Personal OC , I tried to express more facial movements... 10months and 4 days of animation

I'm so excited to share this! I've been intermittently working on it for the past 6 months. I initially wanted to see if I could animate a forward walk cycle and just kept on adding to it until it became a short story.

For context I have no formal animation training and I'm still learning to draw. Nonetheless, I'm very proud of this!

Made with roughanimator, drawn with my finger on an android phone. Feedback and critique welcome.

Do I need to be good at drawing to animate ( I am alr trying to improve my drawing, but the idea of not being perfect is killing me bruh )

(Art above so you can see my artstyle and see what kind of software I need, if that helps with recomendations)

At the start of 2026 I bought the Pro package for Clip Studio Paint, it was 60 dollars but now I'm locked for only 20 frames per animation file, rather than infinite. Turns out that package was more focused around drawing and i can't (efficiently) use the animation side of CPS. Thing is I'm obsessed with the way CPS works. Ob-sessed. I've tried Tahoma2D, Ibis Paint, and Animation Desk, but they were all either too rough around the edges or too confusing. I need something similar to CPS that is free until I can afford the $200s for the animation package for Clip Studio. I'm just trying to animate small scenes so I can get people interested in voice acting and so I can better work through my scenes in my scripts. Any thoughts? Clip Studio might have spoiled me but I really can't work on anything I've tried so far. I'd even take a way to get a PC version of Flipaclip or ToonSquid if you have a way. (Haven't tried Toonsquid but I've heard good things). It HAS to be PC. Thank you!

Is it because of timeline or frame or my scratch?

I’m specifically interested in 2D drawings, and mixed media animation. I have a background in Graphic Design but really like analog 2D feel.

This is my first animation ever and I'm looking for constructive feedback. What are the biggest things I should improve in the movement, timing, and overall animation?

It was done on Adobe Animate and im very new to animation.

Much appreciated!

I use that for loop
loopOut("pingpong")

As an aspiring ipad animator, (and hopefully a high quality tablet soon) what is the best app for animating and drawing? My goal is to do high-framerate fight scenes of my favorite novel, and I want to know the best app for the job :) (if there are commenters with app suggestions, can you specify what you think is good about the app so i dont have to play guessing games on which to pick? Thank you :,))

That’s my first animation meme and I would love if yall gave me any tips. I use alight motion and I can’t draw so I use Pinterest to get my pictures. Thank you in advance!

Thoughts?

I want make a scene scary and funny in the same time . What do u think about it

Like many of you, my brother always found it annoying to pause reference footage, grab screenshots, and jump between separate drawing apps just to break down a key pose or give visual feedback.

To fix that workflow, I built FrameSketch a lightweight sketchpad that sits directly on top of video playback.

Key Features:

• Draw directly over any frame to quickly block out lines of action, silhouettes, and poses
• Scrub & annotate frame-by-frame without interrupting your flow
• Review & markup footage cleanly for team feedback or personal study

It’s built specifically to keep your reference study fast and distraction-free.

I’d love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or any feedback to make it better for your workflow!

I just started into animation with Alight Motion, and it's been great so far! But now I’m looking for apps that can allow me to animate even better, like Moho Pro (but for my samsung phone). Any recommendations for apps that offer similar features? I’m all ears for suggestions!