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First, I will appologize for being so vague and unclear in this video. R...
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First, I will appologize for being so vague and unclear in this video. Read the full description for a better explanation :p
This installment of Pivot Sticks & Tricks is more focussed on the psychological aspect on animating. Most animators find it very, very difficult to animate anything good without inspiration. You might be halfway through a really awesome project, and suddenly get stuck. What once seemed easy now seems impossible, and you can't continue. Yet you want the animation finished, out of the way, as far behind you as possible. It's a tough pickle, right?
Well, in most cases I find myself watching the animation on loop. Admiring how good the movements and unfinished movements look. But if I even think of animating more, I freak out. So, what do you do? Watching the animation on loop only feeds the procrastination. To escape from the weight of responsibility for this animation, you have to force yourself to work, even though you don't want to. This may seem hard, but it's actually not. There is a little trick I learned that makes it easier.
Just click next frame. Don't think about it, don't worry about it, just click it. Now, select that frame and edit it. Just move something, anything that is meant to be moving. Don't worry about moving it the RIGHT way yet, just do it. Now, if you watch the animation, it'll probably look bad seeing as you just moved something without thinking, right? Good. Now, edit the frame until its perfect. As you do this, you will notice all your fear of animating more dissapears for a time, and you can get work done without being inspired! Of course, once the frame is done, the temptation to slip into procrastination will be strong. Just shove it to the side, press next frame again without thinking, repeat.
All in all, it's a simple psychological trick. Just add a frame randomly, and make yourself edit it 'so that way it looks good when you continue watching it on loop' ;) Do this over and over and you will make progress. It works for me! I've been putting this animation (which will not be named) on hold for over a year, and now progress is being made!
Sorry also for the quality of my mic being so bad. The volume was shifting between extremely loud and deathly quiet too much, and I had to use a "leveller" to make the volume more consistant so you could all hear me. This ruined the quality somewhat, but hey, you can understand me now, right?
The music is by Super Ponybeat. This video was recorded with BBFlashBack, and edited with Windows Movie Maker.
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