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Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
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This is the first thing many people ask me when they start learning animation: What is the best animation software they should use?
But like with many things in life, the answer is: It depends...
The animation software mentioned in the video:
OpentToonz
Krita
Pencil2d
Sign up for class and get the bonus video: animatorisland.com/2d
This is the first thing many people ask me when they start learning animation: What is the best animation software they should use?
But like with many things in life, the answer is: It depends...
The animation software mentioned in the video:
OpentToonz
Krita
Pencil2d
![What animation software should I use? How to animate 2D class [#002]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a5JlNC16P_w/mqdefault.jpg "What animation software should I use? How to animate 2D class [#002]
Sign up for class and get the bonus video: https://animatorisland.com/2d
This is the first thing many people ask me when they start learning animation: What is the best animation software they should use?
But like with many things in life, the answer is: It depends...
The animation software mentioned in the video:
OpentToonz
Krita
Pencil2d")
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Yay! I actually have some live stream dates for you that I really, really plan to stick to. 😊 Lets hang out together, we got some awesome stuff on the agenda while we talk all about art, creativity and animation.
- Animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender
- coding a timing assistant tool that will be released as open-source
- maybe some games to wind down? I got Tiny Glade and really want to play it
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Hope to see you then!
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The Super Mario trailer has so many amazing character animation moments. Lets take a closer look of the wonderful work that the animatiors at Illumination have been doing and learn how we can improve our own animations.
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Working on a fun character animation. With wizard kitty!
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Lets have a look at some character animation submitted to the 11SecondClub of July 2022
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JK is doing some experimenting in Procreate and dishing out tips for art and animation, so come on by! Lots of Q&A in this episode.
Learn OpenToonz with Ferdinand here: https://youtu.be/Cgex6wo9YSc
Learn more about Art Intuition here: https://youtu.be/Ms0h8CiWXwI
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Lets analyse some of the animations entered in the 11 Second Club for August 2022. This is anotehr live stream filled with animation tips and tricks for 2D and 3D animation on how to bring characters to life.
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Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
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Just a quick checking-in to let folks know whats been going on with the Animator Island end of Animator Island TV. :) Update on Ferdinand and JK, plus hopefully a return to regular weekly live streams. Thanks for your patience while weve been away!
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In this live stream, we will do a simple eye blink animation in Clip Studio Paint applying the 12 principles of animation - specifically ease in and ease out. This is one of the 51 animation exercises that we recommend for all beginner animators.
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