This may not be the most intuitive way to animate, but it's a process I REALLY LIKE. :D Steady Craftin videos are made with the help of DIRECT SUPPORT: www.patreon.com/steadycraftin (You'll also get access to the printable 3D scans of my original sculpted figures, MP3s, exclusive behind-the-scenes videos, shop discounts, and more.) My family and I are so grateful that I get to do this.

We need to protect the crafsman at all costs.

I doubt you’ll come back and read this, but I just want to say thanks for all that you’re putting out there, Crafsman. I’m a professor at a community college, and my favorite day of the semester these days in the Humanities class I teach is when I introduce my students to you. Anytime I’m only feeling and seeing the negative, destructive, divisive side of the internet, I can point to you for reassurance that the kind-hearted, childlike, inquisitive, creative folks outnumber and mean more than the selfish, childish, obstinate, destructive folks in our world. I’m so grateful that you share what you do with us with the style and heart that you put into it. All the years of geeking out over this stuff is really coming into it’s own in what you’re making and who you’re reaching. Congrats and, once more, thanks.

I love that Craftmama is supportive. It makes a huge difference in a persons live when you have a spouse that is encouraging and lovingly giving you the space you need to create... We are blessed to have the spouses that we have....

The paper bag .....that was priceless

When you add an antenna you add a whole world to the character. It shows they have something or someone to communicate with.

As someone who wants to get into animation, this is pretty inspiring.

This really proves it. Crafsman is a Renaissance Man. Makin a living with a shovel. Goin back to get a degree and becoming self employed, to making action figures, and sculpting, to animating and self teaching new techniques. CrafsMan you are a real inspiration. As a person trying to learn new things while still working. You remind me it can be done. Thank you.

I've been an artist for 30 years and for the last 15 years I've been unable to motivate myself to do any real personal projects but this video reignites my love for animation like this. And programs have come far so it should be way easier now and I'm excited to see what I can come up with. Thanks crafsman

"That's Economy!" Is my new catch. "Sir, you did such a fine job on this in such a short time" "that's Economy!" "I wanna be like you when I grow up, always so positive" "that's Economy!" "Sir, I have your lab results here and its stage 3 stuphalotosis." *holding back tears* "that's Economy!"

In some one of the infinite versions of the universe, the CrafsMan is an art teacher, and those are some lucky kids.

As a professional animator for TV (currently working on The Loud House, it's a Nickelodeon show) I'm looking forward to more animation, even if it's just simple stuff. Nothing wrong with simple animation

I've been having the worst week at work. Come home; there's a new Crafsman! Everything is ok.

"and the computer never get tired, and you know, thank you computer." LOL this man, this sum Bob Ross level commentary. 10:05

"Baby I couldn't do any of this stuff without your support" What an amazing human being you are! You sound like an amazing person to be around and a great inspiration to everyone.

"And then I make the journey back through the woods to my animation studio, AKA uh SteadyCraftin workshop...and it's still renderin'." I love the way you tell a story!

My favorite part of this video is where you go inside to tell crafsmama about what you're doing, she tells you how great that is and shares in your excitement, and you tell us how important that encouragement is. My crafsmama is the same, and I can't be crafting or creating without her support. Thumbs up to all those awesome crafsmamas out there 👍

Geez, the amount of editing that went into this video about editing is crazy. So much effort put in for an awesome end product that does an amazing job teaching. Couldn't have more respect for this effort

15:47 "I don't want to learn blender" Speaking as a moderately advanced blender user, big mood.

you're not "supposed to" be doing any particular thing on your channel. We love seeing you do things you are passionate about, so you do what you want to do and we'll keep watching you for your passion and enthusiasm and grace. Great stuff.

I liked when he cut to the Crafsman puppet shivering for a second. That made me laugh. The word of the day... "economy."

Like I don’t ever plan on animating or hydrodipping or even whittling ... but I love the variety and education this channel provides .... makes me want to try new things ... you out a lot of love in this channel crafsman ... thank you ❤️

Low-key The CrafsMan is one of the funniest people I've ever watched on KZfaq. Like, GENUINE kinda funny, but I know you're putting a lot of work into it behind the scenes.

I am thoroughly impressed with your ever expansive set of skills! Bravo! You never cease to amaze me. I had no idea you that you knew so much about animation and Adobe After Effects. I will be showing this to my 2D Animation students AND to my motion graphics class. What a wonderful way to bring old and new technology together. You had me at Free Range Chicken... but this... just wow!

Im so impressed with everything in this. The humor, the advice, the honesty, the family values, the editing... literally all of your effort. You deserve a millions subs Craftman (and Craftmama)

Crafsman! I noticed the smooth music goin on in the background. Super fun and a nice effect. Thank you for another wonderful video! You inspire me each day! Can't wait to teach my future students about you.

You KEEP going...it's never too late to follow your dreams! Thanks for the inspiration!

Man I'm not ever going to do any animation but I loved this video, I always enjoy learning about other folks processes and work flows. I always learn something watching your videos, sometimes its a shortcut or a new medium or even a life lesson. Thanks for sharing.

Economy... Honestly one of the best videos / tutorials I've ever seen on KZfaq. Subbed my dude, can't wait to dig into your content.

My favorite youtube channel. Hands up and hands down.

SICK JACKET

"pay bills with a shovel". Hahah the saddest/funniest thing I've heard in a long time... That's a shirt logo for sure

ChafsMan is a man of many skills! I work in the animation industry and I am thoroughly impressed!

I feel like people have missed one of the stronger points of this video. Wild, naturally occurring moon pies should be coveted and sought after, they are light...fluffy..and delicious.

“Smoothnicity” is totally a word and will be introduced into my vocabulary ASAP

So nice to hear Keith Lango being an influence. We used to use Electric Image back in the day, before he started working at Big Idea. EI was not a great character animation package but he could work miracles with it and was always generous with feedback and advice. A great guy and an a real inspiration.

Animation is near and dear to my heart so seeing more of this from Crafsman is a complete joy! Also I think everyone will continue to love what you do no matter what the channel is called as long as you continue doing what you love to do.

“It look like ol’ craf mamma beatin the kids” IM FLOORED HAHA

This channel is so fantastic, I love that CraftsMan is out here making things accessible to people and just being a great person while doing it. I've learned so many cool things from this channel

I find it hard to believe your channel is not more popular CrafsMan because it's extremely rad. Love it

I love the Crafsman wardrobe changes. Also really appreciate the background on your life. Crafsman you’re an inspiration

"... and the computer never gets tired of doing that. You know? Thank you computer!" H I L A R I O U S ! ! !

Love this already, but now I am craving a "Moon Pie"! ;)

Awesome that you mentioned the jittery thing. I remember a long time ago, watching a show about Jim Henson, and he mentioned the one way to make the puppets feel more real was to make sure they were always moving. Even if they weren't talking, something needed to be moving. I don't know why, but that always stuck with me. I'm not even into animation or puppets or anything like that, but I absolutely LOVE your channel. You just remind me of my family, the ones I miss the most. Thank you. Keep steady craftin'.

I admire you Crafsman. I went to school for animation, I understand the amount of time and effort as a one man show. It took me 2 weeks doing a 30 sec pencil test. Love your style.

I love how pure and refreshing is TheCrafsMan SteadyCraftin, in our time's so many people are doing everything for views and its so heartwarming to see a man that has passion and transfers that passion to other people by repeating "I'm just like you and you can do it to"

In some ways I envy you. More specifically, I envy the times that you have chosen to practice this craft. I became interested in it at a time when the available tools consisted of Granddad's 8mm (single frame capable) movie camera, a drawing table your Dad helped you build with frosted glass and a couple of florescent lights mounted underneath, a reel to reel tape recorder you delivered morning news papers for two years to be able buy from Sears, and your Mom yelling at you at 3 in the morning to quit making noises, turn out the lights and go to bed because tomorrow was a school day. I actually did go to college for it, but the tools, although more professional and expensive, were no more sophisticated than what I had used as a teenager. Anyway, these are great video "tutorials" I just discovered today. I'm going to have fun watching your archives.

I think what people are forgetting is that this only works until you want to rotate the character/ camera, make him move his arms (If he has any), in front of his body, maybe cross over another character in the background. At that point you would definetly need to redraw the figure for every few frames, since distortion can only get you so far. Still a reaaally cool video, will try this out myself, have a lot of doodles that this could work with! :D

I find it uplifting watching your videos. So many different projects, so many different methods to create them. With inspiration from watching your channel, I've been overcoming my issues with self doubt and have started my own adventures in crafting. I've recently purchased and Elegoo Mars to create 28mm miniatures for use in Dungeons and Dragons with my daughters. We've sat together and have designed custom characters to 3d print. I owe you for helping me find another way to spend time having constructive fun with my kiddos. I would like for you to know, your encouragement HAS made a difference in folks lives. I can't thank you enough for what you share and the kindness you display throughout your videos, the world could use more SteadyCraft'n.

They need a bigger like button for me to hit when I watch your videos. Always fun and I can't thumbs up them enough.

2:10 "my name is your host, the crafsbag"

while many people are obviously connecting with the word "economy", I truly hope the word for 2020 turns out to be "Love". We need that right now and your videos emanate that, in spades. You are such an inspiration to all of us and I appreciate what you do. Keep on brother !

We love you and all you have to teach us 💙. Economy is the word for 2020 legit. Keep steadycraftin animatin 🙌🏼

I liked this video so much, I clicked the "thumbs up" button five times. One time for Keith Lango, who inspired me so much when I was first wanting to get into animation. One time for talking Vegetables. One time because I saw my old animation book that I lost somewhere in storage. One time because CrafsMan has inspired me to want to start animating again. And one time because I really liked the video. I would have probably clicked it a few more times, but that was already a lot of clicking and I needed to keep my clicking finger fresh for other things that I need to click on elsewhere.

NEED to see more in dept of how "jitter" effect is achieved. Most time consuming part of my animating is redrawing each frame (on twos) to achieve that jitter effect.

After Effects is a beast. Very cool to see what you were able to accomplish with it!

Somebody in TV needs to pick you up and put you on TV. In my eyes you're the new and improved Mr. Rogers/crafs show, but for older crasfspeoples.

Absolutely brilliant my friend. - Eric.

Crafsman, I love the work that you know. You and Gene are unique and amazing. You're a born teacher and a blessed man. Thank you for sharing your life knowledge, your witty intelligence and the awesome way you make folks laugh in your productions. You've made a huge impact on me and many others. Please never stop steady craftin... you are loved and appreciated more than you know.

Can you imagine if you had to do puppets everytime? Jeesh that would be a nightmare to produce!

You are the first KZfaqr I've run into that knows PNG is actually pronounced, "Ping", and that saying the letters is just an alternative. That alone put a smile on my face.

animations count as crafting! Do whatever you feel in your heart Craftsman we love you!

We need a CrafMama character.

Craftsman I just found you... standing ovation from me. You said so much about so many things in this video. The presentation is phenomenal. The soul shines. The history of a dream saved away and returned to. The relationship with the wife. The process. The stick-to-it to integrate new technology platforms. My grandfather who served in ww2 used to always say two things to me.... work simplification and economy. Great stuff sir😁

I've never considered the intricacies of animation, but this was incredibly interesting! Thanks, Crafsman!

Someone told me I made my entire short animation "The Shape of Love" based on some anime blob Id never heard of, so I feel ya there haha. Turns out great minds can think alike and never know the other exist sometimes.

I love the 'look' of your animation, Crafsman and this was a great explanation of your process.

Most of that went way over my head. But I still enjoyed it.

@10:28 "Posterize time, 12 frames per second... right thur, right thur" I love this dude!!!

It dont matter much what the channel is called - your animations are highly anticipated!

I too tried to animate as far back as the late 80's with stop motion ...man today so many great options!

Well, you did it again, you floored me, I actually downloaded this and I’m going to try and take as many notes as I can to try animation again, I have the updated version of procreate with the animation feature and my first attempt was the bouncing ball and, well, it was more of a deflated ball, I guess I was a little too and I put it aside until I gained some courage to have a go at it again, so here I am. I won’t give up, I know it take some time to get the hang of this, again the thing I like about your videos is that you keep thing’s simple and you look for other ways if it doesn’t work the first time around, thanks again and keep SteadyCraftin 👍🏻

That was probably some kid that doesn't have the life experience and wherewithal to recognise an OG. You're a true original, and I think most of us recognise that.

I found your channel because I wanted to learn more about stop motion animation! I found your video talking about Dragonframe. To be honest, it was the first time someone explained the software and it actually made sense to me. Thank you, CrafsMan.

I’ve never thought about animation I am not an animator I’ve never seek out information about animation but somehow this video ended up being recommended to me and I conclude that this is gold. Absolute gold in full to the brim with hilarity. Amazing and inspirational. I would recommend this to anybody from any walk of life.

Yes please

While I don't plan on animating I do really like how you come across and try your best to make it user friendly for everyone, you're using programs that are free and you're showing us how to get the most out of the "older" and free programs. Never animated but I was with you on all the stuff you were doing. So thanks crafsman, you're a real G.

The fuzzy version of the animation is definitely more interesting and handmade-looking. Your characters are so CUTE!

My man!! This is next level. So happy for you getting to where you could put this out. And proud of you for doing a great job. You thought the ship took off before? This candle is lit and you are headed to Mars! Amazing work.

Crafsman never ceases to amaze. This is easily one of his best vids. Keep Steady Craftin', my man

You are a national treasure, @crafsman. You never, ever, disappoint! I have years of art training and you teach me new things all the time.

Only discovered your videos today and I'm an instant fan. KZfaq and Patreon aren't perfect platforms, but I LOVE that people are finding ways through them to make it possible to do more of what they're passionate about -- and then the rest of us get to go along for the ride. I'm so curious about EVERYTHING, and collect hobbies like mad, but there are only so many hours in the day! And when you create things, you never know what random activity or skill is going to turn out to be useful to some other activity, skill, or project, you know? Even if I never animate anything, I feel like watching this video stretched my understanding of ways to solve creative problems, in ways I might not have considered if I hadn't watched it. It's so useful. (And interesting!) I'm so glad I stumbled over this channel.

I absolutely love this new style of video. I (and probably a lot more people) would love to see animation build videos where you show us how you make animations like this one and then play them at the end. I’d also really enjoy watching just your animations!

CrafsMan, you make whatever you want on your channel. It don't matter what people expect. You do what makes you happy & I assure you, we'll be happy too. I love seeing everything you do. You inspire me in so many different ways & I've discovered a whole lot of things because of you. You keep on crafting in every direction. :D Thanks for all that you do.

I call it the “let the computer handle a lot of the stuff but also don’t get it lookin too smooth”

The first thing I thought of when I saw your animation was creature comforts! Really great to see it was an influence on your style.

wow man your awesome you literally into everything and its so awesome to see your videos. you make this just feel possible

LTCHALOTS BDLIGTS technique is what I use for my non-art, business model already... I showed my partner, and he agreed and laughed, too. Thank you, Crafs Man.

15 seconds in and i'm hooked! Love your energy and love your style!! You most definitely got a new Subscriber outta me!

I swear, I could listen to you talk about anything all day long.

Whaaaaa?! You are a gift to this universe. Your VO are so nuanced. I love it.

This has really made me want to get back into animation. I pitched a storyboard to Frederator a few years ago only to get shot down. I haven't revisited the idea since. Thanks for reinvigorating that passion!

I’m so happy that you’re getting to return to animation and live your dream. Nobody deserves it more than you do !!! for real !!don’t let anybody ever tell you different. You’ve helped me a tremendous amount in dealing with my stress

Ooh, so that's why the animation style from that short you posted reminded me of Creature Comforts! Neat!

I didn't even know I was interested in animation until this video. Thank you so much for sharing your process ❤️

Yay ! Another TheCrafsMan video ! Another vote for the jacket.

I know nothing about animation. Now I know lots of things and laughed in the process. Thank you kind Crafsman..

Nice process! What I love about animation is that there is no wrong or right way... the way that works for you is the way to do it :) Nice work, as always!

Oh the jacket! It is precious!

You keep steady craftin. I'll keep steady watchin.