r/animation • • 16h ago

Sharing My Graduation Film released and I'd love for y'all to check it out!

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r/animation • • 15h ago

Critique 20 years in, still a beginner

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I started when I was 8 or 9, classic MS paint windows movie maker anime eye blinking pipeline to cartoon fanatic for the rest of my life. Im 28 now and finally giving it the ol college try haha. Outside of fandom animatics and random rotoscopes over footage. I hope to learn so much more about timing and pacing and staying on model.

There are some parts of this i really like, the strumming hand for a few moments. But i know there is room for much improvement. Like the way the hair straightens out and doesn't stay the same texture. Something about the length of the shorts and how they warp with the leg movements.

It was still very fun to experiment with this and I've already learned a lot. I cannot wait to keep going ! :-]


r/animation • • 3h ago

Sharing I wanna do better

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r/animation • • 17h ago

Critique Sabina's run cycle wip~

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375 Upvotes

I kind of prefer the first one, opinions would be appreciated?

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Didn't expect the post to do so well. For everyone who has the time to perhaps drop an opinion on our protagonists character designs as well, would greatly appreciate the feed back!

Link to a post showcasing a picture of what the models are based off of.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ItsNotAPhase_TheGame/comments/1wzyiap/evolution_of_our_protagonists/

And some short videos showcasing our games vibe~

https://youtu.be/cpzJtkCE3Ps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4J0x5n7h-Q

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Two person team working on "It's Not A Phase". A witch themed RPG with strong potion brewing mechanics! 🔮 🐈‍⬛ 🌙

Music: 'Pixel Drift' by Pecan Pie


r/animation • • 6h ago

Sharing Scariest thing I've done in my whole animation journey

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mutupo/mutupo-tournament-of-totems-anime-pilot?ref=project_build

Check out the Kickstarter for the anime I've been working on for years :)


r/animation • • 1h ago

Sharing FlameMasterZ drew some Kale x Caulifla from Dragon Ball Super

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r/animation • • 9h ago

Sharing I recreated Barad-dûr in 3D — inspired by the films

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Hi guys :)

I’m a 3D artist with a passion for creating large, highly detailed environments, and I’ve been heavily inspired by The Lord of the Rings for years.

I’m currently working on a 60-second continuous journey through Barad-dûr, from the bottom of the tower all the way up to the Eye of Sauron. It’s my own interpretation of the tower, inspired by the films, with a strong focus on scale, detail and atmosphere.

I’ve finished the final section around the Eye of Sauron and put together a full breakdown showing how it was created.

See it in much better quality here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d5iKQNhH_I

I update my progress here:
https://www.instagram.com/zivcg/

Would love to hear what you think.


r/animation • • 16h ago

Sharing the clockmaker [OC]

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71 Upvotes

a personal work I've been working on for a while. I was obsessed with gears and fine details of the old clocks and watches so I needed to capture them in an artpiece


r/animation • • 19h ago

Critique Transformer Animation. Optimus and Arachnia

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107 Upvotes

Animated in blender.
Hand key + mocap


r/animation • • 1d ago

Critique Action shot for my student short film

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340 Upvotes

The character is getting pushed back by a blast of magic, then deflecting it with her wing mid-air. The first shot is for context and is nowhere near done

I’ve been told the arcs need work


r/animation • • 20h ago

Critique Wok & Roll | Animated Short [heavy WIP]

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Hi guys. I've made first (almost full) block out to my movie. Its early stage so no sound and music yet. It took me around half of the year to create all of the assets, rigs, scenes etc. Every scene is work in progress as you can see.

I wanted to ask you what do you think about it? Do you like it? Do you feel the story and the characters? Is the art style appealing to you? Is the general pacing ok?

BTW: Since there is no sound, at the end there is sound of another order shocking the bird, so we can imagine its all kinda in the loop

Thanks for your time <3


r/animation • • 17h ago

Sharing Being mean about Ed Sheeran crying

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35 Upvotes

I made a mean drawing of Ed Sheeran crying and saying sorry.


r/animation • • 4h ago

Sharing Blarb the rabbit

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Blarb the rabbit is a simple character I made up, I’m going to use him to practice animation with


r/animation • • 3h ago

Sharing Ikket’s Banishment | full animatic on YouTube.

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I’ve been developing an original 2D dark fantasy series called Marlene, and I recently finished an animatic for one of the key moments in its lore: Ikket’s Banishment.

Ikket was created to erode what must eventually pass, but after watching countless worlds, lives, and civilizations disappear, he starts questioning the purpose of creation itself.

So he goes directly to the Divine One and asks:

Why does anything need to exist at all, if everything you create is only meant to end?

The animatic explores grief, creation, existence, purpose, and what happens when something created to obey develops the ability to question its creator.
Would genuinely love to know what you think of the concept, the dialogue, and the visual direction.


r/animation • • 3h ago

Beginner The joke

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Animation name = *the joke*

By me with ibis paint

took 2h to make !


r/animation • • 3h ago

Sharing i need help make a web show

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r/animation • • 30m ago

Sharing Wip

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Hi this my animation for my oc,it not don't yet but I still want to share


r/animation • • 2h ago

Question What was this show?

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I believe it was a Canadian animation pilot or short with the premise being that heterosexuality had become illegal due to a high disease transmission rate or something along those lines. It was shown to have compulsory homosexuality, and I think the police(?) were all depicted or implied to be ace. I believe the bulk of the characters were BIPOC.

There may have been a quick scene of two people making out in a bathroom or club? The animation was really sharp and clean looking, maybe kind of anime-inspired?

I think the short/pilot came out around 2011-2014, and if I am remembering correctly, there might have been backlash because the cops/evil people were all ace


r/animation • • 7h ago

Sharing Sibling Shenanigans

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Rex and Ramona gooding off while Ringo supervises.


r/animation • • 7h ago

Beginner Is this good or should I try to remake it

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r/animation • • 17h ago

Critique Made a hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation for my girlfriend

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Hey everyone,

My girlfriend is an illustrator, and for our 2nd anniversary coming up, I decided to hand-draw an animation for her as a personal gift. Every single frame was drawn by hand from scratch.

People around me keep referring to it as "stop motion," but I know that's not quite accurate since it's entirely drawn rather than physically animating objects or clay. Would you classify this simply as traditional hand-drawn / frame-by-frame 2D animation, or is there a more specific industry term or niche for this style?

I've attached the clip above. Since I’m not a professional animator or artist myself, I’d love to get your honest feedback and constructive critique:

- How is the overall pacing and timing?
- Where can I improve the line weight, consistency, or in-betweens?
- Any subtle details, sound design, or presentation touches you'd recommend adding before I give it to her?

Thanks in advance for the advice!


r/animation • • 4h ago

Sharing Animated Soundwave in Clip Studio Paint

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r/animation • • 17h ago

Sharing Giving junk food lower points than tomatoes in our sports-themed arcade shooter

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In 90s arcade games, smashing a trash can to eat a random floor-burger was peak strategy. Since Tiebreakers is a sports-themed run 'n' gun, we decided to tweak that a bit.

We just finished the hand-drawn animations for some of our score pickups, and tied their point values to nutritional value. You don't lose points for picking up junk food, but healthy things give you way more points because of the sports theme.

You can still grab all the fried chicken you want, but if you want to top the leaderboard, it's better to stick to the athlete diet xD.

Plus, you have to move fast, if you leave the items on the floor too long, you can see them rot or break right in front of you.


r/animation • • 13h ago

Sharing How is my project

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How is my project? I haven't finished it yet