TVPaint's another overpriced and bloated p.o.s.(oftware). If you're into 2D animation with that trad look and penniless, Plastic Animation Paper pro edition has been free for years. But...if you don't know it yet indie Flash animators on youtube are killing it in terms of fame and fortune (I'm not referring to animators of…
@Ryan You're welcome. Check out this cartoonbrew entry from last year: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/how-much-money-animated-shorts-earn-on-youtube-58388.html Yeah, working on my own IPs too but not all for youtube.
I think if you use say Illustrator as a finishing tool rather than a drawing tool it's easier and more fun to use. You like Archer? It's animated in After Effects but the characters, in final form, are done in AI. Backgrounds can be 3d max paintovers. I recommend Von Glitchka's Lynda.com AI tutorial if you're a member. He…
Start with Egoraptor and work your way backwards (buddies of his in his channel links). Videos they've made you'd probably seen before but if you analyze it in the context of what's going in mainstream entertainment industry (studio layoffs, costly student loans, outsourcing, etc.) the fact that they built a loyal…