Memes aside, is he right?

>>90824812
He probably is, but there are other sides to the issue as well.

how can you animate a body if you don't even know what a body looks like? sounds like shit

>>90824865
because a body in motion looks different than a body at rest in a lot of fundamental ways

Does he specifically mention Loomis?

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Wrong image, OP.

>>90824812
Show him Steven Universe and he'll instantly take back what he said.

Link to video, OP?

>>90824964
>limit break
That phrase is so Japanese it's painfully obvious an American wouldn't phrase themselves that way.

>>90825006
It still doesn't change the fact that Western animators are garbage.

>>90824972
....Why? That would prove him right.

>>90825034
>fact
Oh anon, you card.

>>90824964
that's fake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilnCUxE56WQ&list=PLC94s-MJRuHEGFEznoJGdlm9MoTzU_9Rm&index=4

>>90825034
No, the standards are just such that nobody working for a children's television show is expected to be anything more than mediocre. Add in cost-saving methods and it's not a surprise that mainstream American hand animation doesn't usually boast fantastic visuals.

>>90825034
>The only animations I know about are a handful of entry level anime movies and Disney

>>90825241
Western animation isn't noteworthy beyond Disney and pre-1960s Warner Brothers.

>>90824812
He's right in the sense that drawing draftsmanship is completely a different skill than animation.

I know 3d animators that can't draw worth a damn, but they know animation principles like masters so they can make any rig look totally lifelike.

>>90825306
>Fleischer
>UPA
>Richard Williams
>Paul Grimault
>Rene Laloux
>The Adventures of Prince Achmed
>The Brothers Quay
>Norman McLaren
>not noteworthy
And that's only a few that come to my mind.

>>90824812
If he means starting from nothing and going into animation is easier than going from a fine arts training to animation, yeah he might be on to something.

But someone who has never drawn before will animate like shit, period.

>>90825550
It's fake.
Williams idolized Kahl because he was an excellent draftsman.

Knowing how to draw bodies moving in space is pretty much a hard requirement for any animation that's not completely abstract.