How To Animate in Krita for Beginners - UPDATED 2023!

[@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.

[@JustinCompton-ye5jb]

Thank you so much for this video.

[@Hiiii829]

Hi, thank you for making this, may I know how to select all the frames at once?

[@JessicaWillson-q5v]

Please how did you smoothen the image

[@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😂

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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! 😊

[@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! :)

[@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!

[@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 😂

[@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! 😄

[@nomadicwolf6132]

Over the years I've watched a few dozen animation vids & probably a few hundred art tutorials when I considered trying to monetize art. This tutorial has got to be at least top 10, even top 5. - Clearly articulated - Comprehensive guidance for beginners to the software & features being used (very rare) - Simple example anyone could follow (not animating some master piece that discourages even trying) - Easy tips & tricks w/ with simple examples of how & when to apply them along the way (not just isolated tips w/out guidance on execution) Absolutely outstanding. You're who I'll be learning animation, Krita, & anything digital-art-related moving forward. You just set the new standard in my mind. Subscribed to YT & Patreon. For $5 I can get a finished animation to study? Definitely want to see what one of your completed animations looks like, & the way you animate different characters / expressions.

[@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! ^^

[@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 ^^

[@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! 😄

[@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! ^^

[@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!

[@shadowdemonaer]

This is literally so much better than the other tutorials I watched. Unless my Krita is too much different from yours, this should literally be THE tutorial that will actually help me. I'm animating with a mouse because I lost my pen for my drawing tablet, and I realized it would be easier if i could be able to copy-paste the frames I needed for loops and such, but I couldn't seem to figure out how that was done. I'm glad I had the patience to sit through this for once, because now I feel like I can actually start. Thank you so much.

[@LordKraken3]

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

[@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!!

[@voradorhylden3410]

He sounds sooo happy. I dont think ive ever been as happy as he sounds

[@KrazeeKoolStuff]

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

[@Hallowssss]

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!

[@deltamachine343]

People really don't appreciate the effort, time and energy it takes for animation. Thank you so much for the tutorial! It's very useful!

[@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

[@Portfolioquatic_design]

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! ❤️

[@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

[@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. :)

[@animix720]

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

[@abitedyslexic]

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!

[@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!!

[@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 ^^

[@PraxDike]

I love you man. Ive been trying to simply figure out how to get in there and you bought me like how to legitimately animate. Thank you.

[@momentiumengine1424]

I can not unsee the 5 in the ear.

[@Proletarian-ud8du]

I just came because I wanted to learn how to use the onion system but I feel like I learned so much more useful knowledge from this.

[@_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!

[@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!

[@spiffy_studs]

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! 😁

[@ryananimations]

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

[@YellowHeadAnimator]

Hello! I just wanted to take a second to truly give my gratitude for this and the last animation tutorial you make regarding krita. It, truly was, the spark for my animation channel. Again, thanks.

[@TheTrashpack234]

Getting Krita to work challenge (impossible)

[@keep_it_quiET098]

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

[@drussle5902]

I'm still amazed how this software is free. Great video!

[@grimrealityemo]

Honestly one of the best tutorials out there, i understood everything you said. Thank you creating this amazing tutorial

[@arrynight]

This was so informative, simple and direct, not only a Krita tutorial but also an animation one

[@Active0Bserver]

I'm a pixel art animator. Trying to switch from what I know to this has had me ripping my hair out! Your voice is the only thing keeping me from giving up at this point!

[@itstwice_.]

Not only did this guy teach me Krita and animation, but he also taught me what an onion skin is LOL

[@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 😂

[@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!!

[@rrkkmindsvids8774]

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

[@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! :)

[@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

[@Decadent_Dee]

You are a fabulous Teacher!! 🤯

[@jessejayjones]

Thank you! 😊

[@619gh8]

You're a life saver Im learning it now and you're the only one who teach it very clearly ad complete

[@1944MJCM]

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

[@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)

[@tysonwest9338]

Thanks for the help! I had no clue what I was doing until I learned this. Keep up the amazing work!

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@deana2953]

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

[@BoReads]

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! ❤

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful ^^

[@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! :)

[@MooseHorns237]

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.

[@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 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@nora4869]

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

[@tumbleweedfish]

I spent so long on the help sight trying to figure out what i was doing wrong, thank you so much for this tutorial!!

[@thelonelyinfj]

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

[@selkiethesylph]

You sound so kind and nice in the video, made me determined and excited to animate!!

[@JustinCompton-ye5jb]

This is the most helpful video I've ever watched. A must see for beginners.

[@Fellow-Artist]

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

[@-ellyteddy-3264]

The other how to animate in Krita videos don't even mention how to space key frames! This helped a lot thank you so much! :)

[@beamostert6297]

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

[@director1584]

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

[@twigsthebird]

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

[@zenguitarankh]

I was talking to a friend of mine about old school flash toons and stupid buhtoons came up....I was wondering "Is he still at it?" and hell yes you are. Continued success to ya. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and for the laughs.

[@jessejayjones]

Wow.. you know about Stupid Buhtoons! Haha, that's honestly amazing. Thank you so much for the kind comment, hope all is well with you :)

[@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)

[@anndavidson6950]

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

[@jessejayjones]

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

[@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!!!!

[@MyBearo]

You are good inspiration for my videos :) Gonna try out Krita for sure.!

[@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 💛💛💛

[@Kingeroy]

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

[@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!!🖤🥰

[@justyusufshorts]

after watching this video my animation skills are on another level! Thanks Jesse J. Jones!

[@jessejayjones]

So glad 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!

[@ej038b8vhu]

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

[@jjm8678]

Solid info, guy. This connected alot of my dots for many programs and commands over the years. Thanks tons!

[@GiGi.Studios]

THIS WAS VERY HELPFULL

[@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 ^^

[@KenH60109]

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

[@SoftieSooshi]

Thank you so much! This was clear and concise. I was able to export a simple practice animation right away!

[@mt5forex986]

This is the only video that helped me thank you very much😊finally learn something from this video you did good on this👍

[@jessejayjones]

So glad to hear it! ^^

[@SwagStuff4]

thanks this helped a lot

[@Inkgoing]

Thank you so much you are actually the best person to ever exist for tutorials

[@frogamation4946]

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

[@jessejayjones]

Glad it was helpful! :D

[@DestinRestin]

Very cool and informing tutorial, this was more informing then some other tutorials I have seen and I picked up alot of information. Thank you very much Jesse J. Jones. C:

[@grin4329]

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

[@MobPc-Vr]

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

[@trangng3384]

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

[@jessejayjones]

Glad to hear it was helpful! ^^

[@horothewise7533]

Thank you very much for this amazing tutorial. It's very well made, clear and with perfect pacing. I am familiar with animating in Clip Studio Paint and I find the concept of Animation Folders implemented there very intuitive and easy to use. In Clip Studio Paint, every frame you have on the animation timeline will have one or multiple layers that correspond to it in the Layers palette. This is intuitive for me because it allows you to use all the traditional digital drawing practices of separating your scene into a sketch layer, line art layer, flat colours layer, shadows layer, highlights layer, background layers and special effects layer. You're basically still using the approach you already use for illustration but you are doing it for multiple scenes where only one of them is allowed to be visible at a time. Krita's approach seems different. You can correct me if I'm wrong but from what I can see, only the first frame in the animation timeline has layers that correspond to it in the Layers docker. The frames after the first frame don't appear as individual layers in the Layers docker at all. It's like they are virtual layers stored in memory or something. If that is the case, how would you approach doing a more sophisticated animation that involves colours, shadows and special effects ? Are you able to recreate the workflow in Clip Studio Paint inside Krita somehow using these virtual layers ? I know I'm in no position to ask for this but I would be really grateful if you can make another video about how you would approach animating a full colour short scene in Krita that has line art, shadows, background and (if possible) special effects. I really want to learn the most efficient way to use the virtual layers aspect of Krita when doing animation.

[@jessejayjones]

Sure! Every animation program is going to work different, and have its quirks. I come from an Adobe Flash/Toon Boom Harmony background, so I prefer the way Krita handles animation, because it's far fewer layers to keep track of. To do line art, coloring, backgrounds, etc. I would simply make one layer for each, and you can set these layers to Multiply for shadows as an example. Then, afterwards, you can throw all the layers in a folder, and add a Transform Mask to that folder to animate it like it's a camera. :) Like I said, learning any new program is going to have its quirks that need to be learned before it feels familiar. Hope this helps, good luck!

[@ZCoolest_Ch]

literally the best channel i found ! it was actually super helpful! Thank you! 🥰🥰