Do you have any animation software recommendations? I'm a beginner animator and i want to start learning.

There are a lot of options out there. I chatted with some of the crew to try to narrow down recommendations. There was something of a consensus that Clip Studio Paint is actually quite good as a beginner animation tool. If you work with digital drawing programs, it's overall UX will probably feel pretty familiar from the start. It's not overcomplicated, but it's still sophisticated enough to produce production quality work if you want to push it that far.

You can hone your animation chops in so many different ways, though, from TV Paint to a sticky note flipbook. I'd suggest a little experimenting to find what feels right to you. You can animate in Adobe Photoshop. The tools provided are fairly rudimentary, but there's nothing wrong with starting out plain and simple. You can animate in 2D with Blender's Grease Pencil tool too. And it's free. And maybe you can pick up some 3D skills in the process. If it's within your budget, Toon Boom is a very solid choice. It's what we use for Lackadaisy, and we know many, many other animated productions rely on it too. If you happen to like working with Procreate and you're comfortable with touch screen controls, give the new Procreate Dreams a shot. Prioritize your comfort and enjoyment in selecting a tool first. Once you have developed your drawing skills and understand the principles of animation, you get to take that knowledge with you to any other animation tool you decide to pick up next.

A solution to stiff animation and awkward poses: https://www.animatorguild.com/motion-... We just launched a catalogue of dynamic reference footage for animators. This is a little preview of the HUNDREDS of reference videos we have in the female walks and runs reference pack.

Free Animation Production Tracker Spreadsheet

I have created a spreadsheet in Google Sheets that is designed to help you with some important things in creating an animated cartoon:

Compartmentalize the steps into manageable sections

Help reduce the stress of a more involved project

Organize and track the progress for you and your team

The design was inspired by another animator who posted progress reports to their patrons on Patreon, though I can’t remember their name. I thought it was a really good idea, so I made one of my own. (⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠) If you think there are any improvements that could be made, let me know and I may update it.

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Saw this amazing animation reel by animator Curie Lu and was inspired to do some animation with glowing freckles Danny.

I also made a second version with a special effect on the eyes like in the reference but I'm not sure whether it looks better or worse:

this took ages to finish but here we go :3

hickey's knife super interesting for obvious reasons, but also have you guys ever see some of the other knifes that got fashioned / salvaged from the wrecks.... especially the inuit-made ones....

like these are very beautiful to MEEEEE

my take on rarity! the gems represent bursts of motivation/inspiration :3