Yoshimi Yamagata Aoyagi

November Dormitory Diary Entry - Kim

Added 2022-11-14 11:01:35 +0000 UTC

Hello, this is Kim.

Here’s my dormitory diary entry for November.

As an in-between animator, I typically use digital software for work. Recently though, I feel that I’ve become too dependent on digital tools and question if I’m losing my actual skills or not.

When you’re doing in-between frames the old fashioned way, there’s no undo button, canvas turning, or even repositioning, so you need to get your lines right the first time, every time. That kind of practice will make you a really good animator.

With digital, even if I don’t draw the best lines I can just undo them and try again, so unlike with traditional drawing, I’m not getting any better or faster since my brain isn’t having to internalize that push to get things right the first time.

In light of this I’m trying to use the line form tool less (a tool that edits my lines for me to be better than they really are) and trying to draw them correctly on the first go.

When I first joined my studio, I didn’t see any particular merits to animating traditionally, so I chose to go with digital. Digital is of course not without its disadvantages, so I think it’s a good idea that I also get familiar with working traditionally and discovering its advantages as well.

My lines still need a lot of work and I get hand cramps with how hard I hold my pen, but I’ll keep working hard to be better in the new year!

Thank you for reading!

I look forward to seeing you in the next post!

22.11.6 Kim

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こんにちはキムです。

11月の寮生日記を投稿いたします。

私はデジタルで動画を描いていますが、最近デジタルの機能を頼り過ぎて私自身の実力はそんなに上手くならなかったではないかと感じています。

アナログの動画マンは取り消しもできないし回転、移動もできなくて常に正確に線を描かないといけないので線を引くのがとても上手いです。

デジタルだと線をキレイに引けなくても取り消してもう一回引けばいいので、アナログみたいに一発でキレイな線を引く能力を求めないのでその分能力が上がらず速度も遅いままになると思います。

それで最近は線を上手く引きたくてわざと曲線をキレイに引いてくれる「曲線ツール」の利用を減らしたりなるべく一発で引けるように意識しながら作業しております。

入社前にはアナログの動画はのんなにメリットがないと思ってデジタルを選びましたが、デジタルも短所がないわけではなかったのでアナログの作業も知ってその長所を学ぶのが大事ではないかなと思いました。