You might be wondering What tools do I need to start as an animator? Below is the complete list of things which you'll need.


You can Buy any!!
(Wacom Tablet)


Let's talk about the Hardware you'll need!


For hardware, I wouldn't go for too expensive but you'll need something that is decent, even a 2 GB ram Pc or Laptop would work ( the configuration I am telling is for 2D animation and basic video editing) . But remember one thing you need more storage than that of RAM. Ram is essential but more than that is storage capacity minimum 500 GB storage is recommended by me. but if you can afford more than that it's better.   2GB ram is a minimum system requirement the maximum I'd suggest is at least 8 GB RAM.
    

Then you will need a Tablet, not mandatory but highly recommended. Because as animators you'll need something to draw and mouse is not really a very good thing to start drawing with. SO it's highly suggested that to get a graphic tablet not the expensive one but you can get the cheaper ones like the Huion they produce amazing quality tablets with reasonably low price.


Got your hardware ready? Now lets get some softwares!

For software I recommend my favorite 3 software which you can check out on my another post dedicated to software :  Click HERE

But those are all paid you can start of by something that's free like Krita.




You can Download the KRITA for free from Here




Then there's a Blender Software.  It's absolutely free and is mainly designed to work with 3D graphics, but you can do the 2D animations as well!


I've personally never used the blender much. But there are resources and a lots of tutorials online. And the great thing about blender is, it's free!

There are lot's of assets and online library and a large community to support. You get three things in this software, there's a 3D and 2D animation tool with a built in video editor. 

Here's the link to official Blender page click HERE



That's for the hardware and software now about getting started with the creativity.

Once you learn the software then it's just the piece of cake and then nothing is stopping you to create the awesome graphics and animation. The sky is the limit, I don't want to get into details of each software because it'd be the novel to write then.


The Software I personally use is Macromedia Flash. Will add the whole section related to my old school Flash Animations soon!