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Find out how to animate in Adobe Photoshop using the timeline, video layers and onion skin... But is Photoshop even a good animation software? What are the pros and cons you need to consider before animating in Photoshop?
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Find out how to animate in Adobe Photoshop using the timeline, video layers and onion skin... But is Photoshop even a good animation software? What are the pros and cons you need to consider before animating in Photoshop?
Support us on patreon.com/animatorisland
![[live] Working on an Animated Fantasy Series](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AgAVlBi1fFE/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Working on an Animated Fantasy Series
Watch me work on some concept art for an animated fantasy series. Over the next months we will work on the story ideas, character design, animatics and character animation and share the process with you.
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![[Live] Animating Wizard Kitty](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AgkcstPe5R0/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Animating Wizard Kitty
Lets continue working on the character animation
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![[Live] Inking and Coloring Techniques in Procreate](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BQBUbH9_qyQ/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Inking and Coloring Techniques in Procreate
JK is doing some work on the upcoming game Mythic Ranch: Cardfire, so come hang out and see some art getting done! Todays task is coloring (and some inking) 2D creature sprites. From subtle gradients to bold cel-style shading!
If youd like to try out the original game, heres a link to Mythic Ranch: Card Battles on Apple and Android! https://www.weekendpanda.com/tcg/ Were hard at work to make the sequel bigger and better. (By all means leave some feedback if you try the game, were always interested to hear what people think. :) )
Ferdinand is offering terrific mentoring for art and animation here: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland If you want to boost your own skills, theres nothing quite like mentoring with a professional artist, so give it a try. You can grow leaps and bounds from that sort of interaction.
And thanks again to everyone who shows up for the live streams! Dont forget you can subscribe if you want to be notified when the next one is happening here at Animator Island TV.")
![Best animation exercise for beginners - OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation class [#004B]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cgex6wo9YSc/mqdefault.jpg "Best animation exercise for beginners - OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation class [#004B]
You want to learn 2D animation? This exercise gets you started experiencing spacing, animation timing, arcs and more in a playful way using OpenToonz.
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Premium class - Fun with morphs: https://www.animatorisland.com/courses/2d-animation/lessons/learn-animation-basics-creating-a-fun-morph/
Learn of the basics how to animate in this beginner lesson of our 2D animation class.
0:00 Intro
00:51 Setting up OpenToonz
1:41 Plan the motion path with a lot of pleasing arcs.
2:40 Using the Control Point Editor
5:00 Changing the opacity of a layer
5:25 The biggest beginner mistakes in animation
6:40 The key to smooth animation
7:09 Timing charts
8:55 The halfing method for planning spacings
10:30 Onion skin
11:14 Creating the animation frames
12:22 Stretching to create motion blur
13:10 Keeping the volumes
14:24 Copying frames to stay on model
15:11 Copying on the timeline in OpenToonz
16:50 Making layer invisible
17:16 First playback
17:42 Get our cool mug!
18:31 Switching from Ones to Twos
20:11 The challenge of slower motions
20:54 Improvising straight ahead
22:53 Holding a constant speed
23:05 Fast motion in the spiral
23:57 Adding anticipation after a hold
25:29 Playing the loop
25:39 Tweaking the animation
26:41 Duplicating and offsetting the second ball
30:03 Coloring
31:03 Closing gaps
31:50 Adding different colors to the different layers")
![[Live] Working on 2D art & animation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CwwZJ-hLqLA/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D art & animation
Working on some animations and illustrations
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Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
![[Live] 11SecondClub Animation Tips & Voting - November 2022](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D32gplrLfoI/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] 11SecondClub Animation Tips & Voting - November 2022
We analyze and rate 2D and 3D character animation from the 11SecondClub from November 2022
FREE 2D animation class: Free 2D class: https://animatorisland.com/2d
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Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
