Hope you enjoyed this lil tutorial! Sorry it got pretty off the rails, but I hope you can dig up some helpful nuggets of knowledge in here : ) (also see the comments for important stuff that i somehow completely forgot to bring up hahaha)
Download my lil default drawing file and consider supporting me over on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/brysonmcbee
Check out my work on instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/brysonmcbee/
Download Blender!
https://www.blender.org/download/
Download the storytools add on for easier grease pencil menus!
https://github.com/Pullusb/storytools
Download these sweet custom Grease Pencil brushes (for cool textures and stuff!)
https://cloud.blender.org/p/gallery/5f235cc297f8815e74ffb90b
Check out these other awesome Grease Pencil Tutorials that have helped me out so so much:
Worthikids! This is a long one, but it really digs into everything you need to know to make a 2D cartoon in Blender! watching a master create a little toon start to finish is a treat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz7V0_qn1Eg
Dedouze! This is one of the greatest grease pencil artists you've probably already seen and wondered "what the heck how'd they make that". For awesome tutorials on using 2d grease pencil in 3D, check these out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57qq2nE3B0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saIFT8_j0LQ
Sophie Jantak! Sophie is really one of the pioneers of grease pencil, and she has some of the most creative applications of grease pencil I've ever seen! Check her out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY0gjIttZRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH2fDeHkrxQ
Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:15 Navigating in Blender
06:09 Grease Pencil Objects
08:26 Blender Modes
14:20 SUPER SECRE TIP #1
20:15 Grease Pencil Modifiers
22:30 SUPER SECRET TIP #2
25:40 Grease Pencil Effects
28:00 Keyframes and Animation
30:36 Outro