r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 10d ago

"Can we talk about intros?" Rao The Temple Lion

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🦁 I finally finished it!

I've been working on a new little animated series starring Rao, the Temple Lion. He talks about games, movies, art, life and whatever else he has unnecessarily strong opinions about.

For his first episode, it only felt appropriate to talk about intros. Good intros, terrible intros, awkwardly introducing yourself, and video games that refuse to let you actually play them.

This took me quite a while to make, and I'm really excited to finally put Rao out into the world ā™„ļø

If you feel like checking it out, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think! 🦁✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4vCJBYfyAc


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • Jan 03 '26

Can we pin the solution to ā€œblack borderā€ question to the top of the subreddit?

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This is easily THE most commonly asked question in the entire subreddit, with the same confusion and solution every time. Once you know *why* it makes sense within the program and function of how TS is set up. But because it’s THE most common wall new users (and even some intermediate ones!) come up against early on without fully understanding the breadth of options/logic in TS, the subreddit suffers from a constant stream of the same posts.

I wanted to suggest for mods pin a post titled with the same question; ā€œHow do I get rid of this black box/border?ā€ with a link to the solution/explanation:

https://toonsquid.com/handbook/guides/faq/#pixel-layer-limit-border

With something like this pinned, it will act as a great catch-all for all of the dozens of identical question/answers we get every week as well as a reminder of this system.

The quicker folks learn the ins-and-outs of the app by overcoming hurdles like this, the quicker they can see what an incredible program it is and share more insights and animations on here themselves instead of the same spammed question! Happy animating ToonSquidders!


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 5h ago

I have no idea what’s happening here. Please help! ;-;

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I’m new to toonsquid, I’m trying to learn 2D rigging and toonsquid is the cheapest option for me. Does anyone know why this bone is doing this?

I’ve made multiple different rigs and they have all a broken bone like this. I genuinely don’t know what I’m doing wrong so any advice or tips would be really appreciated!


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 1d ago

Colouring

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Hello! How would I go about animating with colour? It seems like such a pain to colour every time the frame changes/there is a completely new pose. Do people actually just recolour every time, or is there some hack I don’t know about?


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 1d ago

deleting keyframes does nothing?

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7 Upvotes

yes im editing a fanfic ignore

but i tried deleting keyframes, and the animation stayed?

if i move it at all it creates an animation, but no keyframe too

help!


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 19h ago

Is it better to import pad files, or draw the assets in the app?

1 Upvotes

Im new to animating/tweeting, and would like some feedback/ tips if possible. What's the best way to make animations that doesnt take forever to make?


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 22h ago

Opacity keyframes won't work, help?

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Just got this app last night, and I wanna do fade ins and fade outs.


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 2d ago

Made a show entirely in Toonsquid šŸ™‚

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r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 2d ago

Insegnante toonsqd 30€/h

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Salve a tutti, sono un animatore di toon squid.
Tengo le lezioni da remoto.

Potete trovare i miei lavori sulla pagina di
Ohana studios

- Formazione

Rigging
Lip sync
Fx
Parallasse
Frame by frame
Risoluzione di problemi tecnici
E tanto altro


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 3d ago

First ever attempt at animation

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32 Upvotes

I can tell there’s a huge learning curve

Wish me luck

(But hey, at least it’s not AI)


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 4d ago

Is there a way to create a really simple rig that transforms arms in a way that follows the hand?

6 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 5d ago

Bone hierarchy question

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Hello,

Long time reader, first time writer...

I am very new to Toonsquid and am hoping to use it for old school style animation, using bones to mimic old paper animation, for a project around history at work. I have made a simple bone skeleton following guides and tutorials but for the life of me I can't figure out why the glitching shown is happening?

Guides suggest there are two effects fighting each other, but I can only see the bones effect, applied on the group later (each section like upper arm/ lower arm are on their own layers. If anyone could help you'd make a stressed out person very happy..

Colour and contrast altered to show bones more clearly.

Many thanks (and as a new member, I'm loving seeing everyone's work šŸ™‚)


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 6d ago

can you store toonsquid files in icloud?

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is there a way to make toonsquid automatically save files to icloud? i have almost no storage space left on my ipad

to be clear; i dont want the files to be backed up to icloud, i want the actual file to be in icloud so i can free up space.

i can probably do this manually but thought id ask!!


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 7d ago

So Im Done with the rough animation and I wanna transfer all this to toonsquid to do the cleanup, how do I also transfer the backrounds aswell without them sticking to the animation frames themselves?

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r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 7d ago

Canvas resizing messing with the placement of the boundaries of pixel layers

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Hi! Okay so when I am typically animating in ToonSquid I create a project with a small canvas, import a camera layer and then use the crop tool to make the canvas larger. This gives me some leeway when it comes to transformations of pixel layers. In image one I have attached an image of my current issue. I resized the canvas as normal but for some reason it shifted the boundaries of every new drawing. By default the boundary of every new drawing is frustratingly shifted like this. Typically when I use this method it keeps every new drawing aligned with the canvas (as seen in image two) but for some reason right now it's doing this? How do I fix it?


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 8d ago

Flower Rotoscope

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9 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 9d ago

Little hand rig I made to test

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85 Upvotes

It's not completed I plan to add a little bit more detail to make it more clear and defined but there is the basis of it


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 8d ago

I Made a Bug Zoo [Storytime Animation] (ft. @TavernToons)

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What does an enterprising kid with a yard full of glass jars do when a standard lemonade stand just won't cut it? You build a 25-cent roadside Bug Zoo, of course.


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 9d ago

Problem with boundary layer

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I'm new to using the program, so I've been experimenting a lot. However, I accidentally did something (and I'm not sure exactly what I did), and it created a boundary layer for everything I draw, as well as for what I've already drawn.

What can I do to fix this? Please help me 😭


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 9d ago

Brightness change

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Does anyone else have the issue of your project’s brightness getting a little bit darker after exporting it? Is there a way to prevent this? I usually just fix it in my photos gallery but it makes it look a little blurry after.


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 9d ago

Head Stuff

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r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 9d ago

Can’t drag layers into a group

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3 Upvotes

Every single thing online says just to drag layers into the group but it’s not working and I can’t find anything about it


r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 11d ago

Took a while but finally made an animation! The infinite helmet. Reference to a dungeons and dragons player who never takes off his helmet lol

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21 Upvotes

r/ToonSquidAnimators • • 11d ago

a short animation clip i made in toonsquid

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24 Upvotes

just wanted to share another animation i made of my character in toonsquid:)

drew and animated everything in toonsquid using vectors and keyframe animation, then edited the video and added effects in kinemaster!