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Toniko Pantoja
United States
Registrace 23. 12. 2012
Hello there!
My name is Toniko Pantoja
I use CZcams as my online journal
Currently on Invincible the animated series
I am also the founder of Brushtale Works Studios Inc.
Had experience with Netflix Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Cartoon Network, Studio La Cachette, Tonko House, Strange Weather Film
By day I am a full time Story Artist, Director and Hand Drawn Animator. At night, I work on various personal projects and stories. I have worked at both large scale companies to smaller workshop style studios - as well as both in house and off site. I am also a mentor and teacher.
Main Website: www.tonikopantoja.com/
Twitter: tonikopantoja
Instagram: tonikopantoja
Online Store/Tutorials: gumroad.com/stringbing
Patreon Account: www.patreon.com/StringBing
KoFi Donations : ko-fi.com/tonikopantoja
Contact me at
tonikopantoja@gmail.com
My name is Toniko Pantoja
I use CZcams as my online journal
Currently on Invincible the animated series
I am also the founder of Brushtale Works Studios Inc.
Had experience with Netflix Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Cartoon Network, Studio La Cachette, Tonko House, Strange Weather Film
By day I am a full time Story Artist, Director and Hand Drawn Animator. At night, I work on various personal projects and stories. I have worked at both large scale companies to smaller workshop style studios - as well as both in house and off site. I am also a mentor and teacher.
Main Website: www.tonikopantoja.com/
Twitter: tonikopantoja
Instagram: tonikopantoja
Online Store/Tutorials: gumroad.com/stringbing
Patreon Account: www.patreon.com/StringBing
KoFi Donations : ko-fi.com/tonikopantoja
Contact me at
tonikopantoja@gmail.com
Why we actually abandon passion projects
I talk about another valid reason that noone really talks about as much.
=Full Official Video Courses=
The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation
Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package:
gum.co/Introto2DComplete
==My Photoshop Automatte + Auto Tones Presets==
stringbing.gumroad.com/l/tone-iko-touch?layout=profile
===My mini classes on skillshare===
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Adobe-Animate-Essentials-2D-Animation-Fundamentals/1859154090
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Animate-Your-Imagination-Create-an-Animated-Storyboard-From-Scratch/1771385351
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Character-Design-for-Animation-Design-and-Craft-Memorable-Personalities/201057887
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/2D-Character-Animation-Create-Movement-in-Adobe-Animate/1265481262
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/2D-Backgrounds-Create-Stunning-Scenes-for-Your-Animations/511370446
==My Photoshop actions for auto-matte and toning==
gumroad.com/l/sKxSq
Main Website: www.tonikopantoja.com/
Twitter: tonikopantoja
Instagram: tonikopantoja
Online Store/Tutorials: gumroad.com/stringbing
Donate to me! : ko-fi.com/tonikopantoja
Equipment I use:
Drawing Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 22HD: www.wacom.com/en/products/pen-displays/cintiq-22-hd
Software I use:
Storyboading - Storyboard Pro, Adobe Animate, Photoshop
Animation - TVPAINT, Adobe Flash/Animate CC, ToonBoom, Blender
Compositing - After Effects
Painting and Illustration - Photoshop, Clip Studio
Video Editing - Premiere
3D - BLENDER
=Full Official Video Courses=
The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation
Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package:
gum.co/Introto2DComplete
==My Photoshop Automatte + Auto Tones Presets==
stringbing.gumroad.com/l/tone-iko-touch?layout=profile
===My mini classes on skillshare===
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Adobe-Animate-Essentials-2D-Animation-Fundamentals/1859154090
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Animate-Your-Imagination-Create-an-Animated-Storyboard-From-Scratch/1771385351
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Character-Design-for-Animation-Design-and-Craft-Memorable-Personalities/201057887
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/2D-Character-Animation-Create-Movement-in-Adobe-Animate/1265481262
www.skillshare.com/en/classes/2D-Backgrounds-Create-Stunning-Scenes-for-Your-Animations/511370446
==My Photoshop actions for auto-matte and toning==
gumroad.com/l/sKxSq
Main Website: www.tonikopantoja.com/
Twitter: tonikopantoja
Instagram: tonikopantoja
Online Store/Tutorials: gumroad.com/stringbing
Donate to me! : ko-fi.com/tonikopantoja
Equipment I use:
Drawing Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 22HD: www.wacom.com/en/products/pen-displays/cintiq-22-hd
Software I use:
Storyboading - Storyboard Pro, Adobe Animate, Photoshop
Animation - TVPAINT, Adobe Flash/Animate CC, ToonBoom, Blender
Compositing - After Effects
Painting and Illustration - Photoshop, Clip Studio
Video Editing - Premiere
3D - BLENDER
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Dealing with Jealousy
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How inspiration can be BAD
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Animating a simple dance loop for a 2D character
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Why artists and creators must practice HOLDING BACK
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How I Storyboard in Adobe Photoshop
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I talk about how I use layer comps when I storyboard in Photoshop. =Full Official Video Courses= The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package: gum.co/Introto2DComplete My Photoshop Automatte Auto Tones Presets stringbing.gumroad.com/l/tone-iko-touch?layout=profile My mini classes on skillshare www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Adobe-...
SHOW ME YOUR SKETCHBOOK, BRO!
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I made a stupid joke about art/sketchbook bros who show off how much they study/draw, humble brag saying how much they suck yet show off intentionally seeking compliments, and how they circle jerk each other within communities. If you want to dub it into another language or do your own take, lemme know! =Full Official Video Courses= The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation Buy the complete int...
Knowing this protected me from creative burn out
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I talk about the creative parts of a project, and the laborious part of the project. This may be a multiple subject matter. =Full Official Video Courses= The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package: gum.co/Introto2DComplete My Photoshop Automatte Auto Tones Presets stringbing.gumroad.com/l/tone-iko-touch?layout=profile My mini c...
Leaving dreamworks animation for the fifth time
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Do passion projects ALWAYS have to make money?
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Common mistakes beginning storyboard artists make (PART 2)
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what i learned from pitching productions to studios
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Rekindling my love for my animation work
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Blue Eye Samurai was a tough show to storyboard on
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I talk about my experiences boarding on a show like Blue Eye Samurai, as well as show my boarding process on the production. =Full Official Video Courses= The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package: gum.co/Introto2DComplete My Photoshop Automatte Auto Tones Presets stringbing.gumroad.com/l/tone-iko-touch?layout=profile My mini ...
Moving from children's cartoons to adult animation
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Don't underestimate this part for your indie projects
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Don't underestimate this part for your indie projects
Blue Eye Samurai - Character animation test
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Blue Eye Samurai - Character animation test
The best practice for beginning animators
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The best practice for beginning animators
I felt this when I joined netflix animation
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I felt this when I joined netflix animation
Why I'm embracing cheaper looking animation
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Why I'm embracing cheaper looking animation
Drawing and improving everyday with burnout and art block
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Drawing and improving everyday with burnout and art block
When is a passion project considered "Finished"?
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When is a passion project considered "Finished"?
Types of Independent Animation projects you should consider
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Types of Independent Animation projects you should consider
Breaking this down was so helpful!
mine was because i was burning out and i felt like i wasn't putting enough effort and that my animated series deserved more than a beginner who didnt know much, i was 15 back then and wasnt experienced at all in animation and looking back, im still amazed that im satisfied with where it is, despite me gaining more knowledge and experience, i still look back to my animated series sometimes and feel happy, because despite the burnout, i was a happy kid who wanted to portray my own life in a way thats packaged in an animated series, with a name that didn't age well, there's one thing i would change about it and it's the name, it's not original and didn't age well. but that's it. im glad i did the series though, despite the burnout, or else i wouldnt be as satisfied or happy as i am right now. im glad to at least say "i did it, i made my passion project despite me being a beginner back then"
talent is everything. if you where not born with the brain juice required to be good at art you never will be. Only talented people blindly believe that it was all hard work and not genetics. i see people draw amazing anime art and other things. No sketch no boxes nothing and people say "he studied the fundementals" the is no way in hell that the person that just jumps in to a drawing no sketch nothin ever needed to draw a freakin box. He just knew how to do it. thats it.
The only thing tough in animation is getting a freaking idea i lose hope on like having a idea for my animation look you need to look at my animations my animations are boarderline ugly the worst animations ever seen or made by me a 11 year old boy (BTW i wish i was a girl) but thats not the point. The problem with me in animations is just having a creative idea for your animations if you already done with your first or second animation you decide to do more, but here's the problem you start to lose motivation for how ugly your art is, then you just burn out very very fast I'm not a ambitious person hehe well uhhh.... sometimes not a ambitious person. I just want to make my own show my own cartoon like show but i can't so don't stop me from never animating.
That space cowboy character feels like a perfect blend of Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly and Lex Splorer from Hot Lava!
0:38-1:00 To be continued =>
This makes me cry she just wanted her baby😢😢
Wow this is even deeper than animation production
Dope and creative ❤
I had it on mute first then I saw the singing and was like "I should listen to what this is" and hey its one of my favorite albums, neat XD (Its from Imaginaerum by Nightwish, dunno which track, but its a concept album anyways so its a unit) Ah wait its Storytime it literally says so in the video lol
hi i have a question , what really is a storyboard and whats an animatic , whats the difference? the storyboards you show in the video look like a stop motion animation, in the industry practice are storyboards shown like this video? or as thumbnails and frames in photos .
Bro ur the best animation teacher thank you man
finalv3final_final.sbpp is so confusing. The town tastes something he made, and they all, exile him. Just full-on drive him out of the town. Was it a sacred recipe? Was it something that's only meant to be used for the gods in the temple?
Might try Toonsquid or Rough Animator out. I was one of the people who bought Procreate Dreams to animate again, but it was so frustrating to work so much that animating in the original procreate was easier...
do you still want to made it, or did you made it ?
anyone know what animation software hes using? edit: nevermind its in the description
Been using Photoshop since 2013 and did something almost kinda like this at one point. And man, there are a tone of layers to this, but worth it. You ever used Storyboard Pro before? Because I was considering in using it here sometime.
What app is it?
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts
4:13 **panic**
If you can draw using pen and paper, you're fine in the long run. Most animation studios will train you this software and give you license.
My life is a race against time... I try to make smaller projects because of this, (the emphasis is on TRY) but I am this kind of person, I dedicate to my project no matter what, and the project matures alongside me. I remember when I abandoned my first big project... my passion Project. It was one of the most painful decisions of my life, still it was also one of the most important ones... It taught me a lot.
if this is a movie i implore you to consider making this a full length film, or if its a tv show i want this show to get a green light for full production. i'm a sucker for dragons.
I don't have pen tablet. I want use 3d models in 2d anime. Can I do that?????
i am crying at work this was beautiful
Me:" Ok im not gonna cry." Me at the end: " Sobs "😭😭
I have a question I been seeking for awhile I just don't know how to look for the answer, in a lot of animation roughs you can see the animator has left a aspects out, like a arm moving or a head turn, but they draw the rest. is this because they don't need to animate that or they can leave that for the in between animators? Im just looking for clarification.
Maturing past the project is SUCH a mood. It does make me really glad that the comic I did had a complete ending. I'm still working on book 2, but I'm just doing it as I feel like it haha.
Dope!
If society wasn't the way it is now where money is everything to live a normal frugal life, we would have groups of animators helping each other complete projects without much focus on a salary and funds. People would help for the love of the project. The drive to improve in skill or the passion to be a part of something big. Projects wouldn't take as long to the point where we lose interest in it.
But honestly the way we do one thing is how we do everything
It’s true element, still going to get mine done - it is kinda 80 percent done and will come out but it came out of something I went through in specific period. My life has moved out of the thing I was stuck in nowadays. Still though I am very motivated for it and want to improve my craft so I don’t disrespect it with poor execution which is why I moved into other projects because I still need craft improvements and want to also build up a body of work so it could have better chances if I am known
Let me tell what, my nephew Aj says "Animation is fake why should I join you with this fakery" I just didn't care about my nephew I do my own on life so that I'll show my nephew how it can be useful. I always wanted to animate for my youtube channel "Flamesonic" that's my youtube channel name so yeah there's every detail I told you now.
One of the reallest videos I've seen... I've been trying to go back and finish some short films I've had on the backburner since 2018 and It really feels like I'm conflicted to try and add my current self into a story made by a different me... I think though that that can be the key- to really service the directorial voice of the "you" that initially made or conceived it- We can try and try and try to keep revising it over the years but it will likely never be "perfect" so long as we continue to grow as people, so perhaps better to let those artworks be a snapshot of your soul at that point in life...
Don't mind the pug. It's harder to draw with a pencil THAT big 😂😂😂!
Oh my God!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm laughing my god!!!!
I recently just finished a cartoon myself. It took me eight years to finish, and I can say that it grew as I grew.
Hehehehe I'm ready for a storyboard like animated boards i love animating. But i can't i hate it i don't have like cool ideas on this storyboard
Which program do u use for this?
Wow ! This one hits too close to home ! As a 43 yo unemployed (for the past 3 years) animation solo shorts director, Jack of all trades (fairly decent at storyboard, 2D anim, compositing, editing, and well, directing), and I've had 5 TV series projects/concepts that have been marinating at various levels of advancement in my head for the past decade. And it's just so painful to realize that within my lifetime, I will never have neither the time, nor the budget, network, and workforce to materialize them... So even though the creativity and the ideas are all there, motivation is close to zero, and I'm not even bothering trying to write them down, I just let them fester in my mind... And in turns, my mind is getting parasited by this constant "what if I could make them"... It's pretty damn painful... Thanks for putting words on what I've been feeling these past few years.
Wow, your story really hit something within me and I can feel a wave of sadness because I can relate. I have heartfelt ideas from 10 to 20 years ago, and because I have anxiety and trauma with creating art (prior, I was a prolific artist), I let these ideas just exist in my mind. Lately, I have been working on a new story to depict exactly how I have been feeling (trapped in my past), and I found a bit more motivation there. I also decided this was a gift just for me as the sole audience. So when I am drawing now, yeah, I still get tons of flashes of my trauma surrounding creating art, but because the feeling of my new story is so strong, it almost feels like I can't abandon this one, not anymore. Of course, motivation is still low and progress is super slow... Thanks for sharing your story. I do hope there is one story in your mind that is worthy of your time and energy.
Are you in 2024?
It is a pornographic film par excellence.... How can it be shown on the CZcams platform... It is illegal
I will continue to work on my dream project until it's done or death overtakes me.
Lmao fr same only death can stop me
Honestly I have people trying to ruin my project so they can take it. I won’t stop drawng but it’s groups of people out her that has jealousy.
People encourage animators to get into medical billing for money?
[Journals, Diaries, and Notebooks.]
Don't make me animate......I'm very bad at it
I understand this to a degree. That's why I haven't jumped into a project that I'm aware can take up a year of my life in a while. I fell into the trap of constant revisions as a result of my ambition. So, I've embarked on several smaller ventures that test my work speed, and gives me more artists to work with since we've established rapport. I too have ideas - I just want to make sure the idea i choose is one I'm less likely to abandon due to unrealistic ambition.
If the project is too large, hire someone to help.
Agrée 😊
One reason I found out from someone because he had many crisis in one hit while working on his project, by the time he recovered from the 12 crisis, he was dead inside already.
Holy shit, that's some James Baxter level shit right there