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stick animators

Posted by LewToons - April 18th, 2011


when i see a stick animation, im watching and after a while i start to think - is that done in flash?

i'm not a stick hater by any means - - in fact, it appears to me that stick animators seem to have the best sense of motion and physics and contact and reaction and all the shit like that.

so my question is...

if the people are so talented and have such a knack for fight scenes ect... why dont they just just animate normally?

the drawings dont even have to be that good - but they dont have to be literally stick figures do they?

im just asking

(i have seen a few stick series try to add faces and voice acting and such and thats a nice touch - but i always wonder - why not take it the whole way?)

any comments are appreciated!


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although some people do animate full body,eg. drifts... ....ill think of more...

other people consentrate on just stick animations,
cause using stick figures make it alot easier to stuff like-
quick reaction movement,fluid animations (fluidanims,lol),and more time to do awesome effects...

but others find it to be the only thing to animate.
but like u mentioned.people that animate in that style go further with facials,hands,feet and even angles.

its just easier :P

im a personal fan of them XD

Its a style. I haven't personally posted stick figure flashes for the sake of posting that stlye but because I have no knowledge of figurative art or of drawing a human being. Majority of stick figure artist are self-taught and picking up animating body parts is a challenge, they focus more on that "effects" side rather than the aesthetics. This is what I think though...

i consider stick figure fights a misleading flash

I think using stick people makes it easier to focus on the choreography and flow of it. So generally I find that stick fighting scenes actually have alot of good pacing and rhythm to it. I think that 'animating them' normally usually becomes a buzzkill to some people because you get caught up in the mechanics of keeping your figures visually consistent and stuff. Whereas as a stick, theres more freedom from that.

I think stick fight scenes are fun and provide good practice in working out difficult action sequences, but i wouldnt really ever want that to be my calling card.