First time animator

Dickie

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 could probably do with all the help I can get.

Here's a place holder for a melee combo I knocked out (got a little lazy with the last swipe and can't seem to stop that leg pop)



But yeah any crit you guys have/any directions you can point me in would be really appreciated, I'm really open to feedback.

blinKX10

-The swings aren't flowing into one another
-You're lacking overshoot on the swings
-Each swing has a very linear timing, the sword should speed up during the swing
-Your poses are also pretty straight and stiff

I'd suggest you film yourself acting out the action and looking at reference

Good luck man

Dickie

thanks for the comments, the filming myself's a good idea I'll give it a go as soon as I can work out how to prop up my phone.

Thanks dude