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u/Khary19 · 1 pointr/FrameByFrame

From what I've read so far, in the Animator's Survival Kit (and other books) there is a heavy emphasis on the regret of not taking life drawing classes (human figure in various poses) and "academic" = perspective and understanding how light/shadows work to make a drawing more convincing. There's absolutely no harm done in practicing the basic bouncing ball, pendulum, S-Curve, C-Curve, and other frame by frame animations. They'll do a great job of helping you get into a good habit of drawing.

Also draw from life - you pick things up that way that you wouldn't necessarily be able to absorb from books. There's a GREAT intro book that I recommend called "The Drawing Lesson" by Mark Crilley that really helped me out when getting started w/ drawing. Animator Island has a great list of Intro Exercises that you can start doing to get used to drawing and animating because they do both go hand in hand. https://www.animatorisland.com/51-great-animation-exercises-to-master/?v=7516fd43adaa

Gesture drawings are a fabulous place to start too. In animation, you care a lot about how things move and how movement of that figure can be exaggerated, pushed into a clearer pose, and so on. Check this book out for handy anatomy: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615272819/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I hope this helps and good luck! Animation is hard but extremely rewarding. It's worth the effort. :-)

u/Spaceblender · 1 pointr/FrameByFrame

XP-Pen Deco 01 came with 8 extra tips. The replacement tips are on XP-Pen and Amazon. The tip's life depends on how hard you press when you draw. I put about 70 hours into my first tip and I think it'll last another 70 hours.