Table Of Content
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reddit.com/r/animation
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When did Animation begin?
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My recent experience on r/animation
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About r/animation - Community & Members
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How to access r/animation?
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Moderators of r/animation
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Why should you follow r/animation?
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Community Engagement
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Browsing & Navigation
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Reddit Gold
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Filter by flair
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Important rules you must know before joining r/animation?
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Design
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Content
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Conclusion
reddit.com/r/animation
Animation as an art form has the ability to tell a story with a wide range of emotions and information. As an animator, you can convey a wide range of motions and connect the story together. Each frame is a dot and within a second, that dot can turn into a line. My experience with animation started when I was just starting out flipping book pages. I would draw characters across different frames, and if I wanted them to move, I could create motion in those frames by moving the characters around.
When did Animation begin?
Despite there not being a single specific source, it is widely quoted that Animation developed in the early 1900s. The first animated feature film was made in 1918, but there are animations discovered before 1910. Everything changed when celluloid was introduced in 1913, with Walt Disney being the first one to add sound to animation which premiered with Steamboat Willie in 1928. Ten years later he followed it up with a full-length feature - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Let's learn more about one of the biggest animation communities on the internet - r/animation. Now that we have learned about the history of this amazing story-telling format, let's dive deep into one of the biggest communities on the internet - r/animation.
My recent experience on r/animation
I recently experience on r/animation that was quite a quirky one. I have no clue how the post made it past the moderation. But it was worth it. A post titled as ???Cute animation??? was uploaded by u/Framesequence. What you see in that video is not cute at all. Each frame is filled with a visual double entendre. Though the animation does look cute, the content is quirky as hell. The post attracted more than 3,700 upvotes and shocked more than 190 users who were expressing their disbelief over what they saw.
About r/animation - Community & Members
Reddit's animation community is a great place to find news, short stories, and user-created content. One of my favorites content categories on the subreddit is user creatives. This community is amazing and always surprises me with its quality. With over 160,000 subscribers, 350-700 active members at any given time, and a slow growth rate, the quality of content on the subreddit is impressive nonetheless.
If you love animation, drawings, stories, new software, or sketch work, you'll have a great time on this subreddit. It has a lot of talented artworks and enough content to inspire animators if you're one. Whether you want to check modern animation standards or what's trending and creative, you'll find it all here.
How to access r/animation?
If you are not a Reddit user, or if you are not already subscribed to the Animation subreddit, you will need to create an account and verify your email address in order to join. Once you have done so, you can follow subreddits, comment on posts, and even post content on any of the Animation-related subreddits.
Moderators of r/animation
Though r/animation has only 160,000 members, it is not a small community. In fact, it is one of the biggest animation communities out there. More than 15,000 users are active daily, and they are constantly updating and interacting with the content on the platform. Thus, it is no surprise that the subreddit has quite a few moderators to keep everything in check.
At the time of writing this review, I found nine mods on r/animation. ?Unfortunatejordan?, ?jaxspider?, ?fluffkomix?, ?AutoModerator?, ?Umbresp?, ?GoldforthePoor?, ?deliteplays?, ?AnimationBot?, and ?SwiftOracle? are all mods on r/animation.
Why should you follow r/animation?
I can't really express how amazing and creative this community is. You'll find everything from rotoscoping to 2D/3D animation here, and it's full of experienced animators who are creating incredible content. The only thing I don't like about it is that the effort here is often underrated. I saw an amazing animation that would easily get 1000+ upvotes on other anime platforms, but on Reddit animation it just had 35 upvotes. It may be because the volume of creativity and content here is so great that it leads to saturation.
Community Engagement
I believe that the engagement on this subreddit should be higher, especially given the amount of time and effort people put into their work. The upvote rate is abysmal and the overall engagement rate is low. On average, a regular post only gets around 10-15 upvotes, and the top post of the day gets 300-500 votes. Comments are usually between 5-10, which isn't very many.
Browsing & Navigation
Only a few hundred people are active on r/animation, which is a blessing in disguise because that prevents the page from lagging. Having said that, this page does have a lot of short HQ videos and thus, it can be hard to watch videos on a data connection. I would recommend you only browse and watch content if you have an active WiFi connection. Besides these content forms, you'll also find polls regarding 2D and 3D animation.
Reddit Gold
It's unimaginable how great content is unable to capture the audience of this community. It's not that every post goes unnoticed. But the Reddit gold distribution in regard to creativity is quite less. And that's understandable because of high content standards on this page. I browsed through 30-50 top posts from the past month, and I only found 2-3 golds across various posts. Since the comment section and threads weren't deep, it was easy to find the lack of gold on this subreddit.
Filter by flair
I appreciate the Filter by Flair option on this thread. Using these tags, you can find content that you're interested in. For example, if you want to share your artwork, you can bill it under ?Sharing? flair. Similarly, if you want to ask a question, you can choose the ?Question flair?. As for options, you can choose between six different flairs - ?Megathread?, ?Sharing?, ?Beginner?, ?Critique?, ?Discussion?, and ?Question?.
Important rules you must know before joining r/animation?
The rules of r/animation are simple. If you want to become a part of this community, just make sure that you follow the guideline set by the mods. The only requirement of being an active member of this subreddit is to not steal content. You can share work done by others, but you must give credit for it and not own the content. If you share a post and don't credit the original creator, it can lead to a Permaban.
Design
The pink cover and unique icon on this page caught my eye. Although it's nowhere near as good as r/DC_Cinematic, it's still decent. The only downside is that it uses the Saturn logo instead of the standard Reddit layout. Aside from the color combination, everything else on the page follows a standard Reddit layout. You have your usual sorting categories, and a sidebar filled with options such as ?Filter by Flair?, ?Rules?, and a couple of banner ads.
Content
Content that is most liked on this subreddit.
1. I am Butch Hartman, creator of The Fairly Oddparents. This is a never-been-seen picture of Chester's mom, taken at 11,900 upvotes.
2. I animated a laundry basket, garnering 8,600 upvotes.
3. My work was stolen, resulting in me having to stop working on my projects indefinitely. 5500 upvotes
4. As a result of the lockdown that I cannot work due to, I decided to dip my toe into something much more time-consuming - animation! - and have managed to finish the first layer. 4100 upvotes
5. During quarantine, I made a big flipbook that garnered 3800 upvotes
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1. There are a lot of cute animations on the internet that have gained a lot of attention.
2. I just wanted to practice her tentacle-leg animation and ended up animating for an entire month.
3. This is the result of one month spent animating on my own using toon boom and After Effects.
4. I made a big flipbook with music by Corbin, which has received 3,200 upvotes on Reddit alone.
5. Here's an animation I created myself! I'm a 15-year-old animator who uses my phone to animate, and this is my latest work
Conclusion
I really admire the dedication and attention to detail that goes into r/animation's designs. That's why I love it. The only change I would wish to see is an increase in the engagement on the page per post. That's all. As an animator or someone who loves animation, you would fall in love with this subreddit instantly.
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