r/animation • u/Relative-Advice-4722 • 3h ago

Question Blinking?

i am not an animator, im generally a comic/sequential artist for my gay little characters. but ive been possessed by something insane so now im working on a very short very simple animation meme. you know the one.
here's my rough:

originally made this video to show my friend thats why u got the silly face at the end.

my question is this: its like a barely 10 frames long loop. where do i make them blink? Should i maybe copy-paste the loop a couple times so i can insert some blinking?

Edit: when i say blinking, i mean eyes. blinking eyes. i want to know when to make the eyes blink. I've dropped the frame rate from 24 to 12 and that alone already looks better, and im going to be copy-pasting these 10 frames at least once so i can add the music to the back and post it as a video. i have no idea how to do any of these things. im flying by the seat of my pants. but i have an idea and so help me god i wanna see it through for once.

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u/Fine_Ad44 3h ago

What is the frame rate? Maybe its to fast

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u/Relative-Advice-4722 2h ago

it was at 24 so ive dropped it down to 12. i intend on making this a video so i think iwill have to loop the frame at least once but i just dont know where to put the one on the left blinking. the one on the right doesnt need to blink

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u/Moist_Weathers 2h ago

It’s hard to see on my phone, but it looks like you’re only exposing each drawing for 1 frame. That’s really fast for something this short. Try exposing each for 2 or 4 frames. This will slow it down and allow you to add more drawings in between.

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u/Relative-Advice-4722 2h ago

i dropped the frame rate down to 12 instead of 24

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u/Moist_Weathers 2h ago edited 2h ago

You don’t want to drop the frame rate. That’s just slowing overall project and giving you less frames to work with. Search how to change exposure length in Krita on YouTube. It will help you understand what I’m getting at.

I recommend Animatewithdermot. He’s possibly one of the most legit animators who uses Krita.

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u/thebangzats 2h ago

> Should i maybe copy-paste the loop a couple times so i can insert some blinking?

Yes, that is the norm.