Animation Showcase & Critiques

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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
Sketchfab now supports animation - post yours here! The folks at [I]Sketchfab [/I]have updated their tools to now support animations, which a few of you have discovered already. Let's use this thread to share animations posted to Sketchfab! [url]http…	24 Last	Blond Sep 2015
Cost of Animation I'm looking to launch a game on Kickstarter, and I'm wondering if any of you could tell me the average price that a 1 or 2 minute animation would cost to be commissioned? I suppose it would depend o…	6 Last	nifty5 Sep 2015
[Weekly Theme 5] Sit down Sorry for the delay this week. It was a holiday yesterday. This weeks theme. Sit down! On a chair. flop over onto a couch. collapse in exhaustion. Whatever your poison, go from standing to not. Cl…	14 Last	_adamturnbull Sep 2015
Dying bird (looking for feedback) I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or feedback on this animation before I start doing the cleanup. Unfortunately it has to be only 60 frames long. So that's why it's so short. I really wan…	5 Last	Jonny10 Sep 2015
Akeytsu: interesting animation software Just came across this: [URL]https://www.nukeygara.com/akeytsu[/URL] Downloading the beta now! I'm curious about their rigs.	13 Last	AurelCharrier Sep 2015
Soldier Cycle - crits plz Hi, I promised myself I would practice a lot more animation for the remainder of my degree and attempt to maximize my learning. So I prepared a hat with a bunch of short animation ideas and every wee…	4 Last	Hirnwirbel Sep 2015
My animations Hi everyone ! i'm a french student in third year at Cr	18 Last	GameYan Sep 2015
A bird and a robot Hello everyone, I've been blocking out a new shot and would like some opinions. Is this shot clear/make any sense? I thought the bird kick into the robot was funny, but my fiancee thinks it doesn't m…	6 Last	GameYan Sep 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger Lip Sync I was a little apprehensive about posting on this forum as it looks like there are a lot of pro's who post and review here. However I guess the best way to learn is jump in. This is a quirky lip syn…	8 Last	James@Angeljackets Sep 2015
MotionBuilder - copy keys from one leg to the other? Hello! I've asked this before on random places - but thought I'd ask here as well: [url]http://gfycat.com/ImpeccableEnlightenedAndalusianhorse[/url] As shown in the gif I need to copy the keys from…	4 Last	Arturow Sep 2015
Rigging Question (Shoulders/Clavicle) I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm working on generic male lowpoly character (	5 Last	Alexastor Sep 2015
[Weekly Theme 3] Kick Attack This weeks theme. A kick attack. Some people have been posting some animations they`ve already done, that just happen to work with the theme. But let's try and do new anims, everyone! More practice!…	32 Last	KeenanBushWhack Aug 2015
WIP steam punk goggles Hey guys, I'm Annie and I am new to the community. I wanted to post the latest project I am working on to get some honest feedback to help me improve. I am making some steam punk goggles with the goa…	2 Last	OhGeeAnnieV Aug 2015
Hammer Swings and Rising from the Grave [vv]137032613[/vv] Hey all, just updating some animations of mine, I'll have one more scene and an ending to the hammer swing by the end of October but critiques/comments are totally welcome!	2 Last	HeyGafilimore Aug 2015
The tiny community in the community So I'm kinda under the impression that the animation section here is a minority on Polycount? :D Well at least I see so much activity and sharing going on with all the modeling and texturing on Sla…	8 Last	_adamturnbull Aug 2015
Animation WIP and Sketches Hello all, I've been trying to post a little more lately on my blog, but it's hard to get honest, solid feedback. I'm starting this thread just to post some of the latest work that I have done at m…	12 Last	valah Aug 2015
[Weekly Theme 2] Locomotion Hey guys, new week, new theme! This weeks theme (as suggested by Slipsius) is LOCOMOTION. Tips for embedding videos into your post - Click [COLOR="White"][URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showth…	44 Last	Arturow Aug 2015
Skill Animation Hi guys, sry if im asking this in wrong place but i dont find anyone more apropriated for this question. Whats the best solution to create in-game skill effects like fireballs, lightning and so one?…	6 Last	derphouse Aug 2015
DBZ Goku Kamehameha 3D Animation Hey folks! Just wanted to share this animation I made! Hope you like it! This took me a really long time to render so I'm probably not going to re-render it but any feedback on the animation itself w…	3 Last	Arturow Aug 2015
Sketchfab animation supported now so.. Bismo & Plom! The Sketchfab animation feature is live now so a good opportunity to share some of the character animations for our game Shift Happens that will be released soon. The main characters are Bismo (red) …	11 Last	_adamturnbull Aug 2015
A short satirical toon Hi everyone :) , I made a short satirical toon: to model the few elements (the main character and the stage) i used sculptris; to rig them (and to render the sequences) i used an old Poser version. …	0 Last	Messana Aug 2015
Limp walk cycle Hello I've been working on this walk for what seems forever, it's for an ianimate assignment, originally I used my own filmed reference but did a poor job acting and got told to push the leg speed di…	4 Last	LeeMeredith Aug 2015
[Weekly Theme 1] Idles A start to something great! Weekly themes, as suggested by "_adamturnbull". It's real simple! Every week we will start a new thread with a "theme". You have the week to complete it (you can take lon…	48 Last	_adamturnbull Aug 2015
Tarzan Spear Throw [IMG]https://embed.gyazo.com/f3495323a774fb0716cfaa7987e1f749.gif[/IMG]	2 Last	ironbelly Aug 2015
4 Legged Robot walk Just a side project i did in a short amount of time for fun :) wasnt sure how these things walked so i thought of a spider as i did this piece.. i did a part where he jumps and stuff also but that is…	2 Last	ShadowMasterZedx Aug 2015
Weekly Theme Hi all, I don't know if there is already something like this on here but would anyone be interested in doing weekly animation challenges. Rules - Set a theme before Monday - Spend an hour a day ani…	13 Last	slipsius Aug 2015
Squidfingers Hey guys, my first post since the Riot contest way back when. I'm working on Squid Fingers, a free rig provided by Proletariat. I'm currently in blocking plus, any feedback is welcome. I'll be updati…	5 Last	AcTTooN Aug 2015