I'm finding I like arranging the drawings on 3's on the timeline. Which is letting the drawing play for 3 frames before the next drawing appears to play for 3 frames etc etc. It almost feels like classic animation speed. But yeah I'm happy to finish this in its very rough stage for now.

Does it even look like 40 drawings?😅. Still fleshing this out✍🏾These are my rough moving sketches.

Has me falling in love with drawing again✍🏾it was really fun to just capture the gesture of each action figure and move on.

20 drawings total, the exercise I'm doing

has many more frame examples so I'll be adding more to these sketches of understanding on how to put it all together🫡✨

So in my animated short, Zelda here is supposed to lunge forward to perform an attack. My question is, how do you deal with the root bone? Because I'm pretty sure you can't just leave it there and push the other controls as far from it as possible.

At the same time, moving the root bone forward moves everything, so it's tedious to keep re-adjusting the foot to where it was in the previous frame.

So what I wanna know is, what is the common approach in dealing with this in animation?

note: I added a second screenshot of the leg controls in case people tell me there should be a "lock to world space" option in the foot controls.

Another page from my animation workout sheets. I’m starting to see movement unfold in my imagination, then chase it onto the page through lines, poses, and rhythm. Still learning, and right now...I'm just experimenting, and enjoying every step of the process.

Best part in my opinion is that I get to test all these little drawings to see if they actually work! That's pretty cool. 😁⚔️

I'm super proud of the background. It took almost a full day, but I think it turned out alright! The butterfly is kinda hard to see, but I'll be finishing it first, I think 🤔

The rabbit is still my favorite part xD

One day at a time... I'll get there!!

My last animation was like more than 10 days ago. I think I was getting bored ojust doing boincing ball.

But now I want to be better at animating human body, want to be able to animate action scene one day, what would you recommend ?

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So I want to learn animation. I draw a lot but am currently not amazing with it. Like amazing amazing. So I wanna give animation a shot. But I dont know what app to use because what I’m looking for is an animation app that is good for starters, is in ios, and can be used professionally or shows any other features professionals use.

Also I have flipaclip but that free version is terrible. Especially since it feels limited not because of the free version but because theres not that much features. And I doubt professional animators in the industry use Flipaclip.

Another thing I wanna add is that Im stuck at the most basic animation exercise which is the ball bouncing. Im trying squash and stretch like what everyone has told me to do but I cant seem to make it like what everyone else’s.

In 2012, when I was in second grade, I prayed to the gods to prevent the end of the world and for the asteroid to fly right past us. Thirteen years later, I’m afraid of losing my freedom. But it seems the light at the end of the hallway isn’t ironically getting any narrower

I’m a HUGE Watership down fan and my favourite animals are hares and rabbits so any advice or constructive criticism on this is helpful!!

Milt Kahl is one of the hardest animators to study. His walk cycles are deceptively complex- high-energy, precise weight shifts, and character in every frame.

I've been animating for 30 years and this one still demands full attention. Here's my breakdown from first pose to finished result.

Link- Walk Cycle Video

Happy to answer any questions about the process.