>>5774191The way you analyze timelapses is
>goal>approach>imitate on timer.>compare and continueBefore doing the above, either find the video on youtube and learn the shortcut for stepping through frames (press comma or period), or download the video to open it up for frame by frame analysis in your favorite video editing software.
Once you've done the above, begin your analysis. Figure out
>GOALAs in, looking at the last 10 frames and next 10 frames. What is the artist currently trying to do? Figure it out without even touching art tools, go frame by frame. Are they laying in a construction, or trying to render the lips, or trying to fix a proportion issue? Figure out what those frames were for.
>APPROACHThen rewatch those frames, carefully, with the goal of understanding how they're going about accomplishing that goal based on what you can see. Watch how they arrange their windows, the brushes they use, the way they stroke their lines, or manipulate layers and canvas. Any time you don't know how or what they're doing, stop and take the time to try to figure it out in your tools, or ask other artists. Once you understand their approach,
>IMITATE ON A TIMERYou get, eg, 5 minutes - don't get stuck ratholing to get things perfect when copying work to learn - do more studies instead. This is also to train an awareness of time and speed, which will force you to not over-focus details. Open a useful final frame from this segment, and while thinking about the goal, copy their work, imitating their approach. Do not trace, but work side by side looking at the final image to the best of your ability. We don't care about quality, so long as you're thinking about the goal and using the same approach. Finally,
>COMPARE, CONTINUE.How close were you? What went wrong? What went right? Figure out weak points of your technique you will study after the study. Then advance 10 frames and do it again.
Repeat till your hands crumble or your style copying is 'good enough'.
