How does that compare to the current day and age, though? Surely with the technology we have now we go faster, right? Animation Today That comes out to about 14 seconds of animation a week.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s nothing compared to DisneyвЂ™s FASTEST animators, who could blaze trails at 23-24 seconds of feature quality animation per week. In the earlier days of Disney Feature Animation, it was not uncommon for the animators to produce 3.75 feet of animation per day.

Thanks for the heads up, Geoff! Sorry I missed that. It would just be only 8 drawings if on 2s, vs. Since most animation for film runs at 24 frames per second, a foot of animation is over one second if on 2s, and under a second if done on 1s.Д®ditorвЂ™s Note: As Geoff points out in the comments, it is 16 frames regardless of if itвЂ™s on ones or twos. ThatвЂ™s because everything was done on actual film (no digital) and so instead of referring to individual frames regarding productivity, people just said вЂњI managed 2 Feet of work this week.вЂќДЄ foot of film is equal to 16 frames. Taking a look into the past, animation was once measured in feet. Is it simple, without much movement? Is the character performing an intense action with a huge amount of objects involved? On top of all that, thereвЂ™s framerate to consider!ДЄs long as we go into the discussion understanding that there are so many variables itвЂ™s nearly impossible to truly have a вЂњnormal speed,вЂќ we can start to compare the apples and oranges that are вЂњhow much animation in a particular amount of time.вЂќ Ye Olden Days And finally the actual SHOT you are animating is going to determine a lot as well. That doesnвЂ™t make them better or worse, it is just how they work. Likewise some animators simply animate faster than others. If youвЂ™re attempting to do very limited Flash animation, youвЂ™re probably going to seem to produce work at cheetah-speeds compared to a frame by frame animator drawing by hand. How many seconds per day need to be complete? WhatвЂ™s вЂњnormalвЂќ in the industry? Are you going too slow? LetвЂ™s step back and take a look to see if we can set the record straight.ДЇirst itвЂ™s important to understand that вЂњanimationвЂќ is a very broad term.

Recently IвЂ™ve seen a lot of discussion between animators regarding how fast you should be animating.

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