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Free countryball animation tutorials
Step-by-step guides to drawing, rigging and animating countryballs, flags and maps, and turning them into videos. No sign-up needed.
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Draw your first countryball, then make it move. Everything else builds on these two.
Flags, rigs and maps
The techniques history and mapping channels rely on.
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Animating countryball flags: UK, USA and other tricky flags
The Union Jack, the Stars and Stripes, vertical tricolours and emblems: how to build them so they survive animation.
4 min read
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Rigging countryballs with bones in Moho
Set up a reusable countryball rig in Moho or Anime Studio Pro: bones, binding and switchable expressions.
4 min read
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How to animate a map: territorial expansion
Build a layered vector map, then make a country grow across it, the classic history-channel shot.
4 min read
Software and videos
Pick your tools, learn the basics of Adobe Animate and take a video all the way to YouTube.
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The best software for countryball animation
Moho, Adobe Animate and the free options compared honestly: price model, platforms and how each one handles countryballs.
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Countryball animation in Adobe Animate: the basics
Draw, mask and tween a countryball in Adobe Animate, add a camera move and export a video.
4 min read
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How to make countryball videos for YouTube
From idea to upload: scripting, voices, sound, thumbnails, growing a channel and staying clear of copyright trouble.
5 min read
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Our courses show every click, from your first countryball to battles and maps. The first lesson is free.
