animation practice

Create a short looping animation in Procreate using Animation Assist.

Choose one simple subject and explore how it might move, shift or transform across eight frames or fewer. You might animate:

• a flame flickering

• a flower opening

• an eye blinking

• a star pulsing

• a shape bouncing, rotating or changing form

• a symbol appearing and disappearing

Keep the movement simple and allow it to be imperfect. Focus on learning how frames relate to one another, experimenting with onion skins and discovering what makes your loop feel smooth, expressive or alive.

Try adjusting the frame rate when you finish and notice how the speed changes the feeling of your animation.