How I Animate

[Duckorful]

Well it looks awesome but that will take FOREVER

[KalasMibari]

When you're drawing the eyes (1:05 - about 1:14) the tool you're using makes the lines get thinner instead of staying a consistant thickness. How are you doing that? Imma noob lulz

[ShadowCyrsed]

I give up too easily. I gave up on animation, so now im working on human form.

[hotstufffunniness]

WHAT THE HECK IS IS UP WITH THE CRAZY MUSIC???!!!???!!!

[jannet6592]

just download it xp

[LordRSanguine]

Nice drawing. Love the wolf.

[SuperCoolio4]

what website can i get this program for free?

[SuperThunderBolt2]

I really wish YouTube would go back to the way it was when I first came to the site. I don't want all channels to be updated to the new design, I want it to stay as is.

[tony12987]

you should get adobe flash 8 professional its an actual animating program and its really good

[sesshomakari]

Haters gonna hate, and animators gonna animate.

[MrDilutedJuice]

You can actually get student discounts on adobe products, if you send them proof through e-mail. I got photoshop CS5 for £60

[wolfqueen6]

i totally envy ur drawing, it makes mine look like.... like... burnt waffles :/

[MsConseptions]

Just wondering, is it better to have Photoshop rather than Illustrator for drawing?

[burgerman9000]

i just use flash like normal people

[albealer]

omg i love it, i have a similar progam i already bought to use and have a tab, this really help me and was interesting too! Thanks a bunch, and love the charrie art btw!

[TheDarkstarrocks]

SOO cool! im gonna try and do this

[ponyasuarusrex]

what do you use to animate it?

[MadaraPeinNaruto]

@hellokit768 well there's always pencil 2D animation... I find it more convenient than just drawing each frame one by one on Photoshop and it's free.... And faster XD and yes I DO have Photoshop so I know it can take FOREVER

[LexiGrimmel]

i like the music. what's the name?

[TheDevinGreat]

@LexiGrimmel The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix) 

[proudofitproductions]

love this song



[Blupon73]

@proudofitproductions

Same here what's the name of it?

[proudofitproductions]

@Blupon73 pendulum remix voodoo

[BlondoWoman]

thanks, for the vid. I found it helpful :)

[iKeishaKat]

I read the description and I'm pretty sure it isn't in there, but what software do you use to capture the sceen?

Thx :)

[hellokit768]

Could I still do an animation on my Photoshop? mine is Adobe Photoshop C23...(sorry if this is a stupid question XD)

[KingDanny98765]

Get man if u don't mind...can u tell me what program u used?Thx man!!!!

[LabDogX23]

how do you color fill it without all the white things showing up inside?

[Jakevielbrides]

@LabDogX23 you have to draw it so there are no openings and color fill the parts that dont automatically

[pipersack]

That's a nice wolf animation maneuver, bro. GRAACK!

[PimpedPenguin]

XD i know i knew ur name from somewhere then i realized i saw it on an advertisement on FA

[whiteshadow943]

I currently do stopmotion, but is there any way I could put my drawings in a software and have pivotable joints, or will that work for this one?

[mewmewgigi]

What's the thing u use I want it

[aang4all]

is elements and cs the same thing? cause i got premire and elements 10, and need to know if i can do this in there

[legendarywerewolf206]

awsome dude., Hey im planning on make a Gamera anime fan film. Want to help? I made a rough sketch of the poster and planning on posting a vid about it. =)

[artbankai]

How do you transfer a flash file to photoshop?

[Midnight111x]

Is that Dubstep I hear? Sounds like it. =P

[annaLUVzim67]

Is it free?

YES I READ THE DESTRIPTION BUT I DONT WANNA STEAL IT LOL

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@annaLUVzim67 it's about $600

[xXMercifulFallXx]

@GoldenPhoenix101 Well, Gimp is free and it's kind of close to photoshop.

[PinkGirl0461]

@GoldenPhoenix101 Who in there fucking rite mind would buy a animation thing for $600??!?!?!?!

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@PinkGirl0461 People who can spell >.>

[MmaLegend420]

@GoldenPhoenix101 BAHAHAHAHAHA

[Sean7458]

@GoldenPhoenix101 I can, but I still don't wan't to buy it.

[Ratchetgirl101]

@GoldenPhoenix101 ROFL!!!!!

[FoReVeRcRaZification]

@GoldenPhoenix101 and who have good grammar XD

[XxHannahRenaexX]

@PinkGirl0461

nobody pays for things nowadays go pirate it or something >_<

[Jakevielbrides]

@PinkGirl0461 its more than an animation software and also thats cheap for a computer program some are like 1200 dollars

[parliq]

@PinkGirl0461

How to get it for free: Download the trial for it from Adobe, and then go on YouTube or Google and search "Adobe Flash CS5 Serial numbers". Then try a few until you find one that still works. (:

[parliq]

@parliq Adobe Photoshop CS5 Serial Numbers*

[BlondoWoman]

@PinkGirl0461 It's not just for animation. It is really ment to be as a PHOTO editor, and also creating anything that is in your imagination. Its a great program and if you buy it as a bundle with the other Adobe products it would probably cost around $100. With everything together w/ the student package its i think 600 or 800 depending on what package you get.

[19409]

@PinkGirl0461 Also people who are interested in animation. o__o There are cheaper programs, you know.

[Aquaneos1193]

@PinkGirl0461 I don't know, maybe thats why people steal it!?

[TheHowlscastle]

@PinkGirl0461 people who have potential to sell what they create and make CASHOLA

[waisehell]

@GoldenPhoenix101 well..thank god for torrents sites~ haha!

[Circhily]

@annaLUVzim67 A good free alternative is GIMP. It can do all the basic things photoshop can do.

[FuruNaruBleachluvr7]

how long did this take you?

[NocturnalBreather]

can this be done with sai speed paint? please reply...

if so please explain the adjustments made(if any)...

[Andithekiller]

do you use the mouse for drawing

[Anonikat112]

@Andithekiller My guess is that he uses a Pen Tablet. There are some ranging from $60 - 2,500$.

[iluvallmychao0071]

What's the song? BTW nice animation.

[Mcdovin1]

Holy shit, I had this EXACT song in my head before I clicked this video. Talk about crazy. Epic man.

[daveo3000]

This is very helpful - thank you. I am very grateful that you responded to my comment and being so nice^^ You are a wonderful person and your art is amazing thank you so much for everything :)

[FuzzKitty141]

oh and does this work in photoshop 9.0?

[star41055]

what program did you use to make this???

[FuzzKitty141]

@star41055 description.... -.-

[kaurpoiss1]

wow, that takes a long time :S

[Dauntaina]

XD I am trying to start animating and idk wut the web site or app it is. Can some1 tell me?

[johnthesios5]

whats the song

[raptorkil]

@johnthesios5 prodigy- voodoo people remix

[raptorkil]

PRODIGY ROCKZ

[Zer0xFouRx0nE]

well done !

[Midchrome]

Excuse me but i got an very very important question.

At 0:08 what tool you use to select to move the mouth\nose\front head or whatever?

This could really help me and this helped me a lot thanks please reply :)

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@Midchrome The lasso tool

[tarathepizza]

can we see the finished animation from the tutorial?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@tarathepizza unfortunately I never finished the animation, so the only frames are the three drawn in this which I flick through at the end of the vid ^^

[MonsterEyes5662]

Do you haqve a tablet, if so, what kind?

[hazardousmango]

With adobe flash you could do this in literally half the time... Or less

[TheAnimehorse]

I dont get how you can draw SO perfectly its STUNNING!

[TheAnimehorse]

Just.So.AMAZING.

[bloodlinewolves]

you encourage me golden pheonix ur my favorite animator on youtube

[UberPokeMewtwo]

Please reply quick: is this Photoshop cs5 professional standard or designer standard?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@UberPokeMewtwo Neither. It's Photoshop 6

[UberPokeMewtwo]

@GoldenPhoenix101 Okay thank you. And i subbed :)

[XxLazyCatxXL908]

its fast forward

[MrJay822]

yeah so all i have to do iS MAKE AN ENORMOUSLY VERY HARD AND SUPER DETAILED PICTURE THAT WILL TAKE A WHOLE HOUR!!!!!!!

[CamJar99]

even worse Q: how do you get pencil instead of paint?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@CamJar99 Right click the paintbrush tool and select the pencil option

[CamJar99]

i know this may sound amazingly stupid but how do you save individual frames?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@CamJar99 You go to "save as" whilst on the layer you have selected and save it as a JPEG. Then do the same for the next layer and so on

[MangoMarshmallow]

Im not being offensive but why are people so obsessed with wolves and furries? >3<

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@MangoMarshmallow lol I think wolf fandom is a phase a lot of users go through between the ages of 10-14. After that most people snap out of it or get a more down to earth opinion of them. As for furries, the furry community is an ever growing one, particuarly on the net.

[HapplyFace]

@MangoMarshmallow because wolves are badass :P

[MurderousLittleMary]

cool, imma noob so how could i insert like a backround, like my character is gonna walk past a brick wall, how would i like get in a brick wall? XD like make it a bottom layer?

[Dummy52]

yiruma river flows in you (Y)

[animationenema]

awesome thanks for sharing !!

[EpicBrandonable]

did you get flash? more efficient for animating IMO

[NocturnalBreather]

did you use a tablet or a mouse?... please reply, im interested in your work...

[MoonKittyArtist]

This is pretty damn smart! I NEVER even thought of this! Thanks for posting this i will start animating like this too!

[elasticdragon]

Thats straight ahead shit right there - .... jeeeeahhh

[AserSameh]

I have a question! can I make exactly like your animations with macromedia flash 8??

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@AserSameh Try it and see - I have no idea since I've never used flash in my life

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@iYoYoKitty The opacity change option is at the top right of the layer box. If you cant find it from that, go to Google and search "how to change opacity on Photoshop"

[MrTech991]

are you like a furry or something?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@MrTech991 No I am not. I often do commissions for furries, and I have a lot of friends within the furry community, but I myself am not one, and appreciate anthro art the same as any other art form.

[leopardpaw16]

@GoldenPhoenix101 thanks!! its really going to help :)

[leopardpaw16]

when your done putting it in like window movie maker or something how do you add the music?? sorry im new at this -.-"

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@leopardpaw16 With  Sony Vegas - see my "How to animate" series on my channel ^^

[gomozkov]

the music from hackers movie

[Christypooz]

I have the same program, but Im sortof new to it O.o When youre done making the frames, can you just export it into a movie or what do you do?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@Christypooz Yes, I export it to a movie using the render option in file>export ^^

[Blackwolfhowls]

would you recommend Photoshop for beginners? (and over photoshop cs2?)

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@Blackwolfhowls It depends how willing you are to learn. If you never learn PS then you will never be anything but a beginner at using it, if you see what I mean XD

But if you're not looking to do overly complicated art (in other words, if you dont plan on going professional or drawing very much) then probably not, because I think you'd find it more complicated than it's worth ^^

[Blackwolfhowls]

@GoldenPhoenix101 so photoshop 6.0 is for more professional drawers?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@Blackwolfhowls The best way I can compare it is if you think of Photoshop as high quality artist paints and pencils, as opposed to MS Paint as children's crayons. PS Is a lot more expensive than the other, and takes longer to figure out how to use, but if you're going to do a lot of drawing it's worth the expense.

And PS 6.0 is now more than 10 years old - you wont be able to buy that anywhere. I'd look more realistically as PS CS3 or CS4

[Blackwolfhowls]

@GoldenPhoenix101 so you reccomend PS CS3 or PS CS4?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@Blackwolfhowls That's what I said

[Blackwolfhowls]

@GoldenPhoenix101 okay thanks alot!

[DJDALLYDEE]

@GoldenPhoenix101 How much would would you say it would cost to get only Adobe PS CS3 nowadays? Isn't it somewhere around $1000?

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@DJDALLYDEE No idea I'm afraid, mainly because Cs3 is now such an old version that it is no longer being sold as a new product by most sites. You'l have better luck researching the prices of CS4 and 5, and even then I'm afraid Im not sure what they're worth in dollars. All I know is that the cheapest I've seen CS5 go for is £500

[DJDALLYDEE]

@GoldenPhoenix101 Well thanks for the response though! And I know that one euro is about 1.5 canadian dollars so for me it'd probably be about $750.

[Snowbird98]

Nice job I could never have the patiance to do that @_@ kudos to your

[tisfatman]

what tool did you draw cause with brush or pencil the actual drawing is 40% transparent not the previous frame? opacity=brush and pencil too?

[AngelWolf611]

One question that isn't in the artist's comments; how long did it take you to do the first frame that was in the video?

[SiLvervlieS]

Is this also possible with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0?

or is there something else? than 6.0?

[syedahmed111]

Damn it's nice :D

[monipony78]

What program I'd this? If it's Photoshop then what version.

[mrdjzeny]

damn u got talent^^

[BMTstudio123]

do you have to pay for the photo shop you use or is it free

[PurpledancingFoxKit]

Wow neat. Well here's a question or two that aren't in your artist comments: How many frames are suggested/how long should a frame be? How much difference from frame to frame should there be?

(If you aren't sure of the answer that's ok...) Also I've been trying to figure this out, How does one color a large block like that so simply/quickly? And I want to know how you got the resizing/angle box to show up on the individual segments!

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@PurpledancingFoxKit Generally I have about 15 frames per second ^^ As for colouring a large block, generally I select where I want coloured and then use the fill tool to fill it in - you can skip the selecting if you have a lineart drawn with the pencil tool, as that tool has exact lines - sorry it's kinda hard to explain XD

And I'm not sure what you mean by the angle box showing up Im afraid - could you try re-wording it? ^^ 

[PurpledancingFoxKit]

@GoldenPhoenix101 Wow ok thanks that helps alot! and the resizing box is what I'm talking about where you select a piece and move or resize the selected piece.

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@PurpledancingFoxKit Ooh you mean the free transform tool? You just select the part you want to resize with the lasso tool and right click Free Transform ^^

[PurpledancingFoxKit]

@GoldenPhoenix101 OOOH!!! wow I'm a dummy I've used the lasso tool before and never knew it had a free transform part to it! thank you so much!!!

[darjasoko]

i still have no idea how to animate in photoshop ._.

[emperorny]

I would like use the same technique to animate an sketch of a model dressed walking in a runwuy show. How could I do that?

[irockamy0528]

photoshop or SAI,which one is easier???!!!

[irockamy0528]

i think i figured out your korean... blah i dont know but that's my guess!

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@irockamy0528 Uuh I'm from the UK XD

[irockamy0528]

@GoldenPhoenix101 i just thought you were korean cause i saw the video you watched and it had korean letters.

[taracatlover123]

@GoldenPhoenix101 same here!! xD i live in liverpool. :D

[toothfairy000]

what program did u use???

[stickmister321]

Photoshop, isn't it obvious? - .-

[TheDomesticDragon]

can you onion skin on CS2? and if you can can you please tell me how?

[happyhorsemonkey]

Omygosh, My charecters name is Kaiya too!! Except shes a cat!

[cottencandykitten]

MWAHAHAHAHA!!! I NOW KNOW YOU ANIMATION SECRETS >:D

[Demonwolf11121]

for wolves, the bone connecterd to their hind paws is short. pointers, and btw great video, it rilly helped me! ;)

[EpicBrandonable]

do you use a tablet?

[purplepoprocks]

What are your preferred brush settings?

[SuperZYoshiDragon900]

what song is this

[SuperZYoshiDragon900]

what song is this

[KamariUchiha1]

PENDULUM?!?! i already love you *^*

thanks for uploading this!! It helps me so much!! This is so amazing!!!

[feathertail1love]

Hey again, how long did it take for u to do the whole thing??

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@feathertail1love I cant remember I'm afraid - it's nearly 3 years old

[feathertail1love]

Hi golden. Do you have any tips on animating and drawing animals? mine are messy looking.

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@feathertail1love Uh only to make sure you get the anatomy right (which is rich comming from me because my anatomy is always terrible XD)

[nisse427obo]

WO.OW

[wolfpupinapack]

um how do u play it back when ur drawing?

[Alxitment]

dang you r good at drawing go to an art school by any chance?

[ClarkHeyEdit]

lol, i use the same technique to animate.

[freeloder17]

Is there any free programs? Tht r legal?

[QueenieandBatz]

@freeloder17 there is gimp

[GoldenPhoenix101]

@freeloder17 Pencil 2d - it's free to download and completely legal ^^

[MySoaringHeart]

You are very good at what you do, keep up the great work!

[MrDoomBringer100]

Now a full length movie.

[TheDarknessStrikes]

Haters gonna hate. ;)

[TheBlackMeerCat]

song?



[KrazieDave666]

This looks like sooo much fun i wish i had a damn tablet.

[RedJadeWolf]

That is so awesome!!! Now I know!!! Thank you!!! But, now I just need to learn how to draw. :|

[f0rkFliNger]

i have a photo shop that was a free download it was really free right?

[Garnet535]

Oh wow, you've inspired me. Now my hopes have went up on doing an animated series. ^.^