Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
🔎✔️❌ Let's highlight some animation dos and don'ts in the current 11SecondClub vote. 😍🏆 Get mentoring: animatorisland.com/mentoring
🔎✔️❌ Let's highlight some animation dos and don'ts in the current 11SecondClub vote. 😍🏆 Get mentoring: animatorisland.com/mentoring
![Timing in Animation - A Beginners Guide - 2D animation class [015]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4F8vLqiav_o/mqdefault.jpg "Timing in Animation - A Beginners Guide - 2D animation class [015]
Finding the right timing for an animation is one of the biggest challenges. How fast or slow should something move? This video dives into the trickiest of the 12 principles of animation and gives you some guidelines on how to approach timing. With the spacing to timing method you will go from guessing the timing to knowing exactly where the drawings on your timeline need to be placed.
Please support us on Patreon: patreon.com/animatorisland
Find out more about the group mentoring: animatorisland.com/group-mentoring
00:00 Timing is tricky
00:41 Slow vs. fast characters
01:24 Just feel the timing?
02:09 3 main aspects of animation timing
02:18 Lets save acting for later...
02:44 Readability of character animation
03:51 Holding still!
05:29 Group Mentoring
06:16 Structure of an animated motion
06:38 The minimum ingredients
07:26 Halfing method for good eases
08:22 Duration in animation
09:16 Different spacing patterns
10:39 Example: How to time an animation
13:41 From beginner to professional
14:03 More examples in the next video
14:35 Patreon supporters")
![[live] 3D animator Scott animating a spin kick](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4WFGqDOY00I/mqdefault.jpg "[live] 3D animator Scott animating a spin kick
Watch 3D animator Scott R. Burgoyne work on a personal project. Watch his animation reel here: https://vimeo.com/361795791
Support Animator Island on Patreon: https://patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] Creature Coloring in Procreate](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xetM8WngN8/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Creature Coloring in Procreate
JK is doing a short and sweet live-stream while working on coloring creatures for the upcoming Weekend Panda game Cardfire. Stop by if youd like!
In this live stream we discussed a number of things, including a wealth of great art programs you may want to look into for your own artistic endeavors. Those include:
Procreate - https://procreate.com/
Krita - https://krita.org/en/
Affinity Designer (and other Affinity software) - https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/
Toon Boom - https://www.toonboom.com/
OpenToonz - https://opentoonz.github.io/e/
And there are plenty of tutorials out there to get you into these programs, including some by our very own Ferdinand! So check em out: https://www.animatorisland.com/courses/2d-animation/lessons/open-toonz-beginner-tutorial/")
![[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6HOb4wTpmaM/mqdefault.jpg "[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow
Today we continue animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender.
Support me on: patreon.com/animatorisland
More streams coming up:
Saturday, October 12th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT
Monday, October 14th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT
Monday, October 21th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT")
![[Live] April 15th Gesture Drawing Session](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6pJrFFPL_UU/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] April 15th Gesture Drawing Session
JK is doing some gesture drawing, and youre invited to join in! Watch live or grab a sketchbook and get some drawing practice done with the Animator Island community!")
![[Live] Doing a Tiedown Drawing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7AZQmwx13aw/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Doing a Tiedown Drawing
JK is here to explain tiedown drawings in both 2D animation and illustration, and then do one for an experimental piece hes presently working on!")
![[Live] Animation Critiques and animating live](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/83do2uQrWaE/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Animation Critiques and animating live
We have a look at the 11SecondClub entries from March 2022 and also will be doing some live 2D character animation. With wizard kitty!
FREE 2D animation class: Free 2D class: https://animatorisland.com/2d
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
