Abstract: The present invention provides an easy method for creating animations from drawings. A user utilizes a user interface of an electronic media to draw a first line, then to go back in the recording's timeline, and then to draw a second line, such that a playback of the recording shows at least some portion of the first and second lines being drawn simultaneously. This allows a user to easily create animations from drawings for the purpose of visualization, art, entertainment, or encoding of synchronized motion. The invention allows for various ways in which the computer can receive a user's drawing events, in which drawing events are associated with timelines to create a recording, in which drawing events are displayed, and in which the playback of drawing events is saved.