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seeksstaronmewni · 5 months

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What happened to Korean animation???

I can not stress this enough, but what is it with the Korean animation on most Burbank-made cartoons produced after 2015 looking so… slow and stiff???

There're LOTS more on 2s animation timing... and less inbetweening, while characters, props and effects are not as loosely drawn as they used to be before 2016.

Look at this example below of what a modern cartoon looks like when animated in Korea:

Bernard Williams ain't selling the acting well now; is he?

That episode of Craig of the Creek, "Creature Feature", was made in 2020; it was animated by Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. — an animation studio founded by Gregg Vanzo as a cheaper means for quality animation on none other than The Ren & Stimpy Show (Don't believe me? Thad Komorowski will tell you).

He's moving too slow. This shot is all on 2s. His arms move stiffly, and his head bobs up and down just a little bit. It doesn't sell the specific emotions he's expressing as richly as they could... compared to something like classic Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon shows of the past. The overseas animators should listen to the audio track, the recorded dialogue. That's what they did on on Ren & Stimpy!

Now let's go back 10 years before Rough Draft animated that episode of Craig of the Creek... to the Sym-Bionic Titan episode "The Phantom Ninja":

LOOK HOW LOOSE AND SMOOTH THIS LITTLE BIT OF ANIMATION IS!

This level of Korean animation quality was normal for TV cartoons back in the 2010s.

This one shot has a healthy balance of on 2s animation and on 1s animation.

It's just Ilana Lunis and Octus doing a bit of a... I don't know... a shrug... giving Lance a certain look. Not even talking in this shot, nor is it an action sequence, and this little bit of acting looks far better than Craig of the Creek ever animated in general.

Rough Draft also animates on Spongebob and they're struggling but usually excelling on the animation quality overseas.

This applies to cartoons made and aired before 2016 where post-2105 episode/content are the same quality as most post-2015 cartoons shows these days that're animated in Korea; examples are Uncle Grandpa, Samurai Jack Season 5, The Venture Bros. Season 6 onward, We Bare Bears Season 2 onward, and even later Disney TVA shows as Amphibia Season 3 and Hailey's On It!, though mostly it involves Warner Bros. Discovery-owned properties (Turner ones namely).

May be that Korean animators just need a break. The Phillippines can deliver better animation (a bit roughly but still better than Korea for the most part)! Perhaps the Korean overseas facilities need more money... more direction... more communication (as if we could actually afford that with today's gas prices?)

Why not animate domestically here in America? In Burbank? What about rigging (puppetry in 2 dimensions)?

The future of quality TV/non-theatrical 2D animation may be in the hands of Canada's and Ireland's finest riggers. Mercury Filmworks, Boulder Media, Lighthouse Studios, Snipple Animation, and Jam Filled Entertainment can deliver better animation through rigging than Korea can do for most hand-drawn shows!

That is unless it's the Spongebob Squarepants franchise of course... that and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? and... pretty much anything animated by Yearim or Yeson (most of which are adult cartoon sitcoms with rather restricted animation so as not to distract from their comedic wordplay, since those shows are more script-driven anyway).

I asked some people about the current condition of Korean animation to see what they think about that. Maxwell Atoms had a good bit to say...

The What's in My Head? podcast interview with Randy Myers largely benefited from a question I suggested about the animation quality differences classic Powerpuff Girls and 2016-2019 PPG episodes.

Ariel Vracin-Harrell tweeted that overseas animators often follow the storyboards "religiously", and tiny little micro-poses in storyboards can result in the animation looking "laggy and odd". (Perhaps those Korean animators view the storyboard animatics as key animation?)

Lauren Faust says that you shouldn't animate you storyboards.

I'll expand more on this post later.

Tweet thread version here.

#korean animation #traditional animation #2d animation #hand-drawn animation #rough draft korea #rough draft studios #digital emation #emation #saerom animation #korea #animation #cartoon #cartoons

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oscarandgrinchfan · 1 year

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I'm A Toot Braunstein Fan 🥰😘😍😍❤️😘.

#tootbraunstein #drawntogether #tarastrong #roughdraftkorea #taracharendoff #rough draft korea #roughdraftstudios #rough draft studios #tara strong #tara charendoff #toot braunstein #drawn together

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galaxiarick · 2 years

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Disenchantment (Season 4)

Desencanto (4ª Temporada)

#disenchantment #desencanto #cartoon #netflix #the curiosity company #the ululu company #rough draft studios

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bagelarts · 4 months

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why does this lowkey sound good

#hi all been a hot minute #very VERY rough draft it's literally only the intro it's not even mixed i need to edit the snares asdfkasdjfslkdf #operation learn fl studio has come out of hiatus #my music #wip

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tootern2345 · 4 months

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Abby Terkhule, John Andrews, and J.J. Sedelmaier all get interviewed in a bonus page of the Beavis & Butt-Head issue. They all talk about J.J. Sedelmaier Productions. MTV Animation, the animation process of Beavis & Butt-Head, and how bringing animation to New York/East Coast helps a pretty dismal but thriving industry.

From 1993’s Animation Magazine issue about Beavis & Butt-Head

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cosmicmetalman · 6 months

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Sonic Superstars is out!! So here’s an unfinished running animation!!

#fanart #drawing #clip studio animation #2d animation #sonic animation #rough draft #unfinished #video games #sega #sonic superstars

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prismcreative · 1 year

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felix sketch for a bigger work

#felix the cat #felix #clip studio paint #sketch #artists on tumblr #character art #rough sketch #rough draft

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fantheflames · 1 year

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I'll keep adding to this as it progresses.

(wip)

wip art by me of @zannanzaaffair

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delightful-hatter · 1 year

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Heres a lil sneek peek of the crossover yall wanted with mha x who framed rogger rabbit.

Take a good look of aizawa and imagine to your hearts content *toses bread crumbs on the ground*

#art #digital art #delightful hatter #delightful hatter studio #rough draft #mha crossover #mha eraserhead #who framed roger rabbit #aizawa shota #lil funny poll

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petertowncomics · 1 year

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Designing a new character for Yet Another Visual Novel Idea

The one on the left is a character I had since highschool, I decided to make her a sister for a love interest. That's right. A DATING GAME AGAIN. Trying to make her look similar but different enough, so I gave her the same face but with longer hair and a chubbier body.

I'm leaning towards calling her Casey

#character design #character #original character #draft #sketch #rough #sisters #clip studio paint #art #oc

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coyoteferns · 2 years

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A 4 part sketch series where I reuse the image underneath to create another artwork

#art #series #project #blood #tiger #liger #coyote #fursona #digital sketch #ipad art #ipad sketch #clip studio paint #rough draft #digital artist #digital art

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cartoonlens · 2 years

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Sneak peak at a rough draft storyboard frame -

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oscarandgrinchfan · 1 year

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Here's a picture of Pooky The Troll From Dragon Tales.🙂😀😃,

I wish she had more screen time but it's fine, I love her design it's so cute and awesome, And finally I want to give the biggest Thank you to @erin-fitzgerald (May Kanker, Juleka Couffaine and Spectra Herself) for voicing her and Windy on Dragon Tales, but Seriously I Really LOOOVE Pooky so much 😍🥰💘.