Animation software maker Blender is showing off its upcoming Grease Pencil 2.0 tools through a new demo called Hero. The Grease Pencil provides 2d animation tools within Blender’s free and open ...

We will start in 2D with Grease Pencil, focusing on animation while learning the ins-and-outs of the Blender interface. Sessions will then integrate the third dimension, lighting, rigging and 3D ...

Pencil is a very realistic sketching program and good 2D animation tool for the cost (free).

Pencilbite Studio, a new student-run animation studio, has launched with plans to produce an independent animated short film. Established this summer, Pencilbite Studio is Penn’s first student-led 2D ...

Ming-Na Wen, the voice of 'Mulan,' narrates 'Pencils Vs Pixels,' a new animation documentary set to premiere at Annecy Animation Festival next week.

We traded in moving pencil and ink for extravagant, yet beautiful, computer animation. Yet, we lose the simplicity of 2D animation’s unique means of storytelling.