How To Animate in Krita for Beginners - UPDATED 2023!

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I love using Krita, I can't believe it's a FREE animation program!!! Especially with so many other software going to a subscription rental policy. Now's the time to start learning how to animate in Krita, updated for 2023!
In this tutorial, we will learn how to animate traditional frame-by-frame animation, as well as how to animate more modern digital puppet animation!!
I will show how to improve your animation with recommended animation poses and processes I've used in my own professional animation career! With motion-tweens, you can draw your character once, and then use interpolation to have the computer move your drawings around! Pretty neat!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:49 - How To Start Animating
03:40 - How To Move, Edit, Copy Frames
04:23 - How To Draw In-Between Frames
05:47 - Recommended Pose - Anticipation
07:57 - Recommended Pose - Overshoot
09:12 - How To Animate Hair
11:25 - How To Play Animation
12:20 - Animation Too Fast? Do this!!
14:29 - How To Import Music/Voice Recording
15:55 - How To Time Beats of Music
17:05 - How To Motion-Tween
19:13 - Adding Ease-in Ease-out
22:17 - Export Animation for KZbin
Animation is hard work, but it's so satisfying once you are finished and able to share it with friends and family! Keep at it! :)
Thank you for watching! ♥
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[@jessejayjones]

Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/jessejayjones ❤ Your help makes it so I can make more tutorials like this! :)

[@Mentelgen-1337]

make a tutorial on how to animate on backgrounds please.

[@auctorverbis9528]

Only one minute in and this has already been 1000 times more useful than their help site.

[@duncangriffiths4399]

I appreciate the fact it's free...but yeah

[@gl_mybeloved]

Fr!!!

[@chillbro2275]

haha dang. This was very informative. It was great to see the animation workflow. It was good to see Insert Multiple Holds!

[@ans-dq9xh]

@@duncangriffiths4399 but it required at least one person to read the guide before a someone could make a video sooo t

[@rain5004]

So damn tue. I draw using krita like... for 4 years now, and i never animated anything because i hadn't a clue😂

[@BENWELLAnimation]

I always tried to avoid Krita and worked with my cozy best friend Procreate, but since my first Animatic that I did in Krita became my most popular video I used that as a motivation to learn more 2D animation softwares. And my respect: This is one of the best software tutorials I have watched so far. A good pacing and all the important information in less than 30 minutes. This is one of the tutorials that encourage me to use the software instead of scaring me away xD Good Job!

[@keys299]

I’m trying to get into digital art and light animation and can’t decide between getting an iPad and using procreate or windows tablet for Krita. What do you prefer more?

[@BENWELLAnimation]

@@keys299 I personally still prefer my iPad and procreate but the main reason for that might be the flexibility. I simply draw and animate more because I can take my iPad everywhere. Although it is more expensive, I definitely am happy with the choice of having an iPad as my main drawing and animation device and I can highly recommend it for hobby artists. As an animation student or professional I would recommend a drawing tablet since the programs available on the IPad are quite limited. In the end it is dependent on your situation and your goals. If you are unsure you can also try out the devices if possible (if you know someone who owns a drawing tablet or an iPad). Working with the devices and trying it out before helped me make a decision. I hope this was helpful :)

[@keys299]

@@BENWELLAnimation Yes! Thank you! This has helped a lot. I’m a young aspiring artist so I think Procreate sounds like the way to go.

[@BENWELLAnimation]

@@keys299 That makes me happy to hear. Then I wish you the best of luck and fun! :D

[@keys299]

@@BENWELLAnimation Thanks you too!

[@mxev.]

i wanted to start animation since 2020 but i didn't know how to start and all the animation tutorials didn't help me so i started to quit the idea but this video made me comeback and try again, ur video was super helpful THANK U I LOVE U, now i can start my animation channel

[@shadoochekered]

Out of any free animation software I have ever seen so far, I think Krita is the best. Krita's tools are a perfect balance of simple and complicated, and they are easier to understand compared to Blender 2d and other software. It is also not too simple as compared to flipaclip and Pencil2d, such that it has ALL of the tools you ever wanted, in the right place. I highly recommend Krita to intermediate animators who has some experience like me. And it is so easy to understand how to animate on Krita with this perfect tutorial. Thanks Jesse!

[@jessejayjones]

Couldn't agree more! And thank you for checking my video out! :D

[@TSSBLINK]

Hey so why does lasso tool cause blackness when ever i delete anything it it, why can't just delete my drawing?

[@jessejayjones]

You may be drawing on the background layer?

[@lofwyr5063]

Krita succeeded cause Boudewijn Rempt isn't an elitist bleep, who discards the need of an artist over the glory of programming. Who knew giving artists a hand results in artists loving your software. Who knew. Who knew. ...not GIMP devs.

[@hopeulearnedurespanish]

Sadly I don't have a PC or laptop so I have to use flipaclip

[@ArtsyAustin]

I've recently watched the Krita tutorial posted 4 years ago, and coincidentally, this. I'm looking forward to it! EDIT: I absolutely love that you tackled Animating on 1's and 2's. Really helpful! Thank you very much!

[@jessejayjones]

So glad it was helpful! This was a lot of fun to put together! 😄

[@avosmash2121]

Fantastic tutorial man. I own so many animation books, yet I struggled so much with grasping the explained principles being shown within. There's kinda just a difficulty understanding the visual flow of animation when the illustrated pages are not ...well, y'know animated! And you are so clear spoken, lively yet not exhaustingly bombastic, and straight to the point too! This channel deserves so much love! Thank you for offering us free knowledge!

[@jessejayjones]

Aw, thank you so much for the kind thoughtful words! 😊

[@SykoMuffin]

LOL I grew up on FlipNote DS and am trying to get serious about trying animation. It's always been a passion of mine. Thanks for the epic tutorial!

[@jessejayjones]

You're welcome!! I'm glad it was helpful! 😄

[@DaisyFarm_]

Your voice makes it sound like you're always smiling and it makes me so happy to listen to :)

[@LithiumExile]

True he sounds so happy

[@yomamasofat413]

man animation and drawing is a lot of manual work. It's the blue collar of the digital world. Kudos to animators and the anime industry

[@ramengirll]

Yaaaas! Finally Jesse is making an animation tutorial for Krita. I've been waiting for months for this video😭

[@jessejayjones]

So glad to hear it came at a good time! Thanks for hanging out during the premiere! 😄

[@ramengirll]

@@jessejayjones my pleasure. I'm going to watch it over and over again coz I want to learn animation using Krita.

[@idraw8819]

why when i use the lasoo tool does it cut the imagine completely

[@CyberSundayH]

@@ramengirll 😂

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I've been using Krita as a tool to fuel my art. So I'm super excited that this was uploaded. Also Krita updated to 5.1.1 or something. Which hopefully fixed some junky stuff.

[@jessejayjones]

Yeah, I saw that! I hope future builds smooths some things out! Still a really great program ^^

[@Renskejantina98]

Best tutorial up until now! I get so frustrated from all those tutorials that are either showing you a ball or a puppet, but you show how those details work and I feel like I can try myself now. Thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

So glad it was helpful! :)

[@anastasiaraelajynn]

Really excited to figure out if Krita is right for me. I haven't really gotten used to it, but I think just the switch in general to digital art is hard, let alone animation. Hoping to learn so I can make animatics for fun ideas in the works.

[@jessejayjones]

I really loved using it! I think like anything, it takes time to learn how to use it, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes fun :) Good luck with your future animatics!!

[@RocketpinionJr]

Thank you so much for this! I watched the original one from 4 years ago but I noticed some features had changed. I've been experimenting with krita a little bit recently and im so excited to start animation!!

[@NatyCupcake]

This video is absolutely a LIFESAVER! I plan on starting frame-by-frame animations, and you're making it look so easy! Thank you so much Jesse!

[@jessejayjones]

I'm glad it was helpful! ^^

[@minimonster2319]

You are such a great teacher! I had watched your original video and came back for the update, and it's just as informative as ever! Thank you for being awesome. :)

[@KrazeeKoolStuff]

Your tutorial is very clear and well-paced: the steps are explained and shown precisely. You’re an amazing teacher! Thanks for sharing!

[@luvithdrevis]

I was just looking for a tutorial on the basic controls and features of Krita's animation, so I can even understand what I'm clicking. But not only I got that, but also more into the exactly stuff I'm looking for to start learning! This is PERFECT! Thank you so much!

[@Stars2CTRL]

Tysm for the updated video! Krita changed a lot of things, and the more popular videos of Krita have a lot of outdated stuff that made it a little tricky to animate! Tysm once again!

[@Cemhta]

This tutorial was completely amazing, thanks for making it. I love krita with all my heart and SOUL and I love the animation feature they are slowly improving though it has many flaws. I had no idea they added tweening to their animation feature, I hope they get rid of those bugs soon ^^

[@LordKraken3]

I'm in an animation class this semester and found this incredibly useful for my first project, thank you!

[@deana2953]

OMG THIS HELPED ME OUT SO MUCH, this was compatible with the newest and the other tutorials were far too old thanks!!!

[@alexvocu4056]

this is absolutely wonderful! easy to understand and there is everything i needed to know, especially about the exporting. i would've been so lost without you!!!!

[@lexgite]

You literally saved me. I've been trying for at least 2 years to get krita's animation thing to work .. this video helped solve my problems.

[@jessejayjones]

So glad it was helpful! ^^

[@Harmony_theWindFairy616]

I have downloaded Krita like a few months ago, and Im happy that someone made a tutorial that was made RECENTLY:)

[@Kaiongg]

Ok this is probably the MOST useful how to animate vid on krita to ever EXIST!! This is such a big help, tysm for explaining it so simply aswell!

[@BackgroundMusicWithYou]

I signed up because this is the most sensible explanation for everything so far! Thanks!I I also subscribed to your Patreon account! You have good material, I like it!!

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you so much for the support, means a lot! ❤️

[@1944MJCM]

Wow! Great, just what I wanted. I struggled with the Krita Manual but couldn't get passed first base. Thank you.

[@thewaterleaf7929]

I'll be honest I didn't know how frames and layers mixed in krita, which meant I only used it for a simple outline-only animation once, but now I am a lot more confident to use it, thanks a bunch, the little animation lesson's also nice of you to have for beginners trying to animate for the first time, cool stuff, indeed

[@mitsuki_yukino]

Your tutorial is so easy to understand! I draw for fun so I wanted to learn a bit of animation and seriously your video is really helpful. You included everything and more! Thank you so much 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@spiderpunk1265]

I just downloaded krita and watched your old tutorial last week after searching for one, and then this just came up in my recommended. I’m so happy!

[@jessejayjones]

Glad you got to check out the new update! Lots of changes from the last tutorial :D

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Just for this tutorial.....You must deserve a subscribe dude 🙂🖤✨

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you so much!

[@twigsthebird]

Thank you so much! Ive been searching the vast youtube lands for this tutorial and you have delivered good sir!

[@poker_ace01]

Thank you so much on this!!!! You were very patient and gave me just enough time to understand and I really appreciate this video!!!:) thank you so much!!🖤🥰

[@Spiffy-jh6ik]

Dude, this is the best help ive gotten for animating on Krita,, this is just what i needed to get into animating! ^^

[@jessejayjones]

So glad to hear it was helpful! 😁

[@wolfandraven891]

Thanks for this, I just downloaded it a couple days ago, can't wait to start my animation!

[@scarletsletter4466]

Thank you so much! I’ve used Krita for years at home for painting but the animation workspace was always a total mystery to me 😂

[@ke3dee_fishing]

This video was so helpful! You was so clear with everything!

[@Kingeroy]

Just discovered Krita and I'm amazed. Great thank you for this very useful video !!!

[@funky2d]

Thanks for the tutorial im a singer and tattoo artist but i always wanted to know how to animate so i can apply it on my own music videos 💛💛💛

[@ryananimations]

Where has this video been all my life! Thank you so much

[@luvon3191]

Yes I’ve been waiting for this! Thank you 🙏

[@banyp]

THANKS A LOT MAN!!! I wanted to make animations from krita for a while, but to be honest the reason I saw the video, was to just understand how export the video. Thanks again

[@director1584]

Wow… after seeing this I think I’ll finally be able to start my animations 😅 thanks alot!

[@Lexi_1234Art]

This was so helpful i have been trying to animate on krita for awhile now and this video helped me to finish one of my animations(it's still in progress lol)

[@passarin9535]

Danm, what a great class! You're a good teacher bro

[@thelonelyinfj]

This has become the greatest video i have watched so far on animation. Thank you so much!!!

[@rrkkmindsvids8774]

its rare to find this kind of gem of a tutorial.. thanks a lot!

[@laughtergamespc]

thank you for making a 2022 version I wanted to start making animations on PC and I couldn't follow the other one happy new year as in 2023 obviously

[@rodzynek561]

This was the best tutorial i have found man, please make part 2 of this

[@KingConradVI]

As someone who has been wanting to get back into animating, I discovered that Krita had an animation feature to it, for a free drawing software, that is SUPER Generous!! However, When i opened stuff up to play around with, i noticed that i had no clue what i was doing, so i had to put it away. Then down from the heavens came this wonderful video which i put off for longer than i should, came back to it on this lovely sunday, and now i have the encouragement to try it again! Thank you for making this, very helpful and i see myself working hard to make something cool like i did 5 years ago in my first animation class!

[@chocoPhillip]

THANK U, U SAVED MY LIFE, I was having problems with export but this was the first video that gave me a solution (sorry if i have a bad english)

[@mmak2395]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@G0thicb1th]

Thank you SM for making this vid 😭😭😭 I use Krita for reg art and been interested in dipping my toe into the animation world

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful :D Krita's a lot of fun to animate in!!

[@_xinfriendo_4783]

OMG THIS HELPED SO MUCH!!! YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT YOU WENT STEP BY STEP 😭 BRO THANK YOU!

[@jessejayjones]

So glad to hear it was helpful!

[@ej038b8vhu]

The way you expressed is easy to absorb and organised. Thank you for making this vedio👍

[@KennethAnimates]

I just stsrted working on Keira so I’m glad you did the tutorial. :D

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This is the best Krita tutorial EVER! I will definitely use this information.

[@mo7311]

And this video is how I have decided to try animation! Thank you❤

[@pavlinaa01]

Thank you so so endlessly much, this is the best krita animation tutorial ever. Thank you♥

[@grin4329]

Learned more from this video than any other tutorials. thank you.

[@TheThirdPlayer07]

Thank you very much, I didn’t even know I could animate in Krita but it helps because I’ve been using it so long! Now I don’t have to learn a completely new drawing software, thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

Yay! So glad it was helpful! :)

[@anubhavde7561]

Okay first.... Krita is awesome..... I love it for absolutely everything. And, second, how could you demo so much meaningful content in just 25 minutes!?! Great tutorial man!! You not only gave a tutorial of the software but you also gave a basic theoretical guide to get started... Anyone with decent Krita knowledge and digital illustration experience should be able to start animating with your tutorial.... P.S. Your video really helped me with a project at work!! Thanks a ton!

[@CarlCampbell]

Thanks SO much for this video! I'm starting a 2D animation course and had never used Krita before (long time PS user), so I was looking for a quickstart tutorial and this set me straight in the right direction!

[@RinaSova01]

how's the animation test been for you?

[@player24242]

10/10 tutorial. Thank you very much!

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I had been trying to make this work no luck, this finally helped me figure it out. Thanks a lot!

[@jessejayjones]

So glad it was helpful! :D

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Thanks for this. Just needed a quick intro and got it here. 👍

[@karsonsilyo]

Thank you for this!

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Such amazing tutorial, I'm a complete beginner and everything you explain is still very clear and on point, thank you!! Subscribed :)

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Thank you for the sub, glad it was helpful! :)

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Super helpful ❤

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Oh my goodness dude. I needed this to know how to turn off previous layers of onionskins so that they aren't all visible. I was going cross-eyed. 😂 Thank you! ❤

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Glad it was helpful ^^

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Dude you are so good at explaining stuff

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you, glad you think so! :)

[@mahmoudawad9997]

part 3 please.. you have no idea how helpful I find these tutorials

[@animix720]

Finally someone actually teach how to use animation instead of confusing people now I can start my cartoon thank so much.

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Dude I was soooo confused thanks for helping out! Now I can finally make my animation xD

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This twenty minute video made me realize that I've been doing literally on krita for the last few hours. 🤣 Thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful.

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Damn! Worked like a charm! Thank you soooo much!

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Thanks for the tutorial! Ive been struggling for a long time!

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful! :D

[@rm-hr1yx]

this is an awesome tutorial! thank youu!

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Omg thank you so much this is absolutely amazing! I've been hacking at krita for a while now, and your tutorial is super detailed, in a way that isn't so long but explains everything we need to know or may have questions about, you got straight to it and I've been looking for that. thank you!

[@jessejayjones]

Glad to hear it was helpful! :D

[@johnny9956]

You are a great teacher man and i mean it from the bottom of my heart .being a begginer you helped me a lot. thankyou so much 🙏

[@jessejayjones]

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@antoonsorg]

Thanhs for this awesome krita animation tutorial.

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Love this tutorial so much! You are a life saver! Thank you!!!

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Glad to hear it was helpful! ^^

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I can finally start my journey thank u

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Im crying 👏👏 Tear of joy

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It's literally SO useful! Thanks a lot for making this video 😩👍

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Great tutorial!! This will help me animate very soon, thank you!

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Thank you SO much, bro. You just helped make a movie

[@RyeBreadGuy]

I can't keep avoiding learning to animate now, you've taken all my excuses and fixed them---

[@notarobot22]

Excellent tutorial. I've been using krita for a while and just now noticed the animation workspace 🤦‍♂ Great intro and some solid animation tips. Thank you very much

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@beserker989]

very concise tutorial, really shows up what this software can do, not only that but you also gave some really nice tips on animation basics, thanks alot 😄

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful ^^