#aphmau be with you

[thelovelydoggycatmadi]

A "Be With You" (Aphmau) in Depth Analysis/Critique PT.1

DISCLAIMER; just as the title says I am not a professional nor do I claim to be, I'm just a 22 year old artist with a passion for animation and love to give the most genuine criticism I can. This is not an excuse for me or anyone else to attack Jessica/Jesson or the original animators. Any anger that you may pick up on is either not genuine or possibly an oversight in my wording. Enjoy!

To start let's discuss the opening shot;

Other Minor Notes;

The snow isn't falling in the correct direction, technically, the correct way you'd animate this is the snow starting big on the screen, then get smaller implying it's getting farther away, then disappearing into the ground.

To expand on why I made the realistic cut, it would probably make more sense because the implication is Ein just seems to find this "perfectly cut" emerald in the middle of the snow.

This is extremely minor but the snows line-art texture is off, it shouldn't look as round, sculpted and squishy, the line-art should be more bumpy and rough looking.

Other Minor Notes;

The emerald having three light sources while none of them interact with each other makes no real physical sense, not just because it's snowing in the middle a dense forest, this emerald exists on a other plain.

Some may point out that so much animation might be a show of hard work therefore its "good", I'll be blunt and say it's not. More frames and movement doesn't always mean better. Subtle and singular movement works just as well. As the saying goes "work smarter now harder".

Minor Notes:

typically scarring doesn't have it's own line art, scars normally aren't defined enough on the skins to warrant that. Typically they are drawn in a separate color on the color animation file. I will go more in depth on this later.

I typically don't but I believe his you're character’s in a place with harsh lighting its better to experiment with colors you are using.

remember when someone in animation moves if it has something poking out of it that piece will follow, notice how the ears are so high up on the head there almost on the back of it. When they should be on top.

Minor Notes;

the standard fps is 24 for animation, this includes film, most animators by a 2 to 3 rule. Which means a frame will take up two to three ticks in the timeline.

Remember, hair/fabric/fur will move and be "yanked" by the roots when a character head moves, and the movement is dictated by speed and force as which the character moves.

[ickyeddiie]

"don't you dare run to where i can't protect you." YEAH OKAY WHATEVER !!!!!!! WHATEVER !!!!!!

[frostnova321]

Congratulations! You’re our Lord now :3

local woman plays minecraft and accidentally gains social power. more at 11

[dryya-doesnt]

Oh the girls are fighting…🙁🙁

This was supposed to be a warm up but I got really carried away and got locked into rendering and color practice 😭😭😭

[thefishywizard]

Food in Minecraft diaries

[laurancezvahlslefteyebrow]

let him get up let him get up

oh… he’s concussed…

[bluelunae]

Welcome back

[shartfinz]

🌾

[terriblechickenhousebuilder]

garroth in like s1ep90 mcd

[laurmaupilled]

mcd aphmau u will always be famous to me. woman who was born yesterday and immediately given the responsibility of fixing Everything. knows nothing about the world yet is expected to save it. no family no past no future. mother to all daughter to none. can you imagine how lonely and confusing that would be? and yet she just keeps on. she's strong because she has to be, there is literally no other option!!! how tragic and lovely she is. im going to be ill.

[thelovelydoggycatmadi]

the analysis is taking awhile because so far I'm going shot by shot... I have a lot to say.

[jurygarroth]

something for @shadowqnights between working on a comm

[zvahlne]

i love you, person(s) who captioned these laurance pictures on the fanwiki

shhh... he is sleeping

[dryya-doesnt]

It’s that time in the semester where I have 0 free time so here’s a sketch for MCD’s 10th anniversary

quick now guess whose pov this is

[thefishywizard]

2015 minecraft roleplay save me…

[jurassiccraft]

when I close my eyes I see a face

happy 10 years :)