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In this video I will show you how professional 2D animators are able to animate any character on model. We'll explore both the process to learn and absorb a production style, and the secret to drawing characters accurately: the Place and Trace technique!


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00:00 How did he do it?
00:52 Our Job as Animators
01:36 Learning the Characters
02:34 Simple Volumes
04:33 The Mistake When Animating
05:06 Draw the Emotion
06:44 The Secret (Place and Trace)
07:31 In CutOut Animation
08:03 In Anime
08:52 Closing the Gap
09:55 Your Animation Style

Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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