# How to animate drawing?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-animate-drawing/280013
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 21, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-animate-drawing/280013 "2009-01-21T16:59:02Z")
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### Author: ![marcelomdsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@marcelomdsc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/marcelomdsc)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-animate-drawing/280013/1 "2009-01-21T16:59:02Z")

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Hello, I would like to know how to animate a drawing in flash.  
For example if I draw a person, have the animation “follow” the stroke i make with the brush tool, I would also like to make that a mask.

Any suggestions?

PS: Something similar to this…