omg i cry what program is this

it's flash but it's frame-by-frame so you can basically use anything that supports layers? photoshop, sai, firealpaca, medibang, clip studio, etc etc

OOOHH thank u ; o ;

When I do animations I always make additional frames for "rest time". It looks more natural when you have some pauses and it loops better! I don't like when it starts again too fast ^^

ah I wasn't trying to make it loop, that's why the end isn't animated back to the same spot.
doesn't really help me with making it smoother though :T

ahh I see! then I guess the only solution is making more frames inbetween movement? idk if anything else can help?

mm yeah I'll try tbh! I think I needa understand better the animation types available in flash..

good luck with that!! i only do simple stuff in SAI, so I can't help much... I'll be doing some stuff with my bf since he has a job connected with animation, so maybe after that I can help you out more! ;v;

OOOO BOY THIS IS SO GOOD !!!

THANK but it's so chunky and awkward ugh

animation student here!
part of the reason it looks a little awk is that it looks like your facial features are sliding across the plane of the face, instead of the whole face turning.
decode-meg is right! where you want to pause and hold your motions is just as important as drawing the movement itself.
the shoulders jump right from pose to pose, a few extra frames to allow them to settle into that shrug would help! and some secondary motion in the hair and ears(?) would help make the whole thing look more alive! instead of just the face and shoulders moving and the rest being really static.
there's a good playlsit of short videos that go over each of the 12 principles of animation. it really helps to know what they're called to be able to break down actions into manageable chunks and incorporate them into your own work!!

ohh thank you! I did originally redo the face but it looked weird and I ended up giving it up I'm not sure why in retrospect
I agree that the shoulders needed a lot more I between frames :0
I'll definatly try to look @ them!
but like.. is there there..... anything to make the motion look smoother? like ofc inbetweens are always important, but when I do more (for example, the eyes) it looks prolonged and wonky, the movement looks hand drawn and not really natural idk

WELL I'm sure it's all practice brings perfect and I'm just impatient

Practice is super important, yeah! I guarantee that's most of what you're feeling. Even if there isn't any movement, sometimes redrawing a frame that sits still will provide just enough variation that the character wont look stiff--kind of what you'd do for a wiggle icon!

hmm yee i feel
but i kinda wanna get that rEally cgi-smooth animation type (like.. jonkagor on da?) and i feel like doing it completely frame-by-frame can go against that :0c