AI Animation Just Got Easier with this Simple Trick 2D Animation 101 2026-09-28 | AI Animation Just Got Easier with this Simple Trick
IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE - Draw like a PRO in 10 days 2D Animation 101 2023-04-03 | Get Animation and Drawing Training at: http://www.2danimation101.com/index.html
Speed Rigging Mastery - What will you learn? 2D Animation 101 2023-03-28 | Enroll now: 2danimation101.com/speed-rigging-mastery-in-cartoon-animator-5.html
Speed Rigging in Cartoon Animator 5 - TRAILER 2D Animation 101 2023-03-27 | Enroll now: 2danimation101.com/speed-rigging-mastery-in-cartoon-animator-5.html
FAST Animations without Rigging? ANSWER: Pre-Made Rigs in Cartoon Animator 2D Animation 101 2023-03-13 | Rigging in Cartoon Animator can be a pain, but it doesn't have to be. You can use pre-made rigs and pre-made characters to work faster.Get full training here: 2danimation101.com/speed-rigging-mastery-in-cartoon-animator-5.html0:01 Cool Animations without Rigging?0:31 Is this possible?1:41 "I Never Rig from scratch because I don't know how"2:37 The Rigging Process3:06 Why is it "NECESSARY"?4:36 Why Two Seconds of anime took me 48 hours6:27 Why is it "EVIL"?7:50 GOOD NEWS: Pre-Made Rigs from LuckyPlanet (Student)8:53 Animation by Sophia (Student)9:57 Going PRO with Garry Pye (All in!)11:28 In Conclusion12:20 Coming soonSubscribe here:youtube.com/@2DAnimation101?sub_confirmation=1To get training, visit http://www.2danimation101.comThis Cartoon Animator 5 tutorial shows you how you can create complete 2D Animation scenes even if you are a beginner by using the right animated character creator using Cartoon Animator 4 or Cartoon Animator 5.In these series you will learn how to rig a character in cartoon animator 4 or 5 Fast by using Pre-Made Characters and Pre-Made Rigs you can customize to make them your own.Rigging in Cartoon animator 4 or 5 can be a necessary evil, but it doesn't have to be, it's up to you and this video shows the different paths and complexity you can add to your project.Create your own characters and bring them to live in your 2d cartoons. This video does not cover how to make a cartoon characters, instead I show in a quick animation tutorial how anyone can create animations (and how our students do so) without any drawing skills by using pre-made characters in any version of Cartoon Animator.Links mentioned in the videoThe Secret of the Fig Wasp by Lucky Planet:youtube.com/watch?v=4RwzWYsh_ZIMaking of Lucky Planet:youtube.com/watch?v=UrGlBOxuHWUAre you Accountable Film by Sophia:youtube.com/watch?v=S30qbDznjnESteak Out Animation by Garry Pye:youtube.com/watch?v=u66h-ETg39kGarry Pye Behing the Scenes:youtube.com/watch?v=gCdSQur9eIIGet Pre-Made Rigs by Garry Pye:garrypyecreations.comGet Cartoon Animator here:reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/default.htmlTraining for Cartoon Animator 6-in-1 Bundle:2danimation101.com/create-your-animated-series-fast-with-cartoon-animator-5-full.html#cartoonanimator #cartoonanimator4 #animationtutorial #2danimation #animatedcharacters
How to get the 1,000 USD Animation Scholarship at 2DAnimation101 2D Animation 101 2023-02-27 | NEW STUDENTS: If you would like to apply to this scholarship and help us by entering this 1 year study, please fill this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv853PvlZpm5gcPMWVzpRfRI_bOt5MNuN_TNGAFGgrJ_9wDw/viewform?usp=sf_linkPrevious Videos-----------------------------VIDEO 1: I gave away $14,000 in Scholarships for Drawing/Animation - Now it’s your turn to get some too - youtu.be/cxTmpddTJP0VIDEO 2: I am giving away $1,000,000 USD in Scholarships for Drawing and Animation - youtu.be/YZGjCwiEUqQ----------------------------------------------STUDENTS FROM THE STUDY: If you already spent 1 year with us in the ArtWarz Study, please review the Requirements and Conditions for the Scholarship:courses.2danimation101.com/p/scholarship-conditionsIf you Qualify, please fill this form:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyUOH39j8yBquhvhtdv5dlv5xFPqvEnp5oxxqRpGgwmNTovg/viewform?usp=sf_link
My Animation Process for an Anime Scene 2D Animation 101 2023-02-26 | This is my animation process for an Anime Scene
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Trailer for Digital Painting for Beginners Bootcamp - No skills or Experience Required 2D Animation 101 2023-01-31 | You can join here: 2danimation101.com/bootcamp-precia-digital-painting-beginners-yt2.html--------------------------TRANSCRIPTIf you do animation, you know how important it is to have backgrounds fast. I did this one in only 2 days.Backgrounds you can get from Freepik, Content Store, or even AI.But what if you need to do a slight adjustment to it?• Maybe you have a very specific background in mind• Make Adjustments to a character design• Or just want to explore your creativity.Whatever it is, you will need to know how to adjust art to your liking.How do you know:• Where to start?• Which brushes to use from the many available?• What to use and what settings?You are watching this video because you might have great ideas in your head, but have problem articulating those ideas into a visual medium.Join us in this bootcamp where you will learn techniques and methods to retouch photos, combine AI Art, adjust premade stuff, or even start from scratch - fast.In the end, you will learn how to paint what you see in your head usingPHOTOBASHING - combining photos together to create original paintings. AndSPECIAL BRUSHES - Using them to paint backgrounds fast.Get support and advice directly from industry Expert, Precia-T. A professional character designer, background creator and art director.In the next 2 weeks you will learn:Day 1: how lights and shadows workDay 2: Color and TextureDay 3: Thumbnail BackgroundsDay 4: Grayscale PortraitsDay 5: Portrait painting.And Day 6: Paint retouching. Join us in this Digital Painting for Beginners bootcamp.No skills, talent, or experience required, you just need to be eager to learn, and willing to paint the exercises in this training.See you inside.
Mixing Photos Together with Masking - Digital Painting Tutorial Ep. 2 2D Animation 101 2023-01-24 | Tutorial Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Photobashing: youtu.be/kqPg2k8x2JAEpisode 2 - Mixing Photos Together with Masking: youtu.be/KsOSaIl6ixUEpisode 3 - Making Images Look Like a Paint with Filters: youtu.be/8gkkeN7MoV0Episode 4 - Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting: youtu.be/4IOb0vA3qAsDownload Project Files here:drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vFIfn8ptN6d39Sd9GHb5ec-Io7ekcOPL------------------------------------------Images used in this tutorialPhoto by Pixabay: pexels.com/photo/france-landmark-water-clouds-34223Photo by Felix Mittermeier: pexels.com/photo/aerial-photo-of-castle-beside-forest-2832061Photo by Taryn Elliott: pexels.com/photo/amazing-sunset-over-mountainous-landscape-with-lakes-and-coastline-3889659Castle Referenceartstation.com/artwork/D54820
Making Photos Look Like a Painting using Filters - Digital Painting Tutorial Ep. 3 2D Animation 101 2023-01-24 | Tutorial Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Photobashing: youtu.be/kqPg2k8x2JAEpisode 2 - Mixing Photos Together with Masking: youtu.be/KsOSaIl6ixUEpisode 3 - Making Photos Look Like a Painting using Filters: youtu.be/8gkkeN7MoV0Episode 4 - Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting: youtu.be/4IOb0vA3qAsDownload Project Files here:drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vFIfn8ptN6d39Sd9GHb5ec-Io7ekcOPL------------------------------------------Images used in this tutorialPhoto by Pixabay: pexels.com/photo/france-landmark-water-clouds-34223Photo by Felix Mittermeier: pexels.com/photo/aerial-photo-of-castle-beside-forest-2832061Photo by Taryn Elliott: pexels.com/photo/amazing-sunset-over-mountainous-landscape-with-lakes-and-coastline-3889659Castle Referenceartstation.com/artwork/D54820
Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting - Digital Painting Tutorial Ep. 4 2D Animation 101 2023-01-24 | Tutorial Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Photobashing: youtu.be/kqPg2k8x2JAEpisode 2 - Mixing Photos Together with Masking: youtu.be/KsOSaIl6ixUEpisode 3 - Making Images Look Like a Paint with Filters: youtu.be/8gkkeN7MoV0Episode 4 - Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting: youtu.be/4IOb0vA3qAsDownload Project Files here:drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vFIfn8ptN6d39Sd9GHb5ec-Io7ekcOPL------------------------------------------Images used in this tutorialPhoto by Pixabay: pexels.com/photo/france-landmark-water-clouds-34223Photo by Felix Mittermeier: pexels.com/photo/aerial-photo-of-castle-beside-forest-2832061Photo by Taryn Elliott: pexels.com/photo/amazing-sunset-over-mountainous-landscape-with-lakes-and-coastline-3889659Castle Referenceartstation.com/artwork/D54820
Introduction to Photobashing - Digital Painting Tutorial Ep. 1 2D Animation 101 2023-01-24 | Tutorial Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Photobashing: youtu.be/kqPg2k8x2JAEpisode 2 - Mixing Photos Together with Masking: youtu.be/KsOSaIl6ixUEpisode 3 - Making Images Look Like a Paint with Filters: youtu.be/8gkkeN7MoV0Episode 4 - Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting: youtu.be/4IOb0vA3qAsDownload Project Files here:drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1vFIfn8ptN6d39Sd9GHb5ec-Io7ekcOPL------------------------------------------Images used in this tutorialPhoto by Pixabay: pexels.com/photo/france-landmark-water-clouds-34223Photo by Felix Mittermeier: pexels.com/photo/aerial-photo-of-castle-beside-forest-2832061Photo by Taryn Elliott: pexels.com/photo/amazing-sunset-over-mountainous-landscape-with-lakes-and-coastline-3889659Castle Referenceartstation.com/artwork/D54820
How to Create an Anime Background in 2 days with Quick Digital Painting 2D Animation 101 2023-01-22 | STEP 1:Click Subscribe STEP 2:Click this link to take a 1 min survey about what you would like to learn for Digital Paintinghttps://forms.gle/9jbsURJF4ojNwPXHATutorial Series - Episode 1 - Introduction to Photobashing: youtu.be/kqPg2k8x2JAEpisode 2 - Mixing Photos Together with Masking: youtu.be/KsOSaIl6ixUEpisode 3 - Making Images Look Like a Paint with Filters: youtu.be/8gkkeN7MoV0Episode 4 - Painting Over Photos To Create a Painting: youtu.be/4IOb0vA3qAs
Trailer Create Your Animated Series in Cartoon Animator 5 2D Animation 101 2022-10-27 | You can get this training here:2danimation101.com/create-your-animated-series-fast-with-cartoon-animator-5-full.htmlFind out more about the software here: reallusion.com/cartoon-animator/event/cta5-wip/default.html
Boost the views for your Animations with the Keyword Planner Tool (Part 2) 2D Animation 101 2022-09-13 | This is part 2 of a free tutorial, part of our newest course “Your First 100K YouTube Views for Animators”2danimation101.com/youtube-views-100k.htmlThis 2-part tutorial answers the question:How can you MASSIVELY INCREASE the chances of having your video found by people on YouTube?The answer: By uploading content with TITLES and DESCRIPTIONS that People are ALREADY SEARCHING FOR on YouTube and Google.VIDEOSTutorial Part 1: youtu.be/uXZd6C6xK7ATutorial Part 2: youtu.be/8RRz_m2R09cYou should know…There is a chance that people are already looking for your stuff, they just haven’t found you yet!So how do you know what people are typing on the search bar to find your stories, ideas, or message?For this you can do a technique called Keyword Research.And in this tutorial you will learn how to use the FREE KEYWORD PLANNER from Google.Just follow these 3 steps: 1. Type 1 or 2 keyword phrases that you think people would type into the search bar to look for your video. 2. Get suggestions with actual numbers of what people are looking on the internet. 3. Pick the best keyword phrases and use them to add into: a) The title of your animation b) The description c) The hashtags that you put in the description d) And, if you haven’t recorded yet, mention those keyword phrases in the animation or videoDo that, and the YouTube algorithm will look in those 3 places, if it finds a match, it will start showing your video on search results for people. And if people like it and watch more than 40% of your video, YouTube will show your work on more and more search results and suggested videos.Just remember, the YouTube algorithm takes whatever the user puts in the search bar, and looks for those terms on its library of videos in: - Title - Description - and Content of the video.Content of the video? Yes. Remember that YouTube now has this engine where it can automatically generate close captions to videos so they can also know what the videos are about. This helps to improve the search results to display for each user.Enjoy the video!If you want to learn more, join our course today:2danimation101.com/youtube-views-100k.html
Boost the views for your Animations with the Keyword Planner Tool (Part 1) 2D Animation 101 2022-09-13 | This is a free tutorial, part of our newest course “Your First 100K YouTube Views for Animators”2danimation101.com/youtube-views-100k.htmlThis 2-part tutorial answers the question:How can you MASSIVELY INCREASE the chances of having your video found by people on YouTube?The answer: By uploading content with TITLES and DESCRIPTIONS that People are ALREADY SEARCHING FOR on YouTube and Google.VIDEOSTutorial Part 1: youtu.be/uXZd6C6xK7ATutorial Part 2: youtu.be/8RRz_m2R09cYou should know…There is a chance that people are already looking for your stuff, they just haven’t found you yet!So how do you know what people are typing on the search bar to find your stories, ideas, or message?For this you can do a technique called Keyword Research.And in this tutorial you will learn how to use the FREE KEYWORD PLANNER from Google.Just follow these 3 steps: 1. Type 1 or 2 keyword phrases that you think people would type into the search bar to look for your video. 2. Get suggestions with actual numbers of what people are looking on the internet. 3. Pick the best keyword phrases and use them to add into: a) The title of your animation b) The description c) The hashtags that you put in the description d) And, if you haven’t recorded yet, mention those keyword phrases in the animation or videoDo that, and the YouTube algorithm will look in those 3 places, if it finds a match, it will start showing your video on search results for people. And if people like it and watch more than 40% of your video, YouTube will show your work on more and more search results and suggested videos.Just remember, the YouTube algorithm takes whatever the user puts in the search bar, and looks for those terms on its library of videos in: - Title - Description - and Content of the video.Content of the video? Yes. Remember that YouTube now has this engine where it can automatically generate close captions to videos so they can also know what the videos are about. This helps to improve the search results to display for each user.Enjoy the video!If you want to learn more, join our course today:2danimation101.com/youtube-views-100k.html
Speed up your Animation in iClone 8 - Full Course TRAILER 2D Animation 101 2022-09-01 | Start for FREE HERE:2danimation101.com/iclone-animation-course-free-y.html
ResultStory - Dominik Eder 2D Animation 101 2022-07-20 | Join Simplified Anatomy Bootcamp and learn to draw any character in any pose:2danimation101.com/bootcamp-precia-simplified-anatomy.html?ref=youtubeIn the video you will see:- How he struggle to start developing his skills- How he didn't know where to even start- How belonging to a group in our school he was inspired to keep drawing every day and improving- How he felt safe when delivering his drawings while he was learning- How he got progress and huge improvements in a couple of months- How to draw characters and faces
ResultStory - Knicki Osdessa 2D Animation 101 2022-04-08 | Join Simplified Anatomy Bootcamp and learn to draw any character in any pose:2danimation101.com/bootcamp-precia-simplified-anatomy.html?ref=youtubeIn the video you will see:- How she struggled learning from drawing books- How drawing a single circle a day created a habit- The breakthroughs she has got in drawing- How she was able to draw a Monkey Character Girl she always wanted to draw- How now she is closer and closer to have the drawings come out the way she wants it to- How she improve by comparing herself to her past-self (instead of comparing with others)
Face Drawing Mastery Bootcamp - Trailer 2D Animation 101 2022-03-03 | Lear more about this bootcamp here: 2danimation101.com/bootcamp-precia-face-drawing-mastery.html
Professional Character Design in 5 Steps 2D Animation 101 2021-10-13 | Join the Bootcamp here:2danimation101.com/bootcamp-precia-simplified-anatomy.html#youtube
How to Prepare and Animate Pre-Made Characters (No Drawing Required) 2D Animation 101 2021-09-13 | Enroll to Full Training here:2danimation101.com/bootcamp-rig-2021.htmlFREEPIK IMAGECharacter File Link on Freepik: freepik.com/free-vector/girl-face-construction-avatar-creation-with-different-head-parts-white_12571337.htmVECTOR EDITORS:Illustrator ($20 USD/month): adobe.com/products/illustrator.htmlAffinity Designer ($55 USD): affinity.serif.com/en-us/designerInkscape (Free): inkscape.orgVectr (Free, Online): vectr.comGravid Designer (Online, Freemium and Paid): designer.io/enCorel Draw ($249/year): coreldraw.com/en/product/coreldrawPSD EDITORSPhotoshop ($20 USD/month): adobe.com/products/photoshop/landpa.htmlAffinity Photo ($55 USD): affinity.serif.com/en-us/photoClip Studio Paint ($5 USD/month or $50 USD): clipstudio.net/enPhotopea (Free): photopea.comKrita (Free): krita.org/enGimp (Free): gimp.orgCorel Photopaint ($249 USD/year): coreldraw.com/en/product/coreldrawTO UPGRADE FROM CA4 PRO TO CA4 PIPELINELink to Video: courses.2danimation101.com/courses/1438373/lectures/33399470CHARACTER PSD TEMPLATE FILE FOR TALKING HEADDownload Character PSD Template File: drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Iuyf08LVA9jAvtjY5iK4LPgGikW2oadi
ArtWarz UPDATE 2: How Mini Games Will Accelerate Your Learning 2D Animation 101 2021-07-27 | Drawings provided by Precia. If you want to check out her Patreon to get Cool Anatomy Packs visit: patreon.com/precia
Download this FREE TOOL to upgrade your Drawing Skills with 3D Thinking 2D Animation 101 2021-07-21 | Check out Precia’s Patreon to get Cool Anatomy Packs: patreon.com/preciaAnd to get the FREE TOOL we created as a blender file, use this link: rebrand.ly/7h5v121You can post some of your drawings to get feedback and tips to improve in our discord server here: discord.gg/C2xd7dDn4B----To understand the context of this video, checkout this email I wrote to my students: rebrand.ly/92wkojj
Scott Harris went all in with ArtWarz! Join The Revolution 2D Animation 101 2021-05-05 | Support this project here: kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=a5d7w4ArtWarz is a Gamified Platform (under construction) where your art will have the power to defeat monsters, extinguish the plague and save Art Land.This project will be the result of 3 years of research. It’s goal will be to find the fastest way for beginners to get results as soon as possible.The biggest breakthrough we found was that people who learn faster than anyone else is because they have high Visual Intelligence.So what can people with low visual intelligence do? Well, just like a skinny guy can go to the gym and bulk up, people with low visual skills can go to ArtWarz, exercise their visual intelligence, and then become great artists!Our goal is to help Newbies become Pros with the help of epic masters from the Industry like* Miguel Mendez - Concept artist at Ubisoft.* Dave Greco who worked with Blizzard and Electronic Arts.* Precia T, a character designer who worked on a Manga for Castlevania* Hero and Chris Yen, who worked on anime shows like Naruto, One Punch Man, Sword Art Online and many others.So, pledge this project and help us make ArtWarz come to life.Join this revolution to make your training as fun as playing a game.kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=a5d7w4
ArtWarz Vid 5: Boss Fights and Class Explanation 2D Animation 101 2021-05-03 | Join the ArtWarz here:kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=9k6jq7and help make your learning feel like an epic RPG Game.The Campaign has been successfully funded! So join the revolution before Friday, May 5th, 2021
ArtWarz Vid 4: Design Performance Points vs Labor Points 2D Animation 101 2021-05-03 | Support ArtWarz here:kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=9k6jq7The Campaign has been successfully funded! So join the revolution before Friday, May 5th, 2021
ArtWarz Vid 3: ArtWarz Worlds and In App Purchases in detail 2D Animation 101 2021-05-03 | Join the ArtWarz here:kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=9k6jq7and help make your learning feel like an epic RPG Game.The Campaign has been successfully funded! So join the revolution before Friday, May 5th, 2021
ArtWarz Vid 2: Detailed Player Journey - How it will feel when you play it for the first time 2D Animation 101 2021-05-03 | Join the ArtWarz here:kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=9k6jq7And help make your learning feel like an epic RPG Game.The Campaign has been successfully funded! So join the revolution before Friday, May 5th, 2021
ArtWarz Vid 1: How will ArtWarz work? It’s simpler than you think! 2D Animation 101 2021-05-03 | Join ArtWarz here:kickstarter.com/projects/2danimation101/artwarz?ref=9k6jq7The Campaign has been successfully funded! So join the revolution before Friday, May 5th, 2021
Are you applying what you learn or just collecting information? 2D Animation 101 2021-03-22 | Link to our school:http://www.2danimation101.com/index.htmlLink to Free Class on XP-Pen about the 12 Principles of Animationxp-pen.com/topic/detail/id/233.htmlLink to join our Discord Groupdiscord.gg/DaT6N4FWPRLink to the book Level Up Your Life by Steve Kambaudible.com/pd/Level-Up-Your-Life-Audiobook/B01B8IRDDO
I see other artists, and I get discouraged - response to Karla 2D Animation 101 2021-03-15 | Visit our school here: http://www.2danimation101.com/index.htmlLink to TEDTalk: youtu.be/mQPEZdBTOeE
XP-Pen Contest Ending: Whats next? Continue Your Animation Journey 2D Animation 101 2020-11-19 | Reserve your spot for this FREE ONLINE ANIMATION CLASS: calendly.com/markdiaz/animation-online-classAnd you can join the Discord Group here: discord.gg/BVHNemrrGSAnd you can download discord from here: discord.com
6 Week Animator Incubation with XP-Pen and 2DAnimation101 2D Animation 101 2020-09-22 | Learn the 12 Principles of Animation in this Fun Weekly ContestJoin us here: http://2d101.com/xppenYou’ve been watching anime and cool animations on TV since you were a kid.And now you are wondering, can you be the one who creates them?Here is a question for you.Do you have a dream of starting your own animation, but don’t know how to start?Hey, dreams need action! You’ve been considering it for years now!So, take the initial step today!With all the advancement in technology being so affordable today, now is the perfect time to start learning.Well, great news for you.XP-PEN and 2D animation together bringing out the 6-week animator incubation for you.A program with free tutorials, weekly challenges, and bunch of prizes!In these 6 weeks you will learn the 12 principles of animation.I mean, sure, I bet you have seen videos about the 12 principles of animation, yes, but how the heck do they apply them!Honestly, all the information is out there. You can check them on Wikipedia, or on several books. Or! Lucky you…You can just join us in this 6-week event for free.Whatever you do, make no mistake: These principles are what animators apply to win awards, to get views, to fans and be shared.What will you find in this course? Well, we will go through each principle, showing you visual examples, so you can have a clear understanding of each one.And then we will do an exercise for each of the principles.This way, you will not only understand them, but you will also experience them firsthand.So, if you are new to animation, then what are you waiting for? Join us!Let’s study, practice, and share results together.Join this 6-week animator incubation this September 21st at XP-Pen.com to start your free training. We are looking forward to seeing what you can do once you learn how to animate.Join us here: http://2d101.com/xppen
Make It Easy to Start Your Own Animation 2D Animation 101 2020-08-17 | Make It Easy to Start Your Own Animationhttp://www.2danimation101.com/index.html---So, your are stuck at home. You finished everything there was to watch on Netflix. Finished all your video games.What can you do now? Let me ask you a question.Have you ever imagined a story inside your head and thought: “Hey… This is something new”Maybe you remembered something you saw on TV when you were a kid.You were excited. Now, years later, maybe you decide to take that fire inside you, and turn it into a story.And who knows, maybe it could inspire someone else.What if you could take that idea and give life to it.What if you could create someone who doesn’t exist yet? Someone who breathes, who is alive.A Character. Your character.What if this character lived in a world that nobody knows but you.A place that until now has been a secret. A secret that is coming out for the world to see.Each drawing.Each character.Each background.Each shot.All coming together to create a beautiful story.An animation you are proud of.An animation that can inspire and touch people’s lives.An animation that can make someone laugh. Fall in love. Learn something new. Maybe that animation gets picked up by people, and maybe they share it.These are all good signs that you are doing something good. Something people like.Hey, if you are going to invest hours of hard work doing an animation, why not do something great?Learning animation is a whole journey, let’s walk it together.Welcome to 2DAnimation101, a place where we care. Let’s get you there.Enroll now.http://www.2danimation101.com/index.html
Anime Fight Scene done in Cartoon Animator 4 2D Animation 101 2020-06-21 | Learn to Animate like this at http://www.2danimation101.com
Animatic for Anime Scene - Course Coming Soon 2D Animation 101 2020-06-13 | Animatic for Anime Scene - Course Coming SoonLearn to animate like this at http://www.2danimation101.com
Michael Scutte - Feedback for Giorgio on your Digital Background Painting 2D Animation 101 2020-05-15 | Thanks Giorgio for posting your work and for taking action after taking the course. Here is some feedback from your Instructor.Enroll to the Digital Painting Masters Course here: http://2d101.com/digital-painting
15. Drawing for Fun vs Drawing to Learn 2D Animation 101 2020-02-26 | Start your training here: http://2d101.com/manga
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12. Importance of Consistency in Drawing 2D Animation 101 2020-02-21 | Start your training here: http://2d101.com/mangaHi, Mark Diaz here for 2DAnimation101.com, in this video we're going to talk about the importance of consistency. I'm talking about consistency in two levels. One level, the technical level that everybody can see is that you have to be able to replicate one drawing again and again by memory, and each time you put it by memory, it has to look almost the same. It has to be consistent, so that's one type of consistency. Consistency in your drawings. If I draw, for example, a character in profile view, the side view, then if I draw it again, I have to be able to draw exactly the same as I did by memory. Okay? That's one type of consistency.The other type of consistency I'm talking about, and this is probably the hardest for any beginner, is consistency of habit. That is daily action. A lot of students want to get everything perfect from the get go. Don't do that. Don't be super scared like, "Oh, my drawing is not perfect. My drawing! Agh!" Now, you know you have a framework and you can know that, hey! it's not perfect, but at least I'm tackling, I'm getting 6 of the elements correctly out of the 9, right? Not the 10, the 9. 6 elements I'm getting in okay, so I'm not that bad. All I need to do is focus on those other three elements. Let's say my spacing is wrong, my proportions and my line cleaning, so okay, just work on that little by little, but when I talk about consistency of habit is... Okay, here's the thing. If you're starting from zero and you haven't drawn and this is just a dream. The very first step, the very first thing you need to do is develop a habit of drawing every day. That's it.Now, if you haven't read... There's this beautiful book by James Clear the book is called "Atomic Habits." I highly recommend it. If you follow his teachings, all you would do is just take a piece of paper, take a pencil and draw for five minutes a day. That's it. Just draw for five minutes. It's a challenge we give in an online training. We give an online class and just draw for five minutes every day for 30 days until that becomes a habit. When it becomes a habit, then you can expand it to maybe 15 minutes every day, and then 30 minutes, and then one hour until you're drawing every day for around one hour at least, right? When you are at that level, it doesn't matter if all your drawings are crap, it doesn't matter. Okay? This is important to understand.We're not building the skill. We're building the habit. So when I talk about consistency in drawing, that comes later. The first thing is "consistency of action." Doing it every day. If out of seven days, for example, the week has seven days, if out of seven days you keep drawing and drawing for five days a week, that's also good, right? So the first thing you need to do when you're starting is consistency of action. If you don't have the habit, try drawing every day for five minutes. That's it. Don't worry about the quality of your drawings. That comes later. Once you have the habit now you can start to improve using the 9 element framework to... Like for example, yeah, all your drawings are crap, but at least I'm getting very clean lines.So, what happens if you stick with it, if you have the consistency of action? Okay, this is what happens. Take a look at this drawing. We can see that some things are correct and some things are wrong. For example, the placement is okay, the eyes are where they are supposed to be. The cleaning can be improved a little bit because the tracing is not very good. And also the shading can also improve and a lot of elements. But as you can see also the angles, right? But this is from a student called Basel, and he kept drawing and drawing.This is the power of consistency of action. Look at what happens. Just pay close attention to this because this change didn't happen from one day to another. It took like two months. Okay, so pay attention to this. This is very important. He started like this and then he was not only drawing faces because it can be boring. He would draw faces, and then bodies, and then references, and then the face again. And then bodies, and then clothes, and then hair, and then references, and then the face again. So it took like two months and look at this.He started like this and then he kept drawing and drawing and look. Huge improvement. We're still struggling with the proportions, right? Let's see the proportion of this one, for example, it's a little bit long. This one is a little better, but the angle of this one is not very good and actually for the, this is another example. This should be a little bit steeper and in general all of these phases are improving and the eyes woof! the eyes are probably the biggest improvement.
11. Elements of a Good Drawing - 9 Curves 2D Animation 101 2020-02-19 | Start your training here: http://2d101.com/mangaHi, Mark Diaz for 2DAnimation101.com, in this video, we're going to talk about the last of the elements of a good drawing, which is going to be curves. This is very important to understand because if you're a beginner, you're going to miss out. If you don't know how to calculate or measure how good or bad your curves are. So let's take a simple example.This is from a student called Puchiko. And as you can see, this is supposed to be an oval, right? But the drawing is looking more like a rhombus, right? So the way we need to fix this is by understanding the curves. So in this case, the actual... The actual drawing should be more like this, right? Not like this, but more like this. So how can you measure or calculate and compare? Because also as we saw in the last lesson, we also noticed that the shading is bad because the top part should be darker and the lower part should be lighter. And we can see the same spectrum. But right now let's focus only on the curves. So let's see another example.Now, this is the reference we need, right? As you can see, it's not a rhombus, it's rounded. It should be rounded. And this is done by another student. His nickname is Ryu, and as you can see in here we have, this is the reference, and in here we almost got it right, but this curve is a little bit off, just a little bit off. So how do you calculate it?Okay, here's one way. Let's go back to this example because this is going to be easier to understand it. As you can see, let me go to the reference. In the reference, I see this point right here, right? And what I'm going to do, actually, let me zoom in a little bit. Let me zoom like this. So it's going to be a little bit clearer. Look, what I do is identify the point from which the circle is going to be starting and then identify the second point towards which that curve is going to go, right? And now here's what I do. Something you can do to measure. You put those two lines and then draw a 45 angle line that he's going to cut and then you measure how deep or how soft the curve is by knowing where that line is. So let me maybe in here or something like "what did he just say?".Let's do the example so we can understand it perfectly. So what I do is I just cut in a 45 degree, right? So I keep cutting and I keep cutting. And as you can see right there, right there, I stop. And as you can see, he's only a little corner, right? And that from that corner. Oh, okay. I understand that I just cut the edge. Let me redo this in here. And as you can see, it's only a little part like this. And then the circle starts around from here. And so I know that it should go something like this, right? That's the curvature.Now if we go back to this, let's draw in this vertical line and then the horizontal one. And then from here, remember, it should only be a little area like this. And so the curve should go all the way from there to here. Only living a little space. Can you see? let me know in the comments if this is making sense. And so the, this... The top part, I'm just doing it by intuition. But how did you get this intuition?Again, you get to that intuition when you measure, what I just did, you just measure it again and again and again, and then you start to feel it like, "Hmm, no, the curve, it should go a little bit like this." So all these nine elements, I'm closing this, this series right now in this video, all these nine elements close like this. You remember everything is to help your disobedient hand. And the way you help it is you find the measurements and then you tell your hand: "no, no, no, not that way, this way." And then your hand, you will notice as you start developing your intuition and measuring again and again and again, you will notice that your hand suddenly starts to listen. It goes like: (HAND) "This way?" (YOU) "Yes, that way. You're doing great." And then your hand continues and remember a lot of the time you sometimes can get like maybe the curves in this drawing... What did Pacheco did correctly? Okay, so this is something he did correctly. Can you guess?
10. Elements of a Good Drawing - 8 Shading Tones 2D Animation 101 2020-02-17 | Start your training here: http://2d101.com/mangaHi, Mark Diaz here for 2DAnimation101.com, in this video, we're gonna talk about shading tones. Okay, so this is something that developing the sensibility for it is probably going to be a little bit difficult and it can take some time. But know this, you can develop that sensitivity. How? Well, by practicing and then evaluating and then practicing again, and then going, "Hmm..." Evaluating again, redoing and redoing, and with practice.Remember "first you measure, then you feel it." That's how you build intuition. Okay, so let's talk about the shading. In this case I'm going to share with you one of the exercises. This is the actually the followup sheet of one of the lessons, right? And the shading. If you can look at it. There are a couple of problems with this drawing, but as you can see, one of the things that is correct is the cleaning lines. The lines are clean. Maybe the shape of this circles for the iris is not properly done. And also the thickness is wrong because we need this line to be a little bit thicker, but it's clean. It's... Compared with a sketch, this is actually pretty good. But the problem we are focusing on is the shading, it's just a couple of lines in here that is wrong.The correct way to do these shading is to have, to have the lines. In this case, because the... I cannot do much shading is to have a darker part at the top, right? At the top should be darker, right? And the bottom should be lighter. Okay? So in this case you can see that the tone is basically almost the same and it's actually a little bit darker in this area, so the shading is wrong. Now let's compare this with this other drawing delivered by Novile.As you can see, the exercise tells you that the top part should be a little bit darker and the lower part should be lighter. That was maintained here on the top is darker and the bottom is lighter. That's okay. That's correct. And if you're using not a pencil but a pen, the way you do it is that you just put the lines more closer together. And when you wanted lighter, you just leave more space in between the lines. Right? So this is how you achieve that effect. So that's it for the lesson. Remember, the way you measure the shading is just noticing the part that is darker and the part that is lighter. That's it. Just stop, visualize, reflect, and then say, "Hmm, this part is darker, and in my drawing, I got it wrong. The top part needs to be darker." Okay? And that's it.Now in the next lesson, we're going to talk about curves. This is a complex thing to measure, but it is possible. And I'm going to teach you how, so see you in the next lesson.
9. Elements of a Good Drawing - 7. Line Angles 2D Animation 101 2020-02-14 | Start your training here: http://2d101.com/mangaHi, Mark Diaz here for 2DAnimatoin101.com, in this video we're going to talk about element number seven, which is the line angles. This is very powerful to understand and it's very powerful to develop that sensitivity to the angles you see on the screen. Okay, so this kind of basic, if you are already really good. You can see an angle and then you can just draw a line in that exact angle. But when you're a beginner you don't have that sensitivity but you can develop it. Okay, so in all this training we are demystifying the myth of, "Oh no, I was not born with the talent, so I'm not good at drawing and that's my life." No! you, you can become good at drawing. Okay, you can become really good. So let's talk about, I don't want to get carried away with that, but let's talk about the line angles. In this case, let's focus on the angles for the chin. This is very important because when you make younger characters, the angles are more likely to be almost horizontal. And as they start to be older and older, the angles of the jaw go a little bit steeper like this. Okay. So that's really good to understand. And in this case, let's see this angle.This is what we will consider an angle, right? So the way to visualize any angle is like this. You just draw an horizontal line, preferably with a ruler, and then you kind of see the angle in between those two points. And the best way, something that I also do is draw a vertical line. So in this case, I, this is something I do. I take this like this corner and then divide that in two, and that is a 45 angle degree, right? So because these are 45 I could say this is probably a 30 degree. It's not perfect. But yeah, it's probably a 30 degree angle right? Now. If you notice that, and then we go to this exercise done by one of our students, you can see that this angle compared with this other angle is wrong. Can you... Can you spot the difference? Right there! It's measurable.And remember first you measure, then you feel it. That's how you build intuition. So in drawing, that's how you start to measure. Do measure the angles. Right now, I'm just sketching out. And later, if you have this digitally, you can draw on a piece of paper, then scan it or take a picture, put it in Photoshop. I'm going to teach you how to do it in Photoshop. You can use any other software, but in Photoshop I'm gonna show you how to exactly measure the degree, or on pencil and paper you can just get a 180 degree protractor. Just go to any stationary. But in this case, let's keep it simple and friendly.And so you can see that this, I would say this is a 45 angle and this I would say is a 30 degree angle. So that is why the inclination of the line is wrong. This is the correct one. Now remember, a couple of things are going correctly because right now we're judging the line angles. But what happens, remember a drawing has multiple elements and one of the elements was spacing and placement. And as you can see in these drawing, the eyes are in the proper place. Yes. And also the spacing between those eyes is also correct. So we have a couple of things going on in these drawings that are correct. So what we're giving you is these nine elements, so you can kind of measure, well, not kind of, specifically measure what elements of your drawing are okay and what elements are not okay and can be improved. So right now we should give a high five to Basel, like, "Hey, you've got a couple of things, right, but careful with the line, they line angle, right there.".So, that's it for this lesson. Remember, what you learn in the book, "The Art of Learning", you can read it, but the main lesson I want to give you is "first you measure, then you feel it." I have developed a sensitivity for angles because I have measured a lot, again and again and again. You can do the same. So that's it for this lesson. Now in the next one, we're going to talk about shading tones. See you in the next video.
