r/2DAnimation

this is Douga, a pen-first 2D cel animation program I've been working on. free to use, no trial, no installation, no account. native C++, so it opens and runs in a flash. under 2MB.

the screenshot is a rough walk cycle with the onion skin on, red is the frames behind, green is ahead. fair warning though, im a programmer, not an animator. i cant really draw, which is most of why im posting this. i need people who can actually animate to tell me where the tool gets in the way.

raster, on purpose. it's built for frame by frame douga work rather than rigs, so a drawing stays a drawing instead of a set of control points. vector linework is coming as an extra layer type, im working on it now.

it's got a stabilizer, pressure sensitivity, brushes, palette groups. make your own brushes, export and share them. export color palettes too.

scenes hold cuts, drag and drop them in the dopesheet or animatic, or sceneview.

dopesheet: frames auto insert when you start drawing. time them by dragging, click a button to open the animatic (thumbnails).

roll frames with 'R', loop cuts, scenes, or a custom range.

import audio, videos, images, or image sets.

few things that came up on the other software post here, so ill answer them up front:

windows only right now. someone has it running on an ipad over spacedesk and it works, but i wouldnt call that supported.

it doesn't touch the network at all. no account, no telemetry, nothing phones home. there's an optional update-check plugin if you want one, and it's a separate download specifically so that without it the app opens zero sockets.

it's free, every feature, personal or commercial. exports from an unlicensed copy get a BETA RELEASE band across the top at half opacity, so nobody mistakes a beta render for a finished one. a key clears it, and at v1 the band gets replaced by a small Douga mark in the corner instead. what you make is yours either way.

heads up on the download: it's code signed, but smartscreen still wants a reputation it hasnt earned yet, so you may get a blue panel the first time. click More info, the publisher line should read Keiran Brentley Jacob Hoag, then Run anyway.

it's still in beta and i could really use feedback, especially on how the drawing itself feels and whether the dopesheet fights you. i can build whatever you tell me is missing, i just cant tell whats missing by myself. r/douga for bugs, download at https://douga.app

Hola a todos.

Estoy estudiando animación por cuenta propia, por medio de los cursos de Aaron Blaise. Me animé a practicar la sincronización de labios, usando un audio del doblaje en español del anime de los 80 Candy Candy

Los personajes loa dibujé a mi estilo respetando los rasgos más importantes de los personajes. Espero que les guste, aunque creo que me va a tocar trabajar en ones para darle más fluidez a la animacion

Pencil test.

lmk what think

A little taste of what is to come in the near future!

Meet Elena (right), a mystical sand-being that visits dreams and spreads light to those around her.

And Guilt (left), an amalgam of darkness come to should the souls of all those in its path.

Art by Sasha Schneider

I made this short animated music video using four lines from Barsaat Bhi Aakar Chali Gyi.

I wanted the visuals to capture the mood of the song rather than simply illustrate the lyrics literally.

This is one of my experiments combining 2D animation, music and visual storytelling.

I'd love to hear what you think about the atmosphere and animation.

I also post my animation and other creative work on Instagram: u/uniquesarma 📸

This is the song version of palpatine and anakin’s conversation in revenge of the sith. I started this today and am doing 5 frames per second. I have completed 14 seconds of this but have not imported the audio. I don’t want to pay for that but I may have to.

We dropped our showreel and one of our original animated shorts here a few days.

We also made this. It didn't naturally do as on instagram or Youtube compared to the other short we did that went viral in 24 hours cause it's more slower paced and the algo wouldn't pick it up but I hope you guys appreciate it.

I'm the founder of an indepedent 2D animation studio in Pakistan. We mainly do client/commercial work to sustain ourselves and operations but recently started doing original content from the profits to build our audience.

If you want to know more about us or want to get a project done in the feature, check out our site:
https://www.innovativepixelsart.com/

Or if you just want to see what more we come up with, do give us a follow on instagram:
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