And as a storyboard artist, *I* think painting backgrounds & vis dev sounds SO stressful! 😂 So much respect for all the different skills required for every part of the pipeline!
I WISH this video existed while I was still in school. I always thought animation was so out of my reach, I had no idea how many roles there were! Thank you for making this! Love to hear about how it all works
I agree. But the Disney directors explain it over a long stretch of time, with so much going back and forth. This video helped me put the last pieces together to understand it :)
Also I watched Spirited Away and I'm watching a bunch of other Studio Ghibli films because I saw one of your videos where you said that they were some of the best things you ever seen it at they really got you an art I just want to say you were totally right and I really appreciate the fact that you suggested those because now I'm practically obsessed
@@lulusketches I completely agree!!! I'm asking my parents for the art of books this Christmas!!!! TYSM!!! My favorites are Spirited Away. Ponyo. And Howl's Moving Castle
Question: are there legit jobs in animation that can be done remotely? I have a severe disability that wouldn't allow me to work at a studio onsite, but the desire to enter this industry just keeps growing!!
i know this is a super old comment, but i noticed no one else answered. there are lots! in fact, due to the pandemic most studios /are/ working online right now. freelance work is also always an option as well. really all you need for both of these options is a strong online portfolio and the drive to go and look for studios and clients, since finding work is the hard part for animators. good luck! (also, depending on where you live and its laws, your employer at a studio is usually obligated to accommodate any disabilities you may have, so i would certainly look into that as well)
I was surprised you mentioned storyboarding to be the most difficult lol. I, personally, love everything about it. The staging, cinematography, camera angles, perspectives, all of it.
Laura is honestly a gift to all artists that want to get started in the animation industry! I cannot thank you enough for explaining everything so well and in such a chill way!! 😍
Thank you for this !! I'm a 20 year old artist, and I'm in school right now for animation. And had to research this topic a few months ago 😂 This will make it easier to understand the industry !!
Thank u sooo much🤗🤗 This video was just what I needed since I wanna get a job in the Animation Industry and am still Not sure what exactly I wanna do. But thanks too you, I got a nice overview!💞
Thanks for making this! Crazy that as a junior in college majoring in Animation, I've never had this broken down and explained before. Its always just "do this work" without explaining how it fits into the pipeline, besides maybe one or two classes that have actually explained the greater purpose.
I’m currently in school for Animation: Story and Concept. I have no idea where I’m going, just that I love doing it. Thank you for these videos, they give me a look into the job I’m inspiring for!
Thank you so much for uploading, I was having a really bad day and you have no idea how much this cheered me up. I love seeing your videos and this is got to be the best timing ever LOL thanks for making my day
here early!! Thanks for all these videos Laura, Im a 14 year old and I really wanna get into the animation buissness! Watching these vids really helps me get a better understanding for what I want to do and I can get prepared earlier! Youre work is amazing keep it up!! :D
Same here! I did the same stuff at 13 and 14 and now I'm 15 lol 3 years left before i can actually go out into the world, right! but just wanted to say that's really good because so many ppl don't think ab their futures until its almost too late so being prepared will always put you one step ahead. Keep up the good work I have total confidence you'll make it!
This was so wildly informative @laura Price! I'm going to rewatch and take some notes, then go watch some of my favorite movies credits again. Thank you so so so so much!
can you make a video about how to get a job in animation if you don't live in the US? I live in Europe and there's barely any information about the topic.
Hi Maria :) Europe is filled with animation studios and animation schools - Italy, France, Denmark, the UK, so many amazing movies and series come from Europe :) one of today's biggest shows "miraculous ladybug" is from France (studio: Zagtoon) and the longrunning girly show Winx Club is from Italy :). I'd search for an animation school in your country, reach out to them and then go from there.
As a 3D layout artist I always feel like we get left behind! this stage is so often forgotten about in pipeline explanations haha thank you Laura! I wish others would also highlight how fast you need to work day-to-day in this industry, this is such a great video! Wishing you all the best at paramount
Hello iam a great fan of you from India 😍😍. It's very amazing and iam very happy to see your video ...I get many knowledge about animation from your videos thankyou thanks a lot amma for this
Self taught 2d animator here. I'm currently reaching the tail end of my animation projects for building my portfolio, and hope to start applying (and hopefully get a job) later this summer. I'm in minneapolis which actually has a pretty big but well connected animation industry for a city this size. Kind of already knew what I wanted to go into specifically but this was a very nice and informative video and I'll definitely be sure to keep a lot of this in mind going forward.
Your videos are always amazing and full of great information and your art is so awe inspiring!! Your videos honestly make my week better every week. Your such a huge inspiration of mine! Also Mabel is beyond adorable!!! :)
Thank you so much! I am an animation student and I've been really stressed cuz I didn't know what exactly I wanted in animation industry, and this helped me a lot!
Thank you for this video, Laura! I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Color Designer about the production pipeline and wanted to know more, so this is perfect. As someone looking at entering the animation industry (hopefully) soon, I don't quite know what I want to do specifically - I have many different interests and believe I would feel fulfilled in a variety of roles within an animation studio. Would you recommend working with the production team as a good way to learn the workflow pipeline before trying for a specialist role at a studio?
I'd just like to mention cfx wich is a bit different from vfx because vfx is the one that contains visual fx like fluids, explosions, dust, flames etc but they don't do clothes and hair. That is what cfx stands for - character fx. Muscles, hair, clothes, skin and fat simulations are all done by cfx artists :)
You talking about storyboard artists 😅 I'm currently in college, illustration major, storyboarding is my dream job, and that slightly terrifies me 😂 I'm mostly excited and want to learn everything I can for it.
Thank you very much for having taken the time to make this! I will definitely have to watch it a few times to really soak in all the info, but I am so grateful! Really wonderful!🙏🏻💫
I've been trying to get into storyboarding and uh.... DANG. Never thought of it that way haha! Also thank you for this video! It gives me a better idea of the pipeline when I do see job postings!
this is pretty accurate except you forgot builds (and voice record before boards). the builders make poseable, full colour versions of the characters and props for the animators based on the rotations from design in whatever programme the show is in: either Harmony or Animate (aka Flash). there's also composting in a 2D pipeline
There's an anime called Shirobako that is about anime production. Not exactly the same thing, but naturally there is some overlap. You can see some of the things she talks about in action there and it's just a really great show tbh. New Game is one about video game production but they focus mostly on the art department so there's a bit to learn there as well.
Thank you for this video! I have an English Creative Writing degree but always wanted to work in animation. I'm hoping become a script or storyboard revisionist. Seems to be the most realistic goal.
Outsourced companies pays very low on developing countries. I had an experience where we have to work on an animated film on Netflix and my co-artists were only paid for $ 320 per month. That is not a liveable wage in our country. I quit being an artist now because I can't feed my family. I just really hope someday the world will be equal in some ways. Still, thank you for inspiring us! :)
I randomly became a graphic novelist (I was an architectural assistant before and never intended to become an artist but hey ho, life has other ideas) and now I'm nostalgic remembering how much the animation industry influenced me while a smol bean doodling in 2019 💕 I'd LOVE to see my GN Brielle & Bear (pub date 2024!) to be animated one day, and how brilliant it would be to get a gig designing characters for animation one day! But I guess as a graphic novelist I decided I wanted to do all the 2d stuff😅😂 Storyboarding? Yup. Character design? Yup. Prop design? Yup! Background painting? Yup!! Visual development? (my FAVOURITE part of developing a graphic novel!)?? Yup!!! Best industry EVER ❤
So I’m taking classes in animation mentor and kyosil . I’m hoping to get a job in 2D either in 2D animation or storyboard . I love 3D but it was to difficult. Especially watching a shot .
Laura I actually gasped when I saw that Yuhki Demers print on your wall! It's been my PC background for a year and a half now! It's such a specific painting that I never expected to see it anywhere else, haha. Thanks so much for this video. I've always been an artist and have been curious about the animation industry, but never really thought of it as a viable career option for me. There's a lot of fear of not being "good enough." Hence why I'm studying physics/mechanical engineering currently. But it's been a lot more difficult that I expected! I'm really fascinated with visdev and am really considering switching majors night now. I do have a question about all the hierarchy that you've mentioned: roles like directors and supervisors and producers. How do those individuals end up in those positions? Did they all start out as animators and background artists, and slowly work their way up? And how do writers end up with their positions as well? I'm so fascinated by all these different jobs!
I am in layout since Hanna Barbera days here in the Philippines, I can do 20 to 40+ latouts per week, experience does a lot in qualty and quantity in production.
I wish you did a version of this video with mini PIPs explaining / demonstrating what you are saying. For example, what is an “animatic? What is “visual development?” What is the difference between art director and production designer? Are “matte paintings” the same as “background painters?” So many terms...
Hi! The questions you're asking I answered in this video. I recommend giving it another watch. I talk about background painting in the 2D section, and matte painting in 3D. I define visual development in this, but if you want more here is another video I made called "What is Visual Development"- ua-cam.com/video/SGOg4hLnBis/v-deo.html If you have further questions about animatics, art directors, or production designers, it's all on google too. Good luck!
You only need mention outsourcing once to dissuade me from animation. While I am more of a traditional art type, I can't help but wonder why a background takes a day, when I can usually paint a scene in acrylics in about an hour, and perhaps half that with oils. Is working in photoshop just slower, or do they expect much more detail than a typical landscape painting?
you are so talented... I mean, you just move place to places! I'm into 3d but I don't know if I should do 3D modeling animation or 2D drawing and animation.. what do you think?
Do animation studios often have tech departments? Perhaps some engineers and developers behind the scenes that do tech support as well as maybe create some of the applications the tech departments use (eg. Storyboard pro. I know disney uses their own in-house created software for feature films sometimes). Do the art departments often work with the tech departments?
yup, I'd say IT dept is a standard for both 2D and 3D, because, duh, someone has to look after the hardware and the software :P but a lot of the studios, especially bigger ones, will have their own RnD dept (research and development), full of coders who develop custom tools for the pipeline and save your butt on many occasions when things 'break' ^^
Hello!! Thanks so so much for this wonderful and very useful video! It really helps to get a better idea of how everything works inside the studio 😄 I was wondering what a 2D character layout artist does within this pipeline. I don’t think it’s been mentioned and I’ve tried doing some research on it but found very little info… would it be similar to a story board revisionist? Again… immensely grateful for this!! 🦄🦄🦄🖤🖤
Good luck to all those who aspire to work in the animation industry. Don’t give up you got this
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And as a storyboard artist, *I* think painting backgrounds & vis dev sounds SO stressful! 😂 So much respect for all the different skills required for every part of the pipeline!
I am trying my best to become a storyboard artist by studying and it would be an honor if you checked my channel if you have time.
Ooh I can help with backgrounds
I WISH this video existed while I was still in school. I always thought animation was so out of my reach, I had no idea how many roles there were! Thank you for making this! Love to hear about how it all works
On Disney+ they have Into The Unknown Frozen 2 it's also helps to understand the pipelines.
I agree. But the Disney directors explain it over a long stretch of time, with so much going back and forth. This video helped me put the last pieces together to understand it :)
Also I watched Spirited Away and I'm watching a bunch of other Studio Ghibli films because I saw one of your videos where you said that they were some of the best things you ever seen it at they really got you an art I just want to say you were totally right and I really appreciate the fact that you suggested those because now I'm practically obsessed
I'm so happy I could introduce you to Studio Ghibli! Such beautiful films!
@@lulusketches I completely agree!!! I'm asking my parents for the art of books this Christmas!!!! TYSM!!! My favorites are Spirited Away. Ponyo. And Howl's Moving Castle
@@lulusketches I also LOVE my neighbor totoro
I love Studio Ghibli films. Spirited Away was one of my first inspirations to become an artist and was the reason I went into 2D Animation in college!
Thanks to this comment I watched Spirited Away and I love it!
When you really need to study but Laura just dropped a new video:
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bruh how did you know this is exactly what I'm doing rn
Even though being a storyboard artist sounds super stressful, esp the whole pitching your boards part, I still strive to be one
Question: are there legit jobs in animation that can be done remotely? I have a severe disability that wouldn't allow me to work at a studio onsite, but the desire to enter this industry just keeps growing!!
i know this is a super old comment, but i noticed no one else answered. there are lots! in fact, due to the pandemic most studios /are/ working online right now. freelance work is also always an option as well. really all you need for both of these options is a strong online portfolio and the drive to go and look for studios and clients, since finding work is the hard part for animators. good luck! (also, depending on where you live and its laws, your employer at a studio is usually obligated to accommodate any disabilities you may have, so i would certainly look into that as well)
God loves you, praying you will get better 🙏
I was surprised you mentioned storyboarding to be the most difficult lol. I, personally, love everything about it. The staging, cinematography, camera angles, perspectives, all of it.
You don’t understand how helpful this was for me. Thank you, I LOVE YOU 😭😭
Laura is honestly a gift to all artists that want to get started in the animation industry! I cannot thank you enough for explaining everything so well and in such a chill way!! 😍
Yess, I need this information since what i read in the internet confused me sometimes . Thank you so much for the clear and brief explanation!
Mabel just warms the heart uWu
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Personally, I love storyboarding and animatics
Nope I’m first sorry 😞
@@brightsideimperfection9740 That is true, you are first, however it doesn't really matter though so just leave it
YES THANK YOU LAURA YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY
Thank you for this !! I'm a 20 year old artist, and I'm in school right now for animation. And had to research this topic a few months ago 😂 This will make it easier to understand the industry !!
Me too!! Next semester I will start my first internship, hope 2021 will get better
Thank u sooo much🤗🤗
This video was just what I needed since I wanna get a job in the Animation Industry and am still Not sure what exactly I wanna do.
But thanks too you, I got a nice overview!💞
Thanks for making this! Crazy that as a junior in college majoring in Animation, I've never had this broken down and explained before. Its always just "do this work" without explaining how it fits into the pipeline, besides maybe one or two classes that have actually explained the greater purpose.
I’m currently in school for Animation: Story and Concept. I have no idea where I’m going, just that I love doing it. Thank you for these videos, they give me a look into the job I’m inspiring for!
What school are you going to? I’m looking for a school to study that myself!
Thank you so much for uploading, I was having a really bad day and you have no idea how much this cheered me up. I love seeing your videos and this is got to be the best timing ever LOL thanks for making my day
here early!!
Thanks for all these videos Laura, Im a 14 year old and I really wanna get into the animation buissness! Watching these vids really helps me get a better understanding for what I want to do and I can get prepared earlier! Youre work is amazing keep it up!! :D
Same here! I did the same stuff at 13 and 14 and now I'm 15 lol 3 years left before i can actually go out into the world, right! but just wanted to say that's really good because so many ppl don't think ab their futures until its almost too late so being prepared will always put you one step ahead. Keep up the good work I have total confidence you'll make it!
@@edenhavel1554 aww thank you so much!! ❤️
same! I want to be a character designer and maybe one day create my own cartoon
this just gave me more reason to pursue being a storyboard artist! oml, thank uu
I am SO pumped about this video because I just started animation college :)
I can’t wait to go to college next year so I can stop work minimum wage jobs
This made me realize I might just want to be an animator only and not so much a storyboard artist 😅
Laura's video being amazing and educational as always! 💜💞
As a slow artist one background a day is terrifying omg
Thank you for explaining the different jobs!
it makes me so happy to hear you worked on Owl House. I could only imagine how fun that one would be to work on! (:
What valuable content will be of great use for my undergraduate thesis. thanks, Laura 🤍
Hearing about all the roles a story board artist has it made me so excited to get into the industry and be challenged, bring it on! 💪😆
I love your jacket!! This also reminds me of the Pixar museum exhibit I went to that described their pipeline with cool Hands on displays.
This will be perfect for when I start my own freelance cartoons.
This was so wildly informative @laura Price! I'm going to rewatch and take some notes, then go watch some of my favorite movies credits again. Thank you so so so so much!
You provide the most insightful info for aspiring artists in the field, including me thank you!
can you make a video about how to get a job in animation if you don't live in the US? I live in Europe and there's barely any information about the topic.
Hi Maria :) Europe is filled with animation studios and animation schools - Italy, France, Denmark, the UK, so many amazing movies and series come from Europe :) one of today's biggest shows "miraculous ladybug" is from France (studio: Zagtoon) and the longrunning girly show Winx Club is from Italy :). I'd search for an animation school in your country, reach out to them and then go from there.
As a 3D layout artist I always feel like we get left behind! this stage is so often forgotten about in pipeline explanations haha thank you Laura! I wish others would also highlight how fast you need to work day-to-day in this industry, this is such a great video! Wishing you all the best at paramount
Hello iam a great fan of you from India 😍😍. It's very amazing and iam very happy to see your video ...I get many knowledge about animation from your videos thankyou thanks a lot amma for this
Thank u for this! I have been searching everywhere for what I want to do in animation. And I finally found this! So thanks!!!
omg.
You truly inspire me a lot!
Thanks for this breakdown on the animation jobs
SUPER helpful!!! I'm sitting here with pages and pages of notes
Self taught 2d animator here. I'm currently reaching the tail end of my animation projects for building my portfolio, and hope to start applying (and hopefully get a job) later this summer. I'm in minneapolis which actually has a pretty big but well connected animation industry for a city this size. Kind of already knew what I wanted to go into specifically but this was a very nice and informative video and I'll definitely be sure to keep a lot of this in mind going forward.
Wish you nothing but the best I’m currently in school but I won’t start doing anything animation related until I become a junior 🥺
I as to figure this all out myself two years ago and I still didn’t understand that much so thank you so much you have no idea how much I need this
holy cow i wanted to be a animator who'll animate the animation but after watching the vid idk why im feeling scared and also exited
I needed this, but youtube didn't even notified me.
Just discovered your amazing UA-cam page today and now I am binge watching!! Wanted to say I think your work is amazing 👏!!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HELPFUL THIS IS
Your videos are always amazing and full of great information and your art is so awe inspiring!! Your videos honestly make my week better every week. Your such a huge inspiration of mine! Also Mabel is beyond adorable!!! :)
it's almost time... really looking forward for your annual christmas romcom review
Thank you so much! I am an animation student and I've been really stressed cuz I didn't know what exactly I wanted in animation industry, and this helped me a lot!
Thank you for this video, Laura! I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Color Designer about the production pipeline and wanted to know more, so this is perfect. As someone looking at entering the animation industry (hopefully) soon, I don't quite know what I want to do specifically - I have many different interests and believe I would feel fulfilled in a variety of roles within an animation studio. Would you recommend working with the production team as a good way to learn the workflow pipeline before trying for a specialist role at a studio?
it's very rare to get such detailed insight. I understand the process a lot better now. Thank you so much :)
This was very helpfull thank you so much!!!
Thank you for explaining! And by the way your hair looks great !
I'd just like to mention cfx wich is a bit different from vfx because vfx is the one that contains visual fx like fluids, explosions, dust, flames etc but they don't do clothes and hair. That is what cfx stands for - character fx. Muscles, hair, clothes, skin and fat simulations are all done by cfx artists :)
ooh great info, thanks for sharing!! I'm always learning!
You talking about storyboard artists 😅 I'm currently in college, illustration major, storyboarding is my dream job, and that slightly terrifies me 😂 I'm mostly excited and want to learn everything I can for it.
For some reason I assuming storyboarding was easier than visual development. This narrows my career choices a lot😅💕
Thank you very much for having taken the time to make this! I will definitely have to watch it a few times to really soak in all the info, but I am so grateful! Really wonderful!🙏🏻💫
wowwww thanks for explaining it all! Have been curious about how it all works together in animation :) (currently trying to get a job in prop design!)
this is SO helpful!!!
OMG THNXXXX SMMM FOR MAKING THIS VIDDDD 😭 IT HELPED ME SMMM
Thank you soooo much Laura! ♥️ I was so confused about those jobs but now I understand it better 🥰
THANK YOU SO MUCH QUEEEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MYCH I NEEDED THIS
Aaaah, finally, I always wondered what a lot of things meant 😂 this was great, thank you so much!
thank you laura your videos are always helpful , clean and super informative
Very helpfull, but I really wished you illustrated the video with examples of what the jobs entailed, would help get a better idea :)
This was SO helpful! Thank you!
I've been trying to get into storyboarding and uh.... DANG. Never thought of it that way haha!
Also thank you for this video! It gives me a better idea of the pipeline when I do see job postings!
super informative!!
Keep on keepin' on, Lulu! Hope you're doing well and staying happy during this horrible year. :)
Aaaaa this actually what i need!!!!!!
this is pretty accurate except you forgot builds (and voice record before boards). the builders make poseable, full colour versions of the characters and props for the animators based on the rotations from design in whatever programme the show is in: either Harmony or Animate (aka Flash). there's also composting in a 2D pipeline
yup I didn't include 2D animation steps in my pipeline since it's outsourced
@@lulusketches yup i'm at an outsourse studio :P
There's an anime called Shirobako that is about anime production. Not exactly the same thing, but naturally there is some overlap. You can see some of the things she talks about in action there and it's just a really great show tbh. New Game is one about video game production but they focus mostly on the art department so there's a bit to learn there as well.
Thank you for this video! I have an English Creative Writing degree but always wanted to work in animation. I'm hoping become a script or storyboard revisionist. Seems to be the most realistic goal.
Outsourced companies pays very low on developing countries. I had an experience where we have to work on an animated film on Netflix and my co-artists were only paid for $ 320 per month. That is not a liveable wage in our country. I quit being an artist now because I can't feed my family. I just really hope someday the world will be equal in some ways. Still, thank you for inspiring us! :)
Laura, you totally should consider copper/red hair! It would look so good on you!
"They're names are literally right there in the video. Go follow them on instagram or something. I dunno." Queen ! 😂😂😂😂
Thank u sooooooo much cuz of this info cuz my dream is to work at Disney Pixar
thank you for the information I do 3D modeling props
This is awesome! Thank you!
This is so informative! Would you by chance know any good prop artists/designers that make youtube videos? It's an area I'm extremely interested in!
This is really helpful, I’d like to create my own studio for animators, writers and musicians. Especially for creating my own cartoons.
I wanted to be a storyboard artist, now I'm scared :')
I randomly became a graphic novelist (I was an architectural assistant before and never intended to become an artist but hey ho, life has other ideas) and now I'm nostalgic remembering how much the animation industry influenced me while a smol bean doodling in 2019 💕 I'd LOVE to see my GN Brielle & Bear (pub date 2024!) to be animated one day, and how brilliant it would be to get a gig designing characters for animation one day! But I guess as a graphic novelist I decided I wanted to do all the 2d stuff😅😂 Storyboarding? Yup. Character design? Yup. Prop design? Yup! Background painting? Yup!! Visual development? (my FAVOURITE part of developing a graphic novel!)?? Yup!!! Best industry EVER ❤
So cool! Did you take architecture in college? Edit: just curious since I'm taking architecture but my heart goes to animation:))
So I’m taking classes in animation mentor and kyosil . I’m hoping to get a job in 2D either in 2D animation or storyboard . I love 3D but it was to difficult. Especially watching a shot .
Laura I actually gasped when I saw that Yuhki Demers print on your wall! It's been my PC background for a year and a half now! It's such a specific painting that I never expected to see it anywhere else, haha.
Thanks so much for this video. I've always been an artist and have been curious about the animation industry, but never really thought of it as a viable career option for me. There's a lot of fear of not being "good enough." Hence why I'm studying physics/mechanical engineering currently. But it's been a lot more difficult that I expected! I'm really fascinated with visdev and am really considering switching majors night now.
I do have a question about all the hierarchy that you've mentioned: roles like directors and supervisors and producers. How do those individuals end up in those positions? Did they all start out as animators and background artists, and slowly work their way up? And how do writers end up with their positions as well? I'm so fascinated by all these different jobs!
thanks for the video it helped me a lot.
I am in layout since Hanna Barbera days here in the Philippines, I can do 20 to 40+ latouts per week, experience does a lot in qualty and quantity in production.
I wish you did a version of this video with mini PIPs explaining / demonstrating what you are saying. For example, what is an “animatic? What is “visual development?” What is the difference between art director and production designer? Are “matte paintings” the same as “background painters?” So many terms...
Hi! The questions you're asking I answered in this video. I recommend giving it another watch. I talk about background painting in the 2D section, and matte painting in 3D. I define visual development in this, but if you want more here is another video I made called "What is Visual Development"- ua-cam.com/video/SGOg4hLnBis/v-deo.html
If you have further questions about animatics, art directors, or production designers, it's all on google too. Good luck!
Love your stuff!!
Have to watch this at half the speed to grasp it all!
SUPER helpful. Thanks so much!
Thank you a lot for this informative video.
Thank you so much for this video 🥺🙏
Great info! Thank you!
You only need mention outsourcing once to dissuade me from animation. While I am more of a traditional art type, I can't help but wonder why a background takes a day, when I can usually paint a scene in acrylics in about an hour, and perhaps half that with oils. Is working in photoshop just slower, or do they expect much more detail than a typical landscape painting?
This vid is very good! 👍🏿👍🏿
you are so talented... I mean, you just move place to places! I'm into 3d but I don't know if I should do 3D modeling animation or 2D drawing and animation..
what do you think?
omg thanks this was so informative
Do animation studios often have tech departments? Perhaps some engineers and developers behind the scenes that do tech support as well as maybe create some of the applications the tech departments use (eg. Storyboard pro. I know disney uses their own in-house created software for feature films sometimes). Do the art departments often work with the tech departments?
yup, I'd say IT dept is a standard for both 2D and 3D, because, duh, someone has to look after the hardware and the software :P but a lot of the studios, especially bigger ones, will have their own RnD dept (research and development), full of coders who develop custom tools for the pipeline and save your butt on many occasions when things 'break' ^^
Hello!! Thanks so so much for this wonderful and very useful video! It really helps to get a better idea of how everything works inside the studio 😄
I was wondering what a 2D character layout artist does within this pipeline. I don’t think it’s been mentioned and I’ve tried doing some research on it but found very little info… would it be similar to a story board revisionist?
Again… immensely grateful for this!! 🦄🦄🦄🖤🖤