Drawn Frame-by-frame, Symbol Frame-by-frame or Tween?

[koalaclock]

Just wondering what the majority use!

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[Munglai]

I try to avoid using symboly stuff now because they made me lazy for years and I didn't learn anything until I stopped.

[HitchhikerClock]

Drawn, usually.

[patriotclock]

I do tween mostly but i'm working on drawn fbf

[TruncheonClock]

Drawn, with a few symbols for the more complicated things.

[Slurpee]

Tweens, shamefacedly.

I like doing frame-by-frame, and I like the idea of frame-by-frame, but I'm so terrible at it.

And, of course, I'm assuming we mean real frame by frame, as in sequential drawings to simulate movement. Not those weird squiggly line cartoons Newgrounds seems so fond of.


You know what drives me crazy is when people draw something in the same position two or three times, then loop it in a movie clip, like some kind of kooky nutty way of pretending that they drew every frame, like anybody's going to fall for that? Newgrounds Survivor was horribly guilty of this.

[HitchhikerClock]

Tweens, shamefacedly.
You know what drives me crazy is when people draw something in the same position two or three times, then loop it in a movie clip, like some kind of kooky nutty way of pretending that they drew every frame, like anybody's going to fall for that? Newgrounds Survivor was horribly guilty of this.

Blame luis he said it was okay to do that

[zl]

You know what drives me crazy is when people draw something in the same position two or three times, then loop it in a movie clip

I love fbf, but most of my work is in tweens.  I've yet to do any large-scale fbf work...just snippets here and there.

[HitchhikerClock]

I love fbf, but most of my work is in tweens.  I've yet to do any large-scale fbf work...just snippets here and there.

:O

[koalaclock]

Whats worse is when they use the 'smooth' tool to pull off that effect.... Infact...

Newgrounds Survivor was horribly guilty of this.

I confess. I actually taught the guy how to do that.

[Slurpee]

Blame luis he said it was okay to do that

Whillickers, did he really?
I've never noticed it in any of Luis' movies, so I never would have thought he'd be one to advocate it.

I confess. I actually taught the guy how to do that.

I might be the only one on the planet that this comes as a shocking and disturbing revelation to.

[HitchhikerClock]

Whillickers, did he really?

yes but i fail at embedding

[TequilaClock]

i am trying to get on frame-by-frame flawlessly,but I use tweens for a lot of things, so I can't really pick one.

[Slurpee]

yes but i fail at embedding

That's not really what I was talking about. Luis is giving him some actual movement- breathing, and wiggling his fingers. That's kind of like an idle animation in a video game.

I meant when the subject isn't making any movements- the drawing is essentially completely still, but, to simulate it being re-drawn in every frame, the animator redraws it (or just smooths the lines) once or twice, and then loops the two drawings.
To me, it's like, either actually draw it every frame that it's staying still, or don't front like you did. Nobody is going to think less of you just because the drawings stopped moving when the subject stopped moving.

[Poltergeist]

Well, in all five of my movies I've used a total of two tweens, and one of them was for credits.

I like to do complete fbf, it takes much longer but it feels so much more rewarding to finish it, plus every movie released makes me that much better at it.

Animating is fun

[PirateClock]

tweenz 4 lifeee

[HitchhikerClock]

I meant when the subject isn't making any movements- the drawing is essentially completely still, but, to simulate it being re-drawn in every frame, the animator redraws it (or just smooths the lines) once or twice, and then loops the two drawings.
To me, it's like, either actually draw it every frame that it's staying still, or don't front like you did. Nobody is going to think less of you just because the drawings stopped moving when the subject stopped moving.

Oh.
Well, in that case, yeah.
Really stupid

[Wind-up Clock]

Frame by frame takes long, and it's dragged out even more by this horrible mouse.

Most FBF work i did was probably a half-second on an unreleased clip I made.

[Pin Clock]

I love fbf, but most of my work is in tweens.  I've yet to do any large-scale fbf work...just snippets here and there.

This

[LoquatClock]

Both drawn and symbol depending on what it is i'm animating! Big/quick movements, like running or a fight, I'll draw FBF, but if it's something like raising an arm, i'll FBF the symbol... I only EVER use tweens for scenery or for moving a graphic i've already animated (e.g. a walk cycle). Seriously.