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    Nick's Low Ratings

    in Culture Shock

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    i bet nick's just going to make another half-assed dan schneider crossover to try and counteract their low ratings which were partly caused by their half-assed dan schneider crossovers in the first place

    because hey, it's nickelodeon we're talking about here

    SpongeBob Animation

    in Squidward's Art Show

    Posted

    Did you make the animation in your signature? Because it looks amazing. :)

    I did indeed! It was quite a while ago, though, and I haven't animated as much in recent times due to computer problems, so my skills might not be as good as they were Back In The Day. Glad you like it though! :D

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    FIFA World Cup 2014

    in Goo Lagoon

    Posted

    Well, I enjoyed that. I knew Germany would get a couple of goals in, but not that many. :o

    Not surprised Brazil lost, with Neymar and Silva gone. Those two players were the whole team, really - without them Brazil was completely fragile. Unable to score. Useless. (Honestly I'm surprised they even made it past the qualifiers.) And Germany really showed the world just how weak the Brazilian team really was last night, and got a few world cup records in between. Looking forward to the final. :D

    SpongeBob Animation

    in Squidward's Art Show

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    Okay, I totally had this same problem when I started out so I'm gonna give you some advice so you can blow people away with your lipsyncing:

     

    Look in the mirror and say the alphabet. Your mouth hardly moves, because the sound is created in your throat/vocal chords, not your mouth. Say the line you're trying to sync and look in the mirror, too (or just feel the movements) - your mouth doesn't move much at all (I know because I just said it out loud). All you need to make a convincing lipsync is an open position, a close position, and an "o" position (there's also the "L" sound, which you need to show teeth for and have the tongue curl on the back of them, which I count as like half a position). Your mouth will hardly (if ever) close all the way when you're saying a sentence, so you don't need to close it all the way after each word, you just have to bring it up halfway between the initial closed position and the first open position (so, for example, "yeah, yeah" is close, full open, halfway, full open). Western cartoons like to exaggerate it sometimes (The Last Airbender, Korra, and The Boondocks I think are good examples), and it works because that's the style, and you'll exaggerate it if you're making a point that the character is enunciating the word (Patrick Smartpants is a good example of this happening, because it happens twice almost in succession - the animators sort of play with Patrick's mouth by showing his teeth when he says "adagio adante", and then they do it again when Spongebob says "BELCH-DUH-ING"). You'll get more comfortable with lipsyncing as time goes on, but for the moment you should pay attention to shows like Family Guy and American Dad because they do very little animation but they get a way with a lot, especially when it comes to lipsyncing. It might not be the style you're trying to do (it probably won't be, actually), but it still works as a good intro.

    Also, if you haven't already, watch the HappyHarry HuHa2 How-To tutorials on the HuHa2 YouTube channel. I recommend watching all of them, since it'll only take about 3 hours and it's probably the most informative free tutorial on the Internet, (I learned more from that series than I did in the entirety of my first semester in animation) but he does have one specifically for lipsyncing. I think he might explain it a bit differently than how I did, but I was taught the three positions thing from one of my professors that worked as a board artist for Kids Next Door so I trust his knowledge too.

    Thanks for the advice! I'll keep it in mind. :D Suddenly I remember reading about lipsynch in The Animator's Survival Kit ages ago. I'm going to go reread that section.

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