Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Feedback helps you to stay productive and improve!
Join our monthly animation group mentoring session on Patreon: animatorisland.com/group-mentoring
Bring your work in progress animation, art or demoreel to our monthly group mentoring session on Patreon. A professional mentor will critique your art and animation, draw over frame by frame and give you tips, tricks and advice to make your work as fun, clear and polished as it can be.
Take this chance to analyze, discuss and refine your art skills and animation projects every single month.
- one online group workshop every month
- meet fellow creators and get feedback from an animation mentor
- easy to follow frame by frame animation critiques, demoreel feedback, draw overs and advice
- each session is available as a recording, so you can re-watch and slow down important moments
Feedback helps you to stay productive and improve!
Join our monthly animation group mentoring session on Patreon: animatorisland.com/group-mentoring
Bring your work in progress animation, art or demoreel to our monthly group mentoring session on Patreon. A professional mentor will critique your art and animation, draw over frame by frame and give you tips, tricks and advice to make your work as fun, clear and polished as it can be.
Take this chance to analyze, discuss and refine your art skills and animation projects every single month.
- one online group workshop every month
- meet fellow creators and get feedback from an animation mentor
- easy to follow frame by frame animation critiques, demoreel feedback, draw overs and advice
- each session is available as a recording, so you can re-watch and slow down important moments
![[Live] Working on... Pokemon Fanart!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p8OIWayjU3o/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on... Pokemon Fanart!
Doing some fun practice today with a sort of Pokemon Fan-art! Stop by, hang out, and catch em all.
Want to see the previous live streams discussed in this video? Here are a few links!
Analyzing Female Character Proportions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YOEF9E59pc
All About Line Quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvdz2apgCAQ
Ever have a bad drawing day? They do happen! Heres a classic AI Article on the topic: https://www.animatorisland.com/tips-for-drawing-bad-days-happen/
And of course dont miss out on the possibility of some direct-mentoring of your OWN work with Ferdinand of Animator Island, over at https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] Working on 2D animation in Harmony](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pWEh7k4PusI/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D animation in Harmony
Film noir detective time! Working on character animation for M.S. Salmon
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")
![Export your animation as a video file from OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation course [#009]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/paMDWkR8fvY/mqdefault.jpg "Export your animation as a video file from OpenToonz - How to animate 2D animation course [#009]
You created an animation in OpenToonz and want to share it with the world? In this tutorial we will learn two ways to export a video file from OpenToonz... Download ffmpeg from here: https://animislnd.com/ffmpeg
Want to learn more? Get a free trial from Skillshare and watch our premium classes there:
Animation Physics Goblin and Orc - https://skl.sh/38yY8se
Logo Animation - https://skl.sh/3cCXFHF
Get group mentoring on Patreon: https://animislnd.com/group-mentoring
There are two different aproaches to exporting your animation from OpenToonz:
1. Fast Render MP4 - this requires you to install the video encoder ffmpeg and point OpenToonz to the location of it.
2. the professional workflow of exporting an image sequence and assembling it in a compositing or video editing software.
To demonstrate the professional exporting workflow in DaVinci Resolve, we will import the image sequence in DaVinci Resolve")
![[Live] Analyzing and Improving Line Quality in Art](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pvdz2apgCAQ/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Analyzing and Improving Line Quality in Art
Recording now available! JK returns for another live stream, this time around the topic of Line Quality. Stop by to hear about the theory behind Line, plus some analysis and application to improve art and style.
The amazing art of Genevieve Tsai, mentioned in this video: https://www.genevievetsai.com/
Some examples of Glen Keanes searching lines in his roughs, noted in the video: https://www.animatorisland.com/tips-for-drawing-form-and-volume/
And if you want more great Animator Island content, why not consider becoming a patron? Every dollar (yes, every single one!) really does help us to keep making new videos and articles, since we can keep the electricity bill paid a little easier. :) https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Or if youre looking for direct mentoring, theres an option for that as well! https://www.animatorisland.com/mentoring/")
![[Live] Learning from animation mistakes - 11SecondClub September](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q5CXJ6i0lFI/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Learning from animation mistakes - 11SecondClub September
Lets learn a bunch about character animation by diving into the 11 Second Club competition entries.
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")
![[Live] Backgrounds for Art and Animation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qFuUYwH3d7o/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Backgrounds for Art and Animation
If youd like to see the other videos in this Searching for a New Style series you can find them below.
Heres the recording for the Animator Island Live-Stream on Backgrounds! JK walks you through the theory of crafting settings and environments to make your stories and characters really pop. We tackle some analysis of four backgrounds in particular and how they might lend elements to Rikistyle - the new style JK is attempting to create for himself.
Searching for a New Style - Analyzing Character Proportions: https://www.youtube.com/live/3YOEF9E59pc?feature=share
Looking at Line Quality - https://www.youtube.com/live/pvdz2apgCAQ?feature=share
Chunkiness and Form - https://www.youtube.com/live/BRNZMYjtGrg?feature=share
Also at the start of the recording there is a showcase of an illustration started via live stream last week. To see the early going and construction of the image, check out the step by step here: https://www.youtube.com/live/p8OIWayjU3o?feature=share
And as always if youre looking for some great direct mentoring to take your art and animation to the next level, Ferdinand has that available for you! https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland")
![[Live] 11SecondClub Animation Tips - June 2022](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qywiadaXBCc/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] 11SecondClub Animation Tips - June 2022
We have a closer look at the animations submitted to the 11SecondClub in June 2022. As always this stream will be filled with character animation tips and tricks about timing, posing and more!
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")
