Find your rhythm

My favourite tip for animators: #Find your rhythm

Try to find the musical beats for your animation.  (~‾▿‾)~  (1/4) pic.twitter.com/BsK2DChBFi

— croasan (@croa_san) 23 de abril de 2019

We have the musical rythm internalized, so let's use it to animate. No matter how bad you are playing an instrument, you've listened music your whole life. ヾ(-_- )ゞ (2/4) pic.twitter.com/oRBC9do8nP

— croasan (@croa_san) 23 de abril de 2019

If you look closely every action has its own "hit moments", some more obvious than others, but being aware of the musicality we want to give our animation will let us avoid boring timing. ヽ(°◇° )ノ (3/4) pic.twitter.com/7zvxYnT9Rt

— croasan (@croa_san) 23 de abril de 2019

As far as I'm concerned animation is about enjoying the tempo. ( ^◡^) (4/4) pic.twitter.com/m75vRWxHXw

— croasan (@croa_san) 23 de abril de 2019

Animating to predetermined tempos is how a lot of classic Hollywood animation was produced, and it's why older cartoons feel different from contemporary ones. Here's excerpts from a piece written by Walt Disney explaining how they set up tempos using a bar work sheet. pic.twitter.com/K92Y0Ly0Gx

— Cartoon Brew (@cartoonbrew) 23 de abril de 2019