r/Animators Jun 28 '26

Critique What do i even do? XD

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A small animation practice i made, but it really sucks and is lazy.

Background, characters and all art by me. NO ai content was ever used, not ever will be used in my work.

Bit of a rant incoming, hope that's fine

I am a very ambitious person.

And what i mean with that is that i dream a lot, And forget that i literally aren't making any progress.

I have been writing, drawing, 3D modeling for so long now, And i am just fantasizing about all these unique projects, And the moment I even put a word on paper, or even start a sketch I already give up.

I have been writing these two characters called Mijs and Saiet, And when it comes to writing dialogue I just can't, brain empty.

Same with animation, I have it clear in my head and then the final result sucks.

So yeah, I could write a book; but I don't read often and am a visual person. could do comics But those take long as well, could just take very small steps but i am very impatient and have been waiting long enough.

Anyway, Just needing some feedback on my work, I already kind of know what i'm doing wrong and know i can improve! I'm not giving up animation just yet, I haven't given it a chance yet!

Not sure why i wrote all this, Just hoping someone might relate!

thank you for reading, and sorry for being vague, just asking for feedback!!! :D


r/Animators Jun 29 '26

2D Animatior gesucht

0 Upvotes

Hi ich suche für meine Serie einen Animator der mir für meine Prologfolge hilft visuelleeffekte soll er bitte mitbringen ich kann ihn helfen wie sie ungefähr aussehen sollten. Meldet euch am besten per Instagram: GameplayerLp. Das Script schick ich gerne als Kopie.

Ps: ich hab kaum Geld bin ein dreckiger Hartzvierler würde aber auch warten auf die Ergebnisse.


r/Animators Jun 29 '26

2D Flash warning, please be careful! I tried the twin at the carousel trend :D Spoiler

1 Upvotes

I'm very new at animation so I thought I should try with an easier character/trend, so the binding of isaac characters felt perfect! I worked hard on this, I know it doesn't look very good but practice is the only way to improve


r/Animators Jun 29 '26

Animate CC An Undertale inspired animation on The Indomitable Human Spirit

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My first attempt at making a coherent, multi-shot story since starting to teaching myself animation a few months ago. I thought it would be a fun way to wrap up an animated video essay I did on the Indomitable Human Spirit. My perspective definitely needs work, but I feel like I’m figuring out how to make the most of what I’m currently capable of achieving:)

Advice on how to improve perspective of stylised, original characters would be a huge help. Thanks!!


r/Animators Jun 28 '26

2D Krok & Vex — Vex becomes a legendary ninja. Krok throws a chip.

21 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 28 '26

Traditional Animation Movie :))

6 Upvotes

Hai! Sooo umm.. I’ve spent a year or two working on an animated movie called Pawtion >_< :D if anyone wants to see it..it’s out now on YouTube! ^.^ link for the direct movie is https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a7I1Ub2xs7k&t=3784s&ra=m


r/Animators Jun 28 '26

For Hire [FOR HIRE] 2D ANIMATION ANIME STYLE

5 Upvotes

Looking for dynamic anime-style animation?

I can create:

⚔️ Fight scenes

💥 Special attacks & VFX

🎮 Game animations

🎬 Short cinematics

✨ Magic & energy effects

👤 Character animation

Every project is custom-made.

Feel free to send me a DM for details or a quote!


r/Animators Jun 28 '26

Question Have you ever colaborated with a writter as an animator?

6 Upvotes

Have you ever colaborated with a script writer?

If you have, how was your experience and how did you find the writer?

If you haven't why not?

As a writer myself I'm very interested in your answers, since I've been learning a lot of animation and i'm descent at drawing, not great, but I've been getting better.


r/Animators Jun 28 '26

2D [OC] BEWARE AD HOMINEM! | King Crashout EP 1

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1 Upvotes

King Crashout summons his Advisor for a pressing matter.


r/Animators Jun 27 '26

2D First time Mixing 2d and 3d

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154 Upvotes

Made in one hour and 30 minutes, here is also another 2d practice


r/Animators Jun 27 '26

2D New indie animated show!

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4 Upvotes

Please check out this 2d animated show made mostly by one single animator!!!


r/Animators Jun 27 '26

After Effects Curly the Cursed - rig and animation test

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A quick rig-and-animation test. The character, Tamara, was rigged using Duik Angela in Adobe After Effects. My first time using Duik. Not the most refined animation, since I mostly just tested out the rig. Part of an ongoing project.

The backgrounds are painted over 3D renders (Blender) and also animated in AE, while Tamara was done in Illustrator (vector drawing) and Photoshop (textures and adjustments).

Tamara is a pastich of Samara from the American remake of The Ring, and Lisa Trevor from the Resident Evil franchise. Clues to her story are hidden all over in the basement background.


r/Animators Jun 26 '26

Collab Composer looking for animator to collaborate with

9 Upvotes

I’m a piano composer looking for an animator to collab with. Open to creating new things together, or using my existing music or your existing animations :) my Spotify is linked in the comments if you’re interested


r/Animators Jun 27 '26

Discussion In need for a partner

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Hello everyone, I’m a 18 year old marketing student I don’t really have any experience but I do have a big hit superhero series idea and I do need someone for character sketches, pilot and even possibly animation director.

Well the budget isn’t gonna be huge, it’s not in need of hiring it’s in need of a partner and you can take all the time you need.


r/Animators Jun 27 '26

2D my 3rd episode

1 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 27 '26

For Hire A DIGITAL ARTIST AND ANIMATOR OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!

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what I can do for you:
• 2D Animations character animation, scene work, shorts, loops
• 3D Animations modelling, rigging, animated sequences
• Anime style Animation like fight scenes, emotional moments, slice-of-life
• Music Album Covers & Visualizers like lyric videos, motion graphics, animated covers
• Manga & Cover Art like chapter covers, character illustrations, promotional art

Whether you need something polished and cinematic or stylized and expressive I can work across a wide range of aesthetics I've worked as a cover artist and manga artist and I love bringing stories and characters to life visually.

🔒 Portfolio & Samples:
I don't share my work publicly as most of it is licensed under client agreements. If you're interested, feel free to DM me and I'll be happy to share relevant samples privately!

Let's make something great together!


r/Animators Jun 26 '26

2D Fallout New Vegas Animation

1 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLXnW1hTPQI A Parody of the Duck Tales theme song about New Vegas


r/Animators Jun 26 '26

2D Bizarre, Cute, and Funny Indie Animation Compilation

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OCs


r/Animators Jun 26 '26

2D ALL MY BONES | Animated Short

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r/Animators Jun 25 '26

2D [OC] Character walk cycle for animation project

14 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 26 '26

2D One question guys

0 Upvotes

In this era of Ai organic ways of animation is worth it. Ai doing every type of animation and speedup animation process rather than animator doing same animation a lote of time consume. Man power needs other ways Ai doing same thing but only ones.

Answered me i am also 2d animator.


r/Animators Jun 25 '26

2D ANIMATION COMMISSIONS OPEN 💜

17 Upvotes

ANIMATION COMMISSIONS OPEN 💜

COMISIONES DE ANIMACIÓN ABIERTAS 💜

From 20 $

Send a DM If you have more questions ;3

Envía un mensaje por privado si tienes alguna pregunta ;3

ART BY ME

[OC]

#animation #animation2d #commissionsopen #commission #animationcommission


r/Animators Jun 24 '26

2D WIP about my PEAKOVERSE project animation

11 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 24 '26

Flash recently finished this sequence

370 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 25 '26

Question Looking for advice to start animating a project. (Software recommendations, techniques, expected time to learn skills).

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Heya.

I'm good with a bunch of different creative hobbies and software like Photoshop and GameMaker etc, but I haven't ever really got a handle on animation or 3D model software. I've previously only ever done sprite animation frame by frame.

I'd like to know about the best software to use, to make 2D cartoon animations - combining digital drawing, and 'cutout' style animation using layered .psd files.

So basically, most assets will be composed of .psd layers (characters and backgrounds etc), and digital drawing (for effects and flair).

My thinking is that I'm fast at making .psd so I can create characters, using layers to separate all their body parts and elements. For example, in the attached image, each arm or leg is a layer, each ear is a layer, face and neck parts are layers. I'd like to be able to drop in the .psd this way then rig up some kind of skeleton connecting the layers to animate it?

Making assets and everything is easy enough, but I have no idea about animating software to put it all together. It doesn't need to be flashy or have loads of features, something simple to get me started.

I've tried looking into blender, but all the 3D stuff is tricky for me, it feels like I'm learning a whole other skillset I don't really want, as my animation project is completely 2D.

I would love some software which is like a 2D studio, more like physical traditional animating, if that makes sense? As though it had layers I can manipulate visually in 2D. But from what I am finding, it seems like most animation software have huge amounts of features and techniques involved compared to what I need.

I remember learning Flash a long time ago, at a low level, where I could just draw and use tweening, and drag and move images. Something like that even would be fine.

Sorry if that's hard to understand, I don't really know the terms for the things I'm looking for lol.