Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Here is a quick storytelling tip about writing for animation (and writing for film in general) about one of the hardest aspects of the writing process: Writing is re-writing.
More about storytelling? Check out this live stream: youtube.com/watch?v=i4W174zVzss
Writing a story is like figuring out a puzzle. Finding the right pieces and
putting them in the right order takes trial and error!
You have to be honest to yourself and find the flaws in your story. Create a 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 50th version of your script, board or animatic.
If your script/animatic doesn't work, your final film will also not work!
But don't panic! Work in progress chaos is completely normal. Take time and seek inspiration and the ideas will come!
Here is a quick storytelling tip about writing for animation (and writing for film in general) about one of the hardest aspects of the writing process: Writing is re-writing.
More about storytelling? Check out this live stream: youtube.com/watch?v=i4W174zVzss
Writing a story is like figuring out a puzzle. Finding the right pieces and
putting them in the right order takes trial and error!
You have to be honest to yourself and find the flaws in your story. Create a 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 50th version of your script, board or animatic.
If your script/animatic doesn't work, your final film will also not work!
But don't panic! Work in progress chaos is completely normal. Take time and seek inspiration and the ideas will come!
![[Live] April 27th Gesture Drawings](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WaiZreNvkMk/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] April 27th Gesture Drawings
JK is doing a short gesture-drawing live stream, so get on in here and join in! (Or watch and chat. Either way!) If you want to try drawing the poses, just pause the video when the photo reference youd like to use shows up on the screen, and get that pencil mileage in.
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![[Live] Some Sunday Gesture Drawing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WsKqAeKkddM/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Some Sunday Gesture Drawing
JK is hanging out and doing some gesture drawing, so grab a pencil and paper (or your tablet or whatever you like) and join in. Or just hang out and chat! Whatever works!
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![[live] Working on: Character Design for Animation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XBnO_9QPLzo/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Working on: Character Design for Animation
Ferdinand starts working on model sheets for the main character of an animated short.
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![Easiest way to animate follow through: straight ahead - 2D animation course [011]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XkfC-_blR1A/mqdefault.jpg "Easiest way to animate follow through: straight ahead - 2D animation course [011]
How to animate a cloth dragging behind using a straight ahead animation method. This is one of the more intuitive ways to master the animation principle of follow-through, drag and overlapping action.
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![How to animate dangling stuff: Follow-through, drag, overlap animation principles - 2D class [010]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XwqKw0DvUew/mqdefault.jpg "How to animate dangling stuff: Follow-through, drag, overlap animation principles - 2D class [010]
How to animate cloth and tails being dragged behind? Create smooth and surprisingly real animation using drag, follow-through and overlap!
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This animation tutorial for beginners covers some of the most important principles of animation:
# Drag
Loose, attached parts tend to start moving with a delay and lag behind because of inertia.
This is clearly visible at the tip of dangling cloth or tails. They seem to briefly stay in place after the element they are attached to already started moving and they are being dragged behind pointing towards the direction they came from.
Drag is also an important part of body mechanics. Depending on the motion, body parts can be dragged behind by a rapid main action.
Elements that were dragged behind tend to overshoot into a follow through motion after the main action came to a stop.
# Follow Through
Loose, attached parts tend to continue moving after the leading element came to a stop.
When a leading element is slowing down, the dragged behind parts still have a lot of momentum and therefore keep going at a higher speed, which causes them to pass the main element.
# Overlap
Different elements of an object or body, come to a stop of different times.
This usually happens because an attached, looser element still has to continue a follow-through motion after the leading element already stopped moving.")
![[Live] Working on 2D art & animations](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YcyFmiwdhVM/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D art & animations
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![[Live] Analyzing the Human Nose for Artists](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YhziyijaSak/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Analyzing the Human Nose for Artists
Recording now available! If you want to know about the human nose you should PICK this video! Ha! See, because nose... pick... Anyway, JK is here to talk all things noses. Learn how the ol shnozaroo grounds the entire face, and how a slight variation will make the person or character look totally different!
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- More in this art analysis series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnf5AcU_9T9rGvQYH1hxXtsIuJmVD4mHy
Part 1: Lecture
Part 2: Analysis and Application
Part 3: Questions and Answers")
