Environmental Storytelling through 2D Animation

Continuing on my journey to learn more about animation I decided to focus more of my efforts onto the digital side of things due to my lack of resources and knowledge of classic animation. My first attempts at this led me to decide between two of the more prominent animation software currently used in professional settings Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate (the by-product of the original Adobe Flash program first used to animate digitally). After deciding that I already have some experience with Adobe software and wanting to try something new I went with the Toon Boom Harmony program used majorly with studios like Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Nickelodeon.  The initial download was pretty simple and I have started off with the 21 day free trial. Searching YouTube for some basic tutorials is found several good basics tutorials and I was able to practice the basics or the program.  Utilizing the tutorial and my own basic drawing skills I was able to make a simple ball bouncing animat

 An Exploration of Modern 2D Animation https://preview.redd.it/eusp57ctzng11.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=d986cb6dffb7e15e6d883615820ef2904be928f3     Unsure of where to really start my initial research last week so I decided that I would take a deeper dive into the styles of 2D animation that are currently still prominent in the industry today to pick a style and attempt to learn those techniques to better improve myself and my abilities. Most modern 2D animation these days can be broken down into two larger categories Traditional Animation and Digital 2D animation with several different approaches to each.       Traditional Animation or Cel Animation where animation cels are each individually drawn by hand and then placed on a peg board with backgrounds to be changed out each frame to create the illusion of motion in the scene. This style dates back to the earliest days of animation from the earliest Bugs Bunny cartoons to even more modern uses like in the creation of Spirited