Animation Questions

[[BLM] SalaD SnacK]

I've been doing posters for a little while, getting the basics of posing and lighting and other stuff. I think I want to try animating since I have no talents (rip). So what techniques do SFM animators use. I would love to animate like LtEddy one day since they are smooth. (I know its bc its in 60fps, but still). The only animation I played with was pose - pose.

[marty]

i recommend you watch this short but awesome series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwAwpJ2NN_c&ab_channel=ThomasLarson

it teaches you so much in so little time how to do timing in the graph editor and manipulating keyframes to get smoother curves etc. it honestly got me from some garbage poster to this
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=762389086 made in about 15 minutes too, i get that animation feels confusing and overwhelming but as u come to understand it more it becomes easier, theres also these awesome videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiZY0YkcQg&list=PLxkcA37hyFuyk1Xdm0_1DfgOPNI7IEb1J&ab_channel=JesseBaumgartner
he makes uploads of his project as he slowly breaks down his animation, from his key poses all the way down to the physical side and the inbetweens.

and most helpful of all, this playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haa7n3UGyDc&ab_channel=AlanBeckerTutorials
shows you all the techniques/principles you apply to animation to make it look better

[Hakurei]

Squash and stretch as the first thing? That seems silly.
It should be overlap or bouncing a ball. Seriously, animate a bouncing ball, things will come to you quickly.

[marty]

Originally posted by vote4waifu:

Squash and stretch as the first thing? That seems silly.
It should be overlap or bouncing a ball. Seriously, animate a bouncing ball, things will come to you quickly.

that's just the first part of the animation principle playlist, genius.

[[Ηc] Blackburn]

Originally posted by fis:

Originally posted by vote4waifu:

Squash and stretch as the first thing? That seems silly.
It should be overlap or bouncing a ball. Seriously, animate a bouncing ball, things will come to you quickly.

that's just the first part of the animation principle playlist, genius.

No, no, waifu is right, i first started animation with learning how to animate a bouncy ball i learnt squash and stretch a little later, if i were to learn that now it would of been too confusing

[Marco Skoll]

You guys need to look into what the 12 basic principles of animation are and where the list comes from.

Regardless of what order you think these principles should be in, that's the order that two of the most significant and influential Disney animators put them in for one of the most famous animation guides in history.

[marty]

Originally posted by Marco Skoll:

You guys need to look into what the 12 basic principles of animation are and where the list comes from.

Regardless of what order you think these principles should be in, that's the order that two of the most significant and influential Disney animators put them in for one of the most famous animation guides in history.

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