Animation Showcase & Critiques

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Blond's Traditional Animation Journey This is it folks! Everything starts here! :smile: Way before I entered the great world of CG and 3D animations, my former dream was to become a Traditional animator and one day work …	4 Last	Hito Feb 2016
Question on creating a Skeleton rig for a Soldier character Hi Guys, Need some advise on building a skeleton / rigging for a character that has separate apparel items on him.I'm comfortable enough creating skeletons and rigging for characters,However My new c…	2 Last	kunglao Feb 2016
Exploding cow EXPLODING COW! Our funny cartoon about a cow using Alka-seltzer! Good for a laugh! PLEASE SHARE!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkVT97HqP3A	1 Last	thatanimator Feb 2016
Animation Project This is an animation that I'm doing for class. I'm posting each step of progress that I make on this project in the hopes that I can get feedback on it throughout. I welcome all forms of criticism so…	0 Last	Archonite Feb 2016
maya! how to turn characters?! :P hey together ...i started with rigging and anim 2 month ago or so i may ask something stupid ;P .. but now i wanna create some turn animations ... 45* 90* and so on the problem! i see…	6 Last	fx01 Feb 2016
Character Animation Demo Reel Hello,This is my very first post on polycount. I'm glad to meet everyone!Here is my current animation demo reel. Any critiques would be greatly appreciated!https://vimeo.com/150279980 Here's a Sync S…	0 Last	sgcid24 Feb 2016
Tech help (unity), Ladder climbing G'dayI've got a bit of a problem getting my ladder climb animations to sync with an actual ladder ingame.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA5hoErsu6QI'm moving the root to always stay under the bottom…	4 Last	thatanimator Feb 2016
"Borrowed Time" Animated Short Film Teaser Hey all! On behalf of our crew, I wanted to share "Borrowed Time", a new animated short film that our team has been working on in our spare time for five years! Today, we've released our very f…	9 Last	davidmlally Feb 2016
Idle and Walk Hi everyone!Working on some new animations geared more towards game animation. I have an idle and walk to start.http://vimeo.com/153617028Feedback would be greatly appreciated! :)	5 Last	Headless Feb 2016
Cin & Game project [finished] Hey all, after 6 months of work we proudly present our student animation project. We hope you guys like it :smile:	1 Last	Rmunday Feb 2016
Soma - Animation reel I've put together an animation reel with a big chunk of my work for Soma by Frictional Games.https://vimeo.com/153363726All the animation and rigs in this video were done by me.	6 Last	Arturow Feb 2016
Rigs That Can be Used For Animation Contests? Hey everyone,There's a local student animation contest coming up and I've been looking for male and female human rigs to use in my scene (ones with proper facial rigs, as it is an acting scene). So f…	3 Last	KielFiggins Jan 2016
Flying Eagle. model	3 Last	kylebunk Jan 2016
2D animation For games Hi,I am working on a 2D platformer game and i have to create character animation which software would you recommend me to use and also any other software for game cinematic creation.Thanks	3 Last	kylebunk Jan 2016
Animation Demo Reel https://youtu.be/Ib4pgsr0mXkThis is my second demo reel. These are some animations I've worked on after graduating Full Sail.	2 Last	Gigoba Jan 2016
how to approach a tracking shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flp62mUdNZYQuick and dirty test. I have running loops of the two chars, speed are calibrated so redback is faster. Current plan is making "Lean" layers for when redbac…	7 Last	ShadowMasterZedx Jan 2016
Kamodo Steve: Janitor on Fire -- Gameplay Trailer Hey All, I want to share a trailer of a game project I've been working on in Unreal since last April. I'm really enjoying working in Unreal and wanted to show you what I've been up to! I hope you lik…	0 Last	fluxist8070 Jan 2016
First Animation So i decided to become a 3D Animator and started to animate my first object. Please help me improve by pointing if i'm on the right way or something is wrong... (This is my first time at this forum a…	1 Last	Rmunday Jan 2016
My First Demo Reel this is my first demo reel and it my not be impressive but it is my first one so i am proud of it still :) one step in my careerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIl5jcVNm3c	2 Last	Harrysmith64 Jan 2016
Stingray animation test Want to do something cool with this model http://polygoo.com/humanoidrobot using Stingray Engine?(StingrayEngine.com) Let me know, I'll send you a link to it. Come up with …	0 Last	delisef Jan 2016
Harry's animation thread Hey guys, been lurking here for quite a while but I've finally built up the courage to post some work here.I'm a second year student at the University of Hertfordshire, currently sorting out my reel …	3 Last	Harrysmith64 Jan 2016
Cat rig - stretchy bones Hello I've done a bit of research and found out cat (character animation toolkit in 3ds max) rigs are capable of squash and stretch or at least they were, all the articles and tutorials (most broken)…	5 Last	LeeMeredith Jan 2016
Mime's Animation Sketchbook Hi,I am by profession an environment artist. But recently i am getting more and more attracted to animation.So i decided to start learning some in my spare time.I started with the basics , bouncing b…	25 Last	Hito Jan 2016
Dance Choreography in UE4 - Fun project when drunk Hey whats up guysSo I took a couple of days to try and test out mixamo and their free animations. Turns out their system is simpler to use and very efficient than I thought. Here is what I manag…	4 Last	Ruslan_Kokarev Jan 2016
Ideas for bachelor's thesis? Hello! Im an animation student from Sweden that is about to start writing my thesis. The problem is that I can't decide what to wright about. I would like to have a subject that really deepens my kno…	2 Last	Beastmother Jan 2016
What part from my short film should I put in my demo reel? Here's a short film I worked on as the animator and thie rigger for a class.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFgrQQlwE8Sadly, since it was a production we had to do with other homework, it's not fini…	3 Last	Hito Jan 2016
New game showreel Hello hello, I'm kinda new here. Just finished my first showreel in a couple of years and thought I'd share it around.https://vimeo.com/148428402Hope you like it! And also hope I'm not doing some sor…	10 Last	Arturow Jan 2016
[Challenge] Spawn Animation Sunset Overdrive type respawn anim... 90~100 frames. This will go till the New Year to give people time(edited bt Slipsius)	14 Last	_adamturnbull Jan 2016
Closed Moved: What Are You Working On, Animation Editon 2015 This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2015
Animation Reel My Animation show-Reel for 2015i hope you like it. o:) https://vimeo.com/150198984	0 Last	AcTTooN Dec 2015
Mech Dragon WIP Hey there, I have began work for my upcoming demo reel & this is going to be one of the pieces, something well out of my comfort zone as an animator. It is a very quick animation as the char…	0 Last	Rmunday Dec 2015
Final 2015 Reel Finished game animation track with iAnimate. Cut a new reel with workshop animations and some other animations done outside of workshop. 6 seconds shorter, 25% more content, 100% more humor. Was bris…	6 Last	WeatherMan Dec 2015
Skeleton animations for game HiI am creating a set of animations for this skeleton who lives in a dungeon. it is made for a VR game, so everything should be cycle.the skeleton used to be a guard who got killed and come bac…	3 Last	comeonvercn Dec 2015
Demo Reel as of 2015 Hello everyone, I'd like to get your honest critiques of my animation work, and hopefully where I can add, improve, or trim down the reel to just the best. https://youtu.be/anbJaxWqtj8	1 Last	limeforce Dec 2015
CG 3D Animation Showreel 2015 by Ismet Cam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf9P3puEQo8I had created this 3d showreel by using Maya, Photoshop, Nuke, Premiere. All modeling, shading, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, video editing …	0 Last	icmbdrm Dec 2015
Trouble animating through 3d space Hello, I've spent the majority of my time learning to do cycles but now I have to animate a scene of a character walking and running. I can not wrap my head around how to plan out the run so it trans…	6 Last	LeeMeredith Dec 2015
My new first reel ever (▰˘◡˘▰) Hi guys, wanted to share with you my very first reel. Finally got the chance and permissions to put some of my work online! c: any feedback would be much appreciated! and thank for the time for watch…	6 Last	andyvargas Dec 2015
Stun anim blocking out another... maybe I should key the stunned loop in there too?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_sdqyK6BdM	6 Last	Rmunday Dec 2015
Showreel 2015 am I junior level yet? Or am I in trouble? Hello everyone,It's my first time posting here. I'm currently doing a animation program and I'm out in 6 months. I want to get a job in the videogame industry but I don't know if I have enough skill …	6 Last	Wysk Dec 2015
School Animation Final This is my animation final I did for the semester. It doesn't have much to do with game animation. We were tasked to find a sound clip and reinterpret the meaning. My sound clip comes from Shutter Is…	5 Last	Rmunday Dec 2015
Game animation critique Hi guys, i'm working on an animation that for some reason just doesn't look right to me. I'm not sure if i've not chosen the best movements or it's just my animating that needs a ton of work. &…	11 Last	Tineung Dec 2015
EVernier works in progress Hey guys and gals, here are some WIPs of animations I'm currently working on to eventually add to my demoreel. Feedback is, of course, welcome!Tiger walk cyclehttps://vimeo.com/148310602Creature run …	0 Last	EVernier Dec 2015
Help sought animating a backwards spinning flip. Good evening, animation rookie here.I've been trying to replicate the flip as seen at 0:04 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhYWEP-HiCk&index=3&list=PLb78d0p4ZglgnR_X-8rhTV…	3 Last	brimblashman Dec 2015
Animation rates? First of all sorry if this is the wrong section for these questions, I figured the talented animators here could be useful.I will try to keep this as short as possible but it will probably be still p…	2 Last	Rmunday Dec 2015
Fluid/dynamic animation? Hello, I'm trying to learn how to create fluid animations as demonstrated by the amazing Stephen Vyas below. I tried searching for "how to create fluid 3D animations" but it's always actual fluid as …	3 Last	Hito Dec 2015
Animation/Rigging for games - Just how much more used is Maya then Max? I think everyone knows that Maya is the industry leader for animation atp, but what I'm wondering is just how much of a lead it has? My guess is that Max has about 1/3 of the market share in this are…	12 Last	Archanex Dec 2015
Noobish question, help needed I'm in the middle of modelling a character I want animate later. The problem is that I'm almost total noob at animating and I want its limbs to pop out from the body and then be animated as usual (wa…	5 Last	Hito Dec 2015
[Weekly Theme 9] Animal Behavior Hi all, If everyone is still happy to stick to the animal theme, since locomotion has been done it might be good to try studying [B]animal behavior[/B]. So pick a reference where an animal is doing …	13 Last	13randO Dec 2015
Arena Announcer Animation Hi everyone,I just got through my first pass, and would like some feedback on this. I took the dialogue from an 11 Second Club competition from last year, but only just made the animation this year f…	3 Last	MammothHunter Dec 2015
Animation mediums, Workflow and Ethics. I have been wondering to myself of recent about the double standards when it comes to ethics or standards concerning the two main mediums of animation- hand drawn (2d) and 3d animation. In 3d an…	5 Last	melviso Dec 2015