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Animation reference

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Basic Walk Cycle

For my basic walk cycle i followed Penny's Blog and also used "Richard Williams- the Animator's Survival Guide' they were both very helpful and useful to my final walk cycle. I did the walk cycle about 4 times before getting it perfect. Here's one of my failed examples After this attempt i had 3 more goes at trying to get my walk looking normal so i payed closer attention to the richard williams book. And drew out rough sketches of what the poses, just because it helped me understand them…

21 Foundations of Animation

Dermot O Connor decided to present an updated version of a well-known list which now features 21 principles.

Flash FX Animation: #12 Fire

Fire is one of the hardest things to do, but there are a few tricks you can do to get your flame animations to look pretty good. Shown below is one of hundreds of very useful reference video you can find online. Only 8 years ago, footage like this was nearly impossible to find anywhere, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and many other free video-sharing websites has made this type of reference material accessible to all of us. Take advantage of this, before starting a brand new FX animation, take…

Basic Principles of 2D Animation with Vera Rehaag - ArtStation Magazine

On ArtStation Learning, Vera Rehaag teaches the fundamentals of 2D Hand-Drawn Animation. The course covers theories behind frame by frame animation and basic principles for anyone to complete their first animated sequence. The course concludes with a couple of animation examples, where Vera demonstrates through practical sequences the principles she has covered. Watch Now Vera […]

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Liquid motion study .. / Rough pass / test ..

Liquid motion study .. / Rough pass / test .. designed by alena hovorkova | visually. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

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Here’s an example of an eight frame run cycle I created for Ashe, one of my characters. I knew that I wanted her to run. I started researching a run cycle online and found this animation on Pinterest …

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Atok Niiro | I could literally watch this gif for hours, its so smooth! really nice work. https://45.media.tumblr.com/7fd1408abbc9eeffd6be9778a64866f1/tumblr_o4irkfR2Qm1rl7geyo1_540.gif

Atok Niiro | I could literally watch this gif for hours, its so smooth! really nice work. https://45.media.tumblr.com/7fd1408abbc9eeffd6be9778a64866f1/tumblr_o4irkfR2Qm1rl7geyo1_540.gif

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John Sibley was a legendary golden age animator with a masterful understanding of weight and spacing. Check out perhaps his greatest animation from "How To Play Baseball". You can find information about John Sibley as well as a cornucopia of other animation knowledge and reference material on our website Animation Resources!
Key Animation: Yasushi Muraki (村木 靖) Movie: Metropolis (メトロポリス) (2001)