How to Be a Faster Animator, a discussion on methods by 2 Flash Animators - RubberOnion Animation Podcast #123

HOT-COCOA SHOW! Now that we're in our third month of the #RubberOnionBattle (check out January & February's compilation video in the links) I thought that a discussion about improving the speed and efficiency of your animation was appropriate. I get this question a lot and you can check out my detailed list on the companion blog post by clicking here!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(9:52) What animating "faster" means

(16:05) Planning and talking about process

(36:03) Working with character rigs and staying organized

(48:19) The importance of Hotkeys

(51:56) Using program Extensions

(58:44) Smears & other tips

(1:06:09) Reusing Keys from previous work

(1:12:17) Refining your character designs

Media Referenced During this Episode:

What Rob looks like when he's chewing gum (as mentioned in the intro)

A video posted by Rob Yulfo (@robyulfo) on Mar 10, 2016 at 5:38am PST

 #RubberOnionBattle Feb 2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NguHguP5P8g 

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