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6 Essential Animation Tips (Quick & Practical)

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Aug 29

I put together a 2 minute 30 second animation tutorial that covers 6 quick but essential tips every animator can use. Let me know if you find some of these useful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGk...

AI vs Hand Drawn Animation Showdown!

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Aug 26

Another AI experiment: can it turn a simple shape into a dragon? 🐉 I also tested if AI is more useful for cleanup & color than full animation. Check out the results and tell me what you think. #AI #Animation #HandDrawn #AIart #DigitalArt www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiD...

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Aug 20

Lol

AI Animation vs Human Animator – The Dance Battle

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Aug 20

I tested today’s hyped-up AI video generators to see if they can handle 2D hand-drawn animation — and if us animators should be worried. After comparing to real human work…Let's just say, I think we're going to be ok, for now. #handdrawn #animation #ai

How I Start a Traditional 2D Animation | Toon Boom Harmony Tutorial (Step 1)

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Aug 12

Posted Step 1 of my 2D animation process in Toon Boom Harmony on YouTube. This stage is all about rough lines to focus on movement and poses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=83_k...
#2DAnimation #TraditionalAnimation #ToonBoomHarmony #HandDrawnAnimation

WIP Can You Solve the Riddle of the Two-Legged Mouse?

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Jul 10

Some animation I did for a recent of Teen Titans Go! Shark Week special. The first episode is available on YouTube but the full 5 parter will start airing July 19th. I handled every part of the animation from initial roughs to final clean up and color all done in Toonboom Harmony

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Eric J. Pringle @prophetbuddy.com · Jul 7

@haykcartoons.com and Travis Simon animated this. Check out the 5-part episode July 19th.
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Cartoon intros! @tvtunes.bsky.social · Jul 7

🇺🇸 Teen Titans Go! King Shark Week (2025)

#TeenTitansGo
#SharkWeek
#WarnerBrosDiscovery
#DCComics
#CartoonNetwork

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Jun 27

Animatic for a animated short i'm working on featuring my characters Abo and Karo. Let me know what you think! #storyboards #animatic

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Apr 11

No wonder it’s so smooothh

VIKINGS Animation Study – Hand Drawn Frame by Frame

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Apr 11

Was Jack Black rigged animation or hand drawn frame by frame? Also what program did he use?

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 25

Animation studies of Vikings, such as Bjorn Ironside (played by Alexander Ludwig) and Amleth from The Northman (played by Alexander Skarsgård). Hand-animated in Toon Boom Harmony—great practice for gesture and life drawing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhyq...

a dust storm in the desert with a large rock in the foreground .

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 21

ALT: a dust storm in the desert with a large rock in the foreground .

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 21

yup

AI vs Hand Drawn Animation #ai #animation

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 21

Don't worry you're not on IG. No one will see your comments lol

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 21

AI 2D Animation VS Hand Drawn animation. I gave my Drawing of Harut to an Ai program and gave it the prompt to make him dance and the first animation in the video is what i got back. The rest of the dances in the video are animated by me, by hand.

Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote – My Raw Pencil Animation (Teen Titans Go!)

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 6

Here’s my original pencil test animation for Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, created for Teen Titans Go! at Warner Bros. Animation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQUh...

Dance Animation for Teen Titans Go! Season 9 | Hand-Drawn Animation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 5

Animated a new dance for the Teen Titans Go! intro—this one’s for Season 9! I animate a new one every season, all hand-drawn in Toon Boom Harmony on a Wacom Cintiq, frame by frame www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOs...

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 4

New DC logo I animated for Teen Titans Go! #2danimation #cyborg

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 2

Oh, I didn’t do the storyboards either. Just the animation, clean up and color

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 1

Thanks!

I Animated This Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote Special for Teen Titans Go!

Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · Mar 1

Here's the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote Special cameo I animated for Teen Titans Go! The only thing I didn't do in this entire sequence are the backgrounds. #2danimation #handdrawn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIj...