Animating with Blender's Grease Pencil

Animating with Blender's Grease Pencil

11th Grade · Art · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can use the basic tools in Blender's Grease Pencil to create simple 2D line animation.

  • 1

    When starting a new project for 2D animation in Blender, select the 2D animation option on startup to optimize the viewport for Grease Pencil use.

  • 2

    In draw mode, you can adjust brush parameters such as radius for brush size and strength for pressure sensitivity to achieve different line art effects.

  • 3

    To import reference images or video for rotoscoping in Blender Grease Pencil, ensure the import images as planes add-on is installed and use the object mode to add your reference.