Aight. (cracks knuckles) 🤓 5:27 There's an option in the stroke material menu that "fixes" this i.imgur.com/KTuZWhp.png but as you may see, due to the nature of overlapping in vector, you kinda overlap your stroke with your stroke when you have turns. This works better with softer brushes and/or textured brushes. 1 reason I'd use self-overlap is that at some point the stroke is not actually getting thinner pixel-wise but it becomes transparent (you can see that especially in the smiley face's eyes at 9:40 where there is a white hole. That's just the stroke being too thin it relies on transparency, causing some nasty artifacts.), so self-overlap hides those artifacts. 12:05 Funny enough, I never use stroke select mode, I use point select and if I want to select an entire stroke, I select a point and press ctrl+L (selects everything that is linked). Just if someone would prefer that. ALSO ERM ERM editing single points in proportional edit is useful!!!(!!!) 14:09 Just to make this more clear, zooming works the same in any UI space, but the scrollbar drag is an option as well. 26:53 When I told you about that, we noticed that the color kinda matters since the hole started to use the color we chose like in a 2D drawing program that has a "screen" layer blend mode applied. So I came to the conclusion that black color is what you're supposed to use, because black in "screen" blend mode is basically nothing. (I should've shown you an alternative to this hole-fill method where you'd use a layer to mask stuff out just so there are other options to know of.) 31:33 Just to make it more clear: That button actually toggles out every visual aid (overlays) so when that's off, it'll show only the work you've done. Disabling onionskin in this button, you'd go to its dropdown menu and uncheck onionskin. i.imgur.com/JmMQlNZ.png 39:20 The N panel has its uses overall, but I prefer doing object adjustments and keyframes here i.imgur.com/gse43fP.png if you often have the object properties tab open most of the time. (And for a non-shortcut-key-user like LEE, since the N panel doesn't have keyframe buttons, you can add keyframes by pressing these buttons in the object properties i.imgur.com/4cTiAyF.png dot means there are no keyframes in that channel overall, and diamond means it has keyframes somewhere.) 44:41 btw I'd recommend people to use this i.imgur.com/4NLZMfu.png or at least know about it. Because Blender can desync video from the audio when previewing the animation, especially when the scene becomes too performance heavy, this option makes sure the desync won't happen.

Is this guy for real??? He explained so nicely A WIZARD

This man was probably that smart kid that gave you the answers and explained things u didnt understand better than the teacher

I'm not even interested in making animations, but I love Blender, and seeing people use it.

By far one of the best tutorial videos i have ever watched. At no point did i feel lost or helpless

this video made my life easier....it made me more aware of what I'm using, blender is the GOAT in literally everything, your explaining is the best i have seen so far, thanks.

Thank you for making a Blender tutorial for beginners that actually is a tutorial for beginners AND applicable to doing work outside of your specific examples. Well paced, well focused, straight to the point, and considerate of your audience.

One of the best intro to animation and blender tutorials ever - great work - thank you!

Thank you so much for your clear explanation It really helped me. I'm quite far away from really understanding it, maybe 50 per cent, but I'm so thankful your clear explanation helped me! I did go back a bit here and there to rewatch it as I was playing around with Blender. Thank you!

appreciate the advice in this video. really helped me a lot to understand the basics of blender 2d. hope to see more

this is the best animation software and the best tutorial ive ever used and watched. blender now seems trival compared to the other software i've learned. thank you so much. i feel like i can do anything now.

Great tutorial! Well-structured and really informative. Thanks!

I came across several 2D animation tutorial videos for beginners, but I found them to be quite challenging to follow. It felt like listening to a scientist explaining complex math to reach Jupiter, and I became frustrated to the point of considering quitting. However, your videos changed everything for me. They provided clear and understandable guidance, reigniting my enthusiasm for learning. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the invaluable help you've provided

Thank you!! I've been in this rabbit hole for hours, just getting more baffled. This is the first video I've watched that explains the operations and tools in context, as you're using them, instead of in a long, confusing, out of context list at the beginning. It all finally makes sense to me. Again, thank you so much!

Mate you explained this so well, my first day and I can now do basic animation. Also great voice too! Very soothing. Cheers from Australia

That was the best and only blender video I've ever watched and understood, fantastic explanation!

Jesse, your sheer enthusiasm and positive energy is remarkable. The video is fucking cool too.

I have a project for school that uses blender, and I've been putting it off because I dont know how to use it. this tutorial was so helpful and clear, and now I feel confident enough to start! thank you so much!!!!

I love how simple this video is unlike every other animation video I’ve seen

aaa tysm! I've been animating for YEARS but I've only now started using more "professional" animation programs so this is rlly helpful!

What an excellent tutorial. A must for beginning the Grease Pencil journey. The tempo is just right, informative and entertaining.

amazing 2D animation walkthrough, everything is explained clear enough. Hope to see such tutorial for 3D animation. thanks for sharing this.

This has been the most useful video I've found so far, you're right to the point. Thank you!

you explained it so beautifully. I went through it once and got straight to blender to get started with some 2D animation exploration. thanks a ton for creating such a wonderful tutorial. it covers everything that is required to get a beginner started.

Is this what all your toutorials are like? Because the way you explained things is absolutely amazing and it actually makes sense. If you do this much depth on all your tutorials, I definitely want to get your course! 💜

Please keep your tutorials information quality like this i need that for my learning. Loved the video

You literally made blender seem much more simple to me ❤ You just earned a subscriber!!!!

THANK YOU! This video is a life saver and your teaching style and vibe is brilliant

You helped me to learn how to animate in Krita. So appriciate you! Continue do great videos and tutorials. I am very exiting about Blender, too, so thank you for the suprise ❤❤

I've watched this video 30 times and now I understand. A very helpful video thank you so much it's explained really well.❤️👌

Youre a good teacher. 90% of them are SEE WHAT I CAN DO show off videos as i call them. They just breeze thru just letting you watch them work. Not teaching. They are like low self esteem individuals who never leave their house and get a kick showing off here on youtube as their entire life self validation is only done on KZfaq and Insta and FB or whatever. Keep up this method of teaching for newbies. I have 20 years exp with 3ds max and couldn't understand their hit z twice, slide big, click value, toggle zoom, hit BB twice then drag here, see you got a warp force. I WISH YOU WERE REACHING 3d PARTS OF BLENDER TOO. Though im also interested in 2d sketch work. LIKE GIVEN.

Thank you, just made the jumping ball on a background, and this was SOOOO helpfull. im on my new path of doing 3D animation!

I've work with Blender for 3D animation and modelling only and when I start to messing around with the 2D animation features it's hard to work with, better use Krita or CSP for a normal scene, the grease pencil will works best if you use it for action sequence with crazy dynamic camera movements like you see in modern animes since you can animate basic 3d skeleton then trace it right away in the software so it's easier when you will add a small change, you don't need to render it again and then import it, matching timelines and stuff in another software

watched the whole video added to my playlist to come back and follow your process once I complete the donut series this is AMAZING

You're phenomenal at explaining. Keep it up. Great video❤

you have no idea how deeply thankful I am for this

Thank you so much for this! I've been so stressed out about how to use blender because I need it for working on my portfolio to apply for design studies and I did not understand it AT ALL. It's sooo much better now, you're a hero!

Fantástico Jesse!!! Extraordinaria tú explicación de Grease Pencil en BLENDER.. . Saludos desde Panamá!!!!

Great video! concise and straightforward, subscribed. 🎉

Thank you so muuuuch! I started this animation a year and so ago and there werent many 2d animation in blender tutorials at the time to help me with some things! :) I learned a lot on my own but can you believe this?: Any time I would mistakenly click (ALT) my method to make it go back to normal was somehow messing around with it by using alt and left click moving around the place, clicking to invert the picture on the ("Y axis" on the right top corner) plus clicking the number ("0" on the numpad) and sooner or later it would work! xD Theres a freaking camera icon right there and I never tried it wow... also I learned a bunch of other things in this video! Million thanks dude! 😁👍 PS: I was glad to see your channel again because I also used to watch a lot your Flash (now animate) tutorial for animation! Thanks again! 😁

I'm more interested in importing and manipulating 2d images or parts of them but this is a perfect simple tutorial to allow me to get started. People who make tutorials about this tool drive me nuts with going through every frigging brush and setting. Thanks for your help.

I went back in my view history to comment on this video. Thank you so much for providing this guide, it was EXTREMELY helpful and got me motivated to make my own little animations. Really, hands down, by FAR one of the best tutorial videos I have ever stumbled upon

Thank you for sharing all the knowledge! This was amazingly helpful after being so lost.

Yesss!!! I’m so excited to use this tutorial!

For the most part boss. This was just what i needed. Few things i think you could have done to help lessen the information overload. 1 if it dosnts matter now just skip over it, 2 while the extended examples were nice and very interesting they threw a bunch more information that i now had to decide if it was super important or if it was extra credit. 😊 this whole animation thing is new too me. Never touched an animation software tell this. I understand the theory behind what im supposed to do. What i turned to your video for. Was how to change frames while drawing. As unlike say flipcreate that is just a simple + button on an blank square. Blender had no visible add blank frame. So thank you for your time. Ill have to keep you video booked now. 😊

Honestly, you deserve a like! For me as a beginner this was very helpful. Thank you!

excited to see this, especially since the news of grease pencil 3.0, this will be a fantastic resource

bro your explanation is unbelievable ! thank you a lot .

really helpful and completely detail tutorial thanks.

i am looking for the blenders 2d tutorial for long time finally I got it and I learned a lot from this video, thank you for this amazing video sir please make more videos like this. ( love from India ).❤

4 months late but this tutorial is of huge help in me kick-starting my animation hobbies using blender. you just earned a new sub. wish you all the best

bro this video helped me a lot instead of watching other tutorials videos abt blender. This creator teaches so details!

This is honestly pure gold !❤ thank you so much for this

Thank you for saving me with this tutorial, I really needed this for a college project

Love your voice and the way you present information. Thank you for an awesome video!

Very nice, clear and easy to understand. Thank you.

Nice dude! You are always with the good surprises, thank you Jesse! you are a really kind soul ❤❤

VRO YOU GOT MY ALL DOUBT IN THIS VIDEO AMAZING!! 💖

Thank you so much for this tutorial! :)

Oh my God 😩 where have you been, I’ve been struggling finding things on my own. You literally God send bless you man!!

I struggled alot yo find a video to teach me and am so happy to say that today i will make my first animation. Simple step but very important yo me and u r the main reason i can do it Thank you alot ❤️

The way u make things easy os mind blowing 🎉❤

So lifesaving, thanks. I am trying some basic animations for my music stuff. Using stock videos is so expensive and they don't give a good result at all.

OMG Thank You So Much this helps a lot. now that i know the hotkeys i can start animating your the best! THANK YOU

I love your voice! It's so positive. Thanks for the tutorial!

ok, THIS is a very helpful tutorial. very well made! thank you very much!!! :)

If you are on Blender 4.2 and you can't find the images as planes addon under Preferences, it is now under the Add tab in Object mode. Click Add > Image > Mesh Plane > Select an image and then Import Image as Planes.

i think it is one of the best tutorial i have found on youtube as a beginer

thanks so much for this amazing tutorial!!!! it helped a lot

this tutorial is amasing! thank you so much

thanks a lot I hated blender for 3d but tried to give 2d in it a shot. its good for this. the pressure sensitivity and all is accurate too. I'll give blender for 2d a proper learning shot,.

Most explanatory, most helpfull video ever. THANK YOU.. 🙏

the best tutorial i have ever seen!! all my questions have been answered

Thank you, this is an amazing tutorial!!!

Thank you for explaining it very well!thank YOUUU!❤

Thanks for explaining and demonstrating slowing ... it made sense!

I've had blender for a while and used it for 3D stuff, but I always felt intimidated by the grease pencil 2d animation aspect of it (not because I don't know how to animate in 2d, I have a freakin' associates in animation lol), but because I couldn't figure out how it worked. I finally bit the bullet and followed along with your video to learn how to use it! thank you for making it so simple! I get it! once I practice more and experiment with integrating 3d stuff I will be unstoppable

Wow, After so long i finally know how to use blender. Thanks. You just earned yourself a new sub

This was one of the best tutorials on blender ❤

I'm a complete noob in Grease Penciol, and I'm here to tell you that you''ve done the best tutorial yet. Good work!

Never knew 2d animation was possible in blender. Thank you so much

I downloaded the app three days ago and was able to follow all the explanations. Jessee, you're great!!! Thank you very much!!!

Dude this video is well done thank you

Thanks Man this is the best tutorial You save alot of my time keep the work 👍

Your channel has become a part of my routine.

If all tutorials were like yours bro I don't know it may just be me but the way you speak makes me motivated lol and for animating motivation is the one thing you need lol

Awesome explanation! Thanks!

this is incredibly useful, thank you!!

MAAANN I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THIS TUTORIAL 😭 YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOUUUU🥺❤

Really helpful tutorial!!

his voice is really good lml perfect for talking to group of kids and teaching them.

The best tutorial ever. On any subject. ever.

Extremely well explained for a complete beginner, thank you, subscribed :)

Wow. This video is amazing. I want to learn grease pencil on blender. This is exactly what I needed. This shows all the basics tools. This also doesn't show any animation that is super fancy and specific. A bouncing ball is very basic. With basic tools, I have freedom to do what I want. I find it weird that importing backgrounds needs an addon. Shouldn't that be a basic feature? I would like to make a nice background painting in Photoshop and import it to blender. The background in the video is simpler than what I have in mind, but it gets the job done. One additional feature I need is separate sketching and ink layers. Bouncing balls is one thing. However people and animals are a whole other thing. They have much more complex forms with anatomy. I would like to move on to animating that. A sketch layer helps me build the body from basic shapes. An ink layer has the final linework that unifies the body. Traditional hand drawn animation has a separate sheet of paper for sketch and a sheet of clear plastic for ink. Photoshop has layers as a basic feature to replicate this separation. This is something that a 2D animation program needs. When watching this video, I figured that there can be a way. The video did show how to add layers. I noticed that each layer has an eyeball symbol. I am assuming it has to do with showing and hiding. So there could be a separate layer for sketch, while the main layer is ink. The sketch layer would have visibility turned off, once inking is finished. That gives easy cleanup.

Oh this is awesome! I was wondering how to animate camera shifts. Thanks man!

I had great intrest in animation downloaded the software but doesn't know what to do your tutorial it's just gave me confidence and learnt something useful thank you

Greatest Tutorial EVER about Blender 2d Animation ! Thank You so Much Buddy 🙂

This video was so helpful thank you so so much

This was excellent! Thanks so much for getting me started.

great lesson/tutor thank you for sharing