How to Create 2D Animations - Beginner Blender Tutorial

Frame by Frame Animation, Interpolation, Character Rigging, this Blender 2.8 tutorial has it!
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[@rworld1741]

Great Video. I always watch your videos to learn blender function and animation. Your videos help me a lot to learn blender.😃😄

[@ibrahimimran5318]

first reply

[@rakesmaharzan3890]

@LORENZO SELLA first reply

[@thinkgrape4348]

@@rakesmaharzan3890 first reply

[@murdaek.9658]

How do you get to the 2d animation state where you can actually draw, whenever I open it up it always has a 3D grid

[@kaliflower_]

@@murdaek.9658 If you open up blender and it opens to a 3d grid, click files and click new. Then click 2D animation. Hope this helps if you're still struggling

[@it5mepatr1ckdev30]

3:21 1st method of 2d animation, 19:43 2nd method of 2d animation, 23:23 3rd method of 2d animation.

[@abrahamderechte1590]

Thank you🙏

[@sugarpiez1922]

Bless you sweet person

[@norplain6889]

tysm

[@yenotov462]

thanks!

[@Loganischeese]

thx

[@dakotam2800]

The video starts at 3:21

[@crazeecat7441]

Dakota Mark, thanks for saving me 3 minutes (:

[@danielcraft1236]

Thanks allot

[@Its_sabribri]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

[@flowler70]

thx m8

[@JAROME74]

Thanks cus this guy is a chatterbox.

[@getrekt3983]

i think you and the phrase "from scratch" have to spend some time getting to know eachother

[@flamecrew9atroblox958]

Lmao

[@nyome5086]

This is such a sick burn

[@Mopsspoof]

I’m actually quite glad 2D animation can be achieved with Blender. As doing smooth camera movements in an editing program separately is annoying.

[@alicksuen7060]

plot twist:he made this video just so he could finish his animation

[@helloworldxd]

Thanks for the facts

[@intelligence6743]

Lol😂

[@rishabhanand5563]

He made this video because Wacom told him to endorse their product😂😂

[@faizraza6945]

exactly i did not find anything for beginners

[@Chillerll]

plot twist: he made this video just so he can advertise that tablet

[@micmacha]

This really is a great tutorial for the additional features Blender provides for 2D animation, so thanks. As a general helpful rule, I usually make each specific object in my frame a different stroke; that simplifies adding keyframes.

[@KEWLgg]

He literally says at the beginning of the video that he will be performing a review during the tutorial so I don't understand the complaints. This video still provides good information on the program.

[@cwcpants140]

Bro I swear that Skill Share sponsors every KZbin video. 😂

[@icantseemtofigureouthowtos420]

i used to think everyone had CRAZY skills to be making these such good animations on a freaking computer, until i realized they were using a graphics tablet.

[@reno82]

You can also sketch on paper, scan and process it in a graphics software.

[@sebastiangudino9377]

@@reno82 That's what I do professionally as a graphic designer. Working with vector graphics takes a lot of time, but it also gives you a lot of control if you take the geometry into account from the start even before you take you graphics to the computers. Making your workflow while animating speed up quite a bit

[@meiji..]

@@sebastiangudino9377 interesting

[@Woef718]

I draw with a mouse just turn the sensitivity super low only problem i have is that all lines are the same since there is no pressure sensitivity.. i need to think about that

[@agw421]

@@Woef718 you could use the stroke width tool in illustrator. not sure if theres an equivalent feature/flow in blender

[@RandomDoive]

Thank you so much. Spent hours getting more and more confused about this and got nowhere :)Working now, thanks!

[@rhettohlerking2446]

This isn’t really and beginners tutorial. I can’t find any videos on what everything does or why each button does what or even how to start animating.

[@abdullahyusuf2929]

Just mess around and you'll learn through experience. If you really wanna know what a specific button does just search it up and you'll probably find an answer.

[@golden4593]

You should try a course in udemy.

[@incorefiber1937]

I feel your pain same thing happens to me but you and I both shall learn it someday

[@h3egypt]

@@incorefiber1937 I'm looking... have you had any luck

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

Do it in hours and you may find out or just sleep on your tablet.

[@kziel123]

I love how he says there are 3 things we will be looking at (0:17) and then he has to look at his fingers to make sure he has the right number of fingers sticking up. Classic!

[@thewardejitzzz]

I’m telling ya if you weren’t here on KZbin I wouldn’t be an animator now.

[@spooky6763]

shiii

[@MatthewofSparta]

I need more of these tutorials. Being this is a new feature in Blender, I haven't been able to find many tutorials for the 2d. Love it though! Thanks for sharing.

[@UnauthorizedExpression]

GREAT video. Very much needed. There are so few tutorials for 2d stuff.

[@Twixxy]

sub to my channel

[@xnetworkDEVILx]

yes please more 2d

[@Twixxy]

@@xnetworkDEVILx sub to my channel

[@callisoncaffrey]

Yeah, they always show of amazing stuff but never tell us how to make them ourselves. Like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaLchZuvmMekj8k So it's much appreciated that someone finally makes 2D tutorials for Blender.

[@eugene9133]

Kims stop begging for subs

[@Ybc-hitter]

Thx man this is my first animation and it turned out amazing.

[@adaptiveplexus]

Wacom commercial brought to you by Skillshare supported by Patrion

[@ParanoidFactoid]

I thought the same thing. Really frustrating.

[@thundaga4005]

@@ParanoidFactoid - Frustrating, huh? How much did you pay to watch this tutorial, asswipe?

[@ParanoidFactoid]

@@thundaga4005 Let's just say, the CG Geek watch retention declined by just a little when I clicked away after I realized this is a 31m advertisement.

[@pajeetsingh]

Patrion. Lmao

[@noahsduck4109]

@@thundaga4005 it's actually illegal to not mention that something is sponsoring so I hope he doesn't get in trouble

[@AnthonyMiele]

Wow! Thanks skillshare!

[@Shawn-ok1fn]

You made my day a lot easier. Thank You CG :)

[@vic-qp9tq]

thanks!!!! im planning to do more professional animations and this worked! ive been confused about blender for months

[@MilkyGamesOfficial]

This really helped! Thank you so much!

[@BC-bd4kr]

It's bad enough that KZbin makes me watch commercials, but then I watch a tutorial and half of it is a commercial for a notebook computer.

[@deadroses7500]

Thank you for actually leaving a link on where to download blender because unlike some other tutorials people never leave links.

[@ranchero5595]

Its because you can get it off steam. Which is a very common retail site.

[@MrAer85]

CG GREEK THE BLENDER FREAK. You are the No1!

[@RonHicks]

Awesome tutorial😀 Thanks a bunch😀😀

[@Steertanzer]

This is really cool! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@catchyou29]

Too much advertising for the graphics tablet. Otherwise good video.

[@zahin2756]

Yes

[@thundaga4005]

I guess you want a refund of the money you paid to watch this tutorial, numbnuts.

[@brightgarinson3099]

@@thundaga4005 STFU shill.

[@xx_nou9642]

Yea his advertisement makes want to me hate the tablet itself

[@radicalleavemealone-ist7751]

On the bright side, it is one of the good ones, as opposed to the inconsistent budget junk that chinese companies push out.

[@Kalam_Ullah654]

Your Thumbnails are telling us in advance that you're doing good every time ❤️🔥💯

[@banyalmahayni9048]

this was really useful, now i know how to do anything!!

[@bohdan_lvov]

Bloody astonishing!

[@sofiaelassidi5185]

first three minutes are sponsors

[@Muffinzy]

thank you for the tutorials, really helps me

[@MilleniumActress]

I have once again affirmed that I actually need someone next to me giving me instructions and fixing my mistakes. Great video though!

[@dragames]

I love how you start your beginner lesson with the set up already done :/

[@rogernkosi8420]

😂😂😂

[@sebastiangudino9377]

This is a chanel about blender, and the video is how to do 2D animation WITH blender (Instead of 3D animation, which is what you normally 2 with blender) This is not: How to do 2D animation in general for beginners This is no either: How to use Blender It asumes you already know how to use Blender (For other stuff) and how do 2D animation, either frame by frame or by keyframes. If you don't know any of those 2 things, that does not mean this is a bad tutorial, it's just not for you! You can learn the basics of blender in this and other channels like Blender Guru and stuff (Blender is for 3D tho, keep that in mind) and you can learn the basics of 2D animation in other places, i believe Alan Baker (I think that's not the name, but you can easily find it on KZbin) has a series of videos about the 12 principles of animation. And of course, in order to do 2d animation you have to know how to draw, or how to make some form of 2D graphics, and there are also a lot of videos about that here in the internet. But all of that is a skill set that takes a lot of time to develop, if you don't have any if them, a 21 minute tutorial is not going to turn you into an animator I will like to add tho, that if you are looking for 2D animation and don't know where to start, Adobe animate and adobe after effects might be what you are looking for as a beginner

[@dragames]

@@sebastiangudino9377 Wow, you typed a lot of shit. I know how to use some things in blender, and I know how to do 2d animation in clip studio and photoshop. That doesn't help when the layout for tools to get where the guy is is not explained. This isn't a beginner tutorial.

[@szekhar7602]

Awesome video, i want to do some animations, watches about 50+ tutorials,all "you can do it, just struggle a while" bullshit, until this. Thank you!!!

[@PendoStudio]

Hey, i just learned every thing in this video, very unique tutioral

[@crazyideasno1]

Thanks CG Geek

[@KayGee_yt]

HOW TO OPEN 2D ANIMATION (AKA GREASE PENCIL) 1. when you open blender you are greeted with a 3D grey box. Doesn't look like what he has set up, does it? Never fear! 2. In the top menu next to "file", click the blender logo (maybe be different on macs) 3. Select "splash screen" 4. In the pop-up under "new file" select "2D animation" 5. Congrats! You've made it :)

[@somebodyyouneverknew1095]

Thank you

[@sams_3d_stuff]

Interpolate ;) Cool vid man.

[@jeffg4686]

Rigged 2d animation - never thought of it. Nice stuff. Grease pencil in 2.8 is pretty damn awesome.

[@DarryQueen]

Yessss! I think I'll give your method a try on my channel 😎😏

[@franciscoca2912]

Thanks man it helps alot and also thanks for the link to the tablet

[@FriedFrogLegsAnimations]

Your animations rock!

[@jasoncatlyn7331]

Very nice and interesting tutorial!

[@harhallel]

#1: 3:21 #2: 20:01 #3: 23:40

[@avocado965]

Hallel Hartmann you’re a lifesaver

[@deft5475]

god like

[@Mrpaul20]

Lifesaver 😶

[@lINSULINO]

Life saver

[@xsneedzx]

King

[@Virgotin]

3 minutes, 21 seconds.. just starting the tutorial, NICE

[@ankitminz5872]

Awesome overview

[@Erikutis55]

I fall asleep before tutorial started... put your adverts at the end of the video. You prove during tutorial that people need those tools you just used . When someone spend 10min or 20min watching video, not gonna skip remaining 2 or 3 min to finish video. All the best!

[@Aydev2023]

Thank you very much for the wonderful explanation that you are creative

[@jakenorth4811]

This is a really great video. THank you!!

[@rupeshahir9175]

Wow! Nice 🙂

[@MIDesignkeralahousedesign]

GREAT video

[@saltywolf7328]

So helpful🙏

[@digitalcity7441]

.Hello! If you are one of those who want to make animated videos and do not want to spend a lot of money on expensive programs, on my channel I have an excellent software that is very professional and easy to use.

[@nilay3306]

Thanks for this tutorial

[@musolo78]

Cool stuff as allwais!!! Wonder if you could make cartoon clouds tutorial with Blender that way? Like vector 2d art for use in games. Thanks Geek!!!

[@leonferis3106]

Brilliant video

[@denisavoicu2363]

This was super helpful thanks

[@michaeltyers7336]

Appreciate the video! I have 2 Wacom Tablets. An Intuos Pro Large from about 2014 and a Bamboo from around the same time. Barely used either of them but will probably try getting back into using them soon, especially when I switch to 2.8.

[@jeromeanderson316]

Thanks for the upload.

[@CaliforniaandNevada]

I was always frustrated when I have to do frame by frame. Now I can do it!

[@CaliforniaandNevada]

why am me dumb

[@pidimsbirdsworld8644]

Thanks for the help.😄

[@creeperbeeper2905]

its been more than a year.... but I clicked on the skillshare link and it still works

[@Illustrations_by_1e]

thank you so much it was very helpful to watch this video

[@levidurant8187]

Bro thanks! using this video i was able to create my vary first 2d character animation!

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

This will save me so much time TT^TT I spent so much time drawing stop motion animation, it took so long.

[@jbanimations8475]

Great video!

[@THEGAMER-dm2bp]

If Corona Virus was a person (2-D Animated Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6u7n4KMp6h_qZY

[@mangoxeditzz267]

even tho im late ur super helpful love u bro

[@icedicefilms]

You are awesome!

[@bb827avrosaha5]

Hi uncle. I am from Bangladesh. I am a student of class 7. I always try to make animation in blender or other apps by following the steps in your video. Thank you for helping me. Help me always like this.

[@BackYardBoxGardening]

Advertizing of WAICOM tablet up to 3.21 then tutorial starts - you're welcome

[@eanimation9826]

thank you I needed ths

[@dorado472]

Hello, very good contribution. Excellent. regards

[@elijahsmart-xv9fm]

i feel like am i 10 steps forward to my goal thanks man

[@jmcadoesvids359]

you are the best person ever thanks

[@OculusLime]

I used this tutorial to make my animations! (At the time of writing, I uploaded 4) Thanks for making this very good tutorial.

[@RenaudAnimations]

Nice, das ist eine gut vidéo!

[@tha1andonly171]

Thanks😁

[@BowlsBowls]

Cool video, after deciding I wish to dive into the world of modeling for games and or film production, I wish to create cool looking creatures and fight sequences but that may come later down the road as it'll be my first month using this blender app

[@Monie71793]

That character is #BootyGoals. 😩😂😂💀 Jokes aside, I love your vids.

[@kabirbuttan4705]

Get this guy to 1 mil plz

[@SuperBootsTheDog]

its living heck to fill in the landscape

[@bahasainggrisbersamaata1475]

Wanna be the part of the Blender community. Love this app. Blender 2.8 is so amazing. it runs well now on my low spec PC ever since I got the latest update. Looking forward to learning from Blender tutorials. Thanks. (Ata, Jakarta Indonesia)

[@symbiohse]

Nice video, just bought a Wacom through your link

[@solfasollasolfami]

Nice video

[@walkaround9690]

I learned a lot from u bro☺️

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

It would be very helpful if you used a cursor with the Highlighted Circle because you go so fast it's hard to keep track of where your cursor is. And while the video is much appreciated.. Please Slow Down and Explain the steps you are taking to get where you are at for True Beginners. It's very easy to switch to your normal workflow as an Expert but beginners are here because we are trying to learn. Thank you again for your efforts..

[@VincentForDesign]

Playback speed will be a useful tool when learning on KZbin. I use it a lot.

[@gbemigaagbejimi8779]

u know so much about blender like you made it

[@maxwellharmon4172]

thanks for making this vid! I learned a ton! honestly though you should edit this down into a series of 3 or 4 vids. you could up your views without having to create more. just an idea.

[@Pearl1010]

Also it could be explained a bit better

[@moomooold]

can you do a tutorial on how to make 2d in a 3d animation, like the characters are 2d but the background is 3d

[@stickmation4540]

i did no understand

[@creeperthekingcreeper8234]

@@stickmation4540 he means these 2D animation thet look 3D. Like in most cartoons.

[@AnmolShelke]

Yeah it will be kinda helpful

[@realredkon]

Paper mario

[@victorryan8537]

Actually what I think he means something like play curious George the characters were like 2D but the background like the building or the balloons were 3D so I think what he's trying to say is like maybe he's trying to make like a movie that needs then has to require CGI and he needs to know how to do it like maybe he's trying to make a film The New York or underwater and all you need to do is animated characters and sometimes that stuff that they hold but most of the time it's 2D so my advice is to go and toriel of how to make 3D backgrounds but still have to the animated people in it that's my advice

[@butterscotch3890]

Nice one

[@safamuric2054]

great video about how-to advertise over needed information said my wacom tablet, thanks.

[@Ct-4756]

you deserve 5 mil subs

[@bilalrehman6532]

right, without further ado at 3:23, amazing

[@THECODGENIUS]

No one: Cg geek: interpetate

[@shekharsharma7782]

Thank You.

[@jerrypathan6502]

thanks buddy

[@finipaint-babyliboom3717]

nice bro

[@johnalbertlachica7821]

You rock! :)

[@toapyandfriends]

😎sweet intros