Animatorly · For every kind of animation

Find an animator. Or be found.

Animatorly is a tools directory and a marketplace for animators. It covers every form of animation, and the programs people actually work in. Profiles lead with the work. Clients post the job and pay the animator directly.

I'm an animator I want to hire

A basic animator profile is free, for good. The first 50 animators are founding members and get a founding mark on their profile. See Extras.

The directory

Browse the tools directory

Software, plugins, hardware and AI tools for every kind of animation: 2D, 3D, stop motion, motion graphics and rigging. Free, paid, and everything in between. You can search it and filter it by category and price type.

Browse the tools

Two ways in

What each side gets

The same site, two jobs. Animators keep a portfolio-first profile. Clients come to hire. Animatorly is not in the middle of the invoice.

For animators

  • A profile that leads with stills and loops, across 2D, 3D, stop motion, motion graphics, rigging, and the rest.
  • A directory of the tools you work with. Affiliate links are labelled. An “AI tools for animators” section comes later, inside the directory.
  • Profiles are live now, and job posts from clients come next. RigDoctor, a rig-quality tool for Moho, is a later idea.
  • A free basic profile, for good. You can always reply to clients and take the job without paying us anything. Optional extras, later, are bought a prepaid month at a time and help you get found. You set the rate with the client. Animatorly does not take a cut and does not handle that payment.
Join as an animator

For clients

  • Job posts for any kind of animation: a shot, a rig, a film, a title sequence.
  • Animator profiles you can judge by the work.
  • Contacting an animator from their profile is free. A fee to post a public job comes later. That fee is for the posting. It is not a percentage of the budget.
  • You pay the animator directly. Animatorly does not hold the money.
Join as a client

The work

Every form. Every program.

2D, 3D, stop motion, motion graphics and rigging. Animatorly is for all of it, in whatever program you use.

2D
3D
Stop motion
Motion graphics
Arm rig with bones, joints and controls
Rigging

Forms

  • 2D animation
  • 3D animation
  • Stop motion
  • Motion graphics
  • Rigging
  • Character animation
  • Visual effects
  • Storyboard and layout
  • Game animation
  • Mixed practice

Programs

2D

  • Moho
  • Toon Boom Harmony
  • Adobe Animate
  • TVPaint
  • OpenToonz
  • Clip Studio Paint
  • Procreate Dreams
  • Krita
  • Callipeg
  • RoughAnimator

3D

  • Blender
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Cinema 4D
  • Houdini
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Unreal Engine

Motion graphics and compositing

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Cavalry
  • Apple Motion
  • Nuke
  • DaVinci Resolve Fusion
  • Rive

Rigging and games

  • Spine
  • Cartoon Animator
  • Live2D Cubism
  • Cascadeur

Stop motion

  • Dragonframe
  • Stop Motion Studio

If you work in something else, choose Other on the form. Moho sits in the directory like every other program. Animatorly is not a Moho site, and it is not limited to one program.

The promise

We never take a cut.

Animatorly is not a party to the job. We don't invoice the client for the animator's work, we don't hold the money, and we don't keep a percentage of it.

  • A basic animator profile is free, and replying to a client never costs anything. Optional extras, later, are bought a prepaid month at a time.
  • Clients can contact animators for free. Posting a public job will have a fee, later. That fee is for the posting.
  • The money for the work goes from the client to the animator. We never sit between them.

While we open

Free to join. Free to get work.

A basic animator profile is free, for good. Clients can find you, contact you and hire you, and you never pay us to answer them. Joining this list is not a subscription, and it does not start a bill.

Founding members

The first 50 animators to open a profile are founding members. They get a founding mark on their profile, and no free extras come with it. When checkout opens, founding members may be offered a lower price on a prepaid month of extras. Extras help you get found, like higher placement in search, featured spots and more portfolio space. They are bought one calendar month at a time and do not renew by themselves. People on this list hear first when profiles open. We will publish every price before anything is charged. There is no price on this page, because none has been set.

In this order

What's coming next

The marketplace is the point. The directory and animator profiles come first, so there is something useful on the site before anyone is asked to pay.

  1. 01

    Tools directory

    Live now. Pages for the programs and add-ons animators use, organised the way people search. Affiliate links where a programme exists, labelled as such. Tools with no affiliate programme still get a page. An “AI tools for animators” section is part of this directory, and it comes after the core pages.

  2. 02

    Animator profiles

    Live now. Portfolio-first profiles, with a browse page and a page for each animator. Founding members and an example profile are up, and more animators come next.

  3. 03

    The marketplace

    Job posts from clients, later. This is the full site the waitlist is for. Animatorly never takes a cut.

Later: RigDoctor, a rig-quality rating for Moho rigs. Animatorly itself is not a Moho brand.

Short answers

FAQ

Is Animatorly a Moho site?

No. It covers 2D, 3D, stop motion, motion graphics, rigging, and the rest, in whatever program you use. Moho is one program on the list. A Moho-only tool for rig quality, called RigDoctor, may come much later. It would be a separate tool, not the brand.

Do you take a commission?

No. We never take a cut of what an animator earns, and we never hold or pass along the payment between a client and an animator. Animators can buy optional extras a prepaid month at a time, and clients will pay to post a public job.

What does it cost to join?

Nothing. A basic animator profile is free, for good, and so is contacting an animator. Optional extras, bought a prepaid month at a time, and the job-post fee come later, and we will publish both prices before anyone is charged. Joining the list does not sign you up for a payment.

Will clients be matched with AI instead of animators?

No. The marketplace is for people. AI tools aimed at animators will be listed later, in their own section of the directory. They are tools, not a roster.

Who runs this?

Animatorly is an independent site built by an animator, for animators and the people who hire them. The privacy notice says what we keep from this form and how to ask for it to be deleted.

How do I get off the list?

Email [email protected] from the address you used. Say whether you joined as an animator or a client.

The list

Join before it opens

Two forms. Use the one that fits. You can join both if you animate and you also hire. We store one signup per email address for each role.

Animator form Client form