Rig and Animate Character in 10 Minutes with Blender 3.1

Learn how to Rig and Animate a Low Poly Character in Blender 3.1.2. This is a beginner friendly tutorial on rigging and using armature bones to pose and move the character around. If you want to see more complex rigging tutorials, be sure to subscribe and comment below!
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[@poly_flo]

If this video helped, be sure to subscribe! I am trying to reach 1000 subscribers :)

[@ethankendall7575]

Thankyou for this simple video this helps can you a video of how to import they model and animation in unity please?

[@Shock_YT]

frick. useless

[@PXLFrosty84]

I can’t do loop cuts for some reason :/

[@ethankendall7575]

@@PXLFrosty84 press ctrl key and r

[@PXLFrosty84]

@@ethankendall7575 it wasn’t working for me

[@nielsencs]

Not bad! One small point - weight painting is vertex based, so knowing that makes it a little easier. With the main body being a cube - all you gotta do is aim for the corners. 😃

[@IsSheShells]

He wanted to cut corners....Don't be a square. XD

[@TheInnerWorlds]

For something like this, I'd just select the entire cube in weight paint and hit shift + k to just paint the whole thing. Covers all surfaces of the faces selected with bleeding over so the mesh doesn't have speration during movements

[@popwwrestling3940]

@@TheInnerWorlds i did this the following way with weight painting so the square streched and squashed. I gave eash bone a bit of the square. Like the shoulder blades moved the top part of the square and the hips the lower while the spine bone moved the middle part. I tried painting the whole square but I found during the animation it was lacking the strecth and squash i liked.

[@TheMusicalNina]

This is fantastic. Thank you. I’d love to see the more complex version as well

[@danforstinger6943]

i love how chill these tutorials are, learned alot, subscribed!

[@ragzzytv]

great stuff mate. all other tutorials I saw were unnecessarily complex like animating really complex stuff and I couldn't make head or tail of it. this just teaches bare bones and now its super clear for me. appreciate the work

[@poly_flo]

glad it helped!

[@besianbytyqi2576]

"Lets slow down and take one step at a ti"

[@achilles_wiggen]

Agree. A bit to fast to understand really.

[@Xavieriscooldude1]

I finished it, If you miss something replay it. You can also make the video speed to 0.5 or 0.25 if you dont want to replay

[@TheInnerWorlds]

@@achilles_wiggen luckily this is youtube which allowed you to watch a video as many times as you want!

[@gameon17680]

I loved how you went step by step to make it easy. Thank you! :)

[@sageof6pandas233]

This tutorial is awesome, short and straight to the point.

[@poly_flo]

thanks!

[@KingStin]

Omg it worked Ty so much I’ve stayed up for three days trying to figure this out

[@user-er1zl6yx1v]

THANK YOU, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND HOW TO AUTOMATIC WEIGHT THING TO MOVE THE CHARACTER FOR SO LONG AND YOU FINNALY EXPLAINED IT TO ME IN AN WAY I UNDERSTOOD :D

[@hermionegreen333]

This was extremely useful! Thank you for making it

[@samazoid]

incredible tutorial for beginners, truly just the basics

[@DanJDA]

If you're having issues with inserting keyframes make sure your mouse cursor is over your armature when you press I, or you won't see all the options you need
Awesome video, probably the most concise and clear I've seen on rigging simple character so far - thank you!

[@Nexus-Prime-13]

Thank you I was so confused

[@kardaelsharpnel3415]

THANK U SIR I WAS GOING CRAZY

[@DanJDA]

@Ozba11s@chez what do you mean what buttons? Not trying to be annoying, I guess if I understand specifically what's not working i can try to help better

[@vchowta9685]

YOUR A LIFE SAVER SMALL DETAILS BUT SO DAMN IMPORANT IM CRYING THANKS

[@mbzr3798]

Where🗿

[@dinarmuliadarma6825]

TNice tutorials is literally the best tutorial on TH-cam. It's right to the point, and very informative at the sa ti. Thank you so much

[@poly_flo]

You're very welcome!

[@williamkuroki7683]

Face!! Thank you very much!! I'm starting with the blender and this helped me a lot. Best rigging for beginners so far.

[@mitchelldunn3072]

Much easier to understand than the other video I watched on this. Thank you.

[@poly_flo]

Great to hear!

[@diyarts9378]

Thanks to this video, now I know how to properly rig and animate a character. Thanks a lot, man!

[@titansoftime]

Thank you this got me going! The auto-weights for me were the hardest part. They were going nutso. It was one of 2 things I think. A) I did not have the transforms applied on the CubeMan mesh prior to parenting the rig. B) I had a lot of overlap in the arms/legs and the main body. Apparently that causes issues with auto-weighting according to this one lone post I read somewhere.

[@HieuLe-kx9oj]

simple but the best basic tutorial so far, thanks

[@ImBps2]

From now you are the one that started my 3D animation career :3

[@S9universe]

really simple and efficient for beginners, i begun animating on more complex characters and this one just go straight to the point

[@poly_flo]

Glad it helped! Yeah I plan on making a more advanced rigging video soon

[@S9universe]

@@poly_flo when i said simple it was meaning perfect for beginners, this is a difficult thing to make things look easy

[@poly_flo]

@@S9universe ah I see! thanks

[@kratebox109]

this still holds up thank you for teaching me this!

[@mzamanist]

Quick, easy and to the point. Thank you!

[@poly_flo]

Thanks Aaron!

[@KillersBF]

This was so easy for me to understand, thank youuuu 🦭

[@matejkunstelj7852]

if your leg bones don't move along the main bone just select all bones, ctrl+P and 'keep offset'.
it should work now :-)

[@radionicagitarevrsac4766]

This is the best rigging lesson ever! Thank you :)

[@josephsanimations6389]

This is the best rigging tutorial out there, it really helped.
Tip: if you have already made a different character from a modelling tutorial you probably won't have to do the weight paint part.

[@poly_flo]

thank you!

[@maiabuljeta5749]

Great, simplified tutorial!

[@JasonWakaka]

Thanks. Really useful! Simple and Easy to understand

[@nilakanthameher2406]

Thank you so much for such a simple demonstration. I really like it.

[@poly_flo]

Glad you like it!

[@TheHighFlys]

@@poly_flo New sub here! Please upload more simple tutorials like this! Would love to see cascadeur vids as well :)

[@lemoncorporation4747]

Thank you so much! This helped me out with how to rig.

[@MCNeko6554]

Dude you're so hype haha I love it! Great tutorial :D

[@AbdilHando]

Thanks man, your tutorial was very helpful.

[@user-xd6wf8cl4r]

Thanks for such a detailed video.

[@martywilson-nolen8023]

so cool! this is my first time animating.. Thank you!!!

[@3gganticlvtch]

BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH I’ve watched many tutorials and thought as a 3D artist I would never rig anything thank you!!

[@poly_flo]

Happy to hear that!

[@LianmuanUTTDofficial]

yay i finally learnt how to animate
very good tutorial

[@AvexFuddle]

This was excellent, thanks very much

[@t1mmy13]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@jarmilakrjakova8374]

super. The best tutorial for me. Thank YOU :)

[@indisag]

thank you... you explain riging simple way.

[@jonathan_lol]

Very good! Easy to understand

[@GrimleGreely]

BEST EXPLANATION BRO! THANK YOU!!

[@namnguyenhong3368]

You made my day! Thanks Bro!

[@nathanjbee]

Thank you, super help ful!

[@arthuremtage2211]

Finally, a rig tutorial that I could understand and reproduce in my own blender file. Thank you!

[@RoeShamBeaux]

Thank you for this!

[@tayyebeharshi7763]

Thank you! it helped a lot!

[@2D_Emerald]

I spent half an hour trying to do this, thank you so much lmao

[@fernidadeveloper199]

thanks bro, good explaining by the way

[@yarsk2937]

thank you for this tutor, it was very useful. For others i would like to tell my problem: after extrude legs didnt move with other bones. it can be fixed by adding parent (bone properties> relations> parent)

[@primitivecg]

You deserve a sub, your videos are nice.

[@EraEngine-Chinese]

Thank you so much

[@Thats_All_Cartoons_YT]

Great Vid !!! Thanks for Help !!!

[@SardorKhamrakulov]

Thank you sooo much!!!!!

[@WANABDULRAHIMWANAHMADKAMIL]

easy to understand, thank you :)

[@lego-stopmotion_and_ideas4042]

Thanks man keep it going!

[@VoyagersType]

your video really helped me

[@lowlevelgamedev9330]

Very usefull video thanks!

[@jupter6237]

It worked. Tyyyy

[@MathematicalReasoning]

Good looks💯

[@SourceAwareness]

You're Awesome, Brother, many thanks!! 😊

[@poly_flo]

You're welcome!

[@killrblue]

Nice video! Some steps could've been done more slowly but I learned!

[@mnye232]

this video is so helpful i love this! thanks for the tutorial

[@poly_flo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrWinstonSmith]

This is very useful

[@shadowff001]

Amazing video bro keep it up

[@studybean2469]

Simple but powerful video! :D

[@poly_flo]

Thanks! 😃

[@andrewsnycollas3651]

Indeed!

[@plantygamer9625]

Thank you bro, i just need that

[@jacobgreen1011]

You fixed my biggest issue ive been having with modeling... THANK YOU!!!

[@szabolcsbiro2818]

How did you use the Edge ‣ Loop Cut and Slide? I can't manage to even locate that tool at all.

[@eleanordare9350]

Really lovely tutorial, thanks 🙂

[@poly_flo]

You’re welcome 😊

[@robertomedina9343]

Good tutorial.

[@andrewaustin4241]

Well done! Great tutorial!!

[@poly_flo]

Thanks a lot!

[@_TheWorldTurtle]

thanks man!

[@TheTechnoGuyMinecraft]

Thanks a lot bro

[@firsttrywithmeftwm7887]

Thanks!!

[@isaiahcancode2649]

thx you helped me animate the character i needed for my game

[@poly_flo]

awesome!

[@travissmith7471]

This is my 1st attempt at rigging and animation... So, with your tutorial, I rigged and animated my 1st basic block human model... I am happy... Now I can rig and animate my rubber ducky character... Thanks for sharing...

[@poly_flo]

Glad I could help!

[@BLACK_TIGER_OFFICIAL]

Thanks again

[@wyroy]

So. Good!!

[@evzy7615]

THANK YOU SO MUCH i had trouble doing this

[@poly_flo]

glad it helped!

[@BLACK_TIGER_OFFICIAL]

Thanks

[@jaywantbaikar2862]

Lovely

[@ranasalman4972]

Thanks bro 😎😎

[@kencg6566]

Very helpful, thanks! 👍✌

[@poly_flo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@catswalking]

8:38 When I move the bone in the body, the arms move but the legs remain still. I have gone through the entire tutorial three times, but the results are still the same. Does anyone know what I might have done wrong?

[@voted]

Thanks bro

[@medicinecarebd]

best best best....Thank You So Much for this video ...It helps me very much...Please make more videos like that💖💕❤️

[@poly_flo]

thanks! I plan on making more soon!

[@medicinecarebd]

@@poly_flo ❤️❤️❤️Thank you very much❤️❤️❤️

[@garrysmodstudio]

WOW Thx:)

[@PiranhaLake]

Thanks bro 🙏🏽💯❤️

[@Fresmr]

thanks bro. I so long time looked for your video, you can't imagine

[@fangthecybercat6719]

In the process of modeling an oc and this helps, thanks!

[@poly_flo]

Great!

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[@boi726]

this video helped so much! im trying to make a game but i didnt know how to make animations for it!

[@littleanswers1370]

Roblox?

[@ericzwirnmann8151]

I'm sure there is much more involved to make advanced animations, but wow did this intro make me less fearful about the features for rigging.

[@cawsomeaolin]

thanks

[@bloxy4074]

thanks to you i can rig

[@stuartbalios8]

I did everything in the video but when I try to move the bone after parenting it the bone moves independently

[@FrostDeDay]

You probably didn't add the the weights to it

[@PicelBoi]

Did you parent the right object? Are you using edit mode?

[@renanlacerdafotografo8697]

Works well!! DANKEEE

[@poly_flo]

Glad it helped!

[@cgian]

nice modelling video. this is helpful.

[@poly_flo]

thanks for watching!

[@mr.calls12327]

This is the best rigging tutorial ever u saved me from eternal pain