Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
I’m scatter-minded by design… I’ll toy with corporate AI when it serves the experiment… but my pulse stays with pure hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation… scratchy line… ink-n-breath… timing and spacing lived in the wrist…
This piece was built in ToonSquid on iPad Pro… drawn by hand… no auto-tween… no diffusion fairy… just keyframes and in-betweens… onion-skinning and pencil-test vibes… arcs, smears, holds, little loops that stutter on twos… the honest 2D animation pipeline… storyboard to rough pass to cleanup to export… Sometimes frame-to-frame work takes longer than a human attention span… I leave short sequences half-asleep on the timeline… return months later… confused but amused… This one synced by accident… the stop-point on a layer locked perfectly to the sound… so it escapes hard-drive oblivion and gets to breathe…
Call it traditional animation… cel-spirit without the acetate… flipbook energy with digital brushes… a sketchbook moving under a light table… rotoscope instincts without the trace… It’s small… imperfect… alive… If you’re searching for hand drawn animation, frame by frame animation, 2D pencil test, ToonSquid workflow, onion skin, keyframe to inbetween, squash and stretch, timing and spacing, exposure sheet logic, rough pass to cleanup, GIF loop, 12fps vs 24fps, and classic line-art motion… you’re in the right alley… Enjoy…
We reject the grip of algorithms, refusing to be defined by sterile metrics and empty validations. Life passes swiftly, but the things we create linger quietly beyond us. We don't aim for fleeting clicks or passing trends, but rather hope to offer something genuine. In our brief moment, we simply choose to craft, to shape, and perhaps gently speak some beauty into the silence. In the end, maybe our voices matter, not because they drown out silence, but because they dared to speak at all.
If comments have been disabled, it's because we've noticed that often those who contribute the least creatively have the loudest opinions, and anonymity can sometimes encourage negativity rather than thoughtful discussion. We genuinely apologize to anyone seeking meaningful exchanges. While turning comments off might affect how widely the video is seen, it's just become necessary for maintaining our own peace of mind...
#iamYork #handdrawn #animation
I’m scatter-minded by design… I’ll toy with corporate AI when it serves the experiment… but my pulse stays with pure hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation… scratchy line… ink-n-breath… timing and spacing lived in the wrist…
This piece was built in ToonSquid on iPad Pro… drawn by hand… no auto-tween… no diffusion fairy… just keyframes and in-betweens… onion-skinning and pencil-test vibes… arcs, smears, holds, little loops that stutter on twos… the honest 2D animation pipeline… storyboard to rough pass to cleanup to export… Sometimes frame-to-frame work takes longer than a human attention span… I leave short sequences half-asleep on the timeline… return months later… confused but amused… This one synced by accident… the stop-point on a layer locked perfectly to the sound… so it escapes hard-drive oblivion and gets to breathe…
Call it traditional animation… cel-spirit without the acetate… flipbook energy with digital brushes… a sketchbook moving under a light table… rotoscope instincts without the trace… It’s small… imperfect… alive… If you’re searching for hand drawn animation, frame by frame animation, 2D pencil test, ToonSquid workflow, onion skin, keyframe to inbetween, squash and stretch, timing and spacing, exposure sheet logic, rough pass to cleanup, GIF loop, 12fps vs 24fps, and classic line-art motion… you’re in the right alley… Enjoy…
We reject the grip of algorithms, refusing to be defined by sterile metrics and empty validations. Life passes swiftly, but the things we create linger quietly beyond us. We don't aim for fleeting clicks or passing trends, but rather hope to offer something genuine. In our brief moment, we simply choose to craft, to shape, and perhaps gently speak some beauty into the silence. In the end, maybe our voices matter, not because they drown out silence, but because they dared to speak at all.
If comments have been disabled, it's because we've noticed that often those who contribute the least creatively have the loudest opinions, and anonymity can sometimes encourage negativity rather than thoughtful discussion. We genuinely apologize to anyone seeking meaningful exchanges. While turning comments off might affect how widely the video is seen, it's just become necessary for maintaining our own peace of mind...
#iamYork #handdrawn #animation
