Animations

Witness the insanity of making your own series for TV with Lloyd the Rock’n Unicorn.

How do you make a great pilot episode for an animation series? See Final Space, a rare example of an independent animation pilot that made it.

A glimpse into the future of animation in VR with this Gorillaz music video.

It’s a trap! A look behind this genius animation by Guy Collins.

Black and white music video “The Wolf” uses sakuga, positive space, and negative space to draw your attention.

A fun, fluid animation about a king. Lessons on “twinning” in animation and Flash’s pencil tool.

This insane animation has plenty of crazy perspectives and character distortions.

Designing simple characters for animations like the ones in this textured animation about a fox and a mouse.

An introduction to animatronics (animations in real life) through Stranger Things and Kubo and the Two Strings.

A high quality 2D animated music video that rotoscopes on top of 3D models.

Characters, ideas, and music blend together into a rich, creamy meme soup for you to enjoy at home or on the go!

Tarboy is still amazing by today’s Flash animation standards. It even makes use of the little-known 3D tools.

Digging for hidden animation gems. This one is about frogs and rainbow effects.

A creepy black and white animated feature for the end of October. How to tell if a 2D animation is actually 3D.

Anamorphic camera lenses and old fashioned cartoons abound in Harvey Rothman’s animations.

So you want to animate on paper?

Today’s special at the Scribble Kibble inn and tavern: a musical tale, and whether or not it’s enough to be a “storyboard.”

All about Betsy Lee’s original animated series No Evil: where those strange names come from, a storybook summary, and animation texture tricks.

A spirit fox faces his greatest enemy with perfect harmony between music and animation, the art of eyes, and 2D special effects animation.

Hate’s Great, Best Villain! This Disney cartoon is drawn with more love for the art of animation and attention to comedy than any other.

Comparison of the original There She Is!! to the remaster and tricks for animating purely in Flash.

Recreating the fuzzy, lineless art style in an animation by Temmie Chang.

How the game Transistor builds animated cut scenes out of detailed illustrations.

The two most important parts of writing an animated short: characters and world, both done well in an unexpected animation about sheep.

Inspecting bad writing in a semi-abstract animation about a tiger.

Learn how to save time making your own animations from a laughably idealistic McDonald’s anime.

Motion capture applied to animation.

A digital cartoon series made to look like an 80’s cartoon that features Star Fox characters.

A music video reminiscent of Scooby Doo with characteristically bouncy animation.

Comparison of an original inspired animation to Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli movies.

Posterized style animation. Explanation of rotoscoping and using references.

Hand drawn watercolor backgrounds in an animation that mixes frame-by-frame and puppets.