@xoamrc I just used 2B pencils to draw on paper - the thinner the paper the easier it is to see through..then to trace the cel I used a black "rotring" pen..
@KodytheRedFox Do your mean ONE person cannot animate - I am only ONE person and created the 100 or so animations you see on my channel .. sorry maybe I mis-understood?
@sheilagraber i believe KodytheRedFox may be referring to the one 'dislike' on this video; that whoever disliked this is not able to animate at all, and is jealous of your fabulous skills.
@WolfMore Thanks for your kind comments -Really appreciate your sorting this out - as I didn't get it at all. Loved your Ragdoll Kitten - you don't need to animate whilst you have him to film!
@KodytheRedFox Hi Kody - had another look at your website and I see you like drawing and "wannabeananimator" - Try out software on my website..Youtube won't let me put up the URL - just go to it and click on the orange square that says"Animate instantly with our free software" Try a fox for starters! URL for Website is on my channel.
I'm studying animation in college and still new to this, I was wondering, does it matter what type of paper animators use? Sorry, where I stay, studying animation is rare and on occasions, not encouraged. Other than that, this definitely explained a lot.
@ShaurntheSheep Hi Shaurn- glad it was of some use - my job is helping animation students - so feel free to ask any questions anytime - I'll start - Which college are you at..?
@sheilagraber Thanks - YES I agree - Wacom Tablets certainly rule -have been using one since 1991when it was over £2000 - great that now any student can pick up one for £50 or so. Loved your collection of classic animation - the Xmas 1966 is just SO spot on both in timing and message..Bill Tytal is my all time favourite animator so grand to see a pencil test of his too! Also I see a link with Michael Sporn -his site is simply the best for animators!
Wonderful documentary of those "good ol' days" of cels and shooting on to film with a rostrum camera. Thanks for posting this. Good historical reference for students. Although the craft involved was interesting and the rostrum camera were marvels of mechanical engineering I am SO GLAD that we now have our Wacom tablets and digital programs like TVPaint to animate with! I continue to love hand-drawn animation, but don't really miss the cel animation/rostrum camera days .
I'm planning of making this kind of animation. I wonder if it works on bandpapers. I really can't wait to get a job as an animator. I want to make now!
to hold your punched cels (use a home office punch and matching bar - available from Chromacolour) a heck of a lot cheaper!! Rest a piece of opaque plastic on a book - and slide a strip light under it -there you are - light box on the cheap and it works..it's how I used to work when I first started.
@sheilagraber shiela, i am such a fan of hand drawn animation. I was a child of the 80's so I grew up with many many many american and japanese animated shows. I am now learning animation and as a fan of japanese animation I am just learning. You are a giant. thankyou for talking about this and sharing this information.
Chromacolour.co.uk Theysell everything an animator needs. The Light Disc I use in the video is still available - I bought it and made my own light box out of hardboard and wood. then stucj a cool strip light inside..Hope this helps..
@TheMillerlite320 - "those things you lay the paper on and shine a light behind it " are called a lightbox with an animation disc and pegbar to hold the animation paper in place. (you can also just use a translucent plexiglass lightbox with pegbar and no disc, but the disc is better) . Google for companies like Lightfoot Animation , Colin Johnson Animation Desks, Cartoon Colour Co. or ChromaColour International to see various options and price ranges for animation lightboxes /desks.
I still use the old techniques using hundreds of papers. I hate using the computer. It's just me. I will send a video link of my current study of a hand drawn animation. this is a great video on how u showed us how animators make animations. but many are still using this technique until today anyway... for a Hand drawn artist. nothing could replace the beauty of paper, pencil and cells.
Brilliant! Thank you for sharing. That jaguar cell was a masterpiece! I cannot imagine how hard it would have been to render from the back with the detail set down first and blending the orange into cream from behind the picture! Truly a lost art.
@stefanolattanzio Your animation Manga style is fine - however this little video is just a blast from the past to show how we USED to make animations - I, like you, now use computers and if you looked at some of my other 100 movies up there you'd see that.. ..we are not in anyway in competition..the great thing about animation is that everyone finds their OWN style to express their OWN ideas and personality..good luck with your work in the future.
@sheilagraber i was joking...i don't felle in competition...i draw because it is my passion...but in real lfe i'm a scientist. I want to say that, in the age of computer and flash animation, i make animations with white papers and black pens..OLD STYLE ..which is the best one for me! :-)
@sheilagraber Lordy, some people just need to sit back and think a while before they speak. Thanks for showing us young animators a glimpse of an older form of the craft
@AbbuwOfficial loved the artisto-cat-ic name of your cat! I guess if you are interested enough in the actual movie you are making you don' get bored or even think about the time it takes..We all have to do SOMETHING to pass the time (as my Aunty Mabel who lived to be 102 said) so I guess, for me, it's making movies. Good lUck with your own animated future.. cheers Sheila
@haitomedei Hi -have sent a reply via your own site. I think your work is splendid. In my message I give info on my book "animation a handy guide" which might help.
Yes! So glad to see people keeping traditional animation alive, even if it is so much more labor intensive. Very helpful also. Is there a change in the background color when the layers of cels build up?
@AnonymousNothing Thanks for positive comment - yes, there IS a change in BG colour as cel layers build up - so you us blank cells to always kep the number in a scene the same - say 3 or 4..hope this helps.
@nailon323 Seriously how about your watching the movie to the end and you will see that i am using a mac - several in fact- and have done since 1991 -When you were about 12. By not taking time to look at this post properly you have missed the entire point !
Glad you find it of use..oddly enough I am at this moment animating with a Wacom Tablet and Animate by ToonBoom. Glad you are already using their software. Their is a cheaper version of ToonBoom (I think it's called Studio) which works just as well -not as many extra fiddly bits! If you DO animate on a light box on paper you can always put the final quicktime movie into ToonBoom to work on it further.
This is such a helpful video. I want to do a 5min animation but it's my first time and I think I will have to end up doing a lot of it by hand. :S Any suggestions on programs that I could use? Am currently looking at Toon Boom storyboard software to get me started, as for the Bar sheet... O_0 I have no idea how I'm going to do it, yay!
By the way, when you paint on cels, I know that you do the outline in ink on one side and do the colour in acrylic on the other side, but what kind of ink do you use for the outlines? I've tried Indian ink, but it has a tendency to drip and run .
Dang!... youre the smartest person I know!This is the most helpfull video ive ever found!Thank you so much,and do you know where I could purchase the cells/clear sheets?Thank you
@jtjonny01 The punch I'm using on the Demo is a 3 peg "Acme" punch - which you can buy from Chromacolour Uk for a LOT of money - or maybe get one second hand - good idea. However you CAN use just a standard two hole office punch (it's what I did most of my early films with) and Chromacolour sell a small two peg peg bar you can tape to your light box to register your punched paper. Hope this helps..keep up you good drawing _ Cheers Sheila
@sheilagraber thanks but also do you need a certan type of camera or can you just take the pictures with a regular 16mm camera and put it in a projector?
@jtjonny01 I began by using a 16mm Bolex H16 clockwork camera attached to a broomshank wedged into a home-made rostrum. Most of the 100 films up on my channel were shot in single frames with 16mm camera. However ANY camera can be
used as long as it is on a steady tripod . Hope this helps.
im gona stick to pivot 4 a wile
SuperDMTV 6 days ago
@SuperDMTV Quite Right too - there's no way I'd go back to making animations this way now!
sheilagraber 5 days ago
what do you use to draw with? Pen? Pencil? And is it a special sort for animation/the type of paper you use?
xoamrc 6 days ago
@xoamrc I just used 2B pencils to draw on paper - the thinner the paper the easier it is to see through..then to trace the cel I used a black "rotring" pen..
sheilagraber 5 days ago
lol i'm actually useing notebook paper, dull pencils, and crayons for my first animation.
HellomynameisN 1 week ago
1 person can't animate.
KodytheRedFox 1 week ago
@KodytheRedFox Do your mean ONE person cannot animate - I am only ONE person and created the 100 or so animations you see on my channel .. sorry maybe I mis-understood?
sheilagraber 5 days ago
@sheilagraber I think @KodytheRedFox meant the ONE person who disliked this video :)
bdeink 5 days ago
@bdeink Thanks for that explanation...I really like some of your piano favourites..glad you got in touch.
sheilagraber 3 days ago
@sheilagraber i believe KodytheRedFox may be referring to the one 'dislike' on this video; that whoever disliked this is not able to animate at all, and is jealous of your fabulous skills.
WolfMore 3 days ago
@WolfMore Thanks for your kind comments -Really appreciate your sorting this out - as I didn't get it at all. Loved your Ragdoll Kitten - you don't need to animate whilst you have him to film!
sheilagraber 3 days ago
@KodytheRedFox Hi Kody - had another look at your website and I see you like drawing and "wannabeananimator" - Try out software on my website..Youtube won't let me put up the URL - just go to it and click on the orange square that says"Animate instantly with our free software" Try a fox for starters! URL for Website is on my channel.
why not draw a fox for starters!
sheilagraber 3 days ago
What the clear paper called
TheMultiStudio 2 weeks ago
@TheMultiStudio It's called "cel" short for celluloid difficult to get today - chromacolor in UK sell it..hope this helps.
sheilagraber 2 weeks ago
The Thinner the better
sheilagraber 1 month ago
I'm studying animation in college and still new to this, I was wondering, does it matter what type of paper animators use? Sorry, where I stay, studying animation is rare and on occasions, not encouraged. Other than that, this definitely explained a lot.
SayuriKurata 1 month ago
Oh my gosh, thanks. <3
MintyMomoki 1 month ago
thank you for this. I am doing about animation at college so this is very help full
ShaurntheSheep 1 month ago
@ShaurntheSheep Hi Shaurn- glad it was of some use - my job is helping animation students - so feel free to ask any questions anytime - I'll start - Which college are you at..?
Sheila
sheilagraber 1 month ago
this helps lots coming from a female animator! thank you so much.
xxkitxx21 2 months ago
hah, i'm the 9,999th viewer... and the 10,000th
aznmaplemaster 2 months ago
AMAZING.THIS WILL HELP FOR MY UP AND COMING PRODUCTION.THANK YOU
tarot9230 2 months ago
you are incredible
Sashaface001 3 months ago
@Sashaface001 sasha dale
pxdud 3 months ago
i think i read or watched somewhere that Studio Ghibli still does hand-drawn on paper animation
ForwardIntent 3 months ago
@ForwardIntent That is correct.
itsjustthatawsome 2 months ago
@sheilagraber Thanks - YES I agree - Wacom Tablets certainly rule -have been using one since 1991when it was over £2000 - great that now any student can pick up one for £50 or so. Loved your collection of classic animation - the Xmas 1966 is just SO spot on both in timing and message..Bill Tytal is my all time favourite animator so grand to see a pencil test of his too! Also I see a link with Michael Sporn -his site is simply the best for animators!
sheilagraber 3 months ago
Wonderful documentary of those "good ol' days" of cels and shooting on to film with a rostrum camera. Thanks for posting this. Good historical reference for students. Although the craft involved was interesting and the rostrum camera were marvels of mechanical engineering I am SO GLAD that we now have our Wacom tablets and digital programs like TVPaint to animate with! I continue to love hand-drawn animation, but don't really miss the cel animation/rostrum camera days .
InklingStudio 3 months ago
Dang I'd kill myself as an animator!! xD
MelancholiaImpact 3 months ago
I'm planning of making this kind of animation. I wonder if it works on bandpapers. I really can't wait to get a job as an animator. I want to make now!
henry2450 3 months ago
You can buy a plastic peg bar
to hold your punched cels (use a home office punch and matching bar - available from Chromacolour) a heck of a lot cheaper!! Rest a piece of opaque plastic on a book - and slide a strip light under it -there you are - light box on the cheap and it works..it's how I used to work when I first started.
sheilagraber 4 months ago
@sheilagraber shiela, i am such a fan of hand drawn animation. I was a child of the 80's so I grew up with many many many american and japanese animated shows. I am now learning animation and as a fan of japanese animation I am just learning. You are a giant. thankyou for talking about this and sharing this information.
22centman36 2 months ago
The only place I know in Uk is:-
Chromacolour.co.uk Theysell everything an animator needs. The Light Disc I use in the video is still available - I bought it and made my own light box out of hardboard and wood. then stucj a cool strip light inside..Hope this helps..
sheilagraber 4 months ago 2
How much is one of those things you lay the paper on and shine the light behind it?
TheMillerlite320 4 months ago
@TheMillerlite320 - "those things you lay the paper on and shine a light behind it " are called a lightbox with an animation disc and pegbar to hold the animation paper in place. (you can also just use a translucent plexiglass lightbox with pegbar and no disc, but the disc is better) . Google for companies like Lightfoot Animation , Colin Johnson Animation Desks, Cartoon Colour Co. or ChromaColour International to see various options and price ranges for animation lightboxes /desks.
InklingStudio 3 months ago
i used a note book and when you flip athe pages it is an amimation now i have to color and add a background wish me luck! :)
Brightmist1 4 months ago
I still use the old techniques using hundreds of papers. I hate using the computer. It's just me. I will send a video link of my current study of a hand drawn animation. this is a great video on how u showed us how animators make animations. but many are still using this technique until today anyway... for a Hand drawn artist. nothing could replace the beauty of paper, pencil and cells.
wukongzzz 4 months ago
Brilliant! Thank you for sharing. That jaguar cell was a masterpiece! I cannot imagine how hard it would have been to render from the back with the detail set down first and blending the orange into cream from behind the picture! Truly a lost art.
the21tinker 5 months ago
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sorry but i think i'm better than you...without all that stuff...watch my channel :-)
stefanolattanzio 5 months ago
@stefanolattanzio Your animation Manga style is fine - however this little video is just a blast from the past to show how we USED to make animations - I, like you, now use computers and if you looked at some of my other 100 movies up there you'd see that.. ..we are not in anyway in competition..the great thing about animation is that everyone finds their OWN style to express their OWN ideas and personality..good luck with your work in the future.
sheilagraber 5 months ago 10
@sheilagraber i was joking...i don't felle in competition...i draw because it is my passion...but in real lfe i'm a scientist. I want to say that, in the age of computer and flash animation, i make animations with white papers and black pens..OLD STYLE ..which is the best one for me! :-)
thanks for your answer :-))))))
stefanolattanzio 5 months ago
@sheilagraber Lordy, some people just need to sit back and think a while before they speak. Thanks for showing us young animators a glimpse of an older form of the craft
mrcatfacefrog 5 months ago
@stefanolattanzio i disagree, anime sux
lovesbuttsex 5 months ago
The good old days of hand drawn cartoons, cartoons today are ugly as crap
lovesbuttsex 5 months ago 3
Your cat looks like my cat Longfellow. It must have sucked doing all of that frame by frame bye hand.
AbbuwOfficial 5 months ago
@AbbuwOfficial loved the artisto-cat-ic name of your cat! I guess if you are interested enough in the actual movie you are making you don' get bored or even think about the time it takes..We all have to do SOMETHING to pass the time (as my Aunty Mabel who lived to be 102 said) so I guess, for me, it's making movies. Good lUck with your own animated future.. cheers Sheila
sheilagraber 5 months ago
It's really cool , can you teach me animation ? XD
i made a free software for 2d animation it's beta now but it's work, take a look in my video and tell me what you think ^_^
haitomedei 6 months ago
@haitomedei Hi -have sent a reply via your own site. I think your work is splendid. In my message I give info on my book "animation a handy guide" which might help.
sheilagraber 5 months ago
Yes! So glad to see people keeping traditional animation alive, even if it is so much more labor intensive. Very helpful also. Is there a change in the background color when the layers of cels build up?
AnonymousNothing 6 months ago
@AnonymousNothing Thanks for positive comment - yes, there IS a change in BG colour as cel layers build up - so you us blank cells to always kep the number in a scene the same - say 3 or 4..hope this helps.
sheilagraber 5 months ago
Animation the good ol' fashioned way! I always wondered how it was done. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us! :D
charliegirl6 7 months ago
@nailon323 I just love the smart people that own macs like us!
JGervstudios2011 7 months ago
cool video
stoneycartoon 8 months ago
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this technology stopped being useful like 20 years ago. seriously, get a mac
nailon323 8 months ago
@nailon323 rude
ElizabethandLuke 8 months ago
@nailon323 Seriously how about your watching the movie to the end and you will see that i am using a mac - several in fact- and have done since 1991 -When you were about 12. By not taking time to look at this post properly you have missed the entire point !
Sent from Sheila's iPad
sheilagraber 7 months ago 16
@sheilagraber BURN (On your side Sheil >:D)
Frankie20920 7 months ago
@nailon323 Jeez calm down I like apple too but I'm not a fanboy
IanTheCameraGuy 6 months ago
@nailon323 this technique is still very useful today, you learn the very basics of animation this way.
AniMagination15 6 months ago 2
Glad you find it of use..oddly enough I am at this moment animating with a Wacom Tablet and Animate by ToonBoom. Glad you are already using their software. Their is a cheaper version of ToonBoom (I think it's called Studio) which works just as well -not as many extra fiddly bits! If you DO animate on a light box on paper you can always put the final quicktime movie into ToonBoom to work on it further.
sheilagraber 9 months ago
This is such a helpful video. I want to do a 5min animation but it's my first time and I think I will have to end up doing a lot of it by hand. :S Any suggestions on programs that I could use? Am currently looking at Toon Boom storyboard software to get me started, as for the Bar sheet... O_0 I have no idea how I'm going to do it, yay!
Impressionsish 9 months ago
By the way, when you paint on cels, I know that you do the outline in ink on one side and do the colour in acrylic on the other side, but what kind of ink do you use for the outlines? I've tried Indian ink, but it has a tendency to drip and run .
femoman 10 months ago
im trying to get a lightbox with a peg board but i dont know where to get one... any suggestions?
yaoiperv911 11 months ago
Dang!... youre the smartest person I know!This is the most helpfull video ive ever found!Thank you so much,and do you know where I could purchase the cells/clear sheets?Thank you
puppetmaker2 11 months ago
what machine is that that u used to trace the sketch this really helps
ps3sexgod15 1 year ago
where do you get the hole puncher? from ebay?
jtjonny01 1 year ago
@jtjonny01 The punch I'm using on the Demo is a 3 peg "Acme" punch - which you can buy from Chromacolour Uk for a LOT of money - or maybe get one second hand - good idea. However you CAN use just a standard two hole office punch (it's what I did most of my early films with) and Chromacolour sell a small two peg peg bar you can tape to your light box to register your punched paper. Hope this helps..keep up you good drawing _ Cheers Sheila
sheilagraber 1 year ago
@sheilagraber thanks but also do you need a certan type of camera or can you just take the pictures with a regular 16mm camera and put it in a projector?
jtjonny01 1 year ago
@jtjonny01 I began by using a 16mm Bolex H16 clockwork camera attached to a broomshank wedged into a home-made rostrum. Most of the 100 films up on my channel were shot in single frames with 16mm camera. However ANY camera can be
used as long as it is on a steady tripod . Hope this helps.
sheilagraber 1 year ago
@sheilagraber I got my ACME-punch a while back second hand from an animator who sold it on eBay!
RetroToledo 8 months ago
awesome
bubele 1 year ago