaperBat 2009-11-27 20:34:54

Not liking your own work is very common in alot of animators. Its all about the mentality of thinking "I CAN DO BETTER THEN THIS", no matter how good you are doing. Get some advice from your friends and see if THEY like it.

Some things that get me motivated in working, is listening to some of my favorite music while I work. You can also torture yourself, like if you are REALLY hungry, dont let yourself eat until you ge a certain amount of work done.

Hope I could help

Emanhattan 2009-11-27 20:34:54

while it is very tempting to do so,I try not to listen to music while I animate.
somewhere in the first pages of the animators survival kit there is a 3 page comic where an animator asks this pro animator what kind of music does he listen to while he animates, the pro animator responds "I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH TO DO 2 THINGS AT THE SAME TIME". (a.k.a. dont listen to music while you animate!)

and yah I think a lot of people hate their own work because its more what they do, and not what they had in mind in the first place.

MrAbnormal 2009-11-27 22:36:29

Well those frames better be quality! I agree with boogley going pose by pose is helpful in most parts. Just keep yourself undistracted. Turn off all your messengers, dont check your email, dont do anything but animate.

Zyphonee 2009-11-28 00:43:38

it's terrible "wow man, I really busted my balls making these 12 frames, my flash's gonna look great, I bet those four hours were totally worth it!"

and you've only done half a second or less. Flash's such a beautiful way of torture