Bryce's Animtip

Bryce sent me his Animtip to put on Twitter, but it's such a good one that I couldn't do it justice if I shortened the text to fit the 140 character format. Here it is, presented in its entirety:

Always remember that all this stuff used to be hand drawn.

When blocking, ask yourself if you'd be able to hand this off to someone else to finish?  Is it clear enough?  Are all of the key poses (drawings) the best in the scene? In case the person you hand it off to can't draw as well, or perhaps understand the intent as well, will your poses save the scene?

Is your timing tight enough?  If two frames are really similar to one another, and not telling us anything then why draw both of them?  You'd probably only want to draw one and use the other one to tell us something else - something more interesting.  You'll give yourself more time and space to sweeten other moments if you take all the unnecessary drawings out. If you wouldn't want to draw it, then it shouldnt be in your scene!

-Bryce McGovern

So good!