How to Animate Smear Frames with LEGO in Blender

This is a tutorial covering the basics of animation smears for legs, arms and swords/lightsabers in Blender
I also recommend going through frame by frame (use , and . key) on animations on TH-cam to spot smears
Blender Add-ons (Rig a MiniFig and Animate on 2's):
EpicFigRig by ‪@blenderbricks‬github.com/Ble...
Stop-Mo by ‪@SouthernShotty‬
blendermarket....
(Note the End Frame: Set it to the animation frame length)
Here are the Smears:
MecaBricks Master Smear Models:
www.mecabricks...
Here are some great resources to learn more about Smear Frames:
This has some example gifs:
idearocketanim...
This has animation book examples:
canmom.art/ani...
More frame examples:
colorfulanimat...
Music: Peacefully and Present Day by E's Jammy Jams
Smear Chapters:
00:00 Arm & Hand Smears
00:01 Woosh Smear
00:54 Duplicate Hand Smear
01:15 Stretched Arm Smear
02:48 Extra Recommended Smear Pieces
03:00 Put It All Together
03:44 Leg Smears
03:45 Flat Legs Smear
04:44 Compressed Legs Smear
05:30 High Kick Smear
06:42 Flat Run Legs Smear
07:25 Put It All Together
07:29 Sword & Lightsaber Smears
07:31 Sword Smear
08:21 Knife Trio Smear
09:16 Colored Sword Smear
10:19 Lightsaber Smear
10:46 Lightsaber Spin Smear
11:21 Miscellaneous Smears