Animation Assist is such a fun tool to explore
in Procreate.
Let's create this melting butter animation
together, and I'll show you how easy it can
be!
First, let's use Monoline brush in Calligraphy
to draw the toast.
Refine the shape as needed.
Create a new layer to finish the rest part.
Close the shape and fill it with a solid colour.
Turn on alpha lock, use a darker colour and
increase the brush size to draw the shade.
Create a new layer, let's draw a little smiling
face.
Now we've finished drawing the toast.
Let's add a new layer to draw the butter.
Use yellow to draw the top, then draw the
bottom part.
Select a darker yellow and fill the bottom
part.
Enable alpha lock for this layer.
Use the darker yellow to cover the lighter
outline.
Go to layers let's merge the three layers
for the toast.
Go to actions, choose canvas and turn on Animation
Assist.
Click on settings in the timeline.
I'm having 6 for Frames per Second.
Onion Skin Opacity, 60%.
This allows us to see multiple frames at the
same time.
Go to the toast layer in the timeline.
Turn on Background.
Then this background layer will stay static
during the animation.
Now let's animate!
The basic of Procreate animation is a new
layer is a new frame in your animation timeline.
Or a new group of layers is a new frame.
Duplicate the butter layer.
Click on the arrow and stay with Uniform,
make it a little smaller for the 2nd frame.
Add a new layer in between.
Use a lighter yellow to draw the melting part.
Now Duplicate the second butter layer for
the third frame.
Merge these two layers and the 2nd frame is
done.
Select the third butter layer, again use the
uniform tool to make it smaller than the second
one.
Create a new layer below and draw the melting
part which is a little bigger than the last
one.
Duplicate the butter layer for the fourth
frame.
Merger these two layers and the third frame
is finished.
Now you see the rules, for the next frame,
reduce the size of the butter, draw the melting
part bigger than the previous frame.
Copy the butter layer for the next frame before
merging the layers.
With the onion skin, we can see all the frames
created with 60% opacity.
Just keep doing 
the rest.
I'm having 9 frames now.
For the last layer, just draw the melting
part.
Now let's hit the play button to check the
movement.
So it's not hard at all, is it?
Since we are working in a digital environment,
there are some tools in Procreate that can
help us make animation in different ways,
and even make the process easier.
so stay tuned for the future Procreate Animation
Tutorials.
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Have fun when you create your piece of animation
and see you next time!
