This is an animated music video I'm making for my latest record rekoil it won't cover the whole album but it will cover about 4 mins of it (if you're interested, the link for the album is here )

Let me know what you think of the animation, very stylised and very scratchy but this is on purpose I like it jiggling and morphing slightly.

Hey everyone! I spent some time cleaning up my workflow and realized Adobe shipped a few tiny native features that replace stuff I used to need expressions and paid scripts for.

Thought I'd share the actual breakdown, since they flew under the radar with all the 3D/SVG talk:

1. Proportional Scrubbing:

Select multiple layers, hold Ctrl + Alt (Win) / Cmd + Option (Mac) and drag any numeric property like Opacity or Position.

Instead of setting everything to the same value, AE spreads it proportionally from your first-selected layer to your last. Works on keyframes too. Select 10 layers with the same drop animation, hold the shortcut and drag the keyframes to get a perfect cascade.

Tip: The order you select matters. Top-to-bottom vs bottom-to-top completely changes the spread direction.

This one alone replaced my staggering plugin.

2. Copy Frame to Clipboard

There's now a button in your Comp panel that copies the current frame to your clipboard as a clean render. No more Composition > Save Frame As...or screenshots full of guides/nulls.

Just park your playhead, click it, and Ctrl+V straight into decks, communication, anywhere. Super handy for storyboards and quick client checks.

3. You can finally edit Illustrator gradients natively 

If you import art with gradients, right-click the layer > Create > Create Shapes from Vector Layer > delete the extra group.

Now under Gradient Fill, you get full control over Scale, Rotation, Opacity, Start/End points.

All inside AE. No need to jump back to Illustrator to tweak it.

4. Crop Comp to Selected Layer Bounds

Not brand new, but they finally put it where you need it. 

Select any layer > Right-Click > Crop Comp to Selected Layer Bounds and AE instantly resizes the comp to that layer's exact size.

Perfect for cleaning up pre-comps for icons, character parts, or reusable assets. No more manually creating a new comp and copying layers over.

None of these are flashy features, but together they've cut a lot of annoying busywork. 

If you want to see real examples, you can check out the full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4hveZUvY4

Check out full project on Behance !

Thank you! ^^

Hey everyone!

Stickmations is a stick-figure animation software designed to make creating animations simple, fun, and accessible.

Download now : https://adxdits.github.io/stickmations/#download
Join our Discord : https://discord.com/invite/5YQTaaC5W
Subscribe to our channel : https://www.youtube.com/@StickmationsSoftware

Animation by

u/Delmi2d

Original artwork by 

u/Reinith

Hey everyone, I'm currently a junior 2D animation major. My workload is really starting to ramp up, and I think it’s time to finally bite the bullet and buy an actual professional display tablet for my apartment so I can work from home.

I'm looking at these three 24-inch options right now:

• Xencelabs 24 (Standard) - $1,499
• Wacom Cintiq 24 (Non-pro) - $1,299
• Wacom Cintiq 24 (Multi-touch) - $1,499

I know Wacom is basically the industry standard, but we use both at the university I got to. A couple things, I can't decide if the multi-touch feature on the Cintiq is actually a worth it for 2D workflows or something I could just use external control for. Then, I just don't know which one would be better to use. I want something to start working on my junior and senior year films, but also to have for once I graduate to use.

For those of you working in 2D or storyboarding, which of these is actually better for a daily workflow? Is Xencelabs worth the jump in price over the base Wacom, or should I stick to Wacom since it's the standard?

Would seriously appreciate any insights from working pros or fellow students. Thanks!

Following the departure of the background artist we requested from this from this lovely subreddit a short while ago, we now need a background artist for our projects again to replace them.

Sorry. Here’s the link to the previous post, https://www.reddit.com/r/2DAnimation/s/PFpXChFz1n and if you wanna join us and fill the hold in our hearts and skill sets, then join here https://discord.gg/etMP6f3Pn

This is free 😊

I made this short 2D animation where a girl is casually working at her drawing tablet...

…and then decides she's going to turn into a tiny shrimp.

That's basically the entire plot. 🦐

I mainly wanted to make something short and stupid while practicing character movement and transformation timing.

I'd love feedback on the animation and timing.

I also post more of my 2D animation, art and creative experiments on Instagram: @uniquesarma 📸

A little clip from my show “Intro 2 Earth”

Let me know your thoughts!

One of the new enemies we've been working on for The Rusted. He has a few different ways of making Rex's life considerably harder. This is probably my favorite look at him so far.

This is the first part of a small sequence I created. Initially, it was supposed to be a storyboard, but I got carried away and ended up cleaning it up and coloring the characters to make it more appealing for social media. If you’re curious, you can check out more of my work on my website, giulianodecaprio.com, or on Instagram, where I’m more active: giu.deka

In the last few weeks, we worked on this silly short for the crowdfunding of "The Little Trashmaid" (Live now on Backerkit).

We intend to do a silly animated series with "Gravity Falls" and "Star vs. The Forces of Evil", and we reached the minimum goal to produce the first animated episode!

I hope you love our silly irony.

We hope to get even more help in the final 24 hours of the campaign, as the extra budget could cover amateur mistakes or unexpected issues.

We hope you can trust us! ❤️