Puppet Animation vs Frame by Frame

Puppet Animation Vs Frame By Frame

What some people fail to realize, there are two different kinds of 2d animation, puppet animations and frame by frame, the differences are very easy to spot after you know the differences between them

Puppet animation

       Puppet animation is the animation method that I recommend for starting animators. Its when you  
draw every single individual layer of a character (head, eyes, ears, etc.) and convert the into
symbols. Onece you get everything set up, you put them all together to form your character. Then  
throughout the animation you can move your symbols around  as you progress through your
timeline.
Puppet animation makes you do more work before you start and then it's easier to do while the
actual movement is happening. For more in depth explanation/ a step by step guide on how toM make a puppet rig, please watch this video by Draw With Jazza

Frame by frame animation   
    Frame by frame animation is pretty self explanatory by the name. It's pretty much when you draw your character. And the you draw him again on the next frame, slight,y different. And then draw him again slightly differently, and no on and so forth. There are two different methods to frame by frame animation. I will link a video by Alan Becker for in depth about each of the methods.