How long it takes (speed animation)

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Published 2020-02-03
Never back-sass the dictator of a planet until he's WELL out of earshot.

I've noticed that few animation clients have a substantial grasp on how much time the process requires, so I timed everything I did on this one. And now, some caveats:

1. Obviously not all characters or backgrounds will be this detailed, so it's likely most animations won't take this long for the same on-screen duration.

2. Work speeds will vary depending on the animator's experience level. Since I've been working professionally for several years, I figured out what to do and how to do it quicker than a beginner would. Meanwhile, there are people who've been doing this since before I was a fetus, and I'm sure their confidence in their skills would help them knock out something like this in a fraction of the time it took me.

3. If you have the budget and wherewithal to hire different artists to work on multiple steps at once (an animator and a background artist, for example), that'll greatly speed up the process.

Thanks for watching!

Music: "Lá Lá e Lé Lé" by Bohemios da Cidade: freemusicarchive.org/music/Bohemios_da_Cidade

All Comments (10)
  • Animation, where excessive labor turns into something really magical. Especially frame by frame animation. It just has this certain charme to it, always enthralls, even the simple stuff.
  • @file_mignom3375
    Legal, e muito interesante um americano escutar musica clássica brasileira... ser dor americano, mais se for, belo gosto musical..
  • @sophie1989ful
    I was looking for the 51 animation exercices, and I found your first video and I am so glad to see how your work evolved in 4 years :)!
  • @Sabzzz
    You do a really great job of animating! I'm tryna be an animator as well, but you're really good! Keep it up!
  • @keki4723
    Hello, Laura Maue! I’m an artist who’s been animating for about 3 years although I still struggle with a lot of things while animating, I struggle with squash and stretch, anticipation and more. Do you have any tips for me? Anything would really help! :D