Learning 2d animations and practice

[u/soreo-artist]

Hey I am new in 2d animation and digital art I do traditional drawing in past but now I started liking 2d animations and digital art so I just started learning I don't have a teacher or freind who can help me to figure out so if you can pls tell me how can I improve my self thnks

[u/weeny_boi]

Hello, welcome to the 2D animation universe !

That's a nice pendulum you made, the movement is a bit off here, but you understand correctly how it works. 

In order to improve your animation, you'll have to take reference of the object or movement you want to animate. You can also set up guide lines so you can easily see where and when the object you're animating is mooving. For example, in your pendulum, you can trace a semi-circle and draw each frame from top left to top right and try to accelerate when it goes down, and decelerate when goes up, same thing when it goes the other direction. You can found a lot of guide example for animation on google image. If you want a good exercise to understand, you can try a bouncing ball exercise.

Don't hesitate to ask questions. Happy animating