** 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟒.𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐑𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. ** You now have the ability to toggle the visibility of layers in the Bone Collections section within the Data Properties. Layer 1 - IK, COG, Move All. Layer 2 - FK. Layer 3 - Shape/Tweak controls. Layer 4 - Face controls. Layer 5 - Tongue. Layer 6 - Fingers. Layer 7 - Hair Layer 8 - Clothing On the upper right side of the Bone Collection window, there is an option to create your own collection by clicking on the Plus icon. You have the ability to choose controls from various groups and add them to your newly created collection by clicking the Assign button located at the bottom of the window. Once you have finished, you can click on the star icon next to your new Collection to display only the items you desire. Hope that helps!
I havent finished watching but i can now see why most other blender tutorials dont work, because they dont explain workflows, they are all just nifty tips and tricks which can be fine for supplementing an already built workflow, but they cant make workflows, hence why learning by youtube can be so hard.
this is a great comment and review. As a 2D animator wanting to learn 3D animation in my spare time Im excited to sub to this channel and apply all that I can learn.
I feel deeply compelled to express my gratitude to you. The skill you possess in demystifying complex concepts and crafting exhaustive tutorials is nothing short of awe-inspiring. I have been a paid member of Blender Studio and have undertaken multiple courses there. Yet, none have been able to measure up to the exceptional way you enlighten and instruct. Your unique teaching style far exceeds the norms, making learning an absolute delight. Thank you for the unparalleled wisdom you share.
Thank you Nicholas! That's a very nice comment! I am happy the tutorial is helpful and of value. I do like sharing how I go about this art form with others. I did start in part because I was disappointed with what was being shared. Both paid and free.
@@alexonstoryhie sir! Thank you so much for this content. Honestly we dont have such good tutorials both paid and free. My question however is, how do i get the same audio that you are using in this animation tutorial. I am following along and i cant seem to get the audio that you used. Thanks a lot sir!
@@josiahbkadembo3958 Thanks for the note! Really happy to hear your doing the shot also. Good luck, you got this! jayuzumi.com/macaulay-culkin-soundboard You'll find it on the third row on the right.
This video is amazing! Watched it many times and feel like i learn something new each time. Would love to see another pose to pose animation done with your workflow.
We're really lacking quality long-form tutorials like the ones you make. I really appreciate this! I'll pay close attention to the things you make going forward.
Love your videos, I have had to learn animation all by myself for the past couple of years, because there aren’t that many good tutorials out there for general animation, but your videos help me a lot, keep up the good work 👍
Thank you that is great to hear! I have a lot of respect for people who get after it. I know it's not easy but keep going. I'll keep posting content that will hopefully be of value.
This was the exact sort of video I have been looking for!! Thank you for keeping your process mostly uncut, it makes me sure I'm not missing any important steps!
You are a Jedi when it comes to demystifying cg animation. I have been practicing my animation but I have not been improving that much due to not having a teacher that actively explains the concepts or translating them in a way one can understand without it losing its meaning. You really helped me a lot and I am so grateful.
Really happy to hear that! It's a nice feeling when an idea starts to make sense and we can put it into practice. Keep going, each baby step adds up and before you know it you have taken a big leap forward. Thanks for the note!
Thank you so much, sir This is the only page that teaches character animation in a proper way Finally today I made my first animated character please upload more videos related to animation in Blender
You are an excellent teacher , easy to understand and approach ideas step by step , I’m a beginner animator and I’m so scared of super difficult animations scenes , but thinking like you makes me not overthink scenes and approach it in a good and understandable way, thank you!
I am happy to hear that! Thanks for the note! When your starting out start basic and learn the foundations. Then you can build from there more easily. Keep your tests simple. You got this!
@@alexonstory thanks man ! I have done a lot of basics and I jump to do walks , runs, jumps , etc.. but sometimes I feel like I have to go back to basics , but watching your videos really helped me on approaching animation in a better way
@@YioshiEdit That's great happy about that! Don't feel bad about going back to more simple animation exercises. It's a chance to slow down and think about what your doing and why. Then you jump to something more challenging a bit outside your comfort level. Before you know it your creating shots your proud of.
I'm an amateur animator. (Self taught going on a year now) I was able to comprehend everything you said and it blew my mind how easily I was learning. Sometimes I find it difficult learning from TH-cam videos but this connected with me. The many videos I've watched from you have extremely helpful. Thank you for your efforts and inspiring people like me.
Really happy to hear that! Thank you for your note! Good for you for learning animation on your own and trying to find the best material to learn from. Keep going. It's those small baby steps that add up over time!
I'm so in love with your tutorials... So well detailed and amazing..and the best thing is you walk us through the whole processs and this is everything for beginners... ❤❤❤
Seriously the best animation tutorial ever. Thank you so much for providing free content to everyone! I would love to see you cover video game animations or basic action/fighting animations one day!
Great suggestion! Added it to my list. Will be getting back to making more videos in a bit. Yes will for sure cover more action and fighting. Thanks for your note :)
I actually learned how to pose to pose a bit by myself, but hearing your breakdown on it clarifies and solidifies what I should be doing, and what I should not be doing, where I had no guidance whatsoever before watching. Stiff animation was a problem I was having. Definitely going to learn about the other workflows on your channel, it's really informative. As well as how to keep the graph editor somewhat clean, mine's a disaster.
Thank you, Mr Alex, I can't express my gratitude enough... Your videos are helping me a lot with my final year group short film animation. May God richly bless you!
Such a great tutorial bro... Thank you so much for making such amazing videos... from last 4 days I am trying to learn and understand every single step which you explaining. I have Learned a lot from you.. Best Teacher on the whole TH-cam..
Do you have like a paid course or something? I wanna check it out so hard rn fr...These tutorials of yours feels like a paid course....from the quality to dedication you give to the videos....Thank you Alex!
I appreciate that thank you! I do want as many people to enjoy and learn animation. At the moment I don't have any paid course. I'll start working on something and hopefully will have something to offer closer to the end of the year. Thanks for the note!
I love looking into all kinds of tutorials on blender even way before I’m ready for it to ease me into these topics especially animation stuff since I plan to animate myself!
I love your videos, you explain these workflows so clearly, it's refreshing. By the way you might know this by now, but if you press "Shift+E" (in pose mode while selecting the controls you want), it allows you to "slide" between 2 existing keyframes (0% being the previous keyframe, 100% being the next). And with this method you can also create an overshoot ! After pressing "Shift+E", simply press "E" again and it will allow you to go below 0% or above 100%.
Thanks for the comment! Haha yeah I just got used to not using auto key this last year. Good point! I'm going to make a video about using and not using Auto Key. Thanks!
Pose to pose is best for character animation and straight ahead is great for spontaneous action like effects, secondary animation or free form animation. This not just exclusive to 3D but relates to any animation. Pose to Pose helps you with the Keys which can come from your boards, Extremes and Breakdowns. Pose to pose is key for the acting in your character animations which should comes from your boards/animatics and script. Timing is also key here as well so you should also have a timing chart for your animations to make sure you hit your key points to make sure your acting sells the story you want to tell.
Thanks for another great tutorial. I think lack of realistic ideas is what holds me back. Ideas that I have are way beyond my abilities (for now), so having something more grounded (and explained) really helps. I think I strayed from your guidance a bit and started doing the layered workflow but I guess it turned out fine. The tutorial you've posted a while ago (the one with the red panda) inspired me to take my animation study more seriously. I've been working my way through an animation course by Pierrick Picaut over the last 2 months or so. Good to see you back.
Thanks for the comment! Happy to hear your getting value from my tutorials, and that your more focused on improving your animation skill. That's a big step! It's great you have your bigger ideas. Keep thinking about them and even write them down. At the same time doing smaller exercises is good cause you do more quantity. By pumping out more animation you get more practice in. Wanting to improve really requires you to produce more. You'll be making errors along the way and that's part of the process. You'll also be learning faster and seeing your skills improve quicker. For more action shots using a straight ahead/layered/hybrid workflow does work better then doing just pose to pose. That's great! The more places you can gather information the better. Thanks again for your note!
Thanks for giving us tech animator's a mention. I think we're like roadies, doing our work and trying to be invisible. Anyway appreciate it and enjoying your content and presentation style. Keep it up man!
Thank you! Absolutely, in production it takes all departments doing what they are good at so we can all get out the same product. Tech Animators are key as you bridge art and technology.
You are a gift for the animators community, thank you so much for your amazing educative content, so far the best channel on the topic I've ever came across. I really love your way to teach. Keep blasting! Oh, by the way, have you heard about 'Keyframe Type'? In any keyframe editor you can select keyframes and press R to define what type of keyframe it is. Might be useful to keep things clear faster!
Thanks you for your note! That's really nice! It's a great reminder. I don't use the Keyframe Type, but for a tutorial when explaining what I am doing I think that would help make things more clear. Thanks!
really helpful to see the way other people work and try to keep what's best for you, I've always worked pose to pose but never really gave it a try to do it with automatic tangents ( I've always worked with constant) but I do see the benefits by doing it like this, it's difficult in the beggining since if I'm just playing you have that auto transition whenever you have few poses but it does have it's benefits and you can have cleaner curves I guess. Again thank you for the tutorial
Happy the video was helpful! Thanks for your note! I also used to work more in constant, I really like the look. Blocking in spline and building in your holds I find you get a closer idea of the end result, because your timing is easier to judge.
Thanks for these tutorials great info and execution I love how clearly you explain everything. Tip instead of ctrl+C then ctrl+V in the dopesheet you can just press Shit +D and just drag the mouse/pen to the key where you want it.
@@alexonstory how ever you don't get the option to paste flipped then. but for just copying a key it's perfect. Another tip Or should I say feature I would really like you to deep dive and explain how to use it is the different ways we have in Blender to blend keys between poses AKA Blenders equivalent of Maya's Tween mashine, but on steroids as we can do so much more than just that. Place timeline between two keys set a key then press either ctrl+ e, alt+e, shift+e and you'll see all those options. Straight up blend from one key to another or blend to default, blend to extreme aka overshoot and more, then there are different smooth options. As you can tell I'm aware of all these features, but I lack to know how to use them proporly. I didn't even completely get that part where you sat a key to make it so when you then pasted beyond that key the keys before did not change. Also how you used automatic handles on just certain keys I usually do it on many keys at once, but I see now that there is a reason to use automatic key handles on certain keys. Again please elaborate on all the ways to manipulate already set keys and why and when to use a certain type of key handles. Stay awesome just the way you are.
Great points, thank you for this! Sorry for the late reply! Adding all these to my list. And yes as I make more videos I'll dive deeper into what your asking in certain videos:)
Your tutorials have been such a great resource for beginner animators! I have been dealing with one issue tho, that I cant even find an answer to online. When I make a new pose, click a to select all, then click i for insert frame, and then move the timeline, the whole position changes into a deform look. I followed every step, and dont know why its acting like this. And I have checked the bones if they have any hidden keyframes, which they dont. It worked completely fine before, and I was about to start making other poses until blender crashed. Once I reponed it, and moved the timeline, that is when the whole character pose started to act weird. It works if I select individual rigs and insert frame, but that's not the typical way to animate a pose. Any suggestions? I had the same issue with when I tried to do a walk cycle using the Ellie model from Blender. Have a good one!
Legend -- absolutely awesome vid dude -- to echo many comments below it feels unreal to have such sophisticated yet accessible tuition here for free -- particularly find it so useful to contextualise all the technicality and creativity within the structured workflow -- in fact I think u could even refer back to those most simple, wide concepts a little more throughout the animation tutorial! E.g. if you had a returning visual cue to illustrate the pose-pose-hold-settle format when the graph editor starts looking a bit intimidating -- If it isn't too presumptuous to make a suggestion for future vids lol !! Many many thanks dude
Thank you! I used to use constant a lot more in my work. And it makes the blocking look really cool. But I find doing that is harder when you want to spline and start adding detail. Really it's good to try out different ways of working because everyone is a bit different.
Hello! Very very good explanations of the process. You're excellent at teaching. I would be very interested to see a similar video about the straight ahead process and the layering workflow. Cheers!
That's very nice thank you! I'll be working on those videos next. Should have straight ahead workflow done in a little over a week then layered a short time after that.
Thank you sir ❤️ I ,i ,i Think what can i do for you😅 Because on the whole TH-cam i found your videos are awesome and i got many tips amd tricks from you Once again thank a lot
Your tutorials are awesome! I haven't yet animated anything successfully except a rabbit standing up and some light orbs and I still find Blender very confusing, but these lessons are helping a lot. I also like how you explained your Blender setup in another video. I'm curious if we are allowed to use characters from movies like this, or is it merely tolerated if someone makes an animation just for learning purposes? Can I simply use Po's model from Kung Fu Panda and make a funny animation of my own without getting in trouble for example?
Thank you for your note! You for sure can use other rigs and characters for learning and making your own videos. You just can't pass them off as your own or make money from them. Hope that helps!
What a wonderful tutorial, is there anywhere we can find this rigged character for following along with the tutorial by chance? I've been trying to find info on proper rigging for my own, but I can't find coherent info on controllers implemented with IK etc. to create my own rig for animation practice. (I have my mesh weightpainted the way I like so I don't want to upload to Miximo, and I doubt Miximo will like the floating head I have 😅) If you know of any good resources for learning this I would greatly appreciate the information! Thank you for your time and the attention to detail you put into your work, it's hard to find this level of quality when there's thousands of videos on blender out there. You're amazing.
Thanks for your note and question! Character Rig is from the Blender open movie, Sprite Fright. You do need to pay to get access to their assets and courses. studio.blender.org/films/sprite-fright/ You can find free Blender rigs here: agora.community/tag/blender Audio clip: jayuzumi.com/macaulay-culkin-soundboard Third row on the right side. I know it can be taught to find good information. If I find something I'll post back here. In a little bit I'll be coming out with a simple character rigging video for animators that goes over controls and setting up a rig. Hope that helps!
timing and spacing wich is important ofcourse. and i think you should metion to put antic as a golden pose . but as always your content is always Amazing bro . yeah hold : moving Hold.
** 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟒.𝟎 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐑𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. **
You now have the ability to toggle the visibility of layers in the Bone Collections section within the Data Properties.
Layer 1 - IK, COG, Move All.
Layer 2 - FK.
Layer 3 - Shape/Tweak controls.
Layer 4 - Face controls.
Layer 5 - Tongue.
Layer 6 - Fingers.
Layer 7 - Hair
Layer 8 - Clothing
On the upper right side of the Bone Collection window, there is an option to create your own collection by clicking on the Plus icon. You have the ability to choose controls from various groups and add them to your newly created collection by clicking the Assign button located at the bottom of the window. Once you have finished, you can click on the star icon next to your new Collection to display only the items you desire.
Hope that helps!
I cannot really change IK/FK Switch on blender 4.2 so that it causes that I cannot move the arm
I havent finished watching but i can now see why most other blender tutorials dont work, because they dont explain workflows, they are all just nifty tips and tricks which can be fine for supplementing an already built workflow, but they cant make workflows, hence why learning by youtube can be so hard.
Absolutely, having a good workflow and being open to experimenting with different ways of working is important!
Can you at least watch the whole thing
this is a great comment and review. As a 2D animator wanting to learn 3D animation in my spare time Im excited to sub to this channel and apply all that I can learn.
Didn't expect the punisher to teach me how to animate but here we are, Amazing Video mate!!
haha :D thanks!!
I took three days to complete watching this tutorial. Thanks for making such detailed videos. It's better to watch your tutorials than watch a movie.
I love how these tutorials show how to animate in blender professionally.
we don't see a lot of tutorials like this for free.
Thanks 😊
I really like using Blender and am happy to share what I know.
Thanks for the note!
I feel deeply compelled to express my gratitude to you. The skill you possess in demystifying complex concepts and crafting exhaustive tutorials is nothing short of awe-inspiring. I have been a paid member of Blender Studio and have undertaken multiple courses there. Yet, none have been able to measure up to the exceptional way you enlighten and instruct. Your unique teaching style far exceeds the norms, making learning an absolute delight. Thank you for the unparalleled wisdom you share.
Thank you Nicholas! That's a very nice comment!
I am happy the tutorial is helpful and of value. I do like sharing how I go about this art form with others.
I did start in part because I was disappointed with what was being shared. Both paid and free.
@@alexonstoryhie sir! Thank you so much for this content. Honestly we dont have such good tutorials both paid and free.
My question however is, how do i get the same audio that you are using in this animation tutorial. I am following along and i cant seem to get the audio that you used. Thanks a lot sir!
@@josiahbkadembo3958 Thanks for the note! Really happy to hear your doing the shot also. Good luck, you got this!
jayuzumi.com/macaulay-culkin-soundboard
You'll find it on the third row on the right.
The best teacher of animation ever seen before
That's very nice, thank you!
This video is amazing! Watched it many times and feel like i learn something new each time. Would love to see another pose to pose animation done with your workflow.
Happy to know your getting a lot from this video. Thank you for the note!
Yes I'll make some more pose to pose tutorials :)
We're really lacking quality long-form tutorials like the ones you make. I really appreciate this! I'll pay close attention to the things you make going forward.
I am happy to hear that, thanks!
I'll keep making many more :)
I felt sad when I recently went to your channel and it was empty, I'm glad you're back, thank you for your work
Thank you! Yeah the channel was deleted by TH-cam. Thankfully the appeal worked :)
OMG THIS IS A GEM !!
:D thank you!
Thank you so much for these useful videos, i appreciate your work !
Thanks for the note! Happy the videos are helpful! Straight ahead workflow video should be out Monday.
This is the best animation tutorial i have ever seen in years😮
Really happy to hear that! Thank you for the note~
You are like that one person i have been looking for all this while... I won't take this opportunity for granted.
Very cool! Happy the video/videos are helpful. Thanks for your note!
NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW WELL YOU TEACH. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FROM START TO FINISH!
Thank you for the note! Happy to hear that!
Love your videos, I have had to learn animation all by myself for the past couple of years, because there aren’t that many good tutorials out there for general animation, but your videos help me a lot, keep up the good work 👍
Thank you that is great to hear!
I have a lot of respect for people who get after it. I know it's not easy but keep going. I'll keep posting content that will hopefully be of value.
This was the exact sort of video I have been looking for!! Thank you for keeping your process mostly uncut, it makes me sure I'm not missing any important steps!
you my friend, are Bob Ross of animation!
haha :D Thanks I do love his style!
You are a Jedi when it comes to demystifying cg animation. I have been practicing my animation but I have not been improving that much due to not having a teacher that actively explains the concepts or translating them in a way one can understand without it losing its meaning. You really helped me a lot and I am so grateful.
Really happy to hear that! It's a nice feeling when an idea starts to make sense and we can put it into practice. Keep going, each baby step adds up and before you know it you have taken a big leap forward. Thanks for the note!
I just searched so many tutorials for stap by step 3d animation. Now got you. You're so amazing. Highly interested to learn with you.❤
Happy to hear that!
You got this. Best way to improve is by taking lots of baby steps.
Thanks for the note!
this is the best animoation turorial i've seen so far in my life. thank you so much
That's very nice, happy to hear that! Thank you for the note!
the most useful and time efficient animation turtorial I have seen. Waiting for more videos like this
That's great to hear! Thanks for the note!
Thank you so much, sir
This is the only page that teaches character animation in a proper way
Finally today I made my first animated character
please upload more videos related to animation in Blender
That's awesome good for you!
Thank you for your feedback. Happy my videos are helping!
You've given me the motivation to start my animation training, and I'm so grateful for that. You're my true hero.
You are an excellent teacher , easy to understand and approach ideas step by step , I’m a beginner animator and I’m so scared of super difficult animations scenes , but thinking like you makes me not overthink scenes and approach it in a good and understandable way, thank you!
I am happy to hear that! Thanks for the note!
When your starting out start basic and learn the foundations. Then you can build from there more easily. Keep your tests simple. You got this!
@@alexonstory thanks man ! I have done a lot of basics and I jump to do walks , runs, jumps , etc.. but sometimes I feel like I have to go back to basics , but watching your videos really helped me on approaching animation in a better way
@@YioshiEdit That's great happy about that! Don't feel bad about going back to more simple animation exercises. It's a chance to slow down and think about what your doing and why. Then you jump to something more challenging a bit outside your comfort level. Before you know it your creating shots your proud of.
@@alexonstory I’ll keep going ! Thanks again ! Keep inspiring 👊🏼🙌🏼
I'm an amateur animator. (Self taught going on a year now)
I was able to comprehend everything you said and it blew my mind how easily I was learning.
Sometimes I find it difficult learning from TH-cam videos but this connected with me.
The many videos I've watched from you have extremely helpful. Thank you for your efforts and inspiring people like me.
Really happy to hear that! Thank you for your note!
Good for you for learning animation on your own and trying to find the best material to learn from. Keep going. It's those small baby steps that add up over time!
@@alexonstorySilver in Sonic Prime 3°season?
I'm so in love with your tutorials... So well detailed and amazing..and the best thing is you walk us through the whole processs and this is everything for beginners... ❤❤❤
This is the best content i've ever consumed on animation tutorials. Thank you!
Really happy to hear that! Thanks for your note!
Seriously the best animation tutorial ever. Thank you so much for providing free content to everyone! I would love to see you cover video game animations or basic action/fighting animations one day!
Great suggestion! Added it to my list. Will be getting back to making more videos in a bit. Yes will for sure cover more action and fighting.
Thanks for your note :)
@@alexonstory Thank you so much! :)
I'm glad i found YOUR channel ❤
Yay! I'm happy for your note and that your here!!
I actually learned how to pose to pose a bit by myself, but hearing your breakdown on it clarifies and solidifies what I should be doing, and what I should not be doing, where I had no guidance whatsoever before watching. Stiff animation was a problem I was having. Definitely going to learn about the other workflows on your channel, it's really informative. As well as how to keep the graph editor somewhat clean, mine's a disaster.
Happy the video is helping you! Thanks for your note!
Keep at it :)
Don't stop bro... Very underrated
Thank you, I appreciate your note!
I'll be back to posting more soon.
Thank you, Mr Alex, I can't express my gratitude enough...
Your videos are helping me a lot with my final year group short film animation.
May God richly bless you!
Really happy to hear my tutorials are helping you :)
Thank you for the note!
Wish you good luck on your short film!
This is the best video ive ever seen on animation in blender holy crap it has leveled me up
thank you this helps tremendously, character animation is definitely a weak point for me so these help alot ❤
Happy to hear that the video is helpful!
Keep at it you got this! Thanks for the note.
Such a great tutorial bro... Thank you so much for making such amazing videos... from last 4 days I am trying to learn and understand every single step which you explaining. I have Learned a lot from you.. Best Teacher on the whole TH-cam..
I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for your note!
Keep at it and you'll see improvements!
Do you have like a paid course or something? I wanna check it out so hard rn fr...These tutorials of yours feels like a paid course....from the quality to dedication you give to the videos....Thank you Alex!
I appreciate that thank you! I do want as many people to enjoy and learn animation.
At the moment I don't have any paid course. I'll start working on something and hopefully will have something to offer closer to the end of the year.
Thanks for the note!
The really best video explanation of animation process that I’ve seen! Thank you so much! Very helpful!
Happy to hear that, thanks for the note!
I love looking into all kinds of tutorials on blender even way before I’m ready for it to ease me into these topics especially animation stuff since I plan to animate myself!
That's great! Keep exploring.
Hope you get some value from my tutorials!
You are a God send! I’ve learned so much! I want to move from just posing to actually animating! Thank you!
I love your videos, you explain these workflows so clearly, it's refreshing. By the way you might know this by now, but if you press "Shift+E" (in pose mode while selecting the controls you want), it allows you to "slide" between 2 existing keyframes (0% being the previous keyframe, 100% being the next). And with this method you can also create an overshoot ! After pressing "Shift+E", simply press "E" again and it will allow you to go below 0% or above 100%.
Very cool, thank you for your note!
I did not know that. Works well. I'll give it a try in my next animation.
Thank you so much I was worried how to start learning animation for school project you saved me
this is an absolutely godlike video.
Happy to hear that, thanks for your note!
amazing man.your voice your style of talkin are all heart warming.the only thing allways piss me off is that you never turn on the auto keying🙃
Thanks for the comment!
Haha yeah I just got used to not using auto key this last year. Good point! I'm going to make a video about using and not using Auto Key. Thanks!
This is so very professionally and gracefully done. Very much appreciated!
Thank you for your note! Happy to hear that :)
Thanks so much for putting in the time on teaching your animation workflow. So many valuable tips here. It's very much appreciated!
That's great to hear, happy to!
Thanks for the note!
Looking forward to the facial animation tutorial. This one was so incredibly helpful. Thanks so much!
Happy to hear that! Thank you for the note!
Will work on facial performance in about a month and a half. Have a few videos lined up first.
@@alexonstory Wonderful, looking forward to that as well as the other ones you've got coming up next!
Pose to pose is best for character animation and straight ahead is great for spontaneous action like effects, secondary animation or free form animation. This not just exclusive to 3D but relates to any animation.
Pose to Pose helps you with the Keys which can come from your boards, Extremes and Breakdowns. Pose to pose is key for the acting in your character animations which should comes from your boards/animatics and script.
Timing is also key here as well so you should also have a timing chart for your animations to make sure you hit your key points to make sure your acting sells the story you want to tell.
Absolutely!
Pose to pose is a great workflow. And Timing is such an important part of animation.
Thanks for your highlight!
Thanks alot! I highly struggle with getting a good workflow... It's mostly work without flow for me
That's awesome! Happy my videos are helping you out! Keep going! Thanks for your msg!
Thanks for another great tutorial. I think lack of realistic ideas is what holds me back. Ideas that I have are way beyond my abilities (for now), so having something more grounded (and explained) really helps. I think I strayed from your guidance a bit and started doing the layered workflow but I guess it turned out fine.
The tutorial you've posted a while ago (the one with the red panda) inspired me to take my animation study more seriously. I've been working my way through an animation course by Pierrick Picaut over the last 2 months or so.
Good to see you back.
Thanks for the comment! Happy to hear your getting value from my tutorials, and that your more focused on improving your animation skill. That's a big step!
It's great you have your bigger ideas. Keep thinking about them and even write them down. At the same time doing smaller exercises is good cause you do more quantity. By pumping out more animation you get more practice in. Wanting to improve really requires you to produce more. You'll be making errors along the way and that's part of the process. You'll also be learning faster and seeing your skills improve quicker.
For more action shots using a straight ahead/layered/hybrid workflow does work better then doing just pose to pose.
That's great! The more places you can gather information the better.
Thanks again for your note!
Thanks for giving us tech animator's a mention. I think we're like roadies, doing our work and trying to be invisible. Anyway appreciate it and enjoying your content and presentation style. Keep it up man!
Thank you! Absolutely, in production it takes all departments doing what they are good at so we can all get out the same product. Tech Animators are key as you bridge art and technology.
This is such a good video,ive been taking animation seriously and the quality of this lesson is undeniable. Great job ! i learnt a lot
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Thank you brother I will apply this to my animation
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Brother, you have genuinely just blessed me. Thank you SO much man!
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You are a gift for the animators community, thank you so much for your amazing educative content, so far the best channel on the topic I've ever came across. I really love your way to teach. Keep blasting!
Oh, by the way, have you heard about 'Keyframe Type'? In any keyframe editor you can select keyframes and press R to define what type of keyframe it is. Might be useful to keep things clear faster!
Thanks you for your note! That's really nice!
It's a great reminder. I don't use the Keyframe Type, but for a tutorial when explaining what I am doing I think that would help make things more clear. Thanks!
really helpful to see the way other people work and try to keep what's best for you, I've always worked pose to pose but never really gave it a try to do it with automatic tangents ( I've always worked with constant) but I do see the benefits by doing it like this, it's difficult in the beggining since if I'm just playing you have that auto transition whenever you have few poses but it does have it's benefits and you can have cleaner curves I guess. Again thank you for the tutorial
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I also used to work more in constant, I really like the look. Blocking in spline and building in your holds I find you get a closer idea of the end result, because your timing is easier to judge.
love the way you talk and the way you teach, thank you master 💖💖
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This is amazing... I am looking forward to learning 3d animation and iv just struck gold!
That's awesome! Good luck!!
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Oh noo I wonder why I couldn't fine this Chanel early but very happy to follow till the end
That's great :) Happy you watched it!
Thanks for these tutorials great info and execution I love how clearly you explain everything. Tip instead of ctrl+C then ctrl+V in the dopesheet you can just press Shit +D and just drag the mouse/pen to the key where you want it.
That's great to hear thank you! Great tip!! Will give that a try :)
@@alexonstory how ever you don't get the option to paste flipped then. but for just copying a key it's perfect. Another tip Or should I say feature I would really like you to deep dive and explain how to use it is the different ways we have in Blender to blend keys between poses AKA Blenders equivalent of Maya's Tween mashine, but on steroids as we can do so much more than just that.
Place timeline between two keys set a key then press either ctrl+ e, alt+e, shift+e and you'll see all those options. Straight up blend from one key to another or blend to default, blend to extreme aka overshoot and more, then there are different smooth options. As you can tell I'm aware of all these features, but I lack to know how to use them proporly.
I didn't even completely get that part where you sat a key to make it so when you then pasted beyond that key the keys before did not change. Also how you used automatic handles on just certain keys I usually do it on many keys at once, but I see now that there is a reason to use automatic key handles on certain keys. Again please elaborate on all the ways to manipulate already set keys and why and when to use a certain type of key handles.
Stay awesome just the way you are.
Great points, thank you for this!
Sorry for the late reply!
Adding all these to my list. And yes as I make more videos I'll dive deeper into what your asking in certain videos:)
Thanks for making this super useful tutorial. You are the best animation channel, never doubt about it 😎😎😎
Really happy to hear that! Thank you!!
I'm working on a new video about using reference in our work. Really excited about that one.
@@alexonstory Let's goo!
great tutorial, it helped me a lot, I wonder if in the future you will ever make a video tutorial on the character rig, especially the facial one.
Great!!! Thank you very much for such a clear video. You have given me a tool with which I can continue to work.
thanks for such a great tutorial,,, we expect more tutorials from you like this👏👏👏👏
Omg,this really helped me out .thanks very much to explained the details of the workflow ❤
Really happy to hear that!
Thanks for your note!
Your tutorials have been such a great resource for beginner animators! I have been dealing with one issue tho, that I cant even find an answer to online. When I make a new pose, click a to select all, then click i for insert frame, and then move the timeline, the whole position changes into a deform look. I followed every step, and dont know why its acting like this. And I have checked the bones if they have any hidden keyframes, which they dont. It worked completely fine before, and I was about to start making other poses until blender crashed. Once I reponed it, and moved the timeline, that is when the whole character pose started to act weird. It works if I select individual rigs and insert frame, but that's not the typical way to animate a pose. Any suggestions? I had the same issue with when I tried to do a walk cycle using the Ellie model from Blender. Have a good one!
This is really great! Thank you for making these Alex! You're awesome
Happy to hear that, thanks Seth!
Thank you Alex for making this awsome tutorial. I love your work!
Happy to share! Thank you :)
Very cool! Can't wait for your next videos.
Thanks Alex!
In about a week and a half I'll have straight head workflow tutorial. Followed by layered animation shortly after.
Outstanding tutorial, Alex. Really great job explaining everything. Can't wait for the next one!
:) thanks!
Both straight ahead and layered are out now.
th-cam.com/play/PL0qE_ONqcqSVtC2HXhKdCRXACM6HJ5gl-.html
Oh, I know! I've been bingeing them all :D@@alexonstory
@@islandgrovestudios :D nice!
If you hit ctrl+alt+0 the camera will snap to the current viewer location. Small time saver when setting your camera position!
What a great option! Thank you for letting me know about it! There are going to be times when this will be nice to use for sure.
I had never seen such informative video!!!! thanks a lot!
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great informative video i would love to learn more about animation from you!
Thanks! Happy your here:) I'll be making more videos soon.
Awesome tutorial, keep it up. Cant wait for the next one.
Thanks for the note! Nice, it'll be up soon!
Your videos have been a huge inspiration and really informative :) thanks for making these workflow videos! looking forward to the next upload
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Legend -- absolutely awesome vid dude -- to echo many comments below it feels unreal to have such sophisticated yet accessible tuition here for free -- particularly find it so useful to contextualise all the technicality and creativity within the structured workflow -- in fact I think u could even refer back to those most simple, wide concepts a little more throughout the animation tutorial! E.g. if you had a returning visual cue to illustrate the pose-pose-hold-settle format when the graph editor starts looking a bit intimidating -- If it isn't too presumptuous to make a suggestion for future vids lol !! Many many thanks dude
Thank you! This is great feedback!
I for sure will think about what you said and try to incorporate it into my upcoming videos, thanks!
FINALLY, Thx you Ive been waiting for this video XD
Love ya videos :)
cant wait for next part and currently struggling on walk cycle still XD
Thanks!
Nice, you got this!
It's not easy but stick with it and you'll start producing some cycles your happy with.
wish there were videos like this for Maya
Very good tutorial, THANK YOU
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Good video man! Do you ever use constant interpolation during the blocking stage? I was under the impression that is something you should always do.
Thank you! I used to use constant a lot more in my work. And it makes the blocking look really cool.
But I find doing that is harder when you want to spline and start adding detail.
Really it's good to try out different ways of working because everyone is a bit different.
Thank you for this wonderful video!
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Hello! Very very good explanations of the process. You're excellent at teaching.
I would be very interested to see a similar video about the straight ahead process and the layering workflow.
Cheers!
That's very nice thank you!
I'll be working on those videos next. Should have straight ahead workflow done in a little over a week then layered a short time after that.
You are a great teacher
Thank you! 😃
Wow. This really helped me out. Thanks
So good to hear, happy about that!
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thx for discussing and clarifying these valuable topics for free
Happy to :) thanks for the note!
Great tutorial. Great contribution. You have my like Thank you so much. Greetings
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thnx Alex your tutorial is just amazing.
Thank you, happy to hear that!
The other 2 workflow videos will be coming out in the next few weeks.
Hi sir,will you make a part 2 of this art? For facial animation.
I will yes. Working on straight ahead and layered workflow videos first. Facial video will come in about a month. Thanks for asking.
@@alexonstory thank you
Thank you sir ❤️
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Think what can i do for you😅
Because on the whole TH-cam i found your videos are awesome and i got many tips amd tricks from you
Once again thank a lot
Happy to hear that! Just keep improving that's the best thing I hope for.
Thanks for the note!
@@alexonstory you're welcome
Your tutorials are awesome! I haven't yet animated anything successfully except a rabbit standing up and some light orbs and I still find Blender very confusing, but these lessons are helping a lot. I also like how you explained your Blender setup in another video.
I'm curious if we are allowed to use characters from movies like this, or is it merely tolerated if someone makes an animation just for learning purposes? Can I simply use Po's model from Kung Fu Panda and make a funny animation of my own without getting in trouble for example?
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You for sure can use other rigs and characters for learning and making your own videos. You just can't pass them off as your own or make money from them. Hope that helps!
excellent instruction. Thank you!
Happy to hear that!
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This is a great tutorial, thank you!!!
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What a wonderful tutorial, is there anywhere we can find this rigged character for following along with the tutorial by chance?
I've been trying to find info on proper rigging for my own, but I can't find coherent info on controllers implemented with IK etc. to create my own rig for animation practice.
(I have my mesh weightpainted the way I like so I don't want to upload to Miximo, and I doubt Miximo will like the floating head I have 😅)
If you know of any good resources for learning this I would greatly appreciate the information!
Thank you for your time and the attention to detail you put into your work, it's hard to find this level of quality when there's thousands of videos on blender out there.
You're amazing.
Thanks for your note and question!
Character Rig is from the Blender open movie, Sprite Fright. You do need to pay to get access to their assets and courses.
studio.blender.org/films/sprite-fright/
You can find free Blender rigs here:
agora.community/tag/blender
Audio clip: jayuzumi.com/macaulay-culkin-soundboard
Third row on the right side.
I know it can be taught to find good information. If I find something I'll post back here. In a little bit I'll be coming out with a simple character rigging video for animators that goes over controls and setting up a rig.
Hope that helps!
Thank you kindly!
Amazing ❤❤❤
Thank you! :)
Just BRILLIANT! What more can I say? Oh yes. THANK YOU! Dg
:) thank you! That's very nice!
Thank you very much, Alex!
This is great ❤ I really appreciate it. Thank you
Thank you very much for sharing your experience :)
I'm happy to. Thanks for the note!
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timing and spacing wich is important ofcourse. and i think you should metion to put antic as a golden pose . but as always your content is always Amazing bro . yeah hold : moving Hold.
Yup those are all true! I appreciate that thank you!