Animation Showcase & Critiques

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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
Transforming Animation https://www.artstation.com/artwork/optimus-transformations-wip2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZpEsov2Ls So I made a thing and was wondering about animations like this as this is my first g…	4 Last	slipsius Dec 2015
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