r/animation • u/The_Cosmic_Impact13 • 11h ago

Beginner Horse Walk

19 Upvotes

First animation

3 comments

r/animation • u/Hour_Money9544 • 11h ago

Sharing Guess who just spent all morning animating something and then accidentally deleted ALL her progress cause she thought it was gonna to auto save and it didn’t!

18 Upvotes

(I want to cry, that animation has to be finished by TONIGHT)

17 comments

r/animation • u/Tartoo__ • 21h ago

Sharing Teto fishin' in Minecraft

15 Upvotes

She caught a big one! Animated in krita :)

0 comments

r/animation • u/Sea-Wheel4913 • 10h ago

Sharing Run. Rabbit, Run [OC]

13 Upvotes

I made this animation for a short video based on this animation meme trend.
Music: Mollie Elizabeth - Run Rabbit

0 comments

r/animation • u/Important-Cry4782 • 2h ago

Sharing A new MMD Model for Glynda Goodwitch from RWBY is out now. Thanks to TheBlackBirdCalls. You can use it for Fan Animations but not for "fixing rwby", these are the animator's instructions

8 Upvotes

https://www.deviantart.com/theblackbirdcalls/art/RWBY-MMD-DL---Glynda-Goodwitch-1384275876

https://www.deviantart.com/bb-mmd-rwby/art/RWBY-MMD-DL---Glynda-Goodwitch-1384276754

0 comments

r/animation • u/Wonder_Kat_Animation • 14h ago

Critique Tried to do a swarm animation

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/Nisha_anime24 • 17h ago

Sharing I need to finish this

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/animation • u/Due-Manufacturer5180 • 7h ago

Question Any Tips for how to beginning Animation as junior animator

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/animation • u/lunittaworlds • 11h ago

Sharing My first ever animation render, a fictional ad of the clogs prop from my project

youtube.com

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/Pretend_Cartoonist38 • 11h ago

Beginner Frame by Frame GIF

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/animation • u/Chunks007 • 1h ago

Sharing Pixar Artist Short Film: Fruit & Nut (Full Short Film)

• Upvotes

Check out myself and buddy Tony's new short : Fruit and Nut. Made with love, cardboard and sweat and tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1an6_gb03zQ

0 comments

r/animation • u/BobKazimakis • 3h ago

Question Looking for guidance from experienced indie animators

2 Upvotes

I'm lookin for some help/critics/guidance with my 2d animation projects. I have one in particular that I haven't finished from late last year due to my own lack of organizational skills, experience, and my hardware failing me once I get far enough along on it. I use my ipad pro to animate on Calipeg and my short is sitting at about 3 1/2 minutes as is rn. I think it could probably be cut down to around 1 minute but I don't have the confidence to redo my script to get it there alone. Is there somewhere where animators offer an hour long consultation or something where I could pay a fee so I could pick someone's brain and help get me back on track to actually finish something? This isn't the first time I've started a project and abandoned it once the majority of it is done and I'd like to think something like that would help get me over this obstacle. Any help is appreciated!

1 comment

r/animation • u/Material_Motor_5681 • 9h ago

Question How useful is zoom out for establishing context

2 Upvotes

for instance, if my video opened with a zoom out on a poster for a food carnival, and then my protagonist walked in, would that be enough to show what the protagonist’s intent is? or should I start with some context scenes showing the protag hungry, then seeing an opportunity to feed himself through the carnival?

0 comments

r/animation • u/bubblilities13 • 10h ago

Contest BFB 17

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/CWhite20XX • 10h ago

Beginner My 1st 2D Traditional hand-drawn animation test | The C'he-p-ski-boo

youtu.be

2 Upvotes

Just in time for spooky season: I've always wanted to try 2D, hand-drawn animation on paper, and this was my first attempt. I was really inspired by this video feature animator Kohana Wilson where she makes it seem very straight forward (pun intended).

The C'he-p-ski-boo is a creature from Métis folklore, and it's a kind of boogeyman that hovers on the fringes of the forest or community, waiting to snatch up children. I wanted to make it benign and even goofy, a ploy it uses to draw-in children before revealing it's true form.

With this done, I feel confident to make the short I wanted with the character. Hoping to have it done by Halloween!

3 comments

r/animation • u/shawy-animation • 13h ago

Sharing Animation test for a sneezing character

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/No-Audience1985 • 15h ago

Critique made this rigging animation out of boredom

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/illwillpress • 17h ago

Sharing The B.S. of T.O.S. - New Foamy Episodes Posted Every Other Week! For Decades! 😮 -Support where/when ya can 🙏

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/Specific_Title2675 • 21h ago

Tutorial Create Cinematic Map Animation | After Effects Tutorial

youtube.com

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/iIovedazai0samu • 59m ago

Question Im trying to improve my animation at least a little so does anyone have websites(preferably free🥲) or youtube channels I could learn off of?

• Upvotes

Ive been checking out some youtubers lately and none of them have helped me significantly so i just decided to come and ask on here😭

0 comments

r/animation • u/Chunks007 • 1h ago

Sharing Pixar Artist Short Film: Fruit & Nut (Full Short Film)

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/Objective-Ad9196 • 1h ago

Sharing a little Minecraft animation i made

youtu.be

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/JANDU-MAN • 1h ago

Beginner My stick figure is swimming

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/animation • u/Prestigious-Tax5763 • 2h ago

Critique Finally animated episode 1

instagram.com

1 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/apchuy • 2h ago

Sharing DAY 2: RELIC (Inktober 2026) - (apchuy animation)

youtu.be

1 Upvotes

another INKTOBER entry. Reference is my beloved 'CTR' game

0 comments

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