#animation problems

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #11,213:

I wish people didn't hear "30s-inspired" and "animation" in the same sentence and only exclusively think of rubber hose style. (Especially with the popularity of Cuphead and BATM).

Snow White came out in '37!

[jojosbizarreuser07]

Been a WIP for a while and im still not done yet 😭

This is lowk my first ever animation tho im a little nervous 💀

IK THIS TREND IS OLD DONT JUDGE ME IM ALWAYS LATE TO JUMP ON TRENDS 💔💔💔💔

Spent like a few days on this tho ive been so locked in 💪

Lowk the last character is Hiro Hamada but idk if its easy to tell so im considering changing it and drawing him in his hero suit….but we shall see

[alkali-is-sleeping]

16/11/2025

honestly i was just scrolling thru my camera roll to delete some pics when i remembered i made this and only ever posted it on the wannabee’s tiktok (questionable decision but alright?).

this was a while ago now but its still the best bit of animation ive actually ever managed to squeeze out of myself (not that ive made much since then, given the circumstances and all). not for lack of trying to make progress but i just started to lose motivation when it felt like i wasnt making any and… yeah… kinda embarrassing to admit given im meant to be making an animated show, right?

i think part of the problem is how self critical i can be and how much time i spend comparing myself to others who’ve had better access to resources, gone to uni, had people guiding them, had years to learn, where as i’ve only been doing this for a few years on and off and i’m completely self taught. none of that is to say “they’ll always be better than me” but just “they’re better than you right now” i just have a hard time remembering that.

anyway i didn’t mean for this to become this big lengthy monologue vent thing, just some thoughts i have had when it comes to animation and my journey in learning it.

[tealmaskmybeloved]

Do you ever just

The piece of shit in question is the season finale for my indie animated series.

So like this project has been in the works for over a year (I started it back in October of LAST YEAR)

And it's not even halfway done.

It's about 9 minutes long and I just reached the 2 minute mark TODAY.

A part of me just wants to give up on it since it just doesn't reach that big of an audience compared to stuff with an already existing fan base, and I know people aren't gonna stick around for it.

And I don't know how to keep it going. I want the episode done now but I don't have motivation to work on it but I want it done so I work on it.

I'm just stuck.

[bridoesotherjunk]

Babe, I am imagining so many animations and animatics outside of my skill level inside my head right now you have no idea.

[squid--inc]

Me watching a 10 minute long, fully animated piece done by a team of animators, which took months to do: oh god, I'll never, as a singular artist, that doesn't work on collabs, etc, be as good as this. I should just quit now

[rachelpatatra]

Part 1, read the part 2 here