Roommate: "What are you watching?" Me: "This tutorial on how to animate a guy slamming himself with a trash can lid that causes his limbs to flail upward..." Roommate: "...why?" Me: "...because Ben Marriott uploaded it"
I remember watching this video some months ago and hardly understanding a thing, but now with the knowledge I’ve gained (especially from Ben) I get everything that’s going on here
Super fun! A simpler way to add shading to a black-outlined character is to add your shadow, tint it the colour you want it to end up, then set it to Darken in the Blend Mode drop down menu. It will darken any colour lighter than itself, meaning if the shadow is above a black outline, you wont see where the overlap of the shadow occurs - just on the lighter fill colour. That reduces your overall number of shapes by 1/3rd. Hope that makes sense!
Haha, I agree. Art school literally costs so so much, why don't we just take advantage of the online resources?! Thank you so much for your awesome comment. :)
Thank u sooo much Ben, I've been so inspired since I discovered you (this week :). Staying motivated is so hard but watching you makes it easier, you explain clearly and with enthusiasm. PLS keep makimg them
One word: Overlord!!! You can't talk about ai to ae without using overlord! It's changed my workflow forever. No needing to mess around with files and ai layers, just hit import and you're done!
Absolutely! It's one of my favorite plugins. I use it almost every day. :D I try to keep my tuts plugin free for the kids. Plugins make it a helluva lot easier, just don't want people to think they're the only way :)
First 11 seasons of aqua teen hunger force are made that way. Basically just layers of images. And then they add movement and lip sync mouth movements on the main characters and bam, you got an "animated show"
This is amazing, but I can't believe how time consuming it is just to do 20 frames. So many commercial clients now looking for this style of work but they balk at the cost when you tell them how long it'll take to do.
Yeah making 20 frames is already time consuming. But continuing to make, edit, and dub this into a concise tutorial is on another level. I adore Ben's hardwork on this! Auto subscribe!
Omg, I can't believe how amazing your workflow is. I'm so glad I discovered you. I'm studying animation, and a few weeks ago I finished my short film, and I just wanna say thank you, bc your videos really helped/inspired me :)
this is SOOOO helpful to get an inside look on the process. Just came across your youtube and instagram and I'm just learning animation so I'll be deep in your content for a while lol. thanks so much Ben 🙏🏼
You may be a beginner at cartoon animation dynamics but I see go gaps in expertise here. It does demonstrate how the rigors of cartoon animation aren't for the faint of heart but the results are worth it. I enjoy seeing AE implemented this way and not just another bread-and-butter "cool" logo ...followed by everyone copying it.
I’m loving this thank you so much for the help. I’m new to After Effects and I’m trying to animate a character. I’m having some trouble understanding something tho. How do I outline lines that protrude or intrude a shape? For instance, the hand of your character has a line that goes inside the shape. How is that done without messing up the shape dynamics?
This is the animation style I'd to try learning. I've been really bad at this hyper exaggerated animation in 3D but I think I'd have more luck understanding the concept in 2D because I have fewer things to worry about. Thanks for the tut, Ben.
Hey Ben, can you please do a video where you show your process of creating frame by frame on photoshop? Exactly similar to the process shown in this video but in-depth. Would be great!
@@BenMarriott thank you, i like the way you explain the process without getting in too much details, you are always focused on the main subject which is amazing, thank you again.
For that shading, you could try a inner shadow layer style set to darken, although you'd have less control. Would be easier to get that grainy look though. Alternatively I'd use a merge paths set to intersect with the original to be able to be a little bit more rough on drawing those darker parts. Great tut though, love the applications of the animation principles!
Interesting! Someitmes reaching for LImber, or Bendio, or Rubberhose (or a plugin in general) and wrestling with what it can and can't do, just needs to be side stepped through hardcore straight ahead animation frame-by-frame animation. Good for self-directed work! How do you feel the flexibility with change requests coming from a client in a production pipe?
Would love to see a video of you using rubber hose and/or duik. frame by frame is impressive but not doing it is one of the reasons I am learning AE. Saying that a real in depth video of what you know about frame by frame would be great too! Thanks for your uploads
Thanks so much! I'll definitely be covering basic rigging in the future. I use limber for most of my rigging at the moment, because it's the most intuitive for me :)
Dude, watching you blow up this past year has made so many of us so happy, thank you. Request: I'd love to learn a bit more on shading (highlights and shadows). You know... when you're not insanely busy (haha yea right!). Would love your insight on this process. Can we not just create shadows/highlights within illustrator?
As an animator in training (they should give me a paper hat) via self teaching and trial by fire work, I really appreciated seeing your workflow. Also, I want to discover the great animators and illustrators out there to watch and learn from. Anyone have suggestions?
Roommate: "What are you watching?"
Me: "This tutorial on how to animate a guy slamming himself with a trash can lid that causes his limbs to flail upward..."
Roommate: "...why?"
Me: "...because Ben Marriott uploaded it"
Haha! This is my favourite comment ever :D Thanks so much!!!
@@BenMarriott hello I'm really sad that my school is still teaching Macromedia Flash which is already old, what should I do?
@@jirehla-ab1671 This was done in flash - ua-cam.com/video/OBk3ynRbtsw/v-deo.html - check out the behind the scenes. It's not always the tool.
Hahahhahahahhaha hilarious
Why coz ben wants me to watch 😁
@@jirehla-ab1671 spank them
I remember watching this video some months ago and hardly understanding a thing, but now with the knowledge I’ve gained (especially from Ben) I get everything that’s going on here
I’m just getting attracted to Ae and found your videos. I would love to learn everything you’re doing. Amazing work.
Awesome, thank you man! I'm so glad you like them :)
lah ka ahmad abdul disinii😂
Lohh
you have the most high budget intro, ever
Thanks so much! So glad you like it :D
*No question*
i literally just said that intro was so great
@@BenMarriotthow long did that take??
@@kozmicviz my favorite part was the bat crack
Omg, I can't believe you're still so humble after these achievements! Congrats on the 20k!! woohoo
Thank you so much!
Ben Marriott was only at 20k a year ago??
Super fun! A simpler way to add shading to a black-outlined character is to add your shadow, tint it the colour you want it to end up, then set it to Darken in the Blend Mode drop down menu. It will darken any colour lighter than itself, meaning if the shadow is above a black outline, you wont see where the overlap of the shadow occurs - just on the lighter fill colour. That reduces your overall number of shapes by 1/3rd. Hope that makes sense!
Don't let this distract you from the fact that we're currently inside a *bat's* butt
Haha, busted! :)
lmao good one 😂
This aged poorly
Even worse now with corona lol
Damn 😣 that joke hurts now
and build tracks from there and leave the rest for a later session. I did both but did the first way initially and it took a day to get through
You are a legend dude, I am going to watch your entire videos on today. :)
Ben, you're amazing. Thank you for being so kind and posting all these helpful tutorials. They mean the world to a broke art school kid.
Haha, I agree. Art school literally costs so so much, why don't we just take advantage of the online resources?! Thank you so much for your awesome comment. :)
I love how he smashes the trash can lid on himself elegantly, with the pinkie raised
aha ya true.just like drinking a cuppa tea.
Thank u sooo much Ben, I've been so inspired since I discovered you (this week :). Staying motivated is so hard but watching you makes it easier, you explain clearly and with enthusiasm. PLS keep makimg them
Thank you so much! That's so amazing to read. :) I really appreciate the encouragement
Excellent tutorial! The collaboration with Burnt Toast brings a fresh perspective to the Illustrator to After Effects workflow.
One word: Overlord!!! You can't talk about ai to ae without using overlord! It's changed my workflow forever. No needing to mess around with files and ai layers, just hit import and you're done!
Absolutely! It's one of my favorite plugins. I use it almost every day. :D I try to keep my tuts plugin free for the kids. Plugins make it a helluva lot easier, just don't want people to think they're the only way :)
I- I had no idea u can animate on photoshop
First 11 seasons of aqua teen hunger force are made that way. Basically just layers of images. And then they add movement and lip sync mouth movements on the main characters and bam, you got an "animated show"
I'm happy to hear you work with photoshop for animation.
Love Scott's work!
This is amazing, but I can't believe how time consuming it is just to do 20 frames. So many commercial clients now looking for this style of work but they balk at the cost when you tell them how long it'll take to do.
Thanks so much! It's so nice to find clients who understand how long animation takes :D
Yeah what client can afford this! This is mental. Nice work Ben.
Yeah making 20 frames is already time consuming. But continuing to make, edit, and dub this into a concise tutorial is on another level. I adore Ben's hardwork on this! Auto subscribe!
***Stop motion** based on book
"The mouse saves the house" ua-cam.com/video/RYqRUTwB8qo/v-deo.html
There has to be an easier way to do that shading...
Wow! It's amazing!
Omg, I can't believe how amazing your workflow is. I'm so glad I discovered you. I'm studying animation, and a few weeks ago I finished my short film, and I just wanna say thank you, bc your videos really helped/inspired me :)
Hi Ari, thank you so much for the lovely support and encouragement. Really means a lot to me. Best of luck with your future animation career :)
Thank you so much, Ben
! :D
I can† imagine how much time it takes to learn this. And even if you're a pro like you it´s soo time-consuming! But it looks so great!!
thank you for saving my life and my infomation and software technology video project.
2:55 I'm fairly new to frame by frame .... hard to believe but you are doing amazing
man you're magician
You're sparking up my passion for motion design right there
sooooo much effort was put into this video
Bro, you are the best...
You're literally my favourite artist ever!! Like for real！
Thank YOU! You're MY favorite
Great shift you are putting in Ben, Love these work flow vids....Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching! :D I really appreciate it
I'm glad youtube recommended this video. It's fairly close to what I've been working with anyways :)
Thank you so much for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I just love the intro everytime. Reminds me of cartoon network 💕😋
I'm in love with your work man! These series are great! You do justice to the artists.
Thank you so much! So glad you're enjoying the series. Is there any artists you'd like to see me animate next?
@@BenMarriott Is it Adobe illustrator????
Always a pleasure to watch!
your animation style Reminded me The animations that passed on Cartoon Network as the commercials began and ended, i like
this is SOOOO helpful to get an inside look on the process. Just came across your youtube and instagram and I'm just learning animation so I'll be deep in your content for a while lol. thanks so much Ben 🙏🏼
You may be a beginner at cartoon animation dynamics but I see go gaps in expertise here. It does demonstrate how the rigors of cartoon animation aren't for the faint of heart but the results are worth it. I enjoy seeing AE implemented this way and not just another bread-and-butter "cool" logo ...followed by everyone copying it.
Excellent
So so satisfying to watch. Bless up Ben! Keep them coming up. Regards.
Thanks so much for the awesome support :)
Wonderful, this is really cool!
Thank you so much! :D I really appreciate it
This looks like one of those google auto generated comments
Love all your videos.
took me two years to understand what your doing. but feel accomplished reguardless
Love this
such a good tute right here!
0:21 This is love...
ty so much! ♥ very useful
This is amazing!! all the attention to detail, all the thought wow definitely want to try testing out some animation !
great video man!
Great vid man
Alex Grigg Thanks man! I learned so much from your Photoshop animation tutorial so long ago😀
Thanks for helpful video
Love this!
I’m loving this thank you so much for the help. I’m new to After Effects and I’m trying to animate a character. I’m having some trouble understanding something tho. How do I outline lines that protrude or intrude a shape? For instance, the hand of your character has a line that goes inside the shape. How is that done without messing up the shape dynamics?
You are a really really good teacher. Thank you.
Ben, you should really think about making a full course for frame by frame animation exclusively, would be awesome.
You make it look so easy! Good job 👍
So good mate. Just starting to get into illustration.
I'm loving your tutorial and learning series! Much more in-depth than the Classroom In A Book series.
I know you just started but... I cant wait to see your channel blow up. Instantly subscribed
Haha, thank you so much for your awesome support, Dominique :)
Thank you for this wonderful video, also thank you for the Arabic translation😍🥰💗
This is a great tutorial, thank you!
Photoshop timeline is so cool I didn't know that plugin existed
Amazing work Ben, looking forward your next video :-)
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it :D
I was watching the intro and I was like, “wow this is like the amazing world of gum-oh. It’s the same guy.”
Haha, thank you! :)
Ben Marriott WOW. this video is almost 2 months old and you’re still talking to fans and stuff on it. Mad respect.
Might get into graphic design because of these wonderfull vids, thank you!
Can you share the source file (Illustrator design) in the video so we can follow and practice your tutorial? 6:05
Same that would be helpful, the link provided to get the illustrator file I click no longer works in the description. I'd like to follow along too :(
I think I want to try this
Great work Ben!
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it
This is the animation style I'd to try learning. I've been really bad at this hyper exaggerated animation in 3D but I think I'd have more luck understanding the concept in 2D because I have fewer things to worry about. Thanks for the tut, Ben.
Really cool video. Also, I agree that your intro is on another level. I can't imagine how long that intro took to do
Thank you so much for the appreciation. The intro really took me a lot of time to make, haha :)
@@BenMarriott well the time was definetely worth it. Slowly watching some of your videos daily. Very motivational stuff
amazing, thanks!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching :)
These quick breakdown are lovely, can't wait for more :3
Thank you so much! There'll be more of these coming soon! :)
Insane work! Appreciate your efforts and thanks a lot for the video :)
Hey Ben, can you please do a video where you show your process of creating frame by frame on photoshop? Exactly similar to the process shown in this video but in-depth. Would be great!
Thanks so much! I go over it in much more detail in this video: ua-cam.com/video/t_1s5R8vYAU/v-deo.html
Amazing!!!!
Great as always 👍
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you tuning in :D
@@BenMarriott thank you, i like the way you explain the process without getting in too much details, you are always focused on the main subject which is amazing, thank you again.
For that shading, you could try a inner shadow layer style set to darken, although you'd have less control. Would be easier to get that grainy look though. Alternatively I'd use a merge paths set to intersect with the original to be able to be a little bit more rough on drawing those darker parts. Great tut though, love the applications of the animation principles!
Thanks so much! Great suggestion. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Thanks for the support :)
Cool video. Definitely worth getting the Overlord plugin if you're going from illustrator to after effects a lot though
Interesting! Someitmes reaching for LImber, or Bendio, or Rubberhose (or a plugin in general) and wrestling with what it can and can't do, just needs to be side stepped through hardcore straight ahead animation frame-by-frame animation. Good for self-directed work! How do you feel the flexibility with change requests coming from a client in a production pipe?
Why are you underrated.
this is fucking awesome dude omg
Hopefully you’ll make a step by step vid about this one for beginners
Great art! The timing is excellent.
wow~, this is great!
Looved this, so much detail with the shadows, and the subtle pinky movement!
Thanks so much! :D
This is a TON of work, my laptop would explode before i even render it
Would love to see a video of you using rubber hose and/or duik. frame by frame is impressive but not doing it is one of the reasons I am learning AE.
Saying that a real in depth video of what you know about frame by frame would be great too!
Thanks for your uploads
Me too
Thanks so much! I'll definitely be covering basic rigging in the future. I use limber for most of my rigging at the moment, because it's the most intuitive for me :)
YOu are insane, I am insane for trying this.
Wow it's really practical tutorial!! I got some insight from this video. Thanks!
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! You're super welcome :)
***immediately subscribes***Love this tutorials! Oh my thank youuuuuu so much!!
Thank you for sharing! Muaksss!
Dude, watching you blow up this past year has made so many of us so happy, thank you. Request: I'd love to learn a bit more on shading (highlights and shadows). You know... when you're not insanely busy (haha yea right!). Would love your insight on this process. Can we not just create shadows/highlights within illustrator?
Are you interested in animation logo?
As an animator in training (they should give me a paper hat) via self teaching and trial by fire work, I really appreciated seeing your workflow. Also, I want to discover the great animators and illustrators out there to watch and learn from. Anyone have suggestions?
Holy wow! fantastic job.
Thanks so much! :D
@@BenMarriott pfff ... nah man, thank you for sharing your approach to this project and skills.
Love the ‘smears’ part!!
Are you interested in animation logo?
Much love from Malaysia, thanks for this awesome tutorial.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the support :D
Once again, nice tutorial Ben!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you tuning in :D
I cant find the free plugin mentioned @ 0:52 could someone spell it out? I may be hearing it wrong and CC didnt help.
I was trying to figure out the name as well. Didn't catch all of it.
awesome work!!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the support
You are soooo gooood! Please, keep going!
Thanks so much! I'm not stopping any time soon :D
ABSOLUTELY WOW 😍 LOVE IT
Haha, thank you so much :)
Have you made an in-depth tutorial on animation? Love the videos btw.