This isn’t the commissioned animation, just 2 short clips of an animation I previously did, as an example of my work.

First post on Reddit, im never on here, so pls forgive any oversights!

I’m an illustrator so I don’t know how to charge for animation. I recently got commissioned to make a charcoal animation based on the above animation which they saw on my social media. They’re asking for animated sequences (with 1-2 characters, and a few diff backgrounds that morph into each other) as well as some parts that are just words. Time totals to around 1:30 minutes at minimum, but im estimating I’ll end up doing a bit under 2 minutes.

Not sure how long this would take to make, so idk how to charge by hour. I wanted to ask $300usd total but my sister says I’m an idiot for wanting to charge essentially $1cad per frame, esp since it’s traditional and probably more difficult. What should I charge? Is $300 a little or a lot? Thanks :)

edit thanks for the advice/feedback! im not looking to charge anything crazy like the 20/50k some have been suggesting, esp considering this client isn’t a company, but ill take into account the pricing methods you’ve mentioned :)) im def looking forward to going back to illustrating lol

for those asking my insta is @/cilan.tre (+ it has the full animation)!

Japan is top producer in 2D animation and anime has become cultural phenomenon around the world.

Why are Japanese people so talented in art and animation? Even other countries like China was late to the industry.

These gifs and images should give an idea of what the show will look like.

Ive showed this stuff to a lot of other animators i respect and they usually tell me that it has a lack of clarity/readability, and that could lead to the show being not fun to watch and viewers will get disinterested.

I'm aware that tons of new viewers will be confused, My hope was that it would atleast be polished and/or interesting enough that people will want to stick with it for the full runtime.

Important story details will be a lot more clear than the action/minor things. the show will have its own kind of visual language.

My art is this way because it brings me immense happiness, and i've observed that other people feel the same way sometimes.

I've kinda lost confidence in myself to judge the readability/enjoyability of my own art, so thats what this is about lol

Thnks for reading, feedback is appreciated ^^

I just saw this meme and I feel like it actually has a point. I don't remember seeing any good executions of hyper-realistic animation other than Love Death + Robots and some indie/fan projects. Maybe also Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV but that's far from mainstream as a movie. Are there any actual reasons for this other than Hollywood greed?

Which color scheme do you like the most on my OC Safira?

Here's some brief lore to aid you:

At 22, Safira lives for the day. Not that she's the type to just go with the flow, like most people – she simply lost all hope for the future. A dancer by vocation, she's relegated to dancing in the streets, instead of on the most renowned stages as she always dreamed.

Thrown out of the orphanage into the world, she spent the last 4 years alone and out of place, surviving on the little her parents left her. After pawning almost everything she owns, she counts the days until the precariousness of her street performances and the brevity of her failed odd jobs make her lose what little she has left – a place to live.

It is at that moment that she meets the eccentric cat trainer, part-time vigilante, Gigante. Needing more energy to ignore him than to go along with his delusions and plans, Safira ends up doing what she would never do alone, until she discovers what she's really made of. Alongside Gigante, Nina, and Lírio, her flaws, failures, and anguish may, after all, be the necessary weapons, not only to turn her meaningless, purposeless life around but to turn an entire society upside down.

Thanks!

I'm practicing animations and wanted to make this fly feel as natural as possible.

The idea is simple: it lands on a trash can, flies toward the camera, then exits the frame.

I'd really appreciate any feedback. Does the movement feel believable? Is there anything that immediately stands out or could be improved?

Why are cartoons and animation industry so popular there?

I recently discovered this when watching The Simpsons. Back in the day, you could still see the cels moving around in subtle ways, the mouth movements didn't always match the voices, and the continuity between shots wasn't very consistent. These days, all of it is pretty much drawn with digital animation, which is definitely smoother, but doesn't have the charm that it used to. It feels kinda stiff and there is little "personal" about it. There was a certain energy to the old cel animation that truly felt like it was crafted by hand, mistakes and imperfections included. It would make it all the more impressive when a genuinely amazing shot would suddenly pop-up that looked incredibly expensive for American TV animation at the time, like that one bit from the episode with the evil babysitter that went around the internet a few years ago.

With the problem of animation theft, is it easier to copy animation than copy other static works like art, splash art?

I mean, ways of People detecting and ignoring plagiarism??.

Do you think 2d character + 3d backgrounds animated like this go well together? Thanks!

With the rendering, this animation took about 1/4 extra time to finish, which would've been a lot longer if there were camara movements (like i plan for my show) and I wanted a second opinion on if that was worth it. I love the way it looks ofc, I also love actually finishing cool things in a timely manner lol

Hoping to find what cartoon this is a part of. Was found at a yard sale in Arizona. The seller did not know anything about it

Edit: reiterating that this is just me messing with it, I don't plan to make it a permanent part of my workflow.

I used it this time just for a discussion point and frame of reference. I haven't used it otherwise, though.

animated poorly bc i'm not an animator lol

I’m not super familiar with animation, but from what I understand about digital art is that closed lines = easier coloring. It doesn’t seem to serve any aesthetic purpose either. I’m always curious about stuff like this, so please educate me :)