Animate ANY Character Turnaround/Rotation in 2D (And Improve Your Drawing Skills)

In this video I will show you how to animate an accurate character rotation. This exercise can teach you how to draw better by practicing one of its most important principles: Solid Drawing. Even if you’re not an animator, animating a turn-around animation while trying to be faithful to the original character design forces you to feel its volume and can help you absorb the original artist’s style! For this I’ll be animating turns of Gwen Stacy from Into the SpiderVerse, and Akko Kagari from Little Witch Academia. These two present their own challenges and differences that I’ll explain in this tutorial. Remember to use the hashtag #MercuRotation in any social media when posting your own results. Best of luck! Watch Next: How to Color/Cel Shade your animations like a PRO How to Animate like a PRO in Clip Studio Paint: Manu Mercurial @ Lightbox Expo 2021: Manu Mercurial @ Lightbox Expo 2022: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PATREON - DISCORD - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Sphere Rotation Template (Join our Discord! - Freebies Channel) Character Model Sheet Databases PureRef Reference Board (Free) Learn Anatomy, Perspective, Painting and Animation All of my Recommended Art Gear Amazon: Software used: Clip Studio Paint EX Music and Video Assets licensed with Envato Elements Video Edited in Adobe Premiere & Adobe After Effects DISCLAIMER: This video is NOT sponsored. Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something, we’ll receive a small commission. 00:00 Solid Drawing 00:31 First Steps 01:27 Base Sphere Guide 02:07 Importing Your References 02:30 Tracing 04:03 Adding Ellipses 05:12 Fixing Proportions in Keyframes 06:40 Symmetric vs Asymmetric Features 07:23 Inbetweens 08:58 Coloring 10:41 Shadows 11:13 Shading 12:03 Best Reference Sources 12:32 Final Animation 12:48 Outro Remember: “Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!“ Thanks for watching!