Animation Showcase & Critiques

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Demo Reel Feedback 2015 Hello all,With 2016 fast approaching, I am once again looking to update my demo reel. I've gotten feedback here in the past and it has proven quite useful, the most common advice being to boil it dow…	0 Last	BurningIce Nov 2015
Anyone going to CTN this weekend? It would be awesome to meet polycount animators there :)!	2 Last	linwail Nov 2015
Demo Reel Critique! hey everyone, I was wondering if you guys could take a couple of minutes and watch my reel and comment what you think! Any feedback would be awesome!https://vimeo.com/130180380	2 Last	cainy Nov 2015
AGGRO - Animation 3D Greetings everyone, I'm pleased to introduce you my last animation: "Aggro"I have been working on it since more than a year now, mainly during evenings and week-end and sometimes on my holidays...in …	5 Last	linwail Nov 2015
(SOLVED) Eyes slipping out of head when animating (rig help) Hello!This might be the wrong place to ask but I'm having a bit of a problem rigging a model. Everything's fine, except for the eyes, which slip out of their sockets when the head is moved, making my…	3 Last	MegaTiny Nov 2015
death animation(s) working up some material to update the reel. the death animation was lacking as someone noted before... so here's new one in the blocking+ phasehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS8DMzSU-vMIs it clear …	12 Last	slipsius Nov 2015
2D Animation--- The tooth prize Hi guys,Here is my 2D short film, I call it "the tooth prize".Hope you guys like it. :)Thank you!https://vimeo.com/131506495	0 Last	Yang Yu洛洛 Nov 2015
Cat rig problem - foot platforms Hello, we were given a cat rig to animate a jumping/wall/pole swinging scene and I went away and animated my block in but over the course of several full body rotations and turns, the foot platforms …	5 Last	LeeMeredith Nov 2015
Rigging question Hey guys, I wasn't sure if this was the correct place to ask, but I'm trying to get into rigging and ran into a problem I can't solve at my current skill level. I'm working with a model (made by Bria…	2 Last	AnthonyAnimation Nov 2015
pose confusion .. maya rig in tpose? or relaxed? hey together,im total boon when it comes to animation and rigging but well ... i started to learn rigging and animation in maya based on the 3dmotive videos by justin harrison... now i ende…	4 Last	fx01 Nov 2015
Smash! WIP Hey guys,This is a Work in Progress of something I started yesterday. Looking for feedback! Thanks!https://vimeo.com/144948959	4 Last	Chaucer Nov 2015
2x takedown polish ++++ 1st of 3 (hopefully) from workshop 3... linear blocking + [ame] crits welcome	15 Last	Blond Nov 2015
Switching between IK/FK without auto-matching? Hey guys!I have recently been using a few rigs who don't have an automatic IK/FK switch. So far I have tackled this by switching to IK or FK and tried to move the controllers manually so it…	3 Last	joarwho Nov 2015
What did you do to learn animation? Hey guys! I was just very curious to know who various different people learned the art of animation. With online resources, online schools, traditional art schools ect. How did you pick up animat…	16 Last	Chaucer Nov 2015
Gesundheit! Hey everyone. This is a little sneeze exercise I've been working on and wanted to share to it to start getting back involved in online animation communities! I still need more polish (like I b…	1 Last	penOr Nov 2015
[Weekly Theme 8] Animal locomotion (Ninja edit) This weeks theme. Animal locomotion. Adam's initial subject was too vague, i think, and with how complicated animals are compared to humanoids, I think it's best to start with a walk or …	27 Last	Arturow Nov 2015
Need your impressions on my Walk Cycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAt4034TM8QHey! We all know, you can never practice those enough. Even though, it's finisehd, I'd like to hear your crits so I can improve for future works! Plea…	5 Last	Hito Nov 2015
Monster truck crushes my car and I restore it. This is actually a video that I created it for conference in university, then I thought it might be entertaining enough to show it here. All of the 3D models there are created by me except the pickup…	4 Last	D4N005H Nov 2015
Speed Animating Thread Hi, I saw the speed modeling thread above.I liked that idea. It made me think about how this process, of getting the meat & potatoes of your work down as fast as possible, could also benefit those …	747 Last	slipsius Oct 2015
First Walk Cycle Hey all,I am pretty new to animation and Maya and thought I would post my first walk cycle. I think it's OK, but there is noticeable sliding in the feet. Anyone know how to fix this? I was messing ar…	5 Last	Chris Rohlfing Oct 2015
New to the forums, first demo reel to show Hi, I've just recently entered to this forums, seeing that it might help look at other people's work, get to know other animators and artists and to have a little more of exposure as well.I've recent…	4 Last	ajch22 Oct 2015
Update to Posting with Vimeo Hey all,Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. The forum no longer requires you to use the [vv] [/vv] Tags when posting your vimeo video. Just past the full link like you would with youtube. H…	2 Last	heboltz3 Oct 2015
Animation Demo Reel - Critique / Opinion Hello Polycount! This is my first time using this forum, and I thought it would be a good place to put my 3D animation Demo Reel up for critiques and or opinions. Feel free to rip it apart, pra…	0 Last	ninjarr_yo9 Oct 2015
Animation Transition from 3ds Max to Maya Hey everybody, I just have one question. Are there any resources to help me transition from animating in 3ds Max to animating Maya (including rigging and skinning)? I've been looking for internships …	4 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
Crosspost - Dota 2 animation competition and character Rig dump? Dota 2 animations, please forgive the double post, list of Dota 2 animation examples. [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159260[/url]	2 Last	slipsius Oct 2015
Updates to Some WIP stuff Hey guys, Posted some of these animations a little while ago and I've got some updates. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks! https://vimeo.com/143739352	4 Last	Hito Oct 2015
Sharing is my first animation reel [url]https://vimeo.com/142832793[/url] I've finally finished my animation reel and will begin looking for jobs! [URL="http://www.rnov4k.com"]Here [/URL]is a link to my website which has some video g…	5 Last	theANMATOR Oct 2015
Door bashing thingie Here's a wip of an animation I'm working on. What do you guys think so far ? [vv]143054578[/vv]	6 Last	cainy Oct 2015
Danger Zone Something I didn't think I'd be pushing this far. I'll keep working on it tomorrow. [vv]143218717[/vv]	2 Last	EVernier Oct 2015
First time animator Evening polycounters, I'm an environment artist but for zero budget reasons I'm doing the animations for a side project. But I've never animated anything outside of a game jam so as you can imagine I…	2 Last	Dickie Oct 2015
Boss pantomime scene from 'The Errand Boy' I recently finished my animation of the "boss pantomime scene" from the movie [I]The Errand Boy[/I] and I want some views and critics from fellow animators. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXn…	2 Last	Fuzhark Oct 2015
Demoreel crit Hi people Im in the process of face lifting my reel, updating with new work, removing old work. Need some feedback on it, Im generally applying to game studios, but now looking at it its more cinema…	11 Last	JearBear The Mighty Oct 2015
My first animation inside of Blender Even done, I consider it done, I'd still like to have some critiques for upcoming videos. How should I improve my acting? My poses? Etc. Though, I know where most of the flaws are, I'd still like to …	3 Last	Hito Oct 2015
[Weekly Theme 6] Climbing This weeks theme. Climbing! Whether it be a ladder, a mountain, rock, pole. Let's see what you got! Click [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150407"]HERE[/URL] for tips on how to…	20 Last	13randO Oct 2015
Sim Anim Test GWS3 started with a simulated NaughtyDog animation test. Climb up a ladder, cross a small platform then get to a lower platform on the other side. 1 perspective and 1 cinematic camera. as far as one …	9 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
Dog Simple Walk Hello to everyone!:) I'm new to this forum. I'd like to show my recent dog animation. [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/yj0pvx9mnmubfm6/Dog_Walk_v08.mov?dl=0[/url] I would be very greatfull if you could…	0 Last	Farhad Oct 2015
Reel Critique Please! This is my first real post on Polycount, so I thought it would be neat to show you all my reel. So I've been animating for a few years now. Now that I'm out of college, I would like to begin looking…	2 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
Dialogue acting animation Hey everybody, im a 3D generalist and I'm currently working on getting some animation in my showreel. I used a sound clip from 'V for Vendetta' and did dialogue animation from that. It would be awso…	3 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
demo reel 2015 feedback Hi everyone! I've recently brought my showreel up to date (looking at it lately some of the work was sorely outdated and it needed bringing up to speed). So I've done that and I wouldn't mind showin…	3 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
[Weekly Theme 7] Dialogue Hey guys, sorry I didn't get chance to do last weeks theme but how about a short dialogue scene this week? I don't do a lot of these so I for one am definitely in need of some practice on them. Prob…	14 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
This ball isn't steady! -Looking for feedback- Hi guys! I'm a student in a digital art school and I want to specialize in animation. I'm working on this short animation for my final project and I'm looking forward to improve it! [URL="https://vi…	5 Last	Melim Oct 2015
[WIP] Last shot for my reel - dialogue shot! :poly101: I'm revisiting this shot I was working on end of last year, which will complete my reel if I can be happy with the final product. Dialogue and good quality character animation is definitely my weakes…	6 Last	Arturow Oct 2015
Animating idle states for first-person view I'm trying to make a more natural and fluid animation for my idle states in first-person weapon models. Everything that i tried looks very stiff and repetitive... i mean, i can detect the patterns an…	6 Last	thatanimator Oct 2015
Animating a Snake in 3ds Max - Spline IK Hi, I'm using a IK Spline system and trying to animate a snake in the 3ds Max. The snake will need to coil and rotate around itself but the IK Spline Twist is making it twist when it is in a determ…	2 Last	monster Oct 2015
new reel iAnimate game workshop turned out to be a great thing for me. Finished workshop2 a week ago, trucking to workshop3 next week. In the mean time got a new cut of ye olde reel with all the new workshop …	10 Last	Arturow Sep 2015
reel end cap convincing? have at it [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFoPzNh4fn0[/ame]	8 Last	theANMATOR Sep 2015
Creating Animation Reel help! Hi guys I want to edit together a new Animation Reel but I am a bit blocked to which shots I should put in my reel, I've been looking at them to long. Here is all my work: [url]https://vimeo.com/ca…	3 Last	ironbelly Sep 2015
[Weekly Theme 4] Flips This weeks theme. Flips! Front flip, back flip, kick flip, rodeo flip. Whatever your poison, lets see you flip! Click [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150407"]HERE[/URL] for tip…	17 Last	_adamturnbull Sep 2015
LO-POLY Pokemon Animation, CRITS welcome! Hi Polycounters.. Finished the Idle animation for my lowpoly Haunter remake.. Loosely based on the Pokemon Stadium idle animation. Any suggestions on how to improve it? [ame]https://www.youtube.co…	4 Last	KiwiHead Sep 2015
Our first Sketchfab Animation test So we got access to Sketchfab Animation Beta yesterday, and other than a problem when bones have the same name (which they said they'll be resolving soon) it seems to work pretty well! You can see th…	4 Last	Arturow Sep 2015