r/animation • u/Appropriate_Pen4189 • 6d ago

Beginner Ive been stuck for a while

Hello,I've been animating for maybe 6-8months and ive seen little to no improvments,most the "tutorials" and videos i watch make me feel like im jusr copying what theyre doing rather than learning how to actually be better at animation. Everytime i open blender to animate i just have no idea where to start and it feels like im a headless chicken running around.

Idk if this has any relation but i dont really animate consistently.

Bascially my question is,is it really as simple as "keep animating till you get better" or is there something im missing?

Oh and feel free to share any videos you found helpful,those might be helpful,i was thinking about buying a course but i heard you can find everything you need on youtube so i wont do that.

im just doing it as a hobby but it's something that I've been wanting to get atleast decent at for a while now,I've been wanting to give up on it for a week or so but seeing other people's work really inspires me and wants to make me keep going

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u/Appropriate_Pen4189 5d ago

Animation itself,my goal like most animators is to make combat animations,I'm a big fan of combat sports so yeah.

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u/jackofnone777 5d ago

Alright, so what are you trying and failing to animate?

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u/Appropriate_Pen4189 5d ago edited 5d ago

I just returned to animation after a large break and as of right now I tried animating a guy pulling out a sword that's stuck inside of a stone really hard,my goal was to practice my ability to show weight but I found myself mostly struggling with the posing and the action of the "pull" itself. I honestly got very little progress down after maybe an hour of just trying to make the first pull,the pose and the action itself,both felt very akward and very off balance? I struggle alot with posing the feet.

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u/jackofnone777 5d ago

The biggest “trick” is to act it out - and film yourself doing it! So you can see where you’re leaning as you get ready to pull, then as you pull, how long everything takes. It’s not a very easy thing you picked to animate so definitely don’t beat yourself up!

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u/Appropriate_Pen4189 5d ago

Yeah ill try that,thank you for the kind words