A flexible timeline where you can easily adjust the duration of individual frames and manage layers.
is a fully-featured, hand-drawn animation application designed specifically for creators who want to build traditional frame-by-frame 2D animations on the go. Created by developer Jacob Kafka, it bridges the gap between simple hobbyist apps and complex desktop suites like Adobe Animate or Toon Boom Harmony . Quick Facts Platforms: Available on iPad , Android , macOS , and Windows . Workflow: Specialized for traditional hand-drawn animation. roughanimator
Just tell me the character or action you want to animate. A flexible timeline where you can easily adjust
| Frames | Action | Drawing notes | |--------|--------|----------------| | 1–6 | Cube squashes down, eyes widen | Draw bottom flat, top squashed oval. Eyes bigger, lower. | | 7–12 | Cube stretches upward, eyes narrow | Top elongates, bottom still touching ground. Eyes small, higher. | | 13–18 | Cube lifts off ground, arcs up | No ground contact. Squash slightly on way up. | | 19–24 | At apex, hang time | Rounder shape, relaxed eyes. | | 25–30 | Fall back down, stretch | Vertically stretched during fast fall. | | 31–36 | Impact squash + settle | Extreme squash on frame 31, then back to neutral by frame 36. | Quick Facts Platforms: Available on iPad , Android
RoughAnimator provides a suite of tools that mimic the classic animation desk experience:
RoughAnimator is a popular animation software used by artists and animators to create traditional hand-drawn animations. Here's a prepared feature list for RoughAnimator:
→ compile in RoughAnimator’s video export, or send frames to a GIF maker.