Hey, your timing and spacing is insanely good; would you have any pointers about time charts? I seem to always fumble on those.

Thanks for the compliment! Warms my tiny heart…





I actually rarely use charts while I’m animating, as I always retime the whole thing back and fourth until the end. (As an example my Joker animation are closer to having 400-500 frames compared to the 300 in the rough not-very-updated charts)

The charts are often added later to help a cleanup artist and/or inbetweener figuring out the intended spacing for the moment.

However, they can be super handy to have as a tool on the side, and a good practice as to figure out the spacing between keys, so definitely try to use them. Just don’t worry about the numbers too much..

Tbh I often add them mainly because it looks nice… hehe… eeh. Though also for practical reasons.. of course.. ehm

My general advise is to overall keep your inbetweens and breakdowns CLOSE to the key. If you want to keep it snappy, favour the ease ins/outs close to the key drawing. A lot of new animators (me included) tend to have everything too smooth and floaty as they overanalize/explain the moment inbetween.. just keep it simple and snappy. That’s one advise at least ^^

Step though the animations you feel look nice and see how it works..