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Cheers bud, much appreciated :)

Lot of stuff I have had to deal with over past 2 years which have soaked up my freetime. Got a new job with another gaming studio, relocated myself and my family further up the map. Just busy busy busy but things are beginning to relax now and I aim to start making more content for my channels.

@@MarkDaviesArt cool. Congratulations for your new job. Happy for you.. Want more animation tutorial from you bro.

@@2danimationmentor cheers bud and yes, I am gonna be making more soon. Just need to decide what to cover. If you got any suggestions please feel free to share any thoughts.

@@MarkDaviesArtMake a tutorial on character lip sync.

@@2danimationmentor ok! I promise that’s the next in my list ;)

I have made a previous video on CZcams which shows how I make an animation, the link is here czcams.com/video/Wuz0sHeVpx8/video.htmlsi=y_HJPDv6flMTUvxy

@@MarkDaviesArt okey bro

Cheers bud

@@MarkDaviesArt bro why you not making storytime video

I've been meaning to have a play again with Adobe Animate as I aint really used it for a while now and I have been wondering how its aged, back in the day it was my software of choice between 2004 to 2011

You are welcome :) glad you found it helpful.

Thanks Chris :)

@@MarkDaviesArt more tutorials on rough animator please I'm a beginner animator trying out rough animator and flipaclip

@@chrisjpndala7576 I need to get more tutorials on the go, I have been abit to busy but will look into getting some new content asap.

@@MarkDaviesArt 👌

Thanks bud, I have made some tutorials on how I make animations on my CZcams channel. Feel free to have a look :)

@@MarkDaviesArt I saw all your videos. But The color here looks great. I love to see how do you color the characters😊

Ah you mean a tutorial devoted to just colour an 2D animated scene, yeah I can do that, I wil put it on my list@@3dtweettv

@@MarkDaviesArt ok thank you

Cheers bud, it’s been a while since I uploaded anything, been really busy my end but I will do so soon :)

Thanks Steve :)

Yes.

@@MarkDaviesArt I'm making a show and I was wondering if you could animate for it.

@@MarkDaviesArt So do you wanna animate for it?

Cheers bud :)

In all honesty you will find that a lot with clients in general are the same. They do not understand how time dependant animation is, and also how costly it can be, which in fairness is not there fault, they are not animators so how are they suppose to know. Best to get things clarified and cleared as early as possible before production. I am a huge fan of storyboards and animatics, if you work with a client on a storyboard, you can state how much a project would cost just from a few simple sketches, the client then can say yes, or re- evaluate a production that would still work for their needs but at a cheaper cost. Totally get what your saying though :)

Cheers bud, glad you liked.

Cheers bud :)

A really interesting question and one I can’t really answer as I don’t know enough of the software but let’s give it a go. In preparation for this video I made, I did test openToonz and straight off the cuff it does have a lot to offer. Either tradigital or traditional, the software does allow you to make animations fully in the software. For traditional animation It also offers line testing capabilities, testing scenes by photographing frames directly in the software which you don’t see much in other software. The main reason for not using open toonz for this video was I do find its UI and userbility to not be very intuitive. I feel the software requires a steep learning curve and I wanted something simpler for my fellow viewers but which provides great results so they could get straight into animation without dedicating themselves to learning a new software. Probably why you see lots of people using other software like photoshop, clip paint etc, it’s because these software are kind of familiar in function/ shortcut keys and actions. So if you know how to use photoshop, you probably will almost know how to use clip paint/ Krita/ after effects/ flash without much research into how to use the software, they are very intuitive programmes. Additionally to my knowledge, there are very little 2D animation productions that use opentoons. I understand that in the Asian market this may be different (I know of the studio ghibli link with the software), but in the western market, 2D animation productions are generally made with Toonboom, TVP, Adobe animate, After effects, Cel action and of recent Moho. Therefore if you needed to devote time and effort into fully learning a software to animate with, it would be better advised to learn something that is more industry standard so have more chance of employment. That being said I am personally very interested to see what can be done with openToonz and if I get some free time, I would like to take a deep dive and see what I can do with it.

@@MarkDaviesArt Thank you for your reply. I will look forward to your OpenToonz focused content.

I use opentoonz and tahoma2d.

Cheers Reggie :)

Turner & Hooch

Honestly I don’t ever think I’ve drawn an anime style cartoon before, but could be an interesting experience. Might be worth making a video showing how I would tackle a style that I am unfamiliar with.

You are more than wlecome my friend :) Very glad it helped.

Thanks Raju :)

Thanks Ravi, hard to believe is was about 12 years ago that I made this. I think it was my first commissioned film as well.

@@MarkDaviesArt CZcams actually suggested one of our recent videos and after watching that one I felt like checking your previous videos.. U have come a long way from where u started and the journey reflects in your work too!!

Do you mean the shadows on the floor? Quite simple really. When compositing the scene in after effects (or Hit film if you use that) duplicate the layer that is of the character, then add a hue adjustment effect to the layer and push the brightness all the way down to dark so it’s black. Adjust the vertical scale of this layer and it’s positioning so it looks like a shadow on the floor, Then set the opacity of the layer to around 50% so you can see through it. Done!

your welcome :)

Cheers :)

You are welcome :)

Or boss baby in a nutshell

Their was never a colour version made, for these shorts I chose to keep them greyscale.

@@MarkDaviesArt oh ok, I was excited to see the finished work in colour since you've used water colour paint for the background. Well done! I'm interested to try some 2D animation :)