MultiHub Forum

I'm a 2D animator trying to streamline my production for a personal web series, and while I can draw characters manually, my current character rigging workflows in Adobe Animate are clunky and limit the expressiveness and efficiency I need for consistent output. I create separate symbols for each limb and feature, but the deformations look stiff, and managing the symbol hierarchy for complex turns or props becomes a tangled mess that slows down the actual animation. For animators who have optimized their 2D rigging pipeline, what software and methodologies do you recommend for creating flexible, expressive rigs? How do you balance the time invested in building a robust rig upfront against the time saved during animation, and what are your best practices for organizing controllers and creating reusable rig components for a cast of characters?