Animation is a large, collaborative industry. From pre-production to production to post-production, each stage has its own set of roles, skills, and creative challenges. It’s easy to feel like you need to learn everything to be competitive.
Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to Be a Magical Girl flips the classic magical girl trope on its head. Instead of sparkles and destiny-fueled enthusiasm, this story leans into reluctance, frustration, and the absurdity of being chosen without consent. It’s funny and awkward, and it explores burnout and the pressure to perform a role you never auditioned for.
In independent animation, sometimes a single creative experiment is enough to redefine what animation can be.
At Animation Club School, we’re always drawn to projects that prove one simple thing: a person's creative vision can outshine limited resources. Atlas and the Stars is one of the best recent examples that we can think of.
If you’ve spent any time online, you’ve seen KC Green’s iconic “This is Fine,” where a dog with a cute hat is calmly sipping coffee while the room burns around him.
Animation feels like magic on the screen, but behind that magic lies a craft that cannot be mastered alone through tutorials and random YouTube videos.
5 Programs, Similar Features Switching between animation software shouldn’t mean relearning everything from scratch. In the animation industry, it’s common to move between programs depending on the studio pipeline. Students, on the other hand, often start with more accessible tools like Clip Studio Paint or Krita before they even think about working in a studio […]
Animating takes time. A lot of time. Sometimes more than you expect, and definitely more than most people realize. If you’ve ever sat down at your desk buzzing with inspiration, only to get stuck in perfectionism, distraction, or total overwhelm… you’re not alone.
Looping animation is everywhere! Once you start noticing it, you can’t unsee it. From a character’s idle animation in a video game, to hypnotic background elements in music videos, to the funny GIF your friend just sent you in the group chat, and even cleverly timed TikTok videos that have tricked you into watching the […]
So… you’re ready to start animating? That’s wonderful. Whether you’re doodling your dreams in Flipaclip or diving deep into Toon Boom Harmony, each animation program is a little like moving into a new house.
Most animation journeys begin with a simple question: “How do I bring this story to life?. But French animator Gaylord Cuvillier Libessart asked a deeper one: “What makes this story worth animating in the first place?”
Woolie Reitherman’s path into animation wasn’t typical. He was flying fighter planes in World War II before he ever picked up a pencil at Disney.
Learning animation starts with how to make drawings move, but grows into the why does (x) move like that. Les Clark began by learning how to make drawings move, but what set him apart was his curiosity about why they moved the way they did
The story of Long Gone Gulch began in 2010, but the world didn’t learn about the project until 2016, when Tara Billinger and Zach Bellissimo launched a Kickstarter campaign.
Color is a fundamental element in animation, crucial for setting mood, guiding the viewer’s eye, and supporting storytelling. In this Animation 101 guide, we explore how the historic Zorn palette — a minimal set of colors used by Swedish painter Anders Zorn — can teach modern animators about the power of limited color palettes.
In animation, everything begins with something small. A sketch, a doodle, one idea shared online — sometimes that’s all it takes to launch a creative universe.
In the world of indie animation, few stories are as inspiring as that of Vivienne Medrano and her studio SpindleHorse Toons.
Whether it’s an expressive gesture or a subtle movement, arms are central to conveying mood and intent. They’re key tools for communication — and when drawn well, they can elevate a scene’s emotional power.
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