2D FX Animation Tutorial: Lightning Bolt - Part 5

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Lightning Bolt - Part 4

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Lightning Bolt - Part 3

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Lightning Bolt - Part 2

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Lightning Bolt - Part 1

2D FX Design Tutorial: Lightning

Star Wars Ep II: Han Solo - by The Magnificent Itch

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Part 4

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Part 3

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Part 2

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Part 1

Applying the previous tutorials which explored the principles of designing your FX first before diving into animating your effects, now Jason continues his in-dept lessons by adding wonderful motion to his designs.

2D FX Design Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Version 4

2D FX Design Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Version 3

2D FX Design Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Version 2

2D FX Design Tutorial: Fire Explosion - Version 1

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Goopy Splat - Part 4 (Clean-up/Refinement)

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Goopy Splat - Part 3 (Timing/Inbetweens)

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Goopy Splat - Part 2 (Keys)

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Goopy Splat - Part 1 (Design)

Wildstar - Cinematic Trailer

I've been seeing 2D FX expertly being applied 3CG-Animated television series, films, and now video games for many years. I've always wanted to see more, and often predicted it would look better (stylistically) than the usual fuzzy, blurry, particle FX animation we've all seen these past 20 years... in film especially. Now it's great to see more and more of it being used, it's usually more cost effective, and looks cleaner, sharper, and stands out better.

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Basic Hit Impact - Part 3

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Basic Hit Impact - Part 2

Star Wars Ep I: Luke - by The Magnificent Itch

Everyone loves Star Wars, right? Here's the first Episode in a series of Star Wars themed shorts. The Magnificent Itch just about finished Ep II. It'll be released soon, but you get to vote which character we animate next... Follow us for updates on Twitter twitter.com/MagnificentItch Facebbok: facebook.com/TheMagnificentItch
or Instagram instagram.com/magnificentitch/
As a special gift for fellow animators, here's Luke's Animation Rig we animated this with. Made with Maya 2012.
themagnificentitch.com.au/client/starwars/LukeRig_v1.0.zip
Vote below, and if you'd like to help us financially to create more, we have a Patreon account!
patreon.com/TheMagnificentItch

2D FX Animation Tutorial: Basic Hit Impact - Part 1

Flash Tips by Jason Keyser

Common Drawing Mishaps:




In-Betweening Tricks:




Symbols Explained:

2D FX Design Tutorial - Shape Style Guide

2D FX Animation Tutorial - Creating a VFX Sprite Sheet with Flash