Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How to animate lightning. Step-by-step 2D animation tutorial for drawing and animating lightning effects frame-by-frame. Anyone can learn how to animate!
❤️ Patreon: patreon.com/c/MicahBuzan
⚡ Lightning Tutorial Ebook + PNG Sequences: animatedloop.com/products/how-to-draw-animate-lightning-ebook
The "Drawing and Animating Lightning" pdf ebook can be downloaded from my Patreon as well as from my website:
In the pdf I include 9 methods for animating lightning. I hope you find this information useful in improving your lightning fx. You'll learn how lightning forms, the differences between stepped leader and dart leader lightning, how to draw convincing lightning strikes, how to draw appealing forked lightning, and ways to implement lightning effects into your scenes.
Being able to copy someone's work frame-by-frame isn't the goal in this tutorial. I hope this information serves itself as a seed of inspiration for you to invent your own lightning art!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 How to Draw Lightning
2:21 How to Animate Lightning
5:05 Adding Realism to FX
6:13 How Does Lightning Work?
8:23 Types Of Lightning
12:21 Outro
► Animation Course Email List: micahbuzan.com/animation-course-sign-up
How to animate lightning. Step-by-step 2D animation tutorial for drawing and animating lightning effects frame-by-frame. Anyone can learn how to animate!
❤️ Patreon: patreon.com/c/MicahBuzan
⚡ Lightning Tutorial Ebook + PNG Sequences: animatedloop.com/products/how-to-draw-animate-lightning-ebook
The "Drawing and Animating Lightning" pdf ebook can be downloaded from my Patreon as well as from my website:
In the pdf I include 9 methods for animating lightning. I hope you find this information useful in improving your lightning fx. You'll learn how lightning forms, the differences between stepped leader and dart leader lightning, how to draw convincing lightning strikes, how to draw appealing forked lightning, and ways to implement lightning effects into your scenes.
Being able to copy someone's work frame-by-frame isn't the goal in this tutorial. I hope this information serves itself as a seed of inspiration for you to invent your own lightning art!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 How to Draw Lightning
2:21 How to Animate Lightning
5:05 Adding Realism to FX
6:13 How Does Lightning Work?
8:23 Types Of Lightning
12:21 Outro
► Animation Course Email List: micahbuzan.com/animation-course-sign-up
