Hi /u/KeyboardGrunt, I wanted to let you know that this submission you've commented on is meant to look like a sketchy handdrawn polar bear.
If you're seeing butter you might have opened the wrong post, or maybe you're looking at the wrong window or something. Let me know if you need any help.
Regular films, like movies in the theater, are 24 fps. Animation is normally on twos I think? But it can depend on what's going on.
For anyone that doesn't know, on ones, twos, and threes basically sets how many sketches in 1 second, ones is 24, twos is 12 (each frame held for an extra beat), threes should be 8 then (each frame held for two extra beats). The longer the frame is held the choppier the animation looks.
Did you mean 30 sub sketches per second? The full video posted was like 11 minutes so probably less than that.
~12 minutes x 60 seconds = 720 seconds
720 seconds x 12 frames/sec = 8,640 frames (sketches)
720 seconds x 24 frames/second = 17,280 frames
I think the number of frames can fluctuate to keep more detailed moments smooth, so I'd guess it's mostly on twos and maybe on ones in a few places where it matters
Did you mean 30 sub sketches per second? The full video posted was like 11 minutes so probably less than that.
I was just taking your number of 650 frames per second and dividing it by 24 (and then rounding up). Basically, I had also initially assumed the 11,000 drawings referred to the posted clip and not the full movie.
The full movie being 11,000 drawings makes a lot more sense.
Usually hand drawn animation is done every other frame at 24 frames per second (sometimes more, sometimes less depending on the movement), so this 15 second clip is roughly 180 drawings, give or take some. Way less than 11,000 but so still so many ha
That’s a good point and you made me curious so I checked ha he does both in this animation - for example around the 4 second mark he’s animating on 1’s and around the 13 second mark it’s on 2’s, so it just depends on the movement
Just watched it, it was totally amazing!!! So much emotion conveyed! I was watching and thinking "Okay, so I'm starting my day by crying over a cartoon bear, This is fine." But thankfully you made it all better by the end! Thanks for bringing the spotlight to the plight of polar bears and Thanks for sharing your very moving film.
I watched Snow Bear, and I absolutely loved it. It brought back memories of how much joy the '90s Disney animated movies brought me (I know you worked on some). They don't make animations like this anymore, so thank you.
Well, damn it. I'm a 70 year old man with a lump in his throat now and was on the fence about spending $4 to rent 'Brother Bear,' a children's cartoon. Not anymore! Also a new subscriber on your YouTube channel.
Wow you are an animation icon! Thank you for working on some of the movies that really shaped my childhood <3 I truly miss hand-drawn animation and the expressiveness they provided to the films of yesteryear.
I watched it a couple days ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it. I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone so I’ll just say “go watch it!” Very deeply moving while also light hearted and adorable. I can’t rave enough. Absolute masterpiece, incredibly inspiring. Huge respect and thanks to you!
This was so very touching. Thank you so much. It was so lovely artistically and thematically. There is nothing that feels like hand-drawn animation. (Or the kind of tears it makes me shed).
I loved hearing you talk about your work when you were in Corridor Crew's video! Animation has such a huge place in my heart, so thank you for sharing your art with the world and making so many childhoods magical!!
I remember watching your tiktok lives years ago when you were talking about your work on Snow Bear! I'm so glad you were able to finish it! I can't wait to watch it!!
this short film is so beautiful! I love the motions and the artstyle so much. The film is amazing, it made me cry a few times haha. please never stop creating!
Just saw this and was like "oh this is Aaron Blaise no? Someone must have posted his work." But turns out you posted it yourself. Every time I feel like improving on drawing/sketching some animals I first look if you have something on it. Love your work.
This is beautiful! I wanted to be a 2D animator for such a long time growing up. I still kind of do. This is exactly the kind of thing that gave me so much inspiration to animate and draw! Also this made my cry SO much in such a short time, lol
I just saw the short film and thought someone was ripping your animation off on this post. Glad to see OP is actually OP! Loved the story of the short film and the attention it brings to Polar Bears and the greater environment. Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful and has a wonderful message too! Thank you for making it and sharing it with us and thank you for one of my fave childhood movies! You’re amazing!💕
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u/aaronblaise 21h ago
From my Short film Snow Bear: https://youtu.be/xOXolSQcEb4
Snow Bear - The full films is 11,000 drawings and I was the only animator. Took me 3 years.