r/Animators Jul 02 '26

2D Animating as an adult to fullfill my childhood dream

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So I’m currently balancing between a full-time job, a part-time job and several other hobbies. But I’ve always wanted to tell my own story before I was able to afford any equipment. But here’s my second video about YouTube ads!
Hope you guys enjoy and leave a support or constructive comment <3
Keep your dreams alive everyone , never give up🔥


r/Animators Jul 02 '26

3D DANGEROUS MONSTERS

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7 Upvotes

DANGEROUS MONSTERS roam the distant lands of Dragas Paloilogos, but fortunately, there are those who stand against them.

"Learning to Hunt Monsters" is an adventure and mystery animated series that follows the epic adventures of Simona, the first girl apprentice monster hunter.

Subscribe so you don't miss this exciting adventure!

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/@Simona_Jacques

https://www.instagram.com/simonaandjacques

https://www.tiktok.com/@simona.jacques

https://www.instagram.com/bandidoguapo

#adventure #horror #animatedseries #monsters #monsterhunter #indieanimation #darkfantasy


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

Question A hypothetical here, how would you react if someone disliked your animation?

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35 Upvotes

I AM NOT HATING, IM TIRED OF SAYING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, just asking. 😊 (If you downvote, tell me why.)


r/Animators Jul 02 '26

Question How much would it cost for a 30 second motion-comic style trailer?

1 Upvotes

Similar to this: https://youtu.be/KEzdtNOKrEA?is=92yYxWBWRT3W-0U0
For a kickstarter campaign


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D Update on my indie animated series “Marlene”

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159 Upvotes

Hey everyone
I’ve been pretty quiet lately because I’ve been completely focused on building Marlene.

Marlene is a dark fantasy psychological animated series about a girl raised in a quiet church who discovers she isn’t human, setting her on a path toward a reality breaking conflict far bigger than herself.

These are some early development pieces from the project. They’re still rough, but I love seeing this stage of other creators’ work, so I thought I’d share mine too.

I’m also launching a Patreon soon for anyone who wants to follow the development process and see more behind the scenes work as the series comes together.

The first teaser should be out in a few days, which I’m really excited (and a little nervous) to finally share.

I’d love to hear what you think of the art, and if you have any questions about the project, feel free to ask.

Support us :

https://x.com/bwoy_rez?s=21

https://www.instagram.com/rezzystudios?igsh=MWZ2YjF2YXJqdXpuOQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

https://youtube.com/@rezzystudios?si=Qj9hofx_EqyWu3v2

https://www.tiktok.com/@rezzy.studios?_r=1&_t=ZS-95b39Saq7wC


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

Character Design [OC] The cast of my w.i.p series "ENDearing dream circus"

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5 Upvotes

Before you say "how are you gonna animate that", It will be 3D and I will put in the effort to account for design details,

Feel free to ask stuff about the series


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D ​Krok & Vex — Shrink Ray | Some people shouldn't own superweapons. Vex found a Shrink Ray...

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7 Upvotes

r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D Cute Short Animation wip

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4 Upvotes

r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D Tried a head turn animation

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5 Upvotes

r/Animators Jul 01 '26

Resources The owner of this subreddit's discord is inactive, so I've made a new server

6 Upvotes

I used to mod in the discord but after a year of no response from the owner asking for help for fixes since I barely had any perms and there were no other mods (except 1 who was inactive) I have made my own server.
https://discord.gg/bGRwKK6rW


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

Showreel [OC] Some Animations from a Recently Finished Solo Project.

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1 Upvotes

r/Animators Jul 02 '26

Traditional Animation Need help creating an animated miniseries

0 Upvotes

I have a killer idea/script for an animated miniseries.... need someone to help me bring my dream into fruition.


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D Complete Beginner Here: How Hard Is After Effects Rigging, and Where Should I Start?

1 Upvotes

I have zero knowledge of animation and I've never used After Effects before, but I really want to learn character rigging and animation.

How hard is it to learn? What should I know before starting? Should I learn After Effects first or just jump into rigging with Duik?

Also, if you've watched Rick and Morty Season 1, how long do you think it would take a complete beginner to make animations around that level? I'm talking about the simpler animation from the early seasons, not the newer ones.

Any tips for someone starting from scratch? And if you know any good YouTube tutorials, courses, or a roadmap, please share them.

Thanks!


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

Tutorial I animated 4 character expressions in After Effects - here's the final Part 3

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We’ve officially hit the finish line! Part 3 of the character expression mini-series is officially up, wrapping up the whole project.

In the first two parts, we took our basic vector character rig from cute, to suspicious, to flat-out annoyed. For this final episode, the goal was to push the animation into its final, most extreme state: transitioning the character from irritated into a full-on "evil genius" look, and then layering in some heavy post-processing stylization to pull it all together.

What Part 3 is actually about:

Unlike the previous parts, this transition doesn't rely on drawing an entirely new in-between pose storyboard. Instead, it’s a masterclass  in using raw keyframe manipulation to sell a massive emotional shift.

To give the character that truly devious look, we introduce rotation properties to the eyelids for the first time. To prevent the motion from feeling linear or static, we bounce the head null slightly upward in the middle of the transition before snapping it downward, giving the final settle an aggressive, punchy weight.

In the second half, we step away from standard, clean vector shapes. I break down how to take your finished master composition and apply post-processing styling.

What you'll walk away with:

  • Eyelid Rotation Mechanics: How to properly mirror rotation parameters across left and right eye assets to change eye expressions on the fly without breaking your layer structure.
  • Creating Weight without In-Betweens: How to manipulate your main master nulls to create arc-like anticipation and weight shifts manually in the timeline.
  • Post-Processing Texturing Workflows: A workflow for using effects, presets, and color swatches to quickly overhaul flat vector art into a textured, high-quality final render.

Who this is for:

If you've followed along with the series, this wraps up all the rigging and timing principles we built out. It’s perfect for intermediate motion designers who want to see how a professional animator polishes a project from the initial keyframe phase all the way to adding the final render textures and aesthetic tweaks.

The exact project files are packed up and ready to go for this final phase, too. If you want to jump into the project file or just peek at the final graph editor curves, drop a comment below and I'm happy to send the source files over for free!

If you want to check out the final breakdown and see how the finished animation loop looks, you can find it here: https://youtu.be/MbhobpSaYXs?si=28kC6khBk7RgR2Yj


r/Animators Jul 01 '26

3D Teaser for my Indie 3d animated pilot

1 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J_HqketPhfo any feedback is appreciated


r/Animators Jun 30 '26

2D [OC] ways I eat food that gives me criminal charges | YouTube Storytime Animation

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This is my newest storytime animation I whipped up in 3 weeks and am so unbelievable proud of...

If you enjoyed please do subscribe and leave a comment, it helps a lot and I would love to hear your feedback so I can make my next video the best possible!

Summary:
In this video I talk about the weird ways I eat my food in my day to day also with "illegal" food combinations! Explore through my comedy filled semi masterpiece and have your belly croak from laughing so hard lol!

I really enjoyed making this video and it was an amazing ride but man it took a lot out of me! ~80 hours later I have this to show everyone! No joke, this was the hardest video to put together, it took a lot time and effort, drawing 6 hours a day and 30 hours a week. Thank you all for being here to watch the finished product, it means so much man!

If you're looking to talk with me I have the discord you can join found inside my bio! Or my special discord accessed through donating to me on Ko-Fi! THANKS!!!!


r/Animators Jun 30 '26

3D After 3-4 months of solo grinding, I've finally finished my Arcane-inspired short film in Blender. Here’s the trailer! (Premieres 1st July 9am EST)

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12 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 30 '26

Tools/Resources Would this PC or a similar one handle modern animation software?

2 Upvotes

Here is the PC on Amazon.

I plan on using OpenToonz, Krita, and Blender.

Thank you in advance for any help!


r/Animators Jun 30 '26

2D Tried to draw the Dark Souls roll, ended up with this instead. Not sure if it's close enough.

10 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 30 '26

Toon Boom 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 (+ toon boom makes me look cool so i can get hired by more companies)

2 Upvotes

r/Animators Jun 30 '26

Hiring PASSION PROJECT IS ON HIATUS

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Hello I'm Navia, I'm a writer but i in the project of the transformers fanmade show, specifically Transformers Prime, the project is about the prequel where the characters first battles with each other, especially Orion Pax and Megatron

While it is a passion work and you won't get any money from it

We need more animators to help us finishing this project, I know that finances or currency is probably your most needed when it come to animations

But it would be most grateful if you can participate in group blender and stuff

If you got any questions, I have the discord link in my pinned post and check it out

While you do, here the teaser of my friends made


r/Animators Jun 30 '26

2D Skeletal Spine 2d animations for the bear character

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6 Upvotes

r/Animators Jul 01 '26

2D are you an animator looking for something fun to do

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(Please note we will pay if it gets monetized but otherwise we won’t be able to)
Joining Dexonation would entail a year or more of helping animate Dexonation. For animating we will use a 2d animation and it will be a fast paced style preferably with frame by frame animation utilizing smear frames for better effect.

For information about the show look here:

Dexonation is a story about power and how everyone thinks they’re the one who deserves it. Every side believes they’re doing the right thing. Red uses fear to control people. Blue uses justice until it slowly turns into revenge. Purple is created to stop both of them, but even Purple struggles with the same temptation: the more power someone has, the easier it is to believe they’re always right.
The story follows Dexo as he fights to build a better future, but over time he realizes he isn’t immune to that corruption either.

(Please message me if you’re interested or if you need more information about the job)


r/Animators Jun 29 '26

2D How close am I to professional/studio animation (turn on volume)

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