A great cel animation resource?
In Illustration for Motion, you’ll be empowered to create your own illustrated works, gaining valuable knowledge and insights from one of the top talents in the industry, Sarah Beth Morgan.
We can’t wait to see the animations you create with these apps!
Essential cel animation features
We had a handful of things we believed were necessary for the cel animation apps to include to make it a feasible option for animating. These features include:
Tools that utilized a stylus/pencil
A Timeline with Playback
Onion Skinning
If you’ve never heard of the term onion skinning, it’s simply a feature that allows you to see transparent versions of the frames before and after your current frame while you animate. It’s an essential feature for animation.
Because a lot of ‘animation’ apps in the App Store don’t include one of the three features above, we omitted them from our list of cel animation apps.
Our favorite cel animation apps for ipad pro
The moment you’ve been waiting for… Here’s a short list of our favorite cel animation apps for the iPad Pro.
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If you’re looking for an aesthetically pleasing and functional app to start creating your animations, Callipeg delivers. Being a dream child launched through Kickstarter, this app has had a significant amount of feedback and backing.
Dig into a full review from kdsketch and get a feel for the app and it’s features!
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If you wanna get a quick run down check out this video by Ben Marriot!
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Looking for something that feels familiar to your desktop experience? Something similar to animating in Adobe Animate or Photoshop? Clip Studio Paint is a robust solution for your iPad offering a ton of tools and options.
Here are some basics for navigating Clip Studio Paint
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Reimagining what it means to animate frame by frame, Looom has taken on traditional animation workflows and made it… fun? We almost didn’t add this app in because it doesn’t feel “professional”, but it actually meets all of the criteria needed for this list.
Take a look at how it works!
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