welcome to my 2 frame animation tutorial!! yes, you can animate in just two frames!!

this will work for any animation software!! i usually use procreate or pixquare on my ipad, and you can even draw the frames and then put them together in a separate animation app if that works better for you!!

ready? let's start!!

1. Draw something! It can be anything! I draw what i want to animate on a separate layer to make it easier, especially if I want the character to move.

2. Choose what to animate! Easy, just figure out what you want to do! When I'm stumped, I like to draw over some background shapes to add just a bit of movement. ^3^ Simply drawing over something you've already drawn (like what I did with the text) adds an easy but cool effect called boiling!

3. Add a frame! I'll usually duplicate the first frame unless I want to add a boiling effect to the entire image or do a movement that's super complex. I save the latter for animations with more frames though!! For now, we're just spicing up a drawing xD

4. Redraw what you want to animate! Erase the bits on frame two that you want to change, then redraw them however you'd like! Make sure to enable onion skin so you can see what the previous frame looks like while you're working on the next one. This helps you figure out where exactly you should be drawing to keep consistent with the first frame.

For these yellow expression lines in my example, I made them a bit longer than they were in frame one so it kinda looks like Stamp is shouting out to you in encouragement!! xD

zOMG YOU DID IT!!

5. Get creative! I usually use a framerate of just 2 FPS for these micro animations, but changing it up can give your animation a whole different vibe! Move more stuff around, add more background effects, do whatever you want!! Most importantly, have FUN! and if you need another frame, add one! then you're animating longer and longer stuff cause it's so fun >w<

more examplez:

the flipside: sparkles in eyes are animated in just 2 frames! adjusted the opacity to make the stars flicker in the background!

another me: background is animated using that boiling effect! simple but eye-catching!!

aww they love each other <3: emocat's angry mark is adjusted just slightly and the heart bobs up and down ^^

thx for reading!! sincerity is not a crime!! stay smexy xD

f4t4lfrankie

hi everyone!! iexpect to see some more art here very soon!1 ^^

been focusing more on quality and fun things i can do with my art as opposed to just uploading super often. i've been working on some webpages i hope ppl can have some fun exploring! they're up on my site now if you wanted to take a look and get a sneak peak at what i've been working on. dw, i haven't just been slacking xD i've been focusing on my writing a bit more too.

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so basically i'm just putting together some speedpaints! i'll probably resume normal updates this sunday or monday?? for a couple weeks anyways. after that, no promises!! i have so many ideas, but they're going to take a little more time to pull off ^^ thanks for your patience, and i hope you enjoy!!

stay smexy >3<

f4t4lfrankie

i won't post it all here, but you can read it at this link if you want to. to summarize, i feel really burnt out with my art lately and am taking a break. weekly uploads will likely end on the 19th, but i am working on projects i feel very passionate about at a bit of a slower pace so they come out how i'd like them to. thx!!

sincerity is not a crime,

stay smexy!!

- f4t4lfrankie <33

i once again can't post animations directly here bc of copyright, buuuut here it is, hope u like it ^^

i cant post it directly to here bc of copyright n junk, but i didnt upload an art this week cause i was working on this x3

in honor of my nyan cat pixel speedpaint getting 1k views (zomg?!?), i made some bases for everyone!! now you can make your very own pastry cat (or dog, or bunny)

heres the link, i wasnt sure if i should post them to my main art gallery since its def not my usual lolol. i like how ko-fi lets me sort them into one place and also makes sure the download is high res ^^

k thx for reading, bye !!

i updated my gallery! it was rlly a pain to look at before Dx

i still want to do more with it, but for now its wayy better. the old layout was making me mad atp lmao

if you want to, watch it here!

do ppl still do these

Before you found me, I’d fallen from many hands. The worst part was the sound— high and piercing, demanding attention. Everyone at the table would suck in stuttering gasps or clench their hands around the silken tablecloth with bated breath. Despite my structure, I only suffered harmless, cosmetic scuffs.

I was always fragile, a fact illustrated by my delicate frame, held upright by a thin stem and topped by a dainty glass basin often filled with the finest, reddest wines. The upper class cherished me, taking me from the cupboard for an occasional jovial night of overindulgence. My beauty shone from where I sat, full and glistening. A radiant glass that belonged to a radiant woman. Alas, all good things must end. After a while in the lonely cabinet, I was passed down to the woman’s son.

Her son was a bitter man who’d slam me onto his sticky wood table and moldy cork coasters when he didn’t get what he wanted. The unfamiliar, unrelenting force shot through me in shrill shockwaves and ate away at my pristine body. My insides became stained with cheap liquor, dull and lifeless. It made him happy to ruin me, and I was built to please. His late mother’s favorite glass became an outlet for his hatred, ugly and unlovable.

By the time we met, cracks ran along my base in bluish, sickly lines, glass splinters poking out from my sides. Don’t touch me, they screamed, or I’ll bury my pointed hooks into you. You picked me up anyway, caressing my face with creased brows and wiping away a coat of dust with a fond, featherlight touch. Your fingertips caught on a jagged edge. I loved you immediately with a horrible reliant obsession, like a parasite loves a host. You loved me like a girl loves her father— idealistic and misguided. 

You took me home, rinsing me off in smooth, practiced motions. Soapy, lukewarm water and sweet nothings bubbled inside me as I was painstakingly hand-washed for the first time in ages. My insides strained to hold together only so I could do right by you. When I gleamed proudly, clean and new, you poured a familiar wine. After years, I was home. 

Neither of us noticed it spilling out of me, pouring down your arm and onto the kitchen floor. I caught on your soft lips, opening you too easily. We bled, thick and languid. I begged you for more as you placed me down, your expression souring.

Fill me up with all you can give, so I won’t be alone and empty. Fill me up with expensive nectar as it leaks out onto the floor. Fill me up over and over until you are drained and parched like me. Drink from me until you become useless and ugly too, your face covered in thin, red scars. Don’t leave.

Hold me so tight that it hurts— so tight that I shatter into your pale skin. I’d happily live forever, nestled deep in your tissue. Digging ravenously into the flesh of your arms, I’d bask in you; warm, red, and perfect. I’d say I didn’t mean to make you cry. We know it’d be a lie, but does it matter if we choose to believe it? Do you love me as much as I love you? When you see the faint afterimage of scars I’d leave, would you smile? Would you feel needed? If you loved again, would you ache because of me? 

Like a host to a parasite, you’d eventually have nothing left to give, overcome by my greed. You’d die on the stained kitchen floor, and I’d die with you once your lifeless form was reduced to cracked, yellowing bones and broken glass. Maybe it’d be better that way, my dear. Or maybe it’s best you put me back where you found me, in a dusty box of your late father’s belongings. He loved you exactly like I love you.