
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.


