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Published: 2011-06-27 09:18:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 24536; Favourites: 805; Downloads: 230
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Basic things I keep in mind while animating. I hope some of you find these useful ^^Books about animation I've read:
-"Cartoon Animation" by Preston Blair (Nice, colorful and simple :3)
-"The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams (Best for creative walk cycles :] Also, easy to read)
-"Timing For Animation" by Whitaker, Halas, Sito (More about timing things and more theoretical)
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i was "play" with Movie Maker and get make a animation at 1 minute...
Do you can paly with my heroines?
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This is extremely helpful. I'm just starting, so getting the basics is awesome. Thank you.
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It seems really simple when it's spelled out like this ><
Thank you for posting, it's quite
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hit submit a little overzealously XD
it's quite handy.
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I love your animation, and thank you very much for the tips!
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You're stuff is so cute! Thanks for the tips!
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hey, thank you very much for all these animation tutorials, but I can't seem to figure out how I can keep the same background behind my animation D:
it really bugs me 
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In the new Gimp, that has groups, make a group for every frame. Add the background in every group and erase the parts you don't need with the eraser and the "anti eraser" (by clicking Alt) In the end flatten the layer groups before saving ^^
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wow, nice 
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yeah, it is "merge layer group" when you right-click it ^^>
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I think the thing about the + in opposite corners may have just saved my insanity......
Super useful, thanks for making this!
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This is really really helpful!!! Your animations are so amazing and fluid. It's so nice of you to post a tutorial!!!
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It really is inspiring!!!
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Thanks a lot for such wonderful tutorials. I Hope i could make something better than before.
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finally! someone who understands the basics for animation!
these are critical when i do mine!
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thank you 
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probably because i spend almost a month with just one, i do them all in 1440x1080 resolution and then resize for dA.
i wish i could do many more animations as many as you have in your gallery!
great great stuff! it's good to see a fellow animator on here
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I am fascinated with animation, thanks for doing this, very interesting stick figures coming soon
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Thanks again for this, I applied it to a basic animation just now, you helped explain the concept of speed a lot! [link]
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I've always had respect of animators, who make a very hard work *_* thank you for the tut ^^
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Thanks for the advice
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