Scared to fail?

[M4ntiis]

hey there guys m4ntiis here,

i always wanted to start animating but everytime i do start drawing stuff (and it looks like crap) i get demotivated and let it be...did you guys felt the same way? how did you manage to finally start animating?

[RobertTaylor]

Everyone is their own worst critic.

You as an artist can see all the imperfections in your work. You end up spending far to much time trying to fix up every little thing when to everyone else it looks fine. Sometimes it's good to get a second opinion.

You will get better at what you do over time and one day you will end up making something great.

[HauntedDiapers]

At 4/21/13 08:59 AM, ImmaKitty wrote: Everyone is their own worst critic.

You as an artist can see all the imperfections in your work. You end up spending far to much time trying to fix up every little thing when to everyone else it looks fine. Sometimes it's good to get a second opinion.

You will get better at what you do over time and one day you will end up making something great.

yeah agreed.

and to address mantis, speaking as someone starting out myself there's definitely a bit of self-doubt, but it's natural. I'd say you're probably a bit crazy if you don't have at least a little bit of fear or lack of confidence, but fear is good. it means you actually give a shit about what you're putting out.

i'd say just keep on doing what makes you happy and as long as you're satisfied with it that's really all that matters. improvement comes with time and patience, and just keep learning along the way. if you aren't confident with your drawing abilities i'd recommend practicing or drawing whenever you get bored. try drawing friends or take a figure/life drawing class if you can.

i think the worst thing you can do when it comes to animating is to not have at least tried. even if it's a quick and dirty 12 frame animation of a ball bouncing up and down. i'll think you'll find the motivation in wanting to get better after having done a few rough animations, which will make you eventually improve and find your own style.

tl;dr: just start drawing and if you're self-doubting that means you actually care about what you're doing--so just perfect it and watch as many tutorials as possible

[M4ntiis]

alright thanks for the motivation! maybe i should just forget the crappy look and concentrate on the final animation...thanks!

[M4ntiis]

here! did this an hour ago....what do you think? got some potential?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/4e64882fe80cda2652214f88 c3097476

[HauntedDiapers]

At 4/21/13 02:36 PM, M4ntiis wrote: here! did this an hour ago....what do you think? got some potential?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/4e64882fe80cda2652214f88 c3097476

well its fairly short but for a quick lil' animation it looks good, you definitely seem to understand the basics of squash n stretch. kind of has a wall-e feel to it with how that robot looks. also, a big part of animation is audio so make sure not to ignore the importance of quality audio and voice acting if you end up recording dialogue yourself later on

[JKR]

Totally hear ya! Yes, I was also like that at one point, too worried about not being capable of making the awesome stuff I wanted to make. What changed for me was that I realized that if I wanted to get as good as I wanted to be, I HAD to go make animation and draw. There was no other way. So as long as I was entertaining people, I didn't mind "failing" at doing really good stuff. And then I got better, which built confidence and helped a ton.

I wrote an article about it a while back, too, which might be helpful to you: http://www.animatorisland.com/tips-for-drawing-change-what-y ou-want/ It's about how if you change your goal, you will set yourself up for success regarding being better at drawing and animation. :)

Good luck, just keep at it!

[ShoZ]

At 4/22/13 03:54 PM, JKR wrote:

I wrote an article about it a while back, too, which might be helpful to you: http://www.animatorisland.com/tips-for-drawing-change-what-y ou-want/ It's about how if you change your goal, you will set yourself up for success regarding being better at drawing and animation. :)

Good luck, just keep at it!

thank you very much bro! (its me M4ntiis by the way) imma start right now! awesome website by the way