#nkalmar

[littledigits]

If you have any tips on flipping animation, I'd be curious to know! I've always had trouble trying to find a way to flip pages while working traditionally that lets me study whether or not the drawings are flowing together as a whole. Most of the time, it kinda feels like I'm just relying on my gut until I can scan them into the computer and see them on the screen.

I’ll have to rig up my camera and do a lil tutorial on flipping !

although to be honest,  the only way to see if your drawings are flowing together as a whole is just practice. There is no easy way to train your eye to spacial differences really although thats where things like life drawing come in handy 

ppl think lifedrawing is just about anatomy but its also about seeing something thats infront of you and putting it down on the page - it helps you learn about neg space/proportions and all that jazz . When you flip on paper with animation all spacing/timing/on model things have to do with the exact same concepts. 

I think relying on your gut and just keep practicing is where you wanna go so you’re on the right track  - your eye will eventually catch up ! 

[creepycurse]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!

@nkalmar​  is a really cool guy and a long time firend of mine. AND he just turned OLD today. Well OLDER anyway.s So I drew some of his super cute characters to celebrate!!

[corwin-draws-things]

This took altogether too long, but I’m moderately satisfied with it, and I feel like I learned some stuff I can apply in the future. This character is from this lil cartoon thing by @nkalmar​​

NOW TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT.

[littledigits]

I'd love to see you tackle some tutorials on puppet animation in Toon Boom! Maybe what might work is to start out doing smaller animations that cover the basic questions and procedure of working with puppets in TB, then move to a bigger animation that ties everything together? I wouldn't worry too much about covering the principles of animation or even the interface; just focus on what's absolutely necessary in order to design, rig and animate puppets the way you prefer doing so.

most of what I’ll be doing is with puppets rather then traditionally animated :) I mean  I always try to have the traditional vibe to my stuff but ultimately most of the animation I do is with rigs. ( because i hate cleaning sketches up..) 

I think you’re right in not covering the principles or interface of harmony... there is probably a lot of that already out there. and knowing me I chat a lot about traditional animation principles when I animate so it’ll be included anyway haha.