#yahooo!!

I started animating a bit this past year, but then, had to take like a 3 month break bc of school so I got out of practice :/ Now that I’m back at it again with more time to (and while I am still a beginner animator) I figured I’d share some tips I learned today with anyone trying to learn too! and I found something that really helped me was focusing on FOUR KEY FRAMES of an action:

So first I was trying to draw this hair blowing in the wind. But I didn’t really know how the hair was going to move properly, so I just kind of drew it how I thought it would look with as much detail as possible. But the detail was taking over the movement. 

So I started again, this time only doing one form for hair instead of three. It was better, but I was still getting caught up in details like the hair strands. I decided from here to just focus on the shape of the hair.

This one was a bigger step in terms of simplificaiton, but It was still so so for me in terms of movement. I wanted the hair to feel less rigid. So, I settled for a different approach. 

I began with just making four frames of an animation with no inbetweens. I focused on (as mentioned before) Four key frames. go simple.

So together, those frames playing would look something like this: 

(some of these are not the exact frames but you get the point)  it’s focusing on points that make the motion seem realistic even without it being full of frames and detail!

So then, what I did was just add the in between frames! 

Now one thing I remembered was how/where to draw them. You draw in between frames, well, in between key frames. for faster parts of motion (like when the hair goes up fast) I drew them about halfway in between each key frame. I really only did about two (of about 23 frames) Then, when the hair gets the lowest and highest points- THAT’S when it’s the slowest in motion, so draw more frames, and make them closer in distance to eachother! kind of fade from slow to fast if that helps. It’ll give good weighted motion

I also felt that I wanted to add a couple more in between frames, and also speed it up, and that was my final! 

I am not a professional obvs but I wanted to record my process to motivate myself to keep going, and to also help others out too :)) this whole process was over about a day of just sitting down and trying. so really not that much! anyway, hope this helps, go animate and have fun!!!!!

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Word count: 3,639

Summary:

Peter cares about Miguel. He cares about seeing him happy, about knowing the man will endure even after losing so much. He cares, and he does what he can to show it.

That includes a lot of things (jokes sent over HQ’s chat platform, back rubs when he’s tense, holding him when he’s too deep down to breathe), but sometimes that means he does this, too. It means he presses Miguel back against the kitchen counter, cringes as his knees pop when they meet the floor, and listens to Miguel’s deep, even breathing as Peter begins tugging at his belt.

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*doesnt post for months*

*comes back with Harry Potter art*

hellooooo have this Harry Potter art I did quickly sdbsnsnns his hair is a fucking nightmare

THIS IS IT!! THE FINAL DAY!! Only 24 HOURS REMAI-nah, just kidding. But this is the final day of Taang Week! I hope you all enjoy this one! :D

FF.Net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13701984/7/Taang-Week-2020

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26585074/chapters/65079655

Thank you all for the comments, likes, kudos, faves, follows, and just for reading it! I really enjoyed it! :D