Crash Course: 2D Grease Pencil Animation in Blender [1/2]

[@GuiJorgePorto]

TipTut is the channel that has contributed THE MOST to my career so far! Thank you!

[@princessthyemis]

Thank youuuuu! This is a gold mine! I'm making my own short animated film and teaching myself everything (and I've never done it before!) I've already got the script and storyboards (one year), and once I get the voice acting from my friends, I'm gonna begin teaching myself Grease Pencil! This is exactly the stuff I want to make! I know it'll be a long road but rather than letting myself be intimidated, I'm feeling motivated and excited!!! :D

[@TipTut]

Awesome good luck on your journey!

[@mobilegaminguniversalstudio]

Please do you have any ideas how he separated the frame layers before importing them to blender ?, for example, I would use illustrator to separate layers before plugging the file in adobe after effects to parallax. What software do you use in separating the frame layers before plugging them in blender?

[@PinkPlume]

I really enjoy the GP content coming out as more time passes. Blender is amazing for giving artists the opportunity to have a completely free tool. Here's to hoping that in a few years time GP will have completely closed the gap to its subscription-based competitors when it comes to 2D workflow and features.

[@TipTut]

Couldn't agree more!

[@unaninated]

love your blender related content. Already in this video I have learnt grease pencil closes gaps and you can add tints to the material. I know it sounds small but its extremely helpful for me. Can't wait for part 2 :D

[@TipTut]

Awesome thankyou so much!

[@samdavepollard]

that rare thing - an artist who understands their own process so well that they can teach others very impressive how much you manage to pack in to half an hour i've dabbled a fair bit with GP and still learned a bunch many thanks; subbed PS. would happily buy a paid GP course if you ever get round to making one

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much!

[@FriskyDev]

When isolating a layer (collection, or object) to draw on, instead of clicking the eye icon on each layer you want to turn of, you can CTRL+LCLICK the eye-icon on the layer you want to see, and all the others will be turned off. Then you can CTRL+LCLICK again to put back to the original state. Much faster, especially when you have hundreds of layers (collections).

[@roozbehebadi6661]

13:37 - One of best notifying moments can be seen and heard in tutorials! very well! 👍👍

[@miimstudiox]

I've watched many animation tutorial videos, but yours is the best! Your work is so organized, beautiful and professional! ! Thank you for explaining the animation process in such a short time. I really appreciate it 💛

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@jave567]

Thanks!

[@TipTut]

Wow! Thankyou for the kind donation, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@DarrylGold]

Why is it in videos when they say 'let's get right into it" they don't get right into it?

[@sleyeborgrobot6843]

Turns out that the right into it was inside you the whole time.

[@sospirit27]

Cause they getting right into it

[@ThatSquidYT]

Amazing! I want to see more tutorials like this in Blender ✌️

[@TipTut]

More on the way and loads on the channel already!

[@johntnguyen1976]

Fantastic! Probably my favorite entry level grease pencils tuts I've taken thus far. It's pretty much exactly how I've been wanting to use grease pencil in my own workflow, so this was PERFECT!! SUper excited for the next one...and would love more like this. 🔥🔥🔥

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much! There's a few out on the channel already, just check out the videos from the last few months. Part two comes out Monday!

[@johntnguyen1976]

@@TipTut noice. Will definitely do that.

[@MumuMundo]

24:40 you can go to Edit mode and change the thickness of any stroke with Alt+S. You can also use Vertex colors to avoid making dozens of confusing materials. Thanks for the video, I enjoyed the process and learned a few things :)

[@TipTut]

I've learnt both of these things since making this video 🤣 always more to learn! Thankyou glad you liked it!

[@marklermer5276]

what do you mean by this? could you elaborate further on the Vertex colors? Also didn't they change the name to Color Attributes?

[@MumuMundo]

@@marklermer5276 it seems that they changed the name indeed LoL Here's a GP drawing tutorial (vertex colors talk starts at 11.02) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHeQqIGIjs2rmKc

[@Mr.POLiS_Cartoons]

I'm so GLAD I found your channel

[@joodini9177]

Hey! I absolutely loved this tutorial, it really helped me get through the fundamentals of blender when it comes to animation

[@emmanuelmaterne5021]

Thank you for this. I am a Hollow Knight fan. Just one thing, if anyone gets confused at 27:00 how to make the dark rock go behind the light rock on the same layer, and without masks, there is an option next to automerge to draw strokes behind other strokes.

[@dirkvoltaar]

Congratulations, Matt! You have made the definitive beginner’s guide to Greasepencil.

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much! Glad you like it!

[@данякірі]

omg hollow knight, blender and drawing in one video! what a beautiful mix

[@TipTut]

Glad you like it!

[@LeBrom]

This tutorial alone made me purchase a drawing tablet again and start learning the Grease Pencil in Blender, for the sole purpose of making 2D animations. Thank you!

[@scaredkid3408]

Tiptur is the goat for animation tutorials

[@JSAbbott]

Thanks for the tutorial. I've used Blender for 5+ years but rarely ever touch the grease pencil. Just a quick tip... If you accidently bring an image in that is not flat (like you color palette), you can select it and use ALT G and ALT R to clear location and rotation. You can then just rotate it around the proper axis (usually X) to make it face forward.

[@TipTut]

My mind is blown, great tip thanks Jen! If you notice anything else I do that I can improve, please leave another comment! :)

[@AkiAntony]

lookin forward for the next video. This was wonderful!

[@TipTut]

Thankyou, it's out Monday!

[@PauPolys]

you are awesome, excellent explanation, thank you so much! I look forward to part 2

[@TipTut]

Thankyou! Part 2 out Monday :)

[@JacobHalton]

Wow this tutorial is full of so much great stuff. I was watching it to learn a good way to layer BG elements, but didn't expect all the great tips on drawing and coloring and masking. So helpful, thank you!

[@alawiat2570]

That timelapse though...fire!

[@TipTut]

[@Foxguyanimation]

Спасибо огромное за этот шедевральный туториал. Ты мне помог с проблемой которую я долго не мог понять ( the surface layer was multiply and white colour was invisible) Теперь вы открыли для мегя целый огромный новый мир) Удачи вам! *Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. You helped me with a problem that I could not understand for a long time ( the surface layer was multiply and white color was invisible) Now you have opened a whole new world for me) Good luck to you!

[@clalence0128]

BEST 2D blender tutorial EVER! Thanks! 😘😘

[@KerrieKubisch]

Superb tutorial! Thank you so much! This has been the most useful grease pencil tutorial I have watched, and I would love to see more. :)

[@AbcDef-uj6cf]

thanks man! you making your old subscribers proud!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TipTut]

Happy to help :)

[@shinchan-1538]

how one can make every kind of video i needed , thankyou, you're just best

[@TipTut]

You're welcome 😊

[@user28786]

Just wishing that may god bless you more from the bottom of my heart. You are being a great help for us

[@brownsense1]

whoa... that was freaking awesome.... thank u!

[@roxysevy]

Thank you very much!!!! I'm new to blender and it's pretty hard to get used to compared to other animation software, but this helps so much!!!

[@KarlToonUK]

Brilliant tutorial. I've been considering making the move from Moho for quite a while and this is a good starting point for me. Thanks.

[@RebelToons]

This is amazing! I am new to animation and I have been teaching myself 2d animation in Blender. I find 2D tutorials for blender are lacking and this is the first really good 2D animation tutorial that I have seen! I cannot wait to use this method for my next cartoon and take my animation to the next level!

[@cryptomadesimple6425]

I loved this so much!! It really helped and I can’t wait for more videos on this! Great job

[@TipTut]

Thanks! Next one's out Monday!

[@jeditsuyoshi]

You really are very good at teaching. Top notch video instruction, man. Kudos.

[@ilyasjumadurdyew8074]

Greace pencil rules! Your tutorial is amazing

[@Atomicherrmann]

Oh yes !! thank you so much for this video !

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@passion4art]

I would like to say just one word.. "Awesome"

[@Denden-mx9gl]

love that learn not just how but also why

[@pippo7395]

Thank you from the depth of my heart to make a blender grease pencil tutorial. This would really help me!!!♥️😭

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@judgeworks3687]

such a great series. THANK YOU!

[@djfilthyfox2219]

Thank you SOOOOOOO much for this dude !!! super cool !!!

[@Jackripster69]

Awesome, i look forward to making something like this. Thanks

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@FARAJSCHOOL]

Best Craese pencil tutorial .. THANKS well done👍🏾

[@Themagicbusofficial]

you so quick i love it.. i need someone quick that can simplify it.. good job

[@funlabsdesignstudio]

Nice Tut - Thanks Mate! Cheers!

[@yllanojayvalido165]

It is very informative. I only have Acer Aspire 3 in here and when I somehow render 3d donut, it takes me for about a week after rendering the 201 frames animation. That's why I prefer 2d animation. Fortunately, I found this channel and it really helps me a lot. Thanks.

[@TipTut]

Glad it helped!

[@4li_j999]

Thank you for doing this I’m really excited to see how this is made 😁😁😁😁

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@tobybridson]

Just started watching, there is an awful lot of setup before you even start drawing. I was excited by what Grease pencil can do but it just seems very laborious. I can achieve the same scene with much less complexity in 10 steps in Adobe animate or Moho. It's interesting but not as simple as I'd hoped. Maybe I need to give it more time, but so far I'm not getting the GP hype nor why I would use this in my workflow.

[@Glitch24short]

Simple but result good

[@kcsback]

such helpful videos, thanks Tut!

[@z2kk]

Thought I'd ring in. If you are having issues with the tint brush step (I sure was), for me it was because my viewport shading was set to "solid", not "material preview". One way to change this is to press "z", then move your mouse over "material preview". Hope this helps someone.

[@Kammiilka]

Soy nuevo en blender, pero con tus tutoriales aprendo bastante. mil gracias!!!

[@TipTut]

De nada!

[@tharindu207]

I had no idea that Blender 2D animation side was this good.

[@SveGalabov]

great, thank you for your time and efforts!

[@thesquirrelchase-exploreph5635]

Thanks for making this. I learned a lot.

[@hesammase6722]

Fantastic!

[@TipTut]

Glad you like it!

[@YogiStarStarStar]

Thanks so much ! Full of usefull informations and still, kept compact. It gives a good starting workflow - I'm not experienced enough to tell how good it is, but I know it's enough so I can start and have a lot of fun. Didn't really know how to start GP properly (my layers were spread all over my workspace, my dawings were in 3D, ...). Now, with just a short video I can really enjoy it. Very cool :)

[@TipTut]

That's great! Have fun creating! :)

[@Crits-Crafts]

Amazing. I wanted to make my own video's and wanted something just like this for my intro. Thank you very much for the instructionss

[@anuchawannarom3910]

Thank you. I'm in Thailand. Thai people don't teach each other even though the program is free, but they teach for a fee.

[@theonlycatonice]

I'm gonna leave some comments here tracking my journey through this tut (possibly helpful tips too) (currently at 11:49) Godsend advice outside of this was adding shortcuts in keymaps under preferences to toggle 3 button mouse - this is because at some point if I wanted to use Boundary Strokes could (I've also made myself a cheat sheet as I go through the tut so I can refer back to it if I forgot how to do something) Also it is helpful repeating steps as it makes me remember shortcuts more Unfortunately the flick shortcut doesn't work for me so for now I just use the top right view or go to view and select from there Thank you very much so far, the active smoothing tip is awesome and I forgot about it from other tutorials Also the cursor stuff is weird but the explanation helped with what would probably have been headaches for me ~Theres a weird bug at 16:46 where if I click on that image the properties dont get updated - instead it shows me the properties of the selection tool itself :/ really annoying if I want to change the opacity - I got it right once but not again :| (version 3.5.1)~ nvm im dumb

[@kenkioqqo]

Awesome tutorial. Just what I need as I learn the grease pencil for my storyboarding tasks.

[@StonedApeAnimation]

So helpful holy moly thank you

[@haydenwaldron3712]

13:05 I can not for the life of me get the stupid eye dropper tool to take any color from any references. it just takes the default background grey tone and I've rewatched his palette setup 50 times

[@ZenSallistair]

i would sacrifice my life to get a glimpse of blender's code, shit must be so complex

[@JustOneFletch]

Blender is open source. You can look at the source code for free.

[@boris_a8580]

Thank you very much for this !!!!!!

[@WolfofBelgium]

Awesome video ! 😊

[@Chalisque]

Thinking of Blender development, I think there's so much scope for optimising and automating the workflow.

[@querewedan180]

terima kasih , sangat membantu untuk melompat lebih jauh ke depan . good luck

[@Thexoxas0]

You are amazing! thank you so much

[@4DarkSparks]

Love your content.

[@omimi2011]

Thanks u r work is so organized

[@LukeLjJames]

Brief description why on things , like why that’s good , why that’s where ya want it would be great if poss so can learn rather than just copy what you’re doing . Thanks mate

[@Vinny254]

Will try it out

[@NewHandleWhoDeez]

My god, what a likeable guy

[@TipTut]

That's like the direct opposite of what most comments say 😂

[@NewHandleWhoDeez]

@@TipTut I've never cared much for mainstream opinions haha

[@TipTut]

The most wholesome of edgelords

[@kuchela]

Thank yoooouuuuuuu....great tutorial

[@tdtrecordsmusic]

So Cool ! I'm using blender to draw out schematics for machines. Prototyping inventions !! It's just so much quicker and cooler to jot ideas caz the cad programs take serious time to draw ANYTHING. Plus you have to know the size of everything before you can draw anything. Blender is really useful for this caz I can go really quick and find out if my ideas are real and not just imaginary. Thanks for this tutorial. I've watched a ton in the past 3 years. This was good. Straight to the point, NOT treating beginners like numb-skulls. Good pace. I learned a couple things even though I've seen this stuff a million times. My next steps/ the reason I'm seeking tuts right now is to find good ways to make things move. To be able to modify/adjust drawings without having to redraw everything. Specifically I'm drawing pumps which move liquids. I want to move the pump internals and also the liquid as it flows... Excited for part 2 wow, the way your scene looks when the camera rolls through is REALLY Fkn COOL . It looks amazing. I can imagine how epic it could be if u put ur heart nd soul into it :) Cheers

[@helenwyatts9633]

More Storyboarding in Blender Grease Pencil please. Thank you for this tutorial

[@TipTut]

More to come!

[@brandonjacksoon]

Thanks man!

[@TipTut]

No problem!

[@royalcircus7]

it helped me a lot .plz make more videos abt grease pencil workflow .i hope u ll recover soon . good luck

[@theeddytor3490]

i have a presentation to do on 5th and i had a month, ok i had 3 months so as we can see i am behind the schedule (far behind) so i am going to learn this crash course tomorrow (yeah not today i am still lazy) i got 2 days to learn and 5 days to get it ready. wish me luck.

[@josephvanwyk2088]

Thanks for this !!! I finally got to learn the grease pencil tool. - I'm guessing you can add texture to those solid colours via shader nodes? (Like a canvas TX) Or add a Normal map as well?

[@Adiuva1]

Was definitely not expecting to hear the same music that Marc Brunet uses in the beginning. That threw me off quite a bit lol. Wonderful tutorial though!

[@kencg6566]

Very helpfully. Thank you!!! 👍✌

[@obv_design9310]

This is beautiful tutorial! You're so good at blender! ⭐

[@TipTut]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@pandurangansatish2973]

👏🏽 awesome

[@unaddan]

blender is just a magical software. wait for me to succeed. or at least until I am able to give some donation for the company

[@Vinny254]

Great tutorial. best one i've seen for a beginner like me. What version of blender are you using. I'm on 2.93 and noticed a few differences here and there .. most specific one was the auto key option on the. Second was the masks option. For some reason on my machine it didn't work. once i turned on masks and added the rocks material the shade disappeared.

[@jeromemccalla9520]

Question: 1.can you import png seqences into blender? 2.does blender have simular atributes to after effects for example, being able to change the postition of objects or roatation on a timeline?

[@OADStokes]

Solid tutorial. 🙏

[@animalfinatic9366]

Amazing.

[@M3Robot]

Amazing

[@_f_]

Thank you

[@TipTut]

You're welcome

[@inspectorsteve2287]

Question. In 2d animation if I draw a superhero with a cape is there something that can make the cape move like fabric?

[@aurelio_scala]

Bellissimo tutorial

[@kadisArt]

please make blender course for motion graphics 2D artists

[@WawaBrains]

What is good? Grease pencil ir Adobe animate. I learned a lot with your adobe animate tutorial and earning good from fiverr.. nowci want to update.. shall i move to grease pencil or moho or toon boom for 2d animation?

[@micothomas8168]

7:33 When i toggle between camera perspective and front orthographic view, my image flips horizontally. The only way i can correct this is by using ctrl + (num 1) which goes to back orthographic view. Is there something I am doing wrong?