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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 02/03/2026

I sat down with an animation class to talk about my journey. From a Disney rejection at 13 to Warner Bros. and building Harut Cartoons, I dive into: 🎨 Studio life 🕒 Burnout & AI 📺 Personal Work www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcCh... #Animation #WarnerBros #Disney #Harut

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How I Created My Career: Disney, Warner Bros. & Harut Cartoons | Hayk Manukyan

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 25/02/2026

Master Blender in 7 days! If you want to add Blender’s free 3D/2D toolset to your professional kit, this is the perfect entry point. I’ve personally vetted this course—it covers the exact animation workflows and add-ons you need. toanimate.teachable.com/a/aff_f5ccv2... #Blender3D #Animation #b3d

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TOAnimate Academy is an online animation school offering University level course curriculums created by industry professionals. The primary tool taught at this acadamy is the free 3D software Blender....

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 30/08/2025

Awesome! Glad it’s helpful

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 29/08/2025

I put together a 2 minute 30 second animation tutorial that covers 6 quick but essential tips every animator can use. Let me know if you find some of these useful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGk...

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6 Essential Animation Tips (Quick & Practical)

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 26/08/2025

Another AI experiment: can it turn a simple shape into a dragon? 🐉 I also tested if AI is more useful for cleanup & color than full animation. Check out the results and tell me what you think. #AI #Animation #HandDrawn #AIart #DigitalArt www.youtube.com/watch?v=faiD...

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AI vs Hand Drawn Animation Showdown!

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 20/08/2025

I tested today’s hyped-up AI video generators to see if they can handle 2D hand-drawn animation — and if us animators should be worried. After comparing to real human work…Let's just say, I think we're going to be ok, for now. #handdrawn #animation #ai

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AI Animation vs Human Animator – The Dance Battle

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 12/08/2025

Posted Step 1 of my 2D animation process in Toon Boom Harmony on YouTube. This stage is all about rough lines to focus on movement and poses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=83_k... #2DAnimation #TraditionalAnimation #ToonBoomHarmony #HandDrawnAnimation

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How I Start a Traditional 2D Animation | Toon Boom Harmony Tutorial (Step 1)

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 10/07/2025

Some animation I did for a recent of Teen Titans Go! Shark Week special. The first episode is available on YouTube but the full 5 parter will start airing July 19th. I handled every part of the animation from initial roughs to final clean up and color all done in Toonboom Harmony

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Eric J. Pringle @prophetbuddy.com · 07/07/2025

@haykcartoons.com and Travis Simon animated this. Check out the 5-part episode July 19th. @ericjedelstein.bsky.social

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 27/06/2025

Animatic for a animated short i'm working on featuring my characters Abo and Karo. Let me know what you think! #storyboards #animatic

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WIP Can You Solve the Riddle of the Two-Legged Mouse?

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 11/04/2025

No wonder it’s so smooothh

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 11/04/2025

Was Jack Black rigged animation or hand drawn frame by frame? Also what program did he use?

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 25/03/2025

Animation studies of Vikings, such as Bjorn Ironside (played by Alexander Ludwig) and Amleth from The Northman (played by Alexander Skarsgård). Hand-animated in Toon Boom Harmony—great practice for gesture and life drawing www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhyq...

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VIKINGS Animation Study – Hand Drawn Frame by Frame

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 21/03/2025

Don't worry you're not on IG. No one will see your comments lol

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 21/03/2025

AI 2D Animation VS Hand Drawn animation. I gave my Drawing of Harut to an Ai program and gave it the prompt to make him dance and the first animation in the video is what i got back. The rest of the dances in the video are animated by me, by hand.

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AI vs Hand Drawn Animation #ai #animation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 06/03/2025

Here’s my original pencil test animation for Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, created for Teen Titans Go! at Warner Bros. Animation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQUh...

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Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote – My Raw Pencil Animation (Teen Titans Go!)

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 05/03/2025

Animated a new dance for the Teen Titans Go! intro—this one’s for Season 9! I animate a new one every season, all hand-drawn in Toon Boom Harmony on a Wacom Cintiq, frame by frame www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOs...

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Dance Animation for Teen Titans Go! Season 9 | Hand-Drawn Animation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 04/03/2025

New DC logo I animated for Teen Titans Go! #2danimation #cyborg

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 02/03/2025

Oh, I didn’t do the storyboards either. Just the animation, clean up and color

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 01/03/2025

Here's the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote Special cameo I animated for Teen Titans Go! The only thing I didn't do in this entire sequence are the backgrounds. #2danimation #handdrawn www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIj...

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I Animated This Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote Special for Teen Titans Go!

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 01/03/2025

Oh wow really? Which animation did they share?

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 01/03/2025

Does anyone know if the new episode of Teen Titans Go aired today? Title was The Stickiest situation. I’m trying to know for sure before I share my animation from the episode

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 28/02/2025

Some animation I did for Legends Of Tomorrow. Included my acting reference, rough animation and tie downs.

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 20/02/2025

Thank you! There should be a new one coming when season nine starts up next month 😀

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 19/02/2025

My animation for the Teen Titans Go intro. Every season I animate a new dance (9 so far). Animated in Toonboom Harmony

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 19/02/2025

March 1st Cartoon Network will air a new episode of Teen Titans Go! which will have a 1 minute 20 second hand-drawn animation sequence I did. Can't wait for people to see it!

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 14/02/2025

Alan Watts animation study. Animated in Toonboom Harmony

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 11/02/2025

Control Freak Crashes the Teen Titans Go intro. 2d hand drawn animation using Toonboom Harmony. I've included the rough pass, tie-down, and final clean up and color.

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 10/02/2025

Armenian dancer animation study

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 10/02/2025

Thank you. Yeah, I don't understand the hate.

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 08/02/2025

In 2016 I animated this Lion King Parody with DC superheroes for the Teen Titans Go movie. Up til then I'd been animating in Flash (Adobe Animate), but for this project I wanted something that felt closer to hand drawn animation. I switched over to Toonboom Harmony and have been using it ever since

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 07/02/2025

This is the DC Logo animation I did that airs before every episode of Teen Titans Go! On Cartoon Network @dccomicsreal.bsky.social @cartoonnetworkhd.bsky.social

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 07/02/2025

Bone Run Animation. Animated in Toonboom Harmony.

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 11/12/2024

There was a viral dance going around called the Tshwala Bam and so I animated my cartoon character Harut doing the dance. #dance #animation #2danimation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 10/12/2024

So good! Would be so fun to animate!

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 10/12/2024

Animated this happy girl walk cycle over the weekend. Animated in Toonboom Harmony #animation #handdrawn #2danimation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 05/12/2024

Cyborg’s origin story in Teen Titans Go. At this time I was animating in Adobe Animate aka Flash. I would use the paintbrush tool to do hand drawn animation. #cyborg #animation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 05/12/2024

You can try Blender which has a great 2d tool and it’s free. There’s also tons of tutorials on YouTube that can help you get comfortable using it.

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 05/12/2024

Superman training his dog Krypto in an episode of Teen Titans Go. I animated it in Toonboom Harmony #animation #art #handdrawn

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 04/12/2024

Thank you! It’s always bumpy when I first start but after some time I get into a flow and my drawings start to feel more loose and confident

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 03/12/2024

Animation study of Childish Gambino in This is America music video. Gesture drawing from live action reference. I first capture the extreme poses then start filling in with poses in between #art #animation

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Hayk Manukyan @haykcartoons.com · 03/12/2024

So far it's just animating simple 3d objects, camera moves and just learning the interface, but I can't wait to start messing around with the grease pencil. I've seen some tutorials and samples online and it's got me excited.

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