
I've made two relatively long animations in it and many shorter ones. I'm a huge fan of Krita I've been using it for years for a variety of projects. (Unless you download them off of some shady website) Some programs also permit you to screen flip and change the angle of how you're viewing the art, which is recommended if something looks wrong but you can't tell what it is.Hello, I've been animating for a long time, and here are my top three choices for FREE 2D animation - related programs with no viruses.

This is useful if you need to check sizing on something or draw something in the wrong place. Transform tools allow you to select something on the drawing - whether it's a whole layer or just a part of it - and move it, resize it, and in some software, change the angling of it.Some programs have different categories and other types of brushes, but most programs follow the list above. Many programs have a catch-all list of brushes - pencil, pen, watercolor/blend, airbrush, blur, and the eraser. Brush tools are extremely useful, especially if your software allows you to create your own brushes with different settings.Most programs also have opacity locks or the Magic Wand feature, which prevents you from drawing or coloring outside of what's already been marked, and clipping masks, which make the layer "snap" to the layer below it and lets you add different colors without needing to be on the same layer.Most programs have a translucent or onion skin mode this allows you to see a faint outline of a basic skeleton of your drawing, for example. This can also make sure that when you mess up on a vital part, you don't have to erase the whole drawing. In other words, you don't have to draw your sketch and your final lines on the same layer anymore.


Digital art has more features however, some are dependent on the drawing software you use.

With pencil and paper drawings, there are certain qualities that can be bothersome - such as getting graphite all over your hand.
