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Sticky Community Rigs and Resources

Welcome to the Rigs and Resources sticky. Please feel free to share your resources (tutorials, articles, tools, etc) and rigs in this thread. Things shared in this thread will also be added to the fo…
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fusedgore

Sticky Meet the Animators - Introduce Yourself

Hi all,We have a lot of great animators on this forum so I figured it would be good to have a Meet the Animators thread so people can say who they are, maybe post a showreel or some work you are prou…
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KoaDigmon

Sticky Animation Reference and Inspiration

I think we need a thread for inspiration and reference. A place to go if you need a creative jump start. If you come across a great reference video, post it here! Great reference site? I`ll add it to…
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R3D

Sticky Animation Forum - How To Post Your Work

Welcome to the Animation sub-forum here on Polycount! This thread is going to be dedicated to tips and tricks for posting your work so that you can get the best possible critiques you can. Posting…
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HelenGarcia

Sci-fi Cinematic: Icy Moon (2025) | Unreal Engine, Teya Conceptor, Blender, DaVinci Resolve

Cinematic with a bit unusual story of creation :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsz4BjyHRkMany years ago I wanted to make a short cinematic showing life on other planet. But I decided to make my ow…
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arsDraw

lifeless

trying to get rid of lifeless nature of 3d. with subtle motion. think stationary character not doing anythinghttps://youtu.be/7ejC0HTRvFo
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tyree10

3d Game animation critiques

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/FBALHwm8oZ3i/Hey all I've got a few clips lined up and I'm getting them ready for putting into a portfolio but would like some critique before I put it all together.I've…
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AlexAng

Sharks Swimming Houdini Animation WIP

Beginner learning Houdini and sculpting/texturing. This is my first project. Created the shark in Zbrush & Substance Painter. Houdini ocean spectrum and vex used for gobo lighting. Rigged using a…
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DigitalAmuse

Pixelhammer: A Star Soldier Saga

Hey guys, i think this is my first post here. I'm a designer from Brasil.i recently got my paws on Aseprite, a great pixel art animation tool and started fooling around with some gifs to try out some…
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awhaleyx

BroDynamics, spring-like simulation tool for character animation

Hello, guys!Check out the tool I made, and tell me what you think. It is  script for Autodesk Maya, that can help you easily create secondary motion\spring dynamics simulation without breaking r…
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Nixellion

Character Animation - Asian style warrior

HelloI want to share the animation we did for our client for turnbsase tactics gamehttps://youtu.be/aebXnUl0SbQThe video is not showing the game but it's a showcase in UE on sample character and envi…
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rtvirus1

Excited to Join! Beginner Seeking Concept Art Journey

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Elise

Red Nose Guy - Free3D rigged and animated

Hey everyone,Red Nose Guy, the main character of our recent games is downloadable for free with the following set of animations : Idle, Shoot, Run, Death, Getting ready and Dodge. You can easily…
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Muzzoid

Rainy night walk

Had a dream that I was walking on a runway at night in front of two hangars. Two gigantic tankers to the right were being filled with water falling from the sky. Tried to recreate the scene in blende…
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CLLFTVTV

3D Animation short film - Anomaly Zero

3D Cinematic Anomali Zero  - https://youtu.be/-N1VtkGp2ToIn 1908, the Tunguska event shook the world with a massive explosion, believed to be caused by a meteorite impact. However, decades …
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Takugava

Will This Rig Properly?

Hey everyone. I was wondering if I post a screenshot of my robot/mech model, if anyone with rigging experience could tell me if the geo will work and deform properly. I, trying to rig for the 1st tim…
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Kman1999

what is layout in terms of animation?

I need help I guess understanding what would be considered a "layout shot" and what would be considered "just blocking" I've seen some artists on LinkedIn posting their layout work and to me all…
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Veech

Ummmm... Hi :D (Beginner 3D animator looking for critiques)

Hello! As the title suggests, I'm pretty new to animating in 3D and I'm looking to show off some of my work from the past month and a half. I'd appreciate a couple things that stand out to you and so…
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Veech

[Finished] F1 Cinematic shot

Hey guys,Happy new year!I wanted to share with you my latest personal animation work (modeling, texturing, animating, rendering and compositing in fact) did in blender 4.0 while being father for the …
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Ahuri

Gun Rigging Help Needed! - Blender

Hi im new to this and this is the first time i am rigging something. and so far the only bones that work are the barrel and the whole weapon bone. i had already made sure prior to this to separate ev…
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Eric Chadwick

Advanced Character rigging demonstration in Blender 4.3

https://youtu.be/7MuHewBomKU?si=hkBTxaCrFXWDcaztHope you like it and don't forget to like my videoAnd if you are a animator probably give some love to my work❤️
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drgci27

The Exigency 2 - A feature film made with Blender (WIP)

This is a teaser trailer for a feature film that I began creating in Blender back in 2019 and will be done by 2025. The final runtime will be around 3 hours. The journey has been exciting, but very c…
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koady3853

3D animation Demo reel

Hello, recently I have updated my demoreel. Any advices on how to improve it are very appreciatedhttps://vimeo.com/1012481854
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sergsse

Need feedback design power abilities - Student

Hello!My name is Thomas and I am currently student.I need feedback from a professional to get a sufficient grade, I also would love to learn more about this topic.I have to design 3 power abilities (…
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Theump

Deadpool - Free Maya Rig

Hey guys, here's a new rig for you, download it here: www.3dFiggins.com/Storehttps://vimeo.com/197109758Enjoy!
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Eric Chadwick

First Animated Film - Would Appreciate Critique and Feedback

Hi, this short film was created as my final years project. I'd appreciate feedback and tips on what to improve and fix/add as I'd like to make changes. Here it is: https://youtu.be/VAOSlZekeE8. …
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farouk_19

Cyberpunk City (Unreal Engine)

This is one of my latest projects made using Unreal Engine. I'm still learning the tools but I'm happy with what I can do with it so far.Cyberpunk City UE5 (youtube.com)
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Natmed

Creating Animation montage from mixamo

I need help with this animation. As you can see the animation for stand to sit to Idle changes its position. I need everthing to happen in 1 position. I would really appreciate it if anyone could hel…
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Alex_J

Walk Animation Critique

Hi! I'm learning animation and I was working on this walk with the blender Rain character. I'm still learning and I got the Animator's Survival Kit Book and used the walk cycle page to help make this…
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Toureiro

3D animation reel

Here is my animation reel for 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClDpdwX5lCQ
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kai67

How to create a LEGO animation without getting burned out?

Hello everyone, this is Denis Weber.Today I’m going to talk about what happens if you combine LEGO and the iconic movie Terminator 2. I’ll show you how I created a real LEGO trailer and what came out…
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DenisWeber

How to create a LEGO animation without getting burned out?

Hello everyone, this is Denis Weber.Today I’m going to talk about what happens if you combine LEGO and the iconic movie Terminator 2. I’ll show you how I created a real LEGO trailer and what came out…
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DenisWeber

3D ANIMATION SHOWREEL

Hello everyoneI share my showreel with game animations hoping for some feedback!!!Feel free to express your thoughts!!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4aRkBAfiI
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ediiie

Modi Indian Prime minister animation

Here is an animation I developed with Modi the Indian Prime Minister.  Comments, suggestions welcome.
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james17

Ninja Turtles + A-Team + Cockroaches?

Finally finished the 1st episode of the animated series I've been working on for years with my nephew 🙌 The concept is a Saturday morning cartoon that is inspired by early 90s action fli…
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Ganthelus

Game Ready Pistol animation for UE5

I want to animate a Glock19 that is game ready for UE5. What would be the best practice/setup. Currently working in maya. Thank you. 
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silverpoly

Waterfalls Animation (Texture Loop)

Hi. Can anyone help me on how to create this kind of texture animation? Will this be possible in maya? thank youhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/vDJ0Q6
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Fabi_G

Rigging a Flamingo - new to rigging/animation

Hi i just want know the easiet way to rig a flamingo. It's actually my first time rigging animals and would like to know if there are any plugins or 3rd party software that i can use. thank you. 
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silverpoly

First Quadruped Animation

My first attempt at animating a quadruped creature. Feedback appreciated https://syncsketch.com/sketch/NjM5OThjYzk5/?offlineMode=1#/23812797/24684380/f_10
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BTDarmstad

Cinematic Orchestral music & AI visuals: GCLFilmMusic YouTube channel! 🎵🤖

Dear community of Polycount,I am delighted to extend a warm invitation to GCLFilmMusic, my YouTube channel where I unveil my original orchestral compositions, complemented by AI-crafted visuals. 🌟ht…
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GclFilmMusic

Student Demo Reel Feedback

Hi all, I'm new here and I wanted to get some feedback on my demo reel. I'm currently a junior in college for animation, and I'm aiming for video game character animation. Please give any and all fee…
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Artemas_Art

[UE5]/[ZBrush]/[Maya] Newbie Sci-fi animation project from scratch

Greetings,I create this topic because, i really don't have experience in the animation industry and i think i'll need some help from that peopels who have way more experience than me, about it's acce…
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BoSS_Sr

Streaming Event - VFX Lectures for Charity

Dear Polycount Community,At Tuatara, we would like to share that next week we'll be live streaming over 7 hours of free realtime VFX lectures to promote Child's Play Charity, a charity that improves …
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oktomus

Acting Animation Scenes

Acting Animation Scenes:https://youtube.com/shorts/hvDzmy-k8BM?si=zLlTNKHHDmF0qKoZhttps://youtube.com/shorts/vSihCz0Iwmc?si=aZ3YpUswSpm9gJckhttps://youtube.com/shorts/GUthZgrZgK0?si=1BiqVJZThZOzUJz0h…
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AnimatorJC

16-Bit Bladerunner

A fake low-poly teaser trailer for a Bladerunner2049 game. I made it to learn unreal a little more and see what interesting stylised images I could create.    Characters and models ren…
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KielFiggins

C.O.C SQUAD Animated Series

3-4 Years ago my Nephew and I decided it would be funny to create an animated series based on some weird cockroach drawings he did as a child that he called 'COCs'. We came up with some characters an…
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Ganthelus

Architectural Modelling tests

Sorry - Posted this in the wrong forum (reposted in digital art forum now) - can't delete the topic :)
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hipoly27

Amnesia: The Bunker - Showreel

Hello Polycounters,I've put together a reel with my work on The Bunker from Frictional Games. All keyframe with rigging and skinning done be me too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmuComxFmGc
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Mikael P.

First personal 3d animation project

Hi everyone! I'm a beginner in 3d animation and I would like to have some feedback. Thanks in advance!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-navfArv0LA
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Lukes3D

Mitre Saw 3D Commercial

I made a Mitre saw commercial in order to find some product rendering gigs on Upworks. Let me know what you think!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-3cm4P5Uxg
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Lukes3D

my first "first person animation"

Hey everyone, I'm still a newbie in animation, but i've made this recently in blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIfJMbrtVJUAnd i was hoping someone with more experience than i am can help poin…
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4busaada

16-Bit SAAB (Lowpoly advert re-make)

A re-make of the old Saab car commerical - but in my usual lowpoly style. Made for fun with Maya and Aftereffects, cheers!https://youtu.be/NFc9HiptVLs
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pixelboy77

Mouseworm

Freelanced as a Special Effects Artist for this pilot on Twitter/Xhttps://twitter.com/mousewormerc/status/1690070910663790593
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S_o_nj_a

Sad Walk Cycle

Hi. May I ask for your advice on how to improve this cycle? Please ignore the left hand as I was having a gimbal lock problem at that one.I am concerned on the foot. I am not sure if it communic…
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Carlosop784

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