Combat Animation

Nakedwooki

Hey,

I am practising combat animation and am currently in blocking for a sequence I am working on.  Any critique would be greatly appreciated.

I have attached a syncsketch link below.
https://syncsketch.com/sketch/72ff37de5e71/#511349

tholmes3d

I left some notes in syncsketch. They are mostly based around strengthening the posing. This is a great start, can't wait to see more.

Nakedwooki

Thank you for the notes, I have done  some changes and uploaded a new draft on syncsketch:

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/72ff37de5e71/#518644

tholmes3d

I added some more notes in syncsketch.
This kid shows two different ways to front flip. It looks like yours is currently more like the russian flip, but without the arms behind the body. I'd choose one of these styles and look at where the power comes from and how it moves through the whole body. In your animation the flip isn't convincing because he's not using his whole body to do the flip, he's just pushing off of one leg and tucking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXR2h83one8  (I'm sure there are better videos that this for reference once you decide what you want)

I'm looking forward to seeing this complete, it's a cool move.

Nakedwooki

I have had this project on the backburner for quite a while now. But found some time to get back to it. Thanks for all the critique, tried to implement as much as I could. Here is the Syncsketch link: https://syncsketch.com/sketch/72ff37de5e71/#784258