Hey guys umm ive beeen told in my Pivot animations that its a bit stiff and stuff, So I was wondering if anyone could make a mini animation and give me some steps or tips on how to make it smoother and less stiff. Thanx :D


EDIT: I just made this just then


Is it goood? I did use Capn's Running Tutorial though

To fix stiffness, just try to move every single limb in every frame, no matter how small the movement.

I'll show you some stuff about smoothness:
This is a choppy animation.

See how it's really fast and confusing? THat's because it's choppy, so there isn't as many frames as this:

Which is much smoother than the other one. To make your animations smoother, just use more frames for movements. Also, it has easing, which means to gradually go faster then slow down, so it looks nicer.

Ahh so like my running one is smooth cause im moving pretty much every body part? Ahh im starting to get it. So can you help me on making a fight sccene i wanna get good at them :P

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Ahh so like my running one is smooth cause im moving pretty much every body part? Ahh im starting to get it. So can you help me on making a fight sccene i wanna get good at them :P

Just finish it first, then PM it to me. I'll tell you what's wrong with it and how to fix. Or at least I'll try.

I did this I know its not perfect and very stiff and choppy but I like it :D




I also need help on how to make blood anyone wanna help?

http://darkdemon.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7164

It's list of tutorials for almost everything.

Im doing a Blood tutorial on darkdemon.org and im stuck on step number 4 (I would post link but i cant until i got 20 posts :|) Can anyone help? I just dont understand step 4 the tutorial ais called TLFlameboy's Blood Tutorial. Please help >_<

you no whats wron with your fighting scene, you dont use any physics. try using physics in your animation physics is *how far your legs go before you jump* or * how far your arm goes before throwing a punch*

I dont get it, Like i dont know how to make him look like hes about to jump. And another thing is i cant move his feet. Everyone elses animations have Feet joints and they can move their feet around, I cant and I need help with that

See how his legs bend, then straighten to propel the guy? Yeah, that's called anticipation. It's like building up power.

customize/edit your stick and add a foot joint

phosperhus you jerk 1 sec before me >=(

And how i make a ground, Dotn just say a line i wanan know HOW

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And how i make a ground, Dotn just say a line i wanan know HOW

Open up Stick Figure Creator in Pivot. Now, turn on Edit Mode by pressing options. THen, just stretch the line to a certain lentgh. That's the most simplest ground I can think of.

Hows this for Sword and Shuriken :D







Anyone got an easy step by step blood guide

Try putting effort into the anim. Keep each limb moving and staying really close to the Onion Skin.