![[Live] Artistic Struggles (and maybe some cute creature design?) @AnimatorIsland](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MpsdzngU9_g/sddefault.jpg)
Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Today's live stream is about struggling as an artist, and what to do about it! JK does some cute creature character design as well to pull himself out of the bit of a funk he's been in for the past few days. We also go over what it means to "push" your poses and animation, and how that doesn't necessarily mean "make it cartoony!"
JK will be off for the next two Mondays, with a return to regular live streams after that. In the meantime, there will be some upcoming Gesture Drawing live sessions, so subscribe if you want to be notified when they take place!
Don't miss Ferdinand's excellent mentoring over at patreon.com/animatorisland
Today's live stream is about struggling as an artist, and what to do about it! JK does some cute creature character design as well to pull himself out of the bit of a funk he's been in for the past few days. We also go over what it means to "push" your poses and animation, and how that doesn't necessarily mean "make it cartoony!"
JK will be off for the next two Mondays, with a return to regular live streams after that. In the meantime, there will be some upcoming Gesture Drawing live sessions, so subscribe if you want to be notified when they take place!
Don't miss Ferdinand's excellent mentoring over at patreon.com/animatorisland
![[Live] Artistic Struggles (and maybe some cute creature design?)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MpsdzngU9_g/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Artistic Struggles (and maybe some cute creature design?)
Todays live stream is about struggling as an artist, and what to do about it! JK does some cute creature character design as well to pull himself out of the bit of a funk hes been in for the past few days. We also go over what it means to push your poses and animation, and how that doesnt necessarily mean make it cartoony!
JK will be off for the next two Mondays, with a return to regular live streams after that. In the meantime, there will be some upcoming Gesture Drawing live sessions, so subscribe if you want to be notified when they take place!
Dont miss Ferdinands excellent mentoring over at https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[live] Kid Cosmic - Animation Analysis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N9LeraEv-q4/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Kid Cosmic - Animation Analysis
The animation style of the new Netflix series Kid Cosmic is quite unique. Ferdinand has a closer look at the snappy pose to pose animation in this new series by legendary animator and show creator Craig McCracken.
The clips we analyse are taken from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyDnTZu1Jx4
FREE 2D animation class: Free 2D class: https://animatorisland.com/2d
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![[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow - part 5](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nqt5EJa0pvc/mqdefault.jpg "[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow - part 5
Today we continue animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender.
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More streams coming up:
Monday, October 21th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT")
![[Live] Working on 2D animation in OpenToonz](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O0Z5YNExyW0/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D animation in OpenToonz
Working on some animation examples for follow through, drag and overlap animation principles
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![The #1 rule of animation: Control the spacing - How to animate 2D animation class [#004]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O5wKcq3ERpI/mqdefault.jpg "The #1 rule of animation: Control the spacing - How to animate 2D animation class [#004]
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In this animation tutorial for beginners we look at some of the most basic principles of animation. Master these basics and you will understand a lot more about how to animate your own characters and ideas and really make them special.
The #1 rule of animation: As an animator, you have to control how motions look and feel.
Theat means you need to do more than just somehow moving things around. The most powerful tool that you have to control how a motion feels is spacing.
Spacing is the distance an element travels between two frames of an animation.
Small spacing = small movement
Big spacing = big movement
By increasing and decreasing the spacings over the course of multiple frames, easing can be added to a motion.
A motion with the same spacing between each frame is called a linear motion. This only occurs very rarely in nature and usually needs to be avoided.")
![[live] How to animate 51 animation exercise #18 Sneeze](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O8RsOVZKS90/mqdefault.jpg "[live] How to animate 51 animation exercise #18 Sneeze
In this live stream we tackle an animation exercise ideal for beginner animators: Animating a sneeze step by step using a pose to pose workflow and the 12 principles of animation.
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![[live] Chill Art & Animation Stream](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OTUlWqarlro/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Chill Art & Animation Stream
Just a nice live stream chatting about art & animation projects. Gome and hang out!")
![[live] Animation tips & tricks - analyzing 11SecondClub competition entries April & May 2024](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ohdr01APXHM/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Animation tips & tricks - analyzing 11SecondClub competition entries April & May 2024
Learn more about animation, acting choices and the 12 principles of animation by diving into the animated shorts submitted to the 11Second Club. Support us: https://patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] Working on a 2D Animation Rig in Moho](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oz0vuktX5co/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on a 2D Animation Rig in Moho
Lets hang out together while I work on the animation for the game project M.S. Salmon. First, I have to remember how rigging in Moho works and then we maybe get to animate a small little scene... Nerdy talk about animation and cut out rigs guaranteed!
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