r/3danimation

https://reddit.com/link/1thwbnj/video/0w5ld3yw352h1/player

This looks kinda bad

So I've been interested in 3d animation for a while and I started animating on roblox studio, which wasn't really a good choice as it isn't something used to animate in the first place.

And I want to use some actual animating software, but I noticed that my laptop has a way too low performance. It has 4gb of ram (that's all I remember)

I don't think my parents will let me buy extra ram

I love the movie and how expressive the characters are, and I'd like to animate similarly in the style, specifically when the girls were fawning over how handsome the Saja Boys are, where Zoey's face turned into a more toon-y like face and both her and Mira's eyes changed into pineapples and started shooting popcorn out of it.

The new episode of Touhou Utoia serie by MMDer, in this new episode is the first time that Reimu is introduced properly and we can see her i action too. 😁 Hope you guys enjoy it.

Hi everyone, I know my last post was rather recent, but I’m looking for some advice on something I’ve been struggling with while learning 3D character animation in Blender.

For context, I’ve been learning animation on and off since around 2024, mostly in my free time while also being a full-time university student. Now that summer is here, I want to properly get back into it and improve.

The issue I’m running into is with tutorials.

Because of university, I’m very used to learning by taking notes, memorising information, and then regurgitating it for exams. But animation feels completely different because it’s not just theory. It’s a practical skill where you actually have to build muscle memory, understand movement, make decisions while animating and such yk?

When I watch tutorials, I can usually understand what the person is doing in the moment. But once I try to do it myself, I often forget the practical steps. For example, I’ll forget what controls they moved on the rig, what order they blocked things in, how they approached the poses, or how they knew what part of the character to adjust.

So I end up feeling like I “understood” the tutorial while watching it, but I struggle to actually recreate the process without following along step by step.

My goals are mainly character animation: acting, facial animation, running, fight scenes, parkour/action shots, silly animated videos, and maybe short dances. I’m not trying to become a professional overnight, but I do want to improve this summer and actually make small finished animations instead of only doing exercises forever.

I guess my question is:

How do you personally learn from animation tutorials in a way that actually sticks?

Hi everyone,

I have been learning animation on and off since 2024 due to uni and exams, now i have done another semester I wanna get back in but i need a bit of help. On top of feeling a bit lost when it comes to where to learn (i have done alot of beginner stuff but a another user helped me understand that i will need to go back to them) I have been having a hard time actually animating the stuff I want to animate, i mostly spend time doing exercises and never really made anything so for these past few years i have been feeling i have been trapped in a cycle of never really making anything yk?

Would love some advice

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Hello everyone I want to learn animation and have been watching some tutorials and getting used to blender I found a YouTuber called Alex on story but I noticed when he was making videos for walk cycles and animating in blender he would often use spline blocking and I feel a bit stuck as I don't see anyone else doing that so I'm not sure what to do or what to start off with my main goal for the summer is to understand P2P, walk cycles and maybe a short dance animation but idk what will help me or set me back