Stylus Rumble

Stylus Rumble

I'm an animation generalist with more than 15 years in 2D television animation.
My goal with this channel is to demystify the learning process and show how practice can be fun. I approach drawing from the lens of someone who loves animation and cartoons.

QUESTIONS - please contact me on KZread, or email. in that order for actual responses.
I'm also on Instagram, where I post my drawing-type stuff. I NEVER remember to check IG DMs.
I have been asked a few times about Patreon. I have no plans to do so. I don't want to put anything behind a paywall or be beholden to a schedule.
If you would like to support the channel you can buy something from gumroad or buy me a ko-fi ko-fi.com/stylusrumble

Thanks for dropping by!

Animator Draws Gestures

Animator Draws Gestures

2DFX quick tip: Water rings

2DFX quick tip: Water rings

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  • @Ayyylien51
    @Ayyylien5116 күн бұрын

    This is very confusing because you just jump-cut at 9:00, how do you acquire the ripple/roll tools? They yellow/red highlights don't show up for me and they haven't shown up for you up until this point.

  • @punkleos
    @punkleos21 күн бұрын

    this helped me get my first job!

  • @FreakenAbyss
    @FreakenAbyss25 күн бұрын

    but this process is on whole scene length. Can I have particles for example only from 1 - 30 frames?

  • @JosueEscarlata
    @JosueEscarlataАй бұрын

    The second "apply-peg transformation" is so simple, yet mind blowing. I used to manually offset the quadmap with a peg. Now, its just about making the "Apply Peg Transformation" Peg, the Master Peg of the group. Thanks.

  • Ай бұрын

    all of that when traditional frame by frame looks waaaaay better! :S anyway a I have to learn this...

  • @moviekraze
    @moviekrazeАй бұрын

    it feels like math

  • @regularladz
    @regularladzАй бұрын

    As a blender user, my knowledge of nodes in blender didn't transfer here at 😅all

  • @teaandbikkies1
    @teaandbikkies1Ай бұрын

    I'm having so much trouble understanding the fade node. I've watched this at least 10 times, and gone and looked at the toonboom manual as well as stuck the fade node under just about every cord in my scene. can someone please point me to a good tute or explain how to use it please many thanks!!!

  • @mennaayman9689
    @mennaayman9689Ай бұрын

    This was very helpful. Thank you so much. I was wondering if you could make a video about playing with facial expressions of a certain character but keeping the character identifiable. I struggle with that. When I change my character's expressions it just looks like a different character.

  • @JoaoMacKay
    @JoaoMacKayАй бұрын

    Heeey!! thanks so much!! That was really helpful specially on the buterfly part. I had to deal with a scene full of them and the easiest way was to use particles. Your tutorial came in handy!!!

  • @pixeljuggler01
    @pixeljuggler01Ай бұрын

    I relate to using sound effects! It makes it more like music- rhythm, tempo, etc.

  • @anyadocious
    @anyadociousАй бұрын

    I’m using Moho but I love how you show your animation techniques. Most of the videos for Moho are just showcasing final animation. I really appreciate these types of videos. We need more artist to share the process of keyframe animations! 💛💛💛💛

  • @SHEGradon
    @SHEGradon2 ай бұрын

    I wonder if you may have a tip for me - I still get very confused how to make something that more freehand truly "cycle" - I find no matter what I do I end up with a section at the beginning or end of the animation that has nothing going on and I end up endlessly drawing bubbles to try and make it link - I think theres something I'm not understanding.

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumbleАй бұрын

    My method is to space out the drawings like I do in the video, then start different parts of the cycle on a different frame. So instead of always starting a part on 1, I'll start the next one on 8, then 3, then 5. Once I feel it's starting to get where I want, I'll take a little break, stretch, drink some water, then sit back and watch it on loop, looking for parts I don't like, and I can fill those in, or pull things back. Over time you learn to trust the process, and your eyes get better at seeing this kind of thing while it's in progress. But in general, standing back a bit helps. It's really easy to get hypnotized by tiny details in fx.

  • @SHEGradon
    @SHEGradonАй бұрын

    @@StylusRumble thanks for the tips, appreciate you taking the time. Gunna give this another attempt today.

  • @Xivamart
    @Xivamart2 ай бұрын

    ive tried 7 to 8 times that animation at 8:37, im really not able to get those wave forms going upwards. i did the normal wave and made grass animation and its working totally fine but it isnt working with this one. Really need help regarding that, any little tip is appreciated.☺

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumbleАй бұрын

    If your bubbles or guides are going up, it might be that you're not cleaning up consistently around the same ones? It's hard to say without seeing what you end up with.

  • @Xivamart
    @XivamartАй бұрын

    @@StylusRumble yes i am cleaning around the same one but once I noticed it I stopped because it is same on all frames but there is an animation though (kind of rough), but there is GOOD NEWS though since it was same on all frames I just made the first frame then I disabled the bubbles layer and drew it manually following the shape like triangle or something else

  • @Xivamart
    @XivamartАй бұрын

    @@StylusRumble also it would have been much better if I were able to use your method it's much easier and flexible to work with

  • @eseogheneafor182
    @eseogheneafor1822 ай бұрын

    Hi. So i have an illustrated arm, how do i divide it into layers because they were not drawn separately like what you did to yours

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble2 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, there's no trick to it you cut the drawing up and modify the pieces.

  • @KashimusPrime
    @KashimusPrime2 ай бұрын

    What if you set it up like this, but the resulting master controller grid doesn't respect or acknowledge the flipped poses?

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumbleАй бұрын

    if your master controller's busted, that sounds like a tech support issue. Maybe there's a setting or something that you turned off, that I'm not familiar with. I currently don't have a harmony license to dig through the program, but toonboom twitter is pretty great at responding to questions quickly. Or www.youtube.com/@ZeBirdBrain really knows her stuff.

  • @yamation
    @yamation2 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your videos ❤🎉

  • @uzmafirdaus1404
    @uzmafirdaus14042 ай бұрын

    i am baby animator, baby animator is me

  • @MuhammadAbdlhadi-pm9wd
    @MuhammadAbdlhadi-pm9wd2 ай бұрын

    Great video! Thanks! how to creat 2d book rigging animation with toon boom kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipyAxsqNZ8bcaLg.html&ab_channel=Armanimation

  • @alexyehling3712
    @alexyehling37122 ай бұрын

    Your channel is truly so helpful! I plan on going through each video on my art journey. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience on these concepts!

  • @googlemovies-bf3fd
    @googlemovies-bf3fd2 ай бұрын

    Can you make a 2d moving tree . It is not available on any channel

  • @pixeljuggler01
    @pixeljuggler012 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much❤

  • @Xivamart
    @Xivamart2 ай бұрын

    Bruh that water splash took 3-4 hours?

  • @cartoonmaster9977
    @cartoonmaster99773 ай бұрын

    THANKS A LOT!

  • @ckfriends3252
    @ckfriends32523 ай бұрын

    i downloaded the rig but none of the drawings show up! and its been happening with EVERY 360 rig ive downloaded! ive tried all my usual fixes, and i CANNOT figure this out! has anyone else had this issue? PLZ ( back when this happened at school i just had to reupload the rig to the drive. but thats cloearly unapplicable here!)

  • @ckfriends3252
    @ckfriends32523 ай бұрын

    was able to fix the issue by putting it in a new scene and connecting it to a passthrough composite

  • @lucascarvalho2d
    @lucascarvalho2d3 ай бұрын

    Amazing! I there any way to switch "happy " to "sad" mouth in the same map? Or Should I have two different layers ?

  • @ksenia_siberia
    @ksenia_siberia3 ай бұрын

    Many thanks! Really useful and inspiring explanation.

  • @haven_art
    @haven_art3 ай бұрын

    YOOOOOOOO! I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD WIRE TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEFORMER POINTS AND MAKE MORE SWITCHES THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @KashimusPrime
    @KashimusPrime3 ай бұрын

    Can it be used to generate randomness in the line art so it's not a repeated texture? Like, without having to animate it? 🤔

  • @andreakhaid
    @andreakhaid3 ай бұрын

    Yes Mercury did the animation but additional animation was provided by Atomic Cartoons, who helped animate 8 episodes from the first season!

  • @andrewleyton6689
    @andrewleyton66893 ай бұрын

    so this is who they do that camera move

  • @dodo-toon
    @dodo-toon3 ай бұрын

    Can you assessment my carton animation

  • @relaxjonesmusicchannel7124
    @relaxjonesmusicchannel71243 ай бұрын

    more videos please! Can you tell us about the new tools in Harmony 22? for expl. OGL controllers, particles and rigging with constraints, weighted deform etc..

  • @saijb
    @saijb3 ай бұрын

    How to flip cycle loop animation?

  • @rosewesterman4953
    @rosewesterman49534 ай бұрын

    Just want to say - your videos are STILL so helpful and wonderful. Please never rmeove them. I am still learning so much :) So grateful for everything you've posted. I am new to animation and completely hooked.

  • @ayaminami-epic
    @ayaminami-epic4 ай бұрын

    heyyy the script is no longer exist what to do?

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble4 ай бұрын

    The newest versions of harmony actually come with it built in! you can search for it in the scripts.

  • @kelsyum
    @kelsyum4 ай бұрын

    Honestly, best video out there explaining process. Thanks for the time and energy to post - this is so damn helpful.

  • @andrewleyton6689
    @andrewleyton66894 ай бұрын

    so this how they sometimes do rigs with moving jaws for each mouth pose

  • @OstinLein
    @OstinLein4 ай бұрын

    Love to return to this video time to time when lighting nodes are needed, bc I forget how to use them pretty fast. Thank you for video!

  • @Wonders_of_Reality
    @Wonders_of_Reality4 ай бұрын

    Works, but only if the character is not heavy. Otherwise, I would suggest to export the character by parts into After Effects.

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble4 ай бұрын

    In that case, I will render out a PNG sequence and re-import it into harmony. Sometimes it has to be rendered out a little wider to avoid distortion on the sides, but it gets the job done in one software.

  • @Wonders_of_Reality
    @Wonders_of_Reality4 ай бұрын

    @@StylusRumble Exactly, this makes sense, especially if the scene is already set up with camera movements. In my case, however, the animated sequence lived on its own and went then into a 3D editor anyway. Therefore, AE is a simple in-between stop. You say that Harmony glitches and changes proportions with exporting and reimporting? Never noticed that.

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble4 ай бұрын

    @@Wonders_of_Reality It's not the program changing the proportions- But if the PNG sequence is exactly the same size as the frame, when distortion happens close to the frame it might show where the image gets cut off. By pulling out a field or two with the camera, it gives the PNG sequence a safe area to distort near the frame

  • @Wonders_of_Reality
    @Wonders_of_Reality4 ай бұрын

    @@StylusRumble Interesting! Good to know. In other words, one should be careful with the distortion effects close to the margins of the frame. Well, if nothing else helps, one can always render the scene in higher resolution and then tinker with the effects in other editors (or in Harmony for that matter).

  • @36trombon
    @36trombon4 ай бұрын

    Спасибо!) Это самая умная девушка в мире!) О сложном - очень понятно.

  • @Xivamart
    @Xivamart4 ай бұрын

    Sometimes i draw shapes on different layers by selecting each of them but whenever i go back on another layer and select the object from that particular layer it turns out that all those objects are made on only in one layer even if i have selected different layers for different object, Please help its been frustrating me out a lot!🙏

  • @simonschu
    @simonschu4 ай бұрын

    It's somewhat reassuring to see that even you can find the logic of the particle system confusing :D

  • @nbharati3d
    @nbharati3d4 ай бұрын

    i have a query related to whiteboard animation. is it possible to animate the text to appear as it's being written on the whiteboard in toon boom harmony

  • @TiffanyNg100
    @TiffanyNg1005 ай бұрын

    6 yrs ago and it still great

  • @IzukuMidoriya00
    @IzukuMidoriya005 ай бұрын

    Love this videos! So helpful, you’re great!

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @keeperatoli
    @keeperatoli5 ай бұрын

    Hard to motivate lately with all this AI stuff but I rly liked seeing your process!

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble5 ай бұрын

    I've thought a lot about AI, and it's effect on the industry. I do think it will become part of the pipeline in places, but I don't think it can replace real artists for a long time. Also, right now AI is flashy and new, so it's getting a lot of funding from investors. However, it's a lot more expensive than people realized. It takes a tonne of processing power. As funding dries up the price of using AI will fall to the consumer. Once studios need to pay for AI, they will reconsider. At the end of the day, I genuinely love drawing. I like practicing and learning. So, even if I had to go get a job working nights at the local pub to keep my lights on, I'm going to keep drawing.

  • @rubylee9566
    @rubylee95665 ай бұрын

    Great vid! After you’re done with one point perspective, can you show us how to do 2 point, especially when it come to scaling and mesurments?

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble5 ай бұрын

    I can probably rotate this one after I get the first view done :D

  • @TiffanyNg100
    @TiffanyNg1005 ай бұрын

    2024 will be my year to draw bg 😂

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble5 ай бұрын

    You can do it!!

  • @jimmac
    @jimmac5 ай бұрын

    stealin’ back cracked me up! that’s the spirit! ❤

  • @StylusRumble
    @StylusRumble5 ай бұрын

    They started it!