Animation Workflow: Creating a Moving Illustration

The most detailed thing I've ever animated. I know my limits now.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:41 Design & Ideation
02:47 Animation
06:31 Ink & Paint
08:19 Composite
08:57 Final Result
09:05 Progress Montage

MY TOOLS
Illustration — Clip Studio Paint
Animation — Clip Studio Paint
Video Editing — Premiere Pro
Drawing Tablet — Wacom Intuos Small (normally I’d use a Cintiq, but didn’t have access to one when making this video)

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IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS

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MUSIC from Epidemic Sound

[Telepurte]

Not only is the animation impressive and beautiful, the video you crafted to showcase the process is as elegant as the process itself.
Wonderful work

[Komono_]

It’s been 1 year… I MISS YOUR USEFUL GUIDES AND EXPERTISE!!! WHERE HAVE YOU GONE!?! I MISS YOU AND I WANT TO LEARN MORE FROM YOU! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?

[inkeye]

I have just started watching but I want to say congratulations for getting sponsored by Clip Studio! You really deserve it! You videos are always top quality and you are such an inspiration for artists and animators!

[Katiors]

I used to make lots of gifs in 2017-2019 and wanted to become an animator. I hope to get back the desire to become one one day again. Turning lines into characters or objects and then bringing them to life was such an amazing feeling every time! As always, great video! 🧡

[anushkaverma]

I will never stop being in awe of how smooth your animtions are. A work of art.

[laurinebocquet]

"Study those you admire"
Lemoncholy, you are one of them 🌾

[turingtestmemes]

Your presentation style is simply perfect - it feels like you could elevate even the most boring subjects

[thatpersonyoudidntknowexis]

Honest opinion, but I firmly believe that it's criminal that your channel hasn't amassed over a million subscribers. When I first discovered your channel, it was like finding a diamond mine in a sea of gold mines.

[thursday_concerns]

I can't articulate how much I appreciate these insights into your workflow. As an animator specialising in fast paced action and gritty folkloric imagery there is a blatant irony in my inherent preference for melancholic, subtle movement. This video gave me a pleasant insight into how I can rework my own workflow to elevate subtlety as well as revealing a potential appealing means of diversion for myself

[emmanueljoseej]

I will never get used to how each of your animations bring a new element but still has your distinct and familiar style. it. is. so. DAMN. FINEEEE. Motivation is high right now, and i needed it for this first year in animation.

[blankuhaku]

i miss this channel. i hope lemon is doing good <3

[Jjrmtv]

by the luck and grace of the algorithm I found your channel and am so impressed...subscribed immediately.. you are an inspiration

[grey]

the animation is absolutely stunning, i love all the thoughts behind the piece. animation is a really time consuming process, more with colours added. i appreciate the hard work. i loved the colours and the overall simplicity of the flowers in the background. also, your voice is really beautiful.

[lemonpie_vanilla]

It looks absolutely stunning! I love how you animated the hair and the flowers add so much to the piece. Your videos have so much care and detail put into it, it's always so fun and calming watching them.

[Julie-midz]

Your videos themselves are works of art. The handwritten notes. The soft colors of the backgrounds. As a video editor myself I‘m absolutely in love with your style both in art and editing. You‘re making me fall in love with drawing again. ❤

[dagaotokoda]

my art teacher has a bunch of alphonse mucha's art in her classroom and I would stare at them a lot and they really did seem like something different. I love the softness of the images and the colors.

[drongobrat]

wowowow this video was amazing! I loved how detailed you were with the editing, I noticed that at 8:19 you used the same diamond-ish shape for the letter "i" that the sword was which was very cool, your method of copy-pasting brushstrokes when movement isn't extreme was so smart! And it's very nice seeing you use a screen-less tablet, I used to think that I needed the most expensive cyntiq if I wanted to make good art, so this was a good reminder that it's the artist, not the materials that determines quality. also your voice is really relaxing.

[exogendesign]

This one of those top genuine artist I've seen, the presentation of the video, the breakdown, music choice, visual animation choice, all in top quality, I'm still a mere mortal wondering in this earth and nowhere close to this human in terms of skill and creativity. Minblowing and Inspiring.

[krimsonfel]

This is probably going to get lost in the sea of comments, but I've recently discovered your channel at a moment in my life when I my passion in art was waning and I wasn't even sure why I was doing art in the first place. Your passion bleeds out from your incredibly well edited videos and that was enough to fill me with the determination to go on. Thank you!

[Cleisthenes]

I'm always in awe of people who can draw, it's a skill I wish I possessed.