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[animation rig test - emergence]

It's a still image in the opening few seconds, and it gets a little janky when they wake up, setting themselves upright, but there's a lot of promise in the stylization with the backlighting and overall atmosphere. I think when you become more comfortable with RIGGING, and redrawing limbs to account for anatomy being viewed from different angles, the rest will fall into place with practice.

I highly recommend experimenting with drawing, redrawing, utilizing onion skins, and looking into how the masters of animation did it in the past. Really good animation is a labor of repetition, and getting by on rigs can help with getting things done quickly, but it'll only get you so far.

Like Archer gets by on the rig-based animation because they got that finesse where assets will float on top of other assets to give the characters the appearance of being 3D. But when everything's one or few pieces, without that finesse, it's gonna look stiff and slow like a paper puppet show.

What'll get you ahead of the curve in your college studies is diving into Richard William's "Animator's Survival Kit." It's a book, but you can find it for free as a pdf online- Richard Williams is an incredible master of animation (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and the Cobbler, and more), and that book is a TOME of knowledge when it comes to the principles of animation, so that your stuff can look a lot more alive. It helped me out a ton, and I think it'll help you too!

Keep at it, keep practicing, don't be afraid of quality- you're just getting started, and this is all practice.

TheActualO responds:

thank you for your measured and constructive response, as you stated this is a very amateur and experimental animation, so things can only get better from here

[First Animation (Final)]

Pretty advanced for a first animation!

There are some V's drawn into the hair design that sporadically pop in and out of existence

Watch the backpack strap in the bottom right- it'll disappear and reappear, and it unintentionally jiggles with the motion.

There's a line along the neck/throat that disappers and reappears sporadically as well.

Other than that, keep consistency in mind and make sure your character is staying on-model. There's nothing wrong with exaggeration, squash and stretch, and overall flexibility, but be cautious when their proportions unintentionally warp. That'll come with practice!

Check out Richard Williams' "Animator's Survival Kit" its a book you can find as a free pdf online, and it contains a wealth of information about animation. Put into practice, your skills will advance.

KITCARR02 responds:

Thanks for the advice! I'm definitely going to look into that "Animators Survival Kit" and keep the things you mentioned in mind to make better animations in the future.

[slash]

That's a really complex movement, and you pulled it off nicely. Well done! One of the more successful tests I've seen on the portal.

[Ihatemylifebet Lore: P]

Beep beep, it's a Jeep!

Love the animation on P

[Ihatemylifebet Lore: N]

Oh man, Nyan Cat's a throwback I didn't expect. What's gonna happen next!?

SuperGibaLogan responds:

no way its galneda

[Baby Soldiers]

This'd be right at home in a plot point of Xavier: Renegade Angel.

The plot is ridiculous and I loved the logic behind it. The animation was perfectly executed to drive the punchline home. If you guys ever need a voice actor, I would love to collab with yall!

CompunctionTime responds:

Lol, mannn, that is the 2nd time someone said Xavier: Renegade Angel. This whole time I was wondering what genre I was in. Having you as a voice actor would be fun, "it's just me btw". Collabs, I'm always down for those. (creating something out of our imaginations is what its all about imo).