Setting Up An Animation Desk

[ZigOtto]

Originally Posted by Herb Montes

To answer your question Ravenstar the two knobs are to loosen and tighten the sliding pegbars. I used the method once when animating three characters doing the same dance. I animated the one in the middle first then slid the pegbars left and right while tracing the animation onto the stationary pegbar sheet to create multiple dancers

yes, but you can start and opt for a cheaper configuration :
- mounting a cheaper disk model, with no inbuilt pegs,
only a plexiglass disk,

and a pegbar (acme = standard) you'll have to stick on the disk with adhesive tape
(up or down, it depends on the desk slant and/or the animator's old habit).

Originally Posted by Herb Montes

... As for PeterC's questions. Drawing boards have always been at a slant to ease the stress on your back while drawing. The disc allows you to spin the drawing so you can make a controlled line with your strongest stroke. You'll notice while drawing certain strokes aren't too confident.

that's it . and it becomes more obvious with practice,
a professional animator use to stay working on his desk 8 to 15 hours a day,
5 to 7 days a week, you can imagine how to feel comfortable with his body
(back, neck, shoulder, elbow, ...) is important to him.

[Herb Montes]

Sliding pegbars are hardly needed nowadays when you can do pans and moves digitally. Still a fully featured animation disk looks much nicer than a round piece of plexiglass. And you can find them on eBay once in a while for a good price. I recently got another one like the one I got for a lot less than what I originally payed for my first one. It's the black plexiglass disk made in Korea that sells for around $300.

The animation disc has a peg bar(s) which holds the animator’s drawings in registration to one another . The disc which is set into the surface of the desk (and rotates) has a white, translucent plexiglass window so the animator can see through several layers of drawings on the disc when it is illuminated by the back-light which is on the underside of the table.

Here’s a link to a photograph showing a similar desk to the one in the photo above, but set up fully and ready to draw. The shelves above and to the side of the animation disc area are for fresh paper & supplies and for storing finished drawings (but more often than not are filled with lots of CD’s or toys

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[cheng]

anybody can show me how to build a very very very easy animation desk?i live in cambodia so it's unavailable....i'm very young show i can't make the hard and complicated one so any simple great ideas?PLz help every art supplies is unavailable for me so it's should be as simple as possible

[LZ Zach]

Hi guys, I was wondering if you guys could help me out on the peg bar problem.

I recently made a portable desk with the help of my brother and mostly my dad gave us the materials (free anyway). It's a simple one, a 16'' disc place within the hole and gravity holding it in place.

Since I'm not old enough to go to college or even earn a living, my brother and I just made it this simple. But what the problem is, I live in Malaysia, and there would be no supply of 'peg bars' like those found in US.

I was wondering if there's many other alternatives to peg bars to hold the paper in place. Hope you guys can help out, thanks for reading this!

[Herb Montes]

I posted a thread here on making your own peg registration system. The thread is still here but the images are not showing. You can see the images in my scraps gallery at deviantArt.

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axme4

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axmpa

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axml5

The pegs are made from aluminum standoffs used in electronic circuit board assembly. I can find them in electronic surplus stores or online. The pegs are set up to match the paper punch I use. It's important to get the punch first and match the pegs to it. Especially a punch that can't be adjusted. Pegs can also be made from plastic or wood found at a crafts or hardware store.

[LZ Zach]

Originally Posted by Herb Montes

I posted a thread here on making your own peg registration system. The thread is still here but the images are not showing. You can see the images in my scraps gallery at deviantArt.

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axme4

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axmpa

http://hmontes.deviantart.com/galler...et=24#/d1axml5

The pegs are made from aluminum standoffs used in electronic circuit board assembly. I can find them in electronic surplus stores or online. The pegs are set up to match the paper punch I use. It's important to get the punch first and match the pegs to it. Especially a punch that can't be adjusted. Pegs can also be made from plastic or wood found at a crafts or hardware store.

Thanks Herb, really appreciate it

What about the backlighting? Do you buy a readily-built fluorescent lamp with switch on?
Sorry if I asked much

[Herb Montes]

No problem asking questions. It's how we learn. Yes, I used a portable fluorescent light unit under my animation boards. An incandescent light might make too much heat.

About the punch, the one I used to use was a Wilson Jones Hummer punch. It punched 1/4" diameter holes exactly. And it could not be adjusted. The problem I find with adjustable punches (the kind that lets you move the punches) is that they can get out of alignment and not punch a consistent spacing between the holes. Two hole office punches tend to be cheaper than the three hole variety anyway.

Today I use pre-punched animation paper and Acme pegbars I buy online at http://www.cartoonsupplies.com/

[daveen088]

Originally Posted by Herb Montes

Testing out my Animation Forum hosting site. Here is an image of a custom built animation desk I found on a blog. Looks simple enough to build with basic woodworking tools.

Wow I had no idea that it is possible to build such an animation desk on my own. I really like this one: http://brockorama.blogspot.com/2006/...tion-desk.html. It looks so great. I think I will also try to build such a desk although I am not very good with my hands.
Regarding the Animation Forum hosting site: Do you need business web hosting or are there special packages if you want to set up a Forum?

[D.T. Nethery]

Originally Posted by daveen088

Wow I had no idea that it is possible to build such an animation desk on my own. I really like this one: http://brockorama.blogspot.com/2006/...tion-desk.html. It looks so great. I think I will also try to build such a desk although I am not very good with my hands.

Here's more on how to build an animation desk , with parts list and dimensions:

http://chipsandsolstice.blogspot.com...tion-desk.html