Comments on: Great Quote

By: Fraenk

Fraenk — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:29:00 +0000

hello there!

thanks again doc for that nice peace of knowledge and milt is so damn right! i think drawing poses should always be the first step before going to animate a scene. there are many reasons for that. at first you can easily and fast play around with the line of action, which is so hard to "see" on the computer. another point is, that you can flip your poses to try out some different breakdowns. and with just a pencil and paper you're free where you're thinking about a scene. the front of a screen is not the most inspiring place, so take your pencil and paper, go out and "find" your scene in the real world and get inspiried!

thx & cheers fraenk

By: Mike Antonicelli

Mike Antonicelli — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:18:00 +0000

I’ve printed out two copies to hang up – one for home and one for work.

I really needed this now cause I’m struggling.

Thank you.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:48:00 +0000

“in the old days you couldn’t become a good animator if you couldnt draw, period”

I suspect that guys like Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen would disagree with you… :0)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:44:00 +0000

of course these days in the CG animation era, you dont need to be a good draftsman, to be able to turn things and draw them from differnt angels. I mean, in the old days you couldn’t become a good animator if you couldnt draw, period but nowadays you have the computer. and i wonder, how much has that fact changed the way an animator would work, if any?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:45:00 +0000

Very awesome quote, I love it. Ever since I was exposed to a little of what animation is(it's so impossible for me to say I totally understand it...dont think I ever will) I always thought, "This is the hardest thing in the world."

But of course, everyone else is gonna say whatever THEY do for a living is the hardest thing in the world.

Whatever, I think when Milt Kahl is going down the list of all the skills and stuff you need to be good at, I kinda realize damn, this is a very advanced and NEW form of art, so it kind makes sense as to why I thought animation is so freakin hard.

Thank you so much, Doctor Gregory!!! You've given us so much to go on...we appreciate it!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:51:00 +0000

Based on the latest posts, focused on drawing capability and so, it gave me the drive force to work on my drawing skills and try to understand the physics a lot better. I think I will try to work on single poses, and also how two or three poses would work together, then what will the action be in between. Eventually one will have a short animation. Thanks very much for these posts Dr. Stephen.

Thomas

By: andy

andy — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:26:00 +0000

Wow, very inspiring words! It’s so easy to become complacent, it’s nice to have masters like this to remind us that hard work and perseverance is the only way to achieve really great work.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:05:00 +0000

Honest and humble – what a great quote. Thanks for sharing!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:39:00 +0000

pointless comment, but that quote is awesome.

By: Cooked Art

Cooked Art — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:33:00 +0000

Great to hear that even the great Milt Kahl struggled with his drawings.

Great quote indeed!