How to make a nicely animated sprite?

Hy everyone... <img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

I was searching a net for a while now...

and i still don't know what's the best way to make nice & smooth character frames...

I don't mind handling with difficult programs to make animation...

and of course I would share completed frames <img src="smileys/smiley12.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Have a look in Tools/ressources there are some tutorials and quite a few links there.

Also google is your friend too for this question.

actually google became my best friend xD

thank you. I found awesome program toon boom studio for 2d animation, will see

Toon boom studio is great, it is pretty easy to use. If you want a free option, Synfig, it still a little bit buggy, but it allows vector and bitmap animation. You could also look into Pencil it is more of a traditional animation where you have to draw each frame (flash style interface).

thank you a lot for links, i'll check out synfig seems like it's got a lot of potential.