Well folks, I decided to make a tutorial on a simple fact of animation.

How does one become better/ excel past the beginner phase?

Its quite simple.

First you must ask yourself this question:

What is my learning style?

If you are like me, and learn visually, then maybe I can help you.

Now what I'm going to suggest may seem like "Well no shit", but you would be surprised at how many people don't do this.

First off pick a general basic principle in pivot. For my example, I'm going to choose 3D background movements and Basic body movements.

Second, find a veteran or elite quality animation that has what you are wanting to learn.

Third, get the .piv file of it, and carefully study each frame and learn how to make the movements.

Fourth, open up your own .piv window and recreate FRAME FOR FRAME everything you want to learn off of the animation.

Fifth, practice it a couple times, make sure you got down the movements.

Sixth, take away the model .piv you were studying, and try to do it on your own.

Basically, what you are doing is memorizing how to make the correct movements. Once you do this, you can allocate everything you have learned into every animation, making the quality much better.

-- The Down Side
The down side to this way of learning and becomming better, is it lacks creativity. By copying things you see, you are not creating something new.

My suggestion would be to learn a technique, and then change it in many ways so that it is your own. This way of learning is just to get you started, and to help you learn the correct movements.

I hope this helps all you new guys joining the Pivot Animation ranks.

ohhhhh im trying that it will be helpful

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Yes, this will help alot, i'm trying it out now...

hmm.. thats basically what I did with one of your anims, Justin.
I am here today to testifah that this method works.

lol ive been using that style... im at the point in which i have to modify...(i suck at that...)

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lol ive been using that style... im at the point in which i have to modify...(i suck at that...)

just practice that style or change your style

Nice tut man that'll help loads off newbs like meh lol

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Beleive me.

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This is a really simple tutorial, and I don't really like it. Copying is not a road to improvement, but studying is. I'd just eliminate step 5.

Like i said in the tutorial, it is quite simple, but not many noobs are intelligent enough to think of doing this. So i'm just putting it out in the open. You are elite, so obviously something like this seems dumb to you, but it is a VERY good tool for improving quickly once you get the hang of it. How do you think I went from beginner to vet in less than a week.

Obviously this kills originality, but if you think about it, how can noobs be original when they can't even animate a stickman walking in the first place? I'm trying to jump start their basic movement skills, so that they can ultimately come up with their own shit once they get the hang of things.

You're not looking at the big picture.

and as a side note, what the hell do you care where animating goes from these guys? Most of them will simply drop Animation once they get into college or get a girlfriend/and or social life. I'm just trying to show them a quick fix. I'm not trying to show them how to be original. Originality will come from those who stick with animation and learn to create their own style.

Nice. Im not a beg, but it will still help.

i can tell epople try thtat with me, once again, good job on this justin, this will help many people. (i already do it sometimes)

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lol ive been using that style... im at the point in which i have to modify...(i suck at that...)

yo off topic but about your sig the ff test dam i got cloud i wanted vincent lol