r/2DAnimation • • Jul 15 '24

Discord Discord Server For Animators!

Thumbnail discord.gg
12 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 4h ago

OC ANIMATION Salted Beef

Thumbnail
youtube.com
3 Upvotes

A animation I have been working on for a while, I hope you enjoy!


r/2DAnimation • • 1h ago

Sharing 🫎 Moose Ghost 🫎 #MonsterComedy #Halloween #relatable

Thumbnail
youtube.com
• Upvotes

Copycat Comics
Moose Ghost - #IndieAnimation #MonsterComedy #Halloween #relatable #animation

Check us out on
youtube: Copycat Comics
youtube.com/@UCAX40s5Uwg5kL8Su5kyypjw
Moose Ghost
https://youtu.be/EXYPaV7GBy8


r/2DAnimation • • 14h ago

Question How are 2D cartoons made? Looking for docs & insights on the global animation industry

6 Upvotes

I want to be a 2D animator, and my plan is to work in Japan, but a few days ago I started thinking about what the industry is like in other countries, like the US, and the only thing I know is that cartoons are also animated in 2D, so I got interested in learning how these are made.

Does anyone happen to know of any documentary that explains how a cartoon is made? Or what the 2D animation industry in the US is like, for example? Or if you know about other things besides cartoons or from other countries that you could tell me about? Just to have a broader knowledge of the field I want to get into, you know.

Thanks in advance!


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Critique "Three Rooms" short-animation (digital + analog)

13 Upvotes

This multidisciplinary project made by Me, Witchgaze and Meljiiit is dedicated to our curiosity about different media approaches. As well as creating a feeling of otherworldly curiosity & childhood nostalgia

we were making clothes out of carton + paper, creating music, constructing rooms, making animations, writing letters, working with aerograph and lots of other materials all together. special thanks to Rayden Vision for the crt

a week in Rīga - collaboration round 2 - 3 čelovečka

I look forward to hearing your comments, thoughts, and questions. I'm here right now to answer them all <3333


r/2DAnimation • • 17h ago

For Hire New Group of Animators

2 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 23h ago

Sharing We Are Box (Original Animation) - YouTube

Thumbnail
youtube.com
4 Upvotes

Cool new animation is out! Feel free to share!


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Frame by Frame Simple spacing practice with this fanart!

91 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 21h ago

Question Need a mentor

1 Upvotes

I have a survival channel on YouTube
but I want to start making 2D animation content and I don’t know where to start


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Sharing We're making a hand-drawn 2D point-and-click adventure game!

2 Upvotes

Our first time making any sort of 2D animation - turned out better than we expected! It's like playing a cartoon or comic book!


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Hiring [HIRING] [PAID] 2D Animator

1 Upvotes

2D Animator – YouTube Shorts

I'm looking for a 2D animator to create horror animations for YouTube Shorts.

Deadline: ASAP
Animation Length: 30–60 seconds
Animation Style: 2D horror
Budget: $100 per animation
Collaboration: Long-term

If you're interested, please DM me


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Traditional Animation Animation process: 3 and a half hours in 3 minutes

40 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Sharing 🫎 Ghost Moose 🫎 #MonsterComedy #Halloween #relatable

Thumbnail
youtube.com
1 Upvotes

Copycat Comics
Ghost Moose - #IndieAnimation #MonsterComedy #Halloween #relatable #animation

Check us out on
youtube: Copycat Comics
youtube.com/@UCAX40s5Uwg5kL8Su5kyypjw
Ghost Moose
https://youtu.be/3Q0HM5AuIcw


r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Sharing Dalla terza alla prima persona, è divertente animare 😸

3 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 1d ago

Collab Who can create 2D tentacles animation for an independent arthouse film?

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I'm a indie director currently in pre-production for a psychological surrealist/body-horror short film called "THIRST" (heavily inspired by David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Pink Floyd – The Wall).

The Task:

We have a climactic sequence where 2D hand-drawn animation bleeds into live-action reality. Specifically: dark, organic, grotesque 2D tentacles/tendrils mutating and reaching out (around 3 to 6 seconds of animation in total).

Visual Reference & Style:

- Gerald Scarfe’s animation in Pink Floyd: The Wall (the visceral, fluid, disturbing morphing lines).

- Heavy brushwork / ink / charcoal aesthetic, traditional 2D feel.

What we offer:

Since this is a self-funded passion project, we can offer:

- Prominent credit in the main titles & IMDb. OR a small payment of a symbolic amount.

- Full permission to use the footage and final composite in your showreel/portfolio.

- A very collaborative, artistic space where you have high creative freedom over the look of the animation.

(If you require a small symbolic fee for your time, let me know your rate per second and we might discuss a small budget).

If you love grotesque, experimental animation and want to have your work featured in a dark festival short, drop a comment or DM me with a link to your portfolio/reel!

Thanks!


r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Hiring [HIRING] [PAID] 2D Animator

7 Upvotes

2D Animator – YouTube Shorts

I'm looking for a 2D animator to create horror animations for YouTube Shorts.

Deadline: ASAP
Animation Length: 30–60 seconds
Animation Style: 2D horror
Budget: $100 per animation
Collaboration: Long-term

If you're interested, please DM me


r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Sharing Backrooms Cartoon [work in progress]

6 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Sharing 4 Animation Hacks to Level Up Your Clip Studio Paint Workflow

Thumbnail
youtube.com
2 Upvotes

Learn four Clip Studio Paint animation hacks to create larger environments for smoother, more dynamic movement in your scenes.

In this tutorial, I show you how to expand the canvas beyond your visible animation area, giving you more room to work with when planning out your shots. We will walk through the process using a spooky graveyard animation featuring a cat and a ghost as our example. This technique is perfect if you are working on digital art projects that require panning or camera movement across a wider space.

#clipstudiopaint #animation #cspanimation #clipstudio #halloween #animationtutorial #animation


r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Traditional Animation New Documentary about Don Bluth coming out soon!

Thumbnail
youtu.be
11 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Sharing I built Rigby2D, a free and open-source alternative to Spine 2D

0 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I'm a technical artist working in the games industry, and I'd like to share a project I've been developing.

Rigby2D is an open-source 2D skeletal animation editor designed as a free alternative to tools like Spine 2D.

The objective was to build a complete animation workflow with its own editor and runtime while maintaining interoperability with existing skeletal animation formats.

Current capabilities

* Skeletal rigging and weighted mesh deformation
* IK, transform, path, physics and slider constraints
* Animation dopesheet and graph editor
* Skins, events, image sequences and mesh deformation keys
* PSD and PNG import
* Skeleton JSON, binary .skel and texture atlas interoperability
* Self-contained .rigby project files
* JavaScript animation runtime and WebGL renderer

The editor is built with Tauri 2 and includes Rigbytron, a rigged and animated mascot used to demonstrate the tool's capabilities.

The source code is dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.

Current status: v0.1.0 - Early Alpha

Repository: https://github.com/jaisurya-dev-art/rigby2d)

Windows download: https://github.com/jaisurya-dev-art/rigby2d/releases/tag/v0.1.0

I'd appreciate technical feedback, particularly on the rigging workflow, animation tooling, file interoperability and potential production use cases.

Contributions are welcome!


r/2DAnimation • • 3d ago

Sharing Hey so I(13) made this lil rough animation for my upcoming animated pilot. My inspiration for this scene was from The One Piece trailer. How is it? I wanted weight and exaggerated perspective in this shot. Did I do it? What can I improve

119 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 2d ago

Traditional Animation Like I said I'm Psychic | Sayaka Danganronpa Animation (OC)

Thumbnail
youtu.be
3 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 3d ago

Sharing NO!! Bad vampire! 🎃

40 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 4d ago

For Hire Hello! I'm Remy, I make short 2D Hand-drawn animations, in addition to character and prop design. Intro-Outro animations, or whatever it fills your needs regarding 2d animation. I'm available for work. Thanks for reading!

167 Upvotes

r/2DAnimation • • 3d ago

Sharing Walk Cycles to the POLLS! Submit your own!

22 Upvotes

Hey animators! Looking how you can help get out the vote this election? Submit an 8 frame walk cycle to show your support! Some of them will end up in a game and/or music video. James Baxter is submitting some too!

https://walkcycletothepolls.com/