Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video shows how you can create a "wiggle" animation. Or to show boiling as it's sometimes called; to give life to still drawings or to add a style choice to your hand drawn animations.
I try to speed through my explanations as quickly as I can, speeding up the drawing where necessary, so you're not just watching me draw, but there's a lot to get through and I try to give out as many tips as possible along the way, but if you want to skip through the video, here's the list of topics I cover.
Contents:
00:42 Introduction
02:01 Technique 1: Hand drawing alternate frames
02:37 Using the onion skin
04:00 Putting the drawings on 2s
05:57 Technique 2: Duplicating the vector drawings and using a different brush.
07:52 Showing different drawings by using an expression in the function editor
Here are the expressions I use in the function editor
Shows on frame 1, 4, 7, etc: -((frame+2)%3)
Shows on frame 2, 5, 8, etc: -((frame+1)%3)
Shows on frame 3, 6, 9, etc: -(frame%3)
Subscribe for new videos every Friday: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims?sub_confirmation=1
Follow me on Twitter for previews of upcoming tutorials, animations and behind the scenes:
twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
My full list of tutorials, including a beginners guide to getting started with OpenToonz:
youtube.com/watch?v=saDNGVj46Xc&list=PL-kyUCiIIVS7LQ5U1dUIJDrYRLiQzXTP_
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Subscribe for new videos every Friday: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims?sub_confirmation=1
Follow me on Twitter for previews of upcoming tutorials, animations and behind the scenes:
twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
Catch me on my occasional animation streams on Twitch:
twitch.tv/DarrenTAnims
My full list of tutorials, including a beginners guide to getting started with OpenToonz:
youtube.com/watch?v=saDNGVj46Xc&list=PL-kyUCiIIVS7LQ5U1dUIJDrYRLiQzXTP_
Chat with OpenToonz animators & developers in an OpenToonz-specific discord:
discord.gg/t8dZ5Ft
intro/outro audio courtesy of Voltaire: youtube.com/user/VoltaireMusicPage
This video shows how you can create a "wiggle" animation. Or to show boiling as it's sometimes called; to give life to still drawings or to add a style choice to your hand drawn animations.
I try to speed through my explanations as quickly as I can, speeding up the drawing where necessary, so you're not just watching me draw, but there's a lot to get through and I try to give out as many tips as possible along the way, but if you want to skip through the video, here's the list of topics I cover.
Contents:
00:42 Introduction
02:01 Technique 1: Hand drawing alternate frames
02:37 Using the onion skin
04:00 Putting the drawings on 2s
05:57 Technique 2: Duplicating the vector drawings and using a different brush.
07:52 Showing different drawings by using an expression in the function editor
Here are the expressions I use in the function editor
Shows on frame 1, 4, 7, etc: -((frame+2)%3)
Shows on frame 2, 5, 8, etc: -((frame+1)%3)
Shows on frame 3, 6, 9, etc: -(frame%3)
Subscribe for new videos every Friday: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims?sub_confirmation=1
Follow me on Twitter for previews of upcoming tutorials, animations and behind the scenes:
twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
My full list of tutorials, including a beginners guide to getting started with OpenToonz:
youtube.com/watch?v=saDNGVj46Xc&list=PL-kyUCiIIVS7LQ5U1dUIJDrYRLiQzXTP_
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Subscribe for new videos every Friday: youtube.com/c/DarrenTAnims?sub_confirmation=1
Follow me on Twitter for previews of upcoming tutorials, animations and behind the scenes:
twitter.com/DarrenTAnims
Catch me on my occasional animation streams on Twitch:
twitch.tv/DarrenTAnims
My full list of tutorials, including a beginners guide to getting started with OpenToonz:
youtube.com/watch?v=saDNGVj46Xc&list=PL-kyUCiIIVS7LQ5U1dUIJDrYRLiQzXTP_
Chat with OpenToonz animators & developers in an OpenToonz-specific discord:
discord.gg/t8dZ5Ft
intro/outro audio courtesy of Voltaire: youtube.com/user/VoltaireMusicPage
