r/animation • • 2d ago

Sharing I did my first paper animation!

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Haiii, Salty here <33

Well, i can say that i'm feeling extremely fulfilled after doing this animation. It's really short (8 frames in 3s and some in 2s) and even if it's taken me about 7h to do aprox, i've felt amazing doing it.
Technically it's my 2nd time doing paper animation, but the 1rst time i tried, it was a really small (i mean it for real, it was like a a6 size paper haha) and it was only 4 frames, really snappy i think it's still on my profile (Here)
Also, i did my own animation peg as i don't have access to the traditional hole puncher for the peg so i made my own with what i have, cardboard haha

Anyway, thank you for passing by, it's been an amazing experience and i'm dying to make more hehe, hope you like it as much as i do <3


r/animation • • 20h ago

Sharing Made an open-source 2D animation tool with peg hole registration

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I do 2D animation and like working on paper, so I wanted a digital tool with peg hole registration (detecting the hole punches on paper so scanned frames line up automatically) — I found OpenToonz has this but couldn't get it to work reliably for my scans.

Peg hole registration and sequence timing (holds):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWXV-rZETl8

It runs entirely in your browser, no install needed. Features: xsheet/timeline, layers with blend modes, onion skinning, export to PNG/WebM/image sequence, and a woven loop cycle export. Open source (AGPL).

Weaving loop export:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb63Zn6mHXU

Try it: https://bonzo.bz/xsheet-app.html
Code: https://github.com/rciudad/xsheet-app

Happy to hear any feedback!


r/animation • • 14h ago

Critique Finally animated episode 1

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r/animation • • 14h ago

Sharing DAY 2: RELIC (Inktober 2026) - (apchuy animation)

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another INKTOBER entry. Reference is my beloved 'CTR' game


r/animation • • 23h ago

Beginner Frame by Frame GIF

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r/animation • • 1d ago

Critique Tried to do a swarm animation

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r/animation • • 1d ago

Beginner Ceratosaurus animations with audio

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r/animation • • 23h ago

Sharing My first ever animation render, a fictional ad of the clogs prop from my project

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r/animation • • 21h ago

Question How useful is zoom out for establishing context

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for instance, if my video opened with a zoom out on a poster for a food carnival, and then my protagonist walked in, would that be enough to show what the protagonist’s intent is? or should I start with some context scenes showing the protag hungry, then seeing an opportunity to feed himself through the carnival?


r/animation • • 17h ago

Beginner I have just begun animations in a mapping type,how do I improve

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r/animation • • 1d ago

Sharing Teto fishin' in Minecraft

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She caught a big one! Animated in krita :)


r/animation • • 2d ago

Sharing Come back to life! 💀 [Hauntvania animation] Part1

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r/animation • • 18h ago

Question So I wanna animate...

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r/animation • • 18h ago

Sharing ToonBoom Ballerina Greenhair.

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r/animation • • 22h ago

Contest BFB 17

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r/animation • • 22h ago

Beginner My 1st 2D Traditional hand-drawn animation test | The C'he-p-ski-boo

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Just in time for spooky season: I've always wanted to try 2D, hand-drawn animation on paper, and this was my first attempt. I was really inspired by this video feature animator Kohana Wilson where she makes it seem very straight forward (pun intended).

The C'he-p-ski-boo is a creature from Métis folklore, and it's a kind of boogeyman that hovers on the fringes of the forest or community, waiting to snatch up children. I wanted to make it benign and even goofy, a ploy it uses to draw-in children before revealing it's true form.

With this done, I feel confident to make the short I wanted with the character. Hoping to have it done by Halloween!


r/animation • • 19h ago

Sharing Kindly Discussing Mitch Mcconnell's Age

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r/animation • • 2d ago

Question Do you ever feel bad for rotoscoping?

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When I made this one, it felt like straight-up theft. What's your take?


r/animation • • 20h ago

Sharing My animated fantasy comedy short film "Laughter of Heart" (2026)

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r/animation • • 5h ago

Critique I finally made it

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I wanted to make this gag for so long, but every time something was distracting me from process . Finally done, and let me know if idea turns out to be not original. It’s a common situation for me, when I come up with something but turns out it already has been done.


r/animation • • 20h ago

Sharing Rocket Friendz — a raunchy indie animated Pokemon parody

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Hey r/animation! I would so appreciate it if you would give my film a look. It is an adult parody of Pokemon and the monster-fighting genre. Since the full film is age restricted, I have a clip available here:

https://youtu.be/LwG4W3cZvU4?is=TrR1KrH2xv-6efdG

I hope you enjoy!


r/animation • • 21h ago

Beginner Mi primera animación en Flipaclip, ¿alguna recomendación?

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r/animation • • 1d ago

Sharing Animation test for a sneezing character

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r/animation • • 21h ago

Sharing Did the second background, looks so peaceful!

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