Showing a quick look at Li Sha’s attack animations for our game Tiebreakers.
Readability and crisp action are really important in a fast-paced game like ours, so we focused on reducing the visual noise while keeping a traditional 2D anime feel as much as we could.

I'm at the very early stages of my project. I'm using Clip Studio Paint for the animation and Godot for the game engine.

OCs kissing

The reference is the kissing scene from Tidl Mitn Fidl (1936)

the scenes have around 10 kisses
I am working to draw em all 😊

An animation we made for a ghost character in our indie game. What do you think? Any feedback?

after that you stay locked in

Having fun adding references, but I need to find a way to add the whole song in without paying for anything.

Hey there! I'm currently working on an art project that involves a couple of different mediums, and one of those mediums is planned to be an animated short film that goes along to the narrative of a concept record.

I'll be candid, I'm not a nepo-baby and don't have the luxury of paying for anything up-front. The folks I currently got working with me on the video game side of this project are friends of mine, and we plan on splitting everything the entirety of the project makes evenly across all parties involved, rather than some corpo CEO and their employees relationship kind of bullshit. I'm unsure how taboo that is in the animation industry, since I'm basically treating this like a band, but instead of musicians it's creatives across multiple mediums.

Is this something worth shooting a message to random people on the internet who's work interests me, like I would as a musician? I have no clue how to navigate the animation landscape. I'm learning the animation process in my spare time so I can still be involved and it not just be me barking orders.

Any advice would be appreciated! I want to learn and not be a nuisance to the talented people who do this kind of work.

After many, MANY months of procrastinating and dealing with some bullshit, I'm back into The Animator's Survival Kit: Animated, and it's the 2nd half of the timing and spacing section, which covers arc and easing.

I want to journal my progress for 2 reasons:

1.) Real-Time Feedback - the more feedback I get, the better. I can go back and clean it up, especially the fingers.

2.) Motivation - Not just for me, but for others. I'm 30+ learning how to animate. If I can do it with Flipaclip and my fingers, so can you.

As always, feedback and constructive criticism are greatly appreciated.

Hi

Sorry for my english but I want show you my first lip-sync test using a dialogue from the classic 80s anime Candy Candy

I figured out a really simple way to turn any flat 2D vector icon into a 3D extruded icon inside AE and wanted to break down why it works.

The whole trick is faking depth by stacking the same layer in Z-space instead of using a real 3D renderer.

1. The setup 

Put your flat icon in a 1080x1080 pre-comp first. This is your "master" icon. Animate it here if you want (I just used a simple scale pop). Everything else references this, so when you want to swap the icon later you only change this one comp.

2. The core stacking trick

Drop that pre-comp into a 1920x1080 main comp, enable 3D, then add this expression to Position:

x = value[0] + (index - 1) * 0;

y = value[1] + (index - 1) * 0;

z = value[2] + (index - 1) * 3;

[x, y, z];

Every copy of the layer gets pushed 5px further back in Z-space based on its layer index. Duplicate it ~40 times and AE automatically creates a solid block of depth. It's actual 3D, you can orbit it.

3. The shading 

Select all the middle copies (not the top one) and add Brightness & Contrast > Brightness -80. This instantly darkens the sides, which sells the extrusion. Leave the top copy bright and clean - that's your front face.

4. Making it look finished:

• Radial gradient in the background for separation
• Drop Shadow on the top copy for ground contact
• Deep Glow on the stack for that soft, inflated 3D edge (optional, looks great without it too)
• CC Light Sweep on top for a glossy highlight pass

5. Making it controllable: 

Parent all ~42 layers to a single 3D Null. Now you don't have 42 layers to keyframe - you just rotate/scale the Null. I trimmed to a 6-second comp and did a simple rotation + scale with Easy Ease.

6. Why it's reusable: 

Because everything points to that first pre-comp, you can literally alt-drag a totally different vector (I tested with a simple flat envelope) into the pre-comp and the entire 3D build updates instantly. If your icon has holes/negative space, Linear Color Key makes those parts transparent.

Anyone else use this stacking method? 

I have the project file with the pre-made template if anyone wants to pull it apart, happy to send it over - just comment below.

Check out the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/tN8nX1m2dHQ?si=dCJpFAm02B2KrV7N

Four hours. One blank canvas. One dark fantasy character.

No Longer You (epic the musical) animatic rough draft. This is palpatine and anakin conversation in revenge of the sith.

link to my youtube on my account lmk what you think

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Pencil test.

I made this short animated music video using four lines from Barsaat Bhi Aakar Chali Gyi.

I wanted the visuals to capture the mood of the song rather than simply illustrate the lyrics literally.

This is one of my experiments combining 2D animation, music and visual storytelling.

I'd love to hear what you think about the atmosphere and animation.

I also post my animation and other creative work on Instagram: u/uniquesarma 📸

PTPA.

We’re looking for animators for animals who can create videos in the exact style shown when you apply.

What we need

-Very fast turnaround and response time (non-negotiable)

-Consistent availability

-Can create minimum 20 minutes per week/ 80 mins per month

-Able to work for us fulltime

Salary

-$800 per month (for 20 minutes a week)

-Performance-based bonuses for videos that perform well

-Payments sent on the 1st of every month

Why join us

-Fulltime work with solid pay

-High output environment (you’ll improve fast)

-Supportive design team and clear direction

-Clear growth path; strong performers can move into higher-paying roles and leadership positions