"But I would never ask animators to animate this because A.) They wouldn't and B.) I like living." - TenelleFlowers 2018

@ellelikeswarriorcatstoomuc5580

5 жыл бұрын

Oooh 100th like :D

@m.h.5578

5 жыл бұрын

900th like

@kerrilomas7340

4 жыл бұрын

Xd I loved that part

@thatoneenbybird1127

4 жыл бұрын

She be right dogh

@xwaffleconex2909

4 жыл бұрын

Lol replying to something thats two years old Edit: why did i comment this?

THANK YOU.

@appledawn6303

6 жыл бұрын

👀

@elizabethli9941

6 жыл бұрын

~owo~

@galaxikittiuwu1342

6 жыл бұрын

OMG I love u I am a big fan!! 😲😍😘😚😙❤

@samisafi00

6 жыл бұрын

Wait why you don't have a like from tennel ?

@miaisstilldisappointed.5183

6 жыл бұрын

OwO

So... Never animate Simmy :)

@TennelleFlowers

6 жыл бұрын

exactly. ;)

@dougwalker4313

5 жыл бұрын

Yurp xd

@badgerinthewagon1283

5 жыл бұрын

Simmy might not be to bad

@mysryuza

4 жыл бұрын

Don't animate Simmy unless she's doing it xD

@weepingwillow8238

4 жыл бұрын

@@TennelleFlowers bet

My animation teachers used to say it too me this way, think of every button that you put on a character as 10 000$ each added to a full length movie production budget XD Thank you for this! I hope a lot of people see this!

@scribblecloud

6 жыл бұрын

BlueMaroon|Sarah Goran so... nothing??

@despoticsilhouette7841

5 жыл бұрын

so if you put floating things you get more money?

@KalDoesStuff

5 жыл бұрын

@@despoticsilhouette7841 i think its more like : more details you make, more money you spend

@patisilence

4 жыл бұрын

I can only think of how much money Ever after high spends

@skewerzz

4 жыл бұрын

@@patisilence that's different bc it's a funded show with dozens of people working on solely animation

Wellcome to TennelleFlowers school of animation.

@akinarii1

6 жыл бұрын

i know im being picky but you spelled Welcome wrong

@movedchannels1206

6 жыл бұрын

Wallcom

@kahsosilly

6 жыл бұрын

If this was a real school, I would beg to join

@cafeteriacat869

6 жыл бұрын

Shadow Drawz wacom

@stitch_playz9710

6 жыл бұрын

Fang I’m bad at animation

For those who are wondering what the proper term for points 2-3 is: *line mileage.* Line mileage simply refers to the amount of lines used in a drawing. The more lines there are the bigger the line mileage, and then the opposite. And like TennelleFlowers said, a big amount of lines in a singular drawing is fairly easy to do. But the same complex design for a hand-drawn animated sequence? Your animators will hate you, just saying. :P You can of course have designs with a lot line mileage, but keep in mind that this will be costly and take a long time to animate. This is why so many extravagantly detailed anime characters tend to be in static poses for most of the duration of the episodes they are in.

@TamWam_

4 жыл бұрын

when i was newer to animation my characters were static, too. they still don't move around a lot, and my lip sync is bad because idk how to properly move a face

My designs oof

@abelflores7496

5 жыл бұрын

I suscribed to you!

@KubzElhan

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

@konamurphy

3 жыл бұрын

Smoltoxin hi!

That's one of the things that I personally enjoy so much about Warriors' art like Tennelle's, Beffalumps and Nifty Senpai's (and multiple others.) Every single character is extremely distinctive and unique and they don't solely rely on the character's colour and slight differences in body shape to distinguish who's who. Not saying that I don't like other art that more so relies on colourations and slight body changes, since a lot of them are aesthetically gorgeous, but it's harder to tell characters apart.

@kinpatsucat1935

6 жыл бұрын

I agree so much with this! Before I made animations I felt like some designs were a little too simple. But when I started out I was really happy that characters were easy to break down into simple shapes and schemes and it wouldn't take me a hundred years to flatcolour one frame. :3

@kalestars5104

6 жыл бұрын

Pupville101 Sagutoyas does that beautifully as well like, all of them are so good at body differences

My appreciation for "Floor is Lava" continues to skyrocket after this video. I struggle to keep characters' markings consistent from one still drawing to the next; I have no idea how I'd ever animate them!

@avalonwatchingvideos2683

6 жыл бұрын

Also this has me wanting to redesign some of my OC Warriors designs to be more animator friendly, even though I have no intention of animating them or commissioning others to lol.

I love how your not bossy and saying "Don't do this it looks bad" or something instead your actually helpful and open minded.

@SunshineKoiWCUE

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, thank you for not giving us a headache by saying “Don’t you this! This is stupid and ugly!” Or something along those lines.

I think this can be used for casual animation in general, don't go overboard with the designs of you aren't willing to put effort into making it consistent (like I'm not, lol) But what if you have a character that is an animal with a lot of those, like a cheetah or a leopard? They're known for being covered in spots.

@hellspawnstudios

6 жыл бұрын

I guess you're screwed, then.

@TijanaTheDragoness

6 жыл бұрын

Possibly getting a spot pattern drawn in a separate layer and copy+pasting it, and using Free Transform tools to make it fit the angle of the character? Sort of like they do in Chowder I guess. It's stylistic and might not work for realistic styles, but it's probably better than killing yourself with spots. :P

@Unknown-hd1ov

6 жыл бұрын

Turn the spots into a pattern? maybe use larger spots? either way, thats gonna be tough XD

@user-ne2bb5nh7t

6 жыл бұрын

If you look at Cheetara from Thundercats, she has just a few spots on her considering how many a cheetah actually has. So you would take an artistic license here and maybe just put a pattern around the face, shoulders, rump, and tail. Big studios also designate employees, time, and money in writing advanced scripts that can track transforms and scales and then apply a spot texture to it. Look up 3D camera tracking for Nuke. And then of course Disney is hoarding their program that allows you to draw 2D lines on a 3D character and they follow any animations you give them. Also, historically, 2D characters are simply just designed around the budget of the film/project. And even style in some situations. If you create a limited animation style that still looks pretty, then more spots would be doable as less frames are needed.

@evam2351

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you can simplify the design by placing spots in only a few key places, then making sure to include a note showing how they are alined on the character. For example, as noted by Joumana Medlej, a cheetah's spots follow an arc on the shoulders.

for a little bit "use the warriors wiki designs" was a trend and have you seen warriors wiki tabbies. All aboard the nope train lmfao

@foxxy74

6 жыл бұрын

yepitie yep yep XD

@gayratparker

6 жыл бұрын

NightTheKitten I'd never put anyone through that Hell unless the character has no design by other people and the Warriors Wiki design is animator friendly.

@souglompee

6 жыл бұрын

Oh g o d Having experienced that once,,,,,it was h e l l

@dougwalker4313

5 жыл бұрын

* gets on the nope train * TAKE ME TO NARNIA

@chaos9608

5 жыл бұрын

NightTheKitten imagine animating the tabbies I draw...oof

This actually helps a lot honestly?? Because holy crap. Ive always known of like Fursuit friendly but never thought of animator friendly! I'll definitely work on some of my ocs to simplify them for animations and whatnot :o

@canorafera2510

6 жыл бұрын

TheKittehTeam whoop whoop fursuits!

@irl_yoshi.nanase2586

4 жыл бұрын

Im making a fursuit rn! Nice to see a fellow furry

@that1tomboy06

4 жыл бұрын

FELLOW FURRY there's gotta be alot of us in the warriors fandom tho XDDDDDDD

@crystalmoonlgdc

3 жыл бұрын

Oh hi there fellow furry

BLESS sometimes i'm really sad because there are great maps that just have impossible designs and I end up not wanting to join them because of that. if you want to make really detailed designs maybe consider doing a PMV MAP instead?

@maimurphy8386

6 жыл бұрын

Selket does pmv mean picture music video?

@Selket

6 жыл бұрын

exactly :)

i dont animate, but those are really helpful tips for character creations as well! im redesigning my fursona (see picture) to a more 'hybrid' like form and struggle with setting highlights, so if i can set those at such 'fix' spots its much easier to draw!

Great advice!!! and stuff I'm gonna try and keep a better eye on in the future as I design/redesign characters. Super helpful video cause I've definitely made these mistakes. And heck yes complicated (though pretty!) designs have kept me from joining MAPs in the past :c

This. This is perfect. TBH I live by K.I.S.S when I design characters. And I don't animate. I write, so tend to make visual references so as to save time looking for written document. That and it's harder for me to miss an image, since I have horrible eyesight. And it is so much easier to describe a character when you have a simpler design to work with. And this advice works with any species, not just the felines you used as an example.

Holy cow yes! I worked on the Lady Stardust MAP and the stripes on those cats took up 80% of the time I spent on the part

You're honestly one of the most down to earth KZreadrs I know. Some seem so fake--and I love your art. Love your channel ❤

@shadowstorm3999

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heart!!

Any tips to overcome same face syndrome? I find it so hard to draw different body shapes, head shapes, and face proportions without it looking completely funky looking.

@TijanaTheDragoness

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I know what you're talking about. Getting out of that looks pretty hard, but in the end it just comes down to practice. :P At one point everything should just click and you'll have it down. What helped me lots was breaking down the faces of different characters(from Disney and the like) to figure out what gave them their "vibe". Another thing that could work is just drawing a bunch of different animal skulls/heads. Can really get you thinking about the different shapes a face could take. Breaking down things in general can make them easier to draw, it's what I do to design characters now. But if it's same BODY syndrome you're facing, just look to Steven Universe. I couldn't for the life of me figure out hips before that one xD Just beware of spoilers I guess. Hope this helps even a little!

@tigerlilyzero7431

6 жыл бұрын

TijanaTheDragoness Thanks! I don’t really watch Steven Universe but I have seen the character designs so I’ll take that into account.

@scarecrow_speakeasy

4 жыл бұрын

Let it look funky !! Go wild!!! Absolutely bonkers!!!

@crystalmoonlgdc

3 жыл бұрын

@@TijanaTheDragoness as much as I love Steven Universe, I’ve never actually considered to look at the characters’ designs, and it’s a really good idea. Thanks for your comment, it helps a lot!

@theeliblog4559

3 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is three years old but I wanted to put my input in anyway. With different breeds (especially dogs but cats and horses also vary in looks from breed to breed. The same can apply to bird, snake, rodent, rabbit, etc species/types) reference an irl image of that said animal. Avoid adding fluff to everything, too. I see so many people attempt to draw dobermans, pit bull terriers, and labs but they end up adding so much fur that it looks like a husky with another’s breeds markings. With bully breeds and mastiffs, extending the jowls and adding some wrinkles can also accentuate the character’s features. With cats, trying to come up with a variety of different face shapes may prove to be challenging since cat breeds are not as different from each other as dog breeds are, however you can still see differences between them. For example, a domestic longhair is not going to have the same face shape as a Siamese or Oriental Shorthair.

What I like about this is how most of her spoken words don't belong exclusively to warriorcats. You could take this vid and show it to any animator or character designer.

One of my characters has freckles, I used to try and animate every spot but then I changed it to 3 easy spots under each eye and it is so much easier

Wonderful video!! Lots of people animate for fun and nonprofit, and time is the biggest (and most annoying, why can't I *finish* that part already it's been 4 months oh gosh) drawback to animation, so when I see designs with speckled thin-line tabby patterns its really easy to click off a video. Great work, I love your Simmy Speaks, you always know exactly what you're talking about!

Thank you thank you, this is so helpful! I'm currently working on designs for a map, and I was looking at them while watching this video and realized that I made some of these mistakes. I'm fully intending on going back and fixing them, thank you so much for the tips!

You should see Ladyteelia's character designs they are very detailed and complicated.

@franknfurter5336

5 жыл бұрын

and she animates them, it's often choppy, but still not bad,,

I don't think it's impossible to do more complex designs, but you've got to be good to do it. Teelia manages, but I can see a lot of people not having the same skill/time.

Thank you thank you thank you I’ve been thinking about this a lot for weeks. What bothers me even more is when people don’t even draw their own references. For some reason they don’t consider it art theft.

The best part. XD "Because a happy animater is an animater that doesn't want to scoop out your insides with a dull spoon 'cause somebody went a little to overboard with the stripes!"

i'd just like to say that this can go for comic artists too! though it's only you that's gonna go insane, making simple and easy to recognize characters instead of over complex story filled ones will seriously help you after drawing 50 panels.

This is full of great advice, thank you so much! Wings of Fire dragons are pure pain to animate. Dragons are so difficult to start and then the tribe scale patterns PLUS some detailed design patterns? Oof. One of them I have right now has a bunch of stars on a rainbow gradient by the head and ahhhh

@TennelleFlowers

6 жыл бұрын

Oh boy yeah! I think there's definitely ways Wings of Fire could get MAPs made, but the MAP host is really gonna have to make sure the designs are simplified.

I really appreciate this video! You were to the point, broke down the issue, and offered solutions with good examples. I've been thinking about giving animation another shot and I'll definitely keep these tips in mind when I do. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! :D

As someone who is not only an animator but an owner of a complicated character covered in stripes I wish I saw this video when I was 14 lmao (I personally find it fun and rewarding to get all the patterns consistent as a result tho, so it's not completely a bad thing!)

thank you so much it always bugs me when MAP hosts expect people to be able to animate a tabby with precise spots all over or something like that like give the poor animators a break :(

I love these vids! You're awesome dude, thanks for sharing all your animation knowledge ^^

This is super insightful, and something I definately didn't take into consideration when designing some of the characters for my own MAP. It sucks that it's too late now, but at least I know for the future! Thank you Tennelle ❤

1:13 Here we see the Bluestar of ThunderClan. While many cats use their teeth or claws, the Bluestar often uses her extremely sharp ear spikes to repel enemies.

@wut7346

3 жыл бұрын

UDGInauagaa

@yesgood-theNoBadarchive

Жыл бұрын

SHDGAKAYDJS

I cant animate so- ha!

@mmc8530

6 жыл бұрын

saaaaaaaaaaaammme

@wittyshenanigans1302

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t even know what I’m doing here when I can’t either lol

@vickikalvakis272

6 жыл бұрын

I watched this anyway what the heck! 😂😂😂😂

@maccasmcfrei

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@venti8100

6 жыл бұрын

I don't either but I watch it to learn how to simplify my cat character designs and patterns and learn useful tips in drawing them and not spend 50000 hours on them (flashbacks to 5 hour long tigerstar drawing ON PAPER)

Thanks for the advice! I've been trying to learn to edit and style characters for maps and this really helped

This helped so much! I've been struggling with character design for a long time and this made so many things make so much more sense!

Omg you don't know how thankful I am for this video. This helps me a lot especially since I took a huge break from animation and starting back into it. Thank you!!!!

*Me, not understanding why they were bad designs.* *Me, an animator, who takes part in many maps with similar designs:* TENELLE IM SO SORRY I DOUBTED YOU

Spottedleaf, Tawneypelt, Cloud Spots, Tenelle’s Character, 5,000 other warriors and at least 1 million OC’s have been spot shamed.

fantastic advice, tennelle !! watching this video made me seriously want to rethink most of my warriors designs- all of them are so needlessly complicated save for a few. best i go fix that now whilst i have some time on holidays- thankyou !!

This video is actually very important. I like how you brought up the facts about using shapes and making the characters unique, not just copies with different colours and patterns. That's something I have always tried to focus on when designing my OCs.

Thank you for this wonderful advice! It’s really helpful because I might be doing a MAP soon and also when I join a MAP I’m always like why did I do this because I’m so bad at animating cats and stuff so yeah. Keep up the great work!

This is fantastic advice, and I agree wholeheartedly! Thank you for the Tawnypelt example as well, I struggle with simplifying designs and it was really helpful to see a step-by-step process. If the MAP is a PMV MAP, would you recommend still keeping the designs somewhat animator friendly, or would the astronomically less amount of redrawing allow greater flexibility with character design complexity? I’m planning out a PMV MAP myself, and while I do intend on giving artists a very distant due date, I have some very (very) complex designs in mind (that I would never have designed for frame-by-frame animation). Do you think that will still frighten away most people?

@TennelleFlowers

6 жыл бұрын

CosmicCreations I think when it comes to pmv’s, everyone is generally way more cool with complicated designs! It’s still just a matter of “is this needlessly complicated?” that I would keep in mind! :D

@CosmicCreations

6 жыл бұрын

TennelleFlowers That’s good to hear! Again, thank you so much for the advice! ^^ 👍🏻

@TamWam_

4 жыл бұрын

@@Imaedraw hey nice advice! im gonna note that down

I freaking love your channel!! There's so many useful things to know that you discuss. You were one of the first youtubers to ever inspire me to start drawing

Ugh! Thank you so much for this! I've been animating really detailed characters and that "floating spots" topic really helped me very much.

Perfect ideas, I'll use these in the future!

ZS: body shapes, got it. Face: the less complicated, the better. No floating shapes. Easy patterns…., TYSM THIS IS SO HELPFUL.

HELP THIS IS SO TRUE Im in a map and the designs are driving me insane lol. Im very glad i got a animation part that only shows two characters, and mainly their faces :,)

This actually helps me! I’ve been working on animating for awhile now. I’m still on the “walk cycle” phase, but I’m getting better. I use a lot of your tutorials, and they really help! Thank you so much. (Saw this yesterday, but wasn’t on account.)

I've been wanting to animate LadyTeelia's characters for a long time now, but the problem that I have is that her character designs are very complicated...

"Get rid of floating shapes" My OC who literally has wings that float: Dammit she found me-

Dear Tennelle, Thank you for being such a huge inspiration for me! I am a young artist who is a huge fan of your videos. You are my biggest inspiration and person I admire. Thank you for all the tips you provided in this video, and they'll help me a lot! Your work is amazing and unique, and I can't help but look up to person like that. Again, thank you for all the inspiration you have given me and the support you give all your fans! Keep up the amazing work! Love, Katie Kneeland

Thank God! I have yet to participate in any maps, but now that you've made this, I have more hope in myself. So many times have I stumbled across the most complex of designs in a map :')

Have you read the Animatior's Survival Kit? If so, the Milt Kahl joke tipped me on that fact.

also as a note: don't add 892434286734 different colors to the design, even if the markings themselves are simple it's still gonna be hell to put in that many colors for that many frames (gradients are also difficult/tedious) thanks for coming to my TED talk goodnight

Thankyou so much!! I been thinking of doing a Firestar MAP for a while now and your advice really helps! Thanks again

The tips are really helpful. My main character had a lot of battle scars but now I narrowed it down to one across his muzzle one over his eye one on his shoulder and one on his tail

TAKE NOTES CHILDREN

This is so true I'm in tEars

Tennelleflowers, you are AWESOME!! Thank you for the advice, I’m still struggling with the same face part, hehe.... You’re my idol! Keep up the good work! Oh, and I love your, I think it’s your OC, she is adorable!!

Thank you so much this helped me so much! I already started making characters who look so much better so thank you! I luv you videos btw their amazing!❤️

Well apparently LadyTeelia is doing this all wrong xD

@_kaleido

6 жыл бұрын

LadyTeelia is a god at animating complex designs XD but to be fair I've never seen her asking for others to animate her more complex characters, and her silhouettes are still pretty distinct

@Jackaxed

6 жыл бұрын

katleidoscopic Lady Teelia is hardcore.

@foxgirl321123

6 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw this video I thought of her

When I animate Warrior Cats, I change Tabby patterns to three to five simple stripes on their back, that make them look like a Neko Atsume or something XD

I like that opening music there *waggles eyebrows* XDDD This is super informative!!! thx for the information, I'd never thought about this kinda stuff! Mostly because I haven't really dabbled in animation before, lol!

I have never seen this channel, THANK YOUUUUU ..here's a subscriber

"...and B, I like living." I have no words Tennelle.

You have helped me o design an oc to use for animation

WFT I LOVE THOSE AMATION AND DESIGN GIRL WHAT TALKING ABOUT I WANT LIVE WITH THOSE ART DESIGN!

As an MAP host myself, I think this video helps a lot. I can see why some of my maps didn't get a lot of entries. I've made super complex designs on many of my MAPs.

I was really worried that MAP was for minor attracted person

@yeboiuhh4433

4 жыл бұрын

Same omg

@michaellamb1007

4 жыл бұрын

i was checking the comments for clarification.

@shoutuckerdidnothingwrong

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty shocked that people use this term for this, tbh. Why not just call them collabs like we used to?

@Swordofswordom

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck 2019, I was listening to the video and looking at the comments a bit to check but didn't want to say anything if it wasn't. 🤣

@Decanta

4 жыл бұрын

I clicked the video because I was so baffled at the title! Lmao

**sadly goes back to change the headache of a design for Ivypool**

i love this vid! thanks for all the great advice

YES !!!!!! this is so important !! having a simple design speeds up the animation process a TON and saves many wrists from carpal tunnel

ikr i thought it was a bit obvious to not make it so freaking complex XD

My owl brain: hmmm we should go to sleep its 12:30 am and we are 9 My lazy brain: nah boi age don’t matter bruh we gonna be fine

_THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING RICHARD WILLIAMS'S K.I.S.S YOU ARE AMAZING!!_

People always say to "keep it simple" but don't always explain how. This is super helpful!

My oc used to be a brown tabby. Now he's blue...

Hola cómo

THANK YOUUUUUU I love this, and it's super helpful. I'll definitely be doing this more with my animations.

Always getting surprised, how wise are you. Thank you for information!

Unless you're ladyteelia. That girl's a god I swear

@Tokyo-gj2px

6 жыл бұрын

stxrmy I see u everywhere

@stcrmycat

6 жыл бұрын

;D

@Tokyo-gj2px

6 жыл бұрын

stxrmy that's why I subbed to u

@stcrmycat

6 жыл бұрын

oh wow thanks lol

I don’t really suffer from same face syndrome. Since they are basically humans but cats, so they’ll look the same expect for you know. The type of breed they are. If you stray too much from the same face syndrome look they won’t end up looking like cats.

@TennelleFlowers

6 жыл бұрын

That's not really true. You can make designs as out there as you like and so long as you call them cats, they are cats. (even if, yes, they don't really look like cats anymore.) But avoiding same face is generally preferable even if that means making a character design that is only a cat because you say it is. Take Jiminy Cricket for example. One of the most iconic character designs ever created and he barely resembles a cricket at all.

This is really helpful, I just can't figure out how to animate and this really helped! Thanks for posting this!

THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE FLOATING SHAPES. Sometimes I have to draw a character from an angel and I'm like "how the heck am I supposed to draw this part??"

I think Viziepop can keep an eye on literally every detail. Go watch Die Young animated by Viziepop. You’ll see what I mean.

@melody474

6 жыл бұрын

Fried Waffles Yeah but some people don't like Viziepop's style and or animation.

But what if an animator has to use those stripes like if he/She has an oc that needs to have stripes,spots,scars and they don’t wont to ruin the character just to make things easierfor them then what do they do?

@Wolf-jz6wu

6 жыл бұрын

Sparkolgaming 5 just like she said: you trim it down. Keep it simple! Drawings with stripes and things are fine but ANIMATING that is hard! Also its more realistic to not have crazy things on the cat just because you want it to look "special". You need to be considerate for the animators because animating is a tough job and it takes 4-5 hours to even draw a walk cycle! (Not with all animators). A scar is fine. Stripes and a few spots are fine! But just COVERED in them??? Dont go overboard. It'll look way better if you keep it simple and not give the animator hell while they do this.

@sparkolgaming5370

6 жыл бұрын

Wolf thank you now i get IT

Good advice! I'm currently working on designs for EVERY warrior cat,(Save me) and this really helped me understand why to do simple patterns on characters (Since I'm going to animate some of them) Great video, as always 😉

im not even a MAP host and i always try to keep my designs simple in case i ever want to animate them, but i have never thought of making alternate patterns for them. good on you tenelle

Now go animate a cheetah.

I thought you meant MAPS like minor attracted person. I was thoroughly confused

Great video! You should do a video on character design, I was incredibly hooked when you started talking about the shapes

I'm not really into animation, but these were AWESOME tips in terms of character design too! I'm really glad i found this video. :DD

TenelleFlowers didnt like my map so she made this

@nasinnarcotics

5 жыл бұрын

Julie Foster WOOOOSH

As someone who now understands the pain of trying to animate complicated designs, I agree with this video. (Also there are so many maps that I’ve joined that I couldn’t look at the designs until after I applied and then I ended up having to animate them..)

I'm so glad I watch this before starting to animate a warriors au series it really helps thank you

Thank you so much for these tips! I will most certainly use them while animating. I do tend to give characters simple design, and I thought that was bad, that I needed more details. But now I see the right answer! Not a lot, but not too bland. Also, I suffer from Same-Face-Syndrome and working quickly to cure it.