Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Twitter Thread: Animator Calls Out Whiny Consumer


Some pretentious Twitter user thought they'd go ahead and issue a complaint about what looks like a completely acceptable Family Guy scene. So, an actual animator stepped in and shed some light on the realities of the industry. At one point, the animator points out that they're actually making someone else's art, when it comes to the animations that people see. 

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Hello, Actual Animator here. Lets talk about this stupid shit right here. Tweet please look at this nightmarish family guy crowd shot 121 27 1,271 O 8,133 Do the animators even know how to draw characters from more advanced angles? 1 27 1 310

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Primetime animation is quite possibly one of the most sterile fields of animation, and you can thank FG/ Other animated Family Sitcoms for pioneering that. Artists who work on these shows are incredibly limited in what they can, and cannot do; and that is by design. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Deviation costs money, and when your deadlines for getting scenes animated and through the door is sometimes a week or less for multiple shots, you cannot afford to not adhere to such strict, limited, animation. Same goes for board as artists. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight It can be suffocating. you have a studio full of talented artists, animators, board artists who in their own right could produce content far better than what youre seeing on tv. the only barrier is executives not wanting to buy into new, exciting ideas because its a risk. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight So to keep your job, you just do as your told. A common myth about adult tv animation is that everyone on board is having a fun time. Most are not. Most of the time, working on shows like this isnt even something we are passionate about. Its just a job, and a paycheck. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - ll vodafone AU ? 9:31 pm O 86% Noogat @NoogatDelight But a downside to these kinds of productions is the consumers of this media suddenly turn into the most insufferable armchair critics in the world. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight doing things quickly and efficiently for the sake of deadlines and time is mistaken for lack of skill. Crowd shots are THE LITERAL WORST, and even then we arent in control of how theyre set up. Someone higher up calls out which incidentals to use, and place. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Most of the time there are duplicates with minor deviations because, as stated before, major change means more money. which studios dont want to re-budget for. Animators just have to draw, place, etc what theyre told to do. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight past that, you literally do not want to draw the viewers eyes away from the action. People are notoriously bad at paying attention. If u have some incidental doing something wacky or looking too weird people will look away from peter, and they WILL complain they missed the joke. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Its a damned if you do, damned if you dont situation. If you take long to make something good, people complain (ex. Rick and Morty) If you make things too quickly, people will complain it looks like shit. (ex. Fam Guy) 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight There are so many talented people in this industry that are beholden to strict deadlines, and a network environment that thinks anything other than the FamGuy style is too much of a risk because "Viewers might not recognize it as an adult cartoon" 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight Its a self fulfilling prophecy. People who watch tv want something new, and complain when they dont get it, but continue to watch the same old stuff. Your metrics drive the industry. Your metrics force artists to work fast, at the expense of good looking work. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight In conclusion, YES artists who work on these shows are very much capable of drawing better than what you see on screen. But we are part of a PRODUCTION. Meaning we arent making our OVWN art, we are making someone elses products as a group. 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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Text - Noogat @NoogatDelight To insinuate that professional artists arent capable of being competent artists because of strict style, placement, and timing guides made by people higher up than us, is incredibly shallow and petty as fuck 10:00 pm · 15/6/20 · Twitter for Android

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