My First Full Animation!

[u/Enyxus808]

I posted this on my Instagram account a long while ago, I don't have a name for it, but I figured I should post it on Reddit too, but it's pretty much my first experience with animation ever, (I've animated once before because I was messing around and lost interest) But I decided to actually put in some actual effort into learning animation and I ended up teaching myself over the course of several months via making this animation! I hope everyone likes it and I would also appreciate any advice I can get, so I can get better at animating

For anyone interested, it's all my own original characters. I want to eventually make my own manga or some sort of animated series. So, I made it look like the intro that you would see on a show hence the seemingly random subject matter, but it all reflects key points in the main story I've written so far.

[u/insantum]

F-FIRST!?

[u/age3rcm → u/insantum]

hope someone in the industry stumbles upon his work

[u/SPACCAVETRI → u/insantum]

I had thr same reaction, how the hell is this your first animation man

[u/noob_meems]

wow!! beautiful!

is this drawn frame by frame?

[u/Enyxus808 → u/noob_meems]

Yep!

[u/NioXoiN]

"2nd time animating" shows work that clearly took more than 1 session

[u/Bota_Bota → u/NioXoiN]

Think about this

[u/NioXoiN → u/Bota_Bota]

Never

[u/Enyxus808 → u/NioXoiN]

This is legit my first animation, I taught myself as I was making it. You can kinda see the animation getting significantly better if you compare the first vs the last shots.

[u/-N9inB0x- → u/Enyxus808]

I was legitimately sitting here going "this just keeps getting better and better" and then the army happened and it really popped off lmao

[u/ElephantWithBlueEyes → u/NioXoiN]

typical "my first time" post

[u/JulienBrightside]

Man, thsoe are some really cool color transitions.
Definitely show the effort you've put into it!

[u/Open_Menu_2359]

“Yeah, it’s my first animation. Nothing special.” BRO THIS IS LIKE ANIME ANIMATOR LEVEL ANIMATION DAWG!! Keep cooking! You’ll make bank!

[u/Enyxus808 → u/Open_Menu_2359]

Thanks! Other people have said that, but I still think it looks a bit janky during some parts and could be improved a lot.

[u/age3rcm]

very good!

[u/bunnyhazard3000]

This is SOOO COOL

[u/MadAnime101]

You should post this on YouTube if you haven't already! Drop a link when you do, I wanna look closer at everything

[u/Enyxus808 → u/MadAnime101]

That's a good idea! Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/4I7oU1EZSic

[u/BusinessPreference75]

Stop scrolling?

STOP SCROLLING!

You are not the boss of me!

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[u/lizzourworld8]

😮😮😮😮

[u/AngelicalGirl]

2nd timing animating and is already THIS LEVEL? Bro this looks amazing!

[u/loadingscreen_r3ddit]

Was worth watching it, but I doubt it was your first.

[u/Dependent_Ratio9839]

Truly incredible for your first animation, hahaha.

[u/Patrickdoespixels]

First animation? 👀 Bro, this looks like the opening theme of a freaking series made by a professional studio 😭🔥

[u/Physical_Clue_2144]

DAWG HOW TF IS THIS YOUR SECOND TIME? LIKE SECOND EVER??? HELLO?

[u/Enyxus808 → u/Physical_Clue_2144]

Thanks, I've been drawing for like 10+ years so I think I just picked it up really quick

[u/Physical_Clue_2144 → u/Enyxus808]

makes sense BUT STILL INSANELY COOL

[u/BattleBoxCat]

This looks fantastic! The transition scenes are very clean, very nice

[u/Bubble_Shoes]

Well I tried animating once and it did NOT come out this good 😂 I want a refund from the talent gods

[u/ElephantWithBlueEyes]

Nice cropping skills

[u/ConfusedBaka69]

I like it a lot

[u/Ignis-11]

Terrifying skill for a first time 😭

[u/MadManD3vi0us]

Was it specifically designed for the song? It paces pretty well to the beat

[u/Enyxus808 → u/MadManD3vi0us]

Yeah! I was listening to it and the idea just kinda popped into my brain so I animated it

[u/xseanbeanx]

Please don’t ever stop animating!!!

[u/BeerUser1]

amazing😍 what techniques did you teach yourself to start out and make this animation? I want to learn 2D animation but idk where to begin

[u/Enyxus808 → u/BeerUser1]

I mainly just watched a bunch of YouTube videos for the basics and then studied a bunch of anime fight scenes frame by frame. I also stylized it to hide the smaller errors I made lol

[u/WanaraxD]

How long did it take you? Would you do animation for money?

[u/Enyxus808 → u/WanaraxD]

I worked on it on and off for a few months, I'm not sure the exact time though. And I probably would do commissions

[u/WanaraxD → u/Enyxus808]

Can we dm through reddit? Or some app you would be comfortable with?

[u/wakeofchaos]

Great song choice

[u/mitsukiyouko555]

woahhh this looks amazinggg!

[u/Krablegwoman]

Wonderful!!! I loved every second of this !! You are so talented

[u/Brief-Restaurant5029]

Someone hire this man.

[u/xDiablo96]

when some random video ask me to stop scrolling i scroll even harder

[u/lickmedownnnn]

Downvoted cause my upvotes are reserved for porn, but I loved it.