How do you create a morph Animation

Question

How to create an animation where you morph one drawing to another, for example a tear drop into a dolphin diving into the water, a water splash into a halo turning into a person, a halo turning into a person with wings, then the person with wings, turning back into eyes to repeat the cycle.

Answer 1

That's where an animator can get very creative choosing what they want that "Morph" to be. Studying "smear" animation is a great way to get an idea of even how to morph 2 very different objects into one another. Sometimes objects will stretch, blur or even bounce into place to create the desired effect, it's honestly a lot of fun to put together!

I myself teach traditional frame by frame animation, as well as puppet animation using various animation software including Krita and Clip Studio Paint, and I find some of these creative methods to be some of the more exciting parts of the process.