yeah so for some reason i cant post the animation here, cuz it just crashes or doesnt load at all

so imma just give you a link to the animation, any advice or tips would be helpfull!

https://youtu.be/iAYjWcTJNwU?si=ue967alVMi-z5x8p
also, im not really good at editing

yeah so for some reason i cant post the animation here, cuz it just crashes or doesnt load at all

so imma just give you a link to the animation, any advice or tips would be helpfull!

https://youtu.be/iAYjWcTJNwU?si=ue967alVMi-z5x8p

yeah so for some reason i cant post the animation here, cuz it just crashes or doesnt load at all

so imma just give you a link to the animation, any advice or tips would be helpfull!

https://youtu.be/iAYjWcTJNwU?si=ue967alVMi-z5x8p

I am trying to make an almost identical animation video on my own, started out with blender but that seems like a stretch right now.

This Video is 12 years old and I hope to find some advanced tools to use for similar animations, please if any one can tell me what is the workflow on the below, that would help me out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gap3OOE4_zI

Hello you all. I am fairly new to Maya and I'm trying to learn some tips and get some help.

I have a character we will call Character1, and I downloaded this Character (Powder) to do a walking cycle. In order to not have to do everything from scratch (I already did a walking cycle for Character1), I exported the animation curves of Character1 in an fbx and imported them into Powder.

There is a light mismatch regarding the rigs etc, but still all the animation works perfectly in the upper body of Powder. However, when it comes to the legs etc it just does not work. I came to the conclusion I will animate the down part of Powder without using the importe animation. The issue is that I cannot reset the pose of the legs and the mesh seems to be twisted or destroyed around the hips.

When I select the controls I want to reset everything resets to the original pose but the legs. I have been trying for hours and losing all hope :(

https://preview.redd.it/znihpysxn76e1.png?width=812&format=png&auto=webp&s=8bfded588d9eac3712d0346369983cbdc4db7d3c

https://preview.redd.it/vrqhhwsxn76e1.png?width=668&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5e27d682e88e08da77944525b4594071d8d5460

I've just been animating for 2 days but I haven't been able to deduce what I should start learning first since I realised I suck at everything. Tips would be appreciated.

My animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUF1mgDdKnc

Hello all, I'm hoping you can help!

My kids, 11 & 13, have really gotten into making short animated videos on their phones. They're both very interested in learning more and creating more challenging and better quality videos.

I'm looking at possibly getting them nicer computers or tablets. Not looking for top of the line or anything super expensive, just better than their cell phones or basic tablets.

What would you all recommend? Computer/tablet-wise and learning/creating software.

Hello everyone! I'm new to this community and hopefully I'm in the right place to ask for help/advice. So I love to animate characters, but not professionally (yet) so there are things I still wonder on how they're done. Like this one had been on the top of my head since I graduated school. How are materials animated? For example, I'll use Vi from Arcane season 2. When she's in the fighting pits and they show her in the mirror putting on face paint. How does someone do that? Set driven keys? Compositing? Have the face/body clean, but the character applies paint or some other material on themselves. I have ideas for my characters and I'd want to learn how to animate something like that in the future. I looked on YouTube, but it's not what I'm looking for. Can anyone recommend a video or website where I can learn this? Thank you!

I'm a Warrior Cats animator, so I draw many cats and they all have fur patterns that can be tricky to animate. Currently, I line the markings because that's the only way I found to keep track easily of their movements and to animate them consistently. Issue is, it's not pretty and I want to get rid of these lines, so I have two options: coloring the lines the same color as the fur, but that's pretty long and tedious, or erase the lines, but there'll be a thin white line left since the bucket tool doesn't fill underneath the lines.

I've seen people animating markings without needing a lineart, but I don't know how they do it. I find it very hard and my markings often end up poorly animated when I do that.

Do they have a method that I don't know of? Or is that just that they're skilled and well-trained? I don't mind practicing, I'm just wondering if there's an easier route :)

I finally bought an animation software but don't know what I should actually do. I've had a few ideas but am really scared to start something I can't finish. Some of the ideas use features I'm not really familiar with like tweening/key frames and others are just really long. Since I've never made a finished animation, would it be best to set my scopes small or should I just try whatever I'm motivated to do?

Also sorry for no samples because I obviously didn't want to work on something that'll be a waste of time

I've been exploring this subreddit and am truly inspired by all the amazing talent in animation. I'm 15 and have just started my journey in animating. While I know my skills are still developing, I often struggle to stay motivated. I really want to create fun little films, but my lack of experience sometimes holds me back. I'd love any advice on how to keep my passion alive and improve my skills. Thank you!