When I worked on some of the bigger projects, I’d written some tooling that let multiple artists work together on a single shot. It’s actually very interesting

When I worked on some of the bigger projects, I’d written some tooling that let multiple artists work together on a single shot. It’s actually very interesting how the leads for the shot would have their style picked up by the other artists so it felt more cohesive. I assume because they communicated regularly and could see communal progression of the work. But if a shot was originally done by one animator and then picked up by another (due to vacations, priorities etc) you could often see how the style would drift because they didn’t have the shared mindspace. Big studios have “fix animators” who basically come in to shots after the main animator is done and do any touch up notes. But “touch up” can be quite extensive and if you know the people involved, you can see how the content drifts between two minds.