Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Learn the animation workflow used by many professional animators: In this animation tutorial for beginners we will animate a cute monster jumping with joy. Follow along this step by step demonstration in OpenToonz and create your own jumping monster!

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Part 1 of this character animation tutorial is about finding the character design and developing the storytelling key poses. At first we will be using a strict pose to pose workflow and switch to straight ahead animation passes in the following animation lessons.

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