/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

It's hard to study animation without looking at anime because it's often seen as the epitome of modern mass-produced animation. Lately I've been so worried about the jitters of my lines that I spend hours fixing them to look as smooth as possible, I'm sure we all do or have at some point. Well today I came across this gif. Clearly there's a lot of issues but when you think about it, it doesn't really take away from the animation. As it turns out (looking on Sakugabooru) a LOT of animation has jittery lines, lines that disappear, colors that shift for a single frame, general mistakes that would otherwise make you think it was amateurish. So the take away is that you shouldn't worry about being 'too' perfect with your animation and just focusing on the mood, consistency, storytelling is enough to convey a feeling.