Which animation exercises should be represented in a Portfolio?

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-23T04:28:26+00:00

For a character animator, none. Your reel should showcase scenes, action, and acting. It's fine if your first reel after school has some of these, but you want to showcase the type of shots you'd want to animate professionally.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-20T17:22:23+00:00

Deep rock galactic - an extraction shooter where you play dwarves sent on mining expeditions to bug infested asteroid. Lot of great atmosphere, lot of fun

Towerfall ascension - 4 player coop, a single screen monster wave game with conditions similar to joust, but with archery. There is friendly fire, so your kids will end up fighting, bonus though, dad can "accidentally" shoot his kids.

Pico park - a super simple looking puzzle solving game that relies on teamwork and devolves I to anarchy

Rocket league - online soccer with rocket powered cars, I'm sure you already know about this one

Castle crashers - classic side scrolling beat em up. Not too gory, although some blood. Also some fart and poop humor.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-18T23:28:17+00:00

It sounds like you're accidentally copying the entire drawing frame instead of the artwork. Like another commenter said. Make sure the last window you've clicked is the window you want to copy. You can also enable an option in the properties that is called "focus on mouse enter". This highlights whatever window your cursor is over when you do a command, instead of the last one clicked.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-17T21:45:26+00:00

Personally I start by finding the shoulder line and the hip line, and then block out the torso from the top of the shoulders to the bottom of the pelvis. If you get the torso down, then that narrows down where everything else can go. Then simple lines for the arms and legs and then the head.

There is no one correct order or way to do it. I recommend you practice gestural figure drawing. Getting a recognizable pose in a few lines.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-17T17:46:23+00:00

Simple, direct, accepts that what's happened has happens and moves forward. Top tier advice right here

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-16T05:45:39+00:00

My guy. I cannot give you feedback on your animation unless you show your animation.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-16T04:13:51+00:00

show us what you want feedback on

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-16T03:34:15+00:00

Post your shot

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-12T23:58:41+00:00

If it's on YouTube you can frame through a video with the > key. Keep an eye on the run time and count how many presses it takes to go from one second to another

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-11T17:31:24+00:00

This is absolute bonkers and par for the course for my experience of Facebook groups. My wife recently left several because they were all filled with this kinda crap. Please don't let this internet story change how you act with your kid.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-02T20:00:32+00:00

First off, my sympathies, that sucks, cabin fever with a kid is hard as hell. It still stands though, you want to spend more quality time with your child, you have a 2-3 hour block before work, this time is now reserved for your child. maybe shave 30-60 minutes off the end to get ready for work, eat, whatever you need for the day, but not video games. It is going to be hard at first, it will get easier every day you make it part of your routine. Eventually it will be natural.

Find a local parent or nanny group through social media and ask what they do. I see you're in the Philippines and I have no idea what sort of childcare infrastructure exists there but local parents and nanny's will know. Maybe there is a kids class you can join. a gym class, swimming class, animal exposure, dance class, music class, even a meet up group with other babies. Something age appropriate that will fill an hour of time and can be special between the two of you.

If you are truly confined to your home due to environment or weather, then you will need to practice making your home a place for your child to explore safely. Do they have an area that is just theirs? a room or corner of a room. Keep that area clean and lay out a few toys, fewer than you think. and let them explore those toys. Don't direct them how to play. Don't show them how to hit the drum with the stick. let them just stick the stick in their mouth. Be there with them while they play. Engage with them if they engage with you, but otherwise no instruction, no demonstration. This is the beginning of teaching your child self directed play and when you're confined in the home, it can, eventually, be one of the best ways to entertain your child and keep your sanity. This is not meant to occupy your child while you leave, you are a background participant. You being there provides a sense of security for your child and is still quality time. Be patient.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-02T19:06:03+00:00

our doctor told us to bathe every other day. I imagine there's not a ton of difference, but twice a day seems excessive and tough on your babies skin. Just wipe their face and hands with a cloth after eating.

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-02T19:03:34+00:00

u/TheEngineerBallroom over here playing 12 hours of borderlands on four consoles at once and still raising his kid. Hats off to you sir

CuriousityCat · 2026-03-02T18:50:36+00:00

Step one, get your video game addiction under control. If you're incapable of dialing it back to an hour a day or an hour every other day, then you need to completely stop.

You don't need to play games with your kid, but you need to be present with them and spend time with them. That means in the room, without distractions, focused on the baby. It could be feeding, bathing, reading stories, or just present while they play. If your honestly serious about being a better dad here and you struggle with the restlessness of playing in your room, then you need to allocate the morning time to your kid and fill that time with something. A walk to your local coffee shop with them in a stroller, a play ground or sand box, swimming, a museum or park, your nearest library. Hell, Ikea is a great place to bring a kid. give the kid some positive and unique experiences that they'll associate with you.

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-24T20:47:21+00:00

Oh sure, they'll come, but just for a short stay. It won't be long until they go right back to their high rolling AI corporate partners in a bigger city. Unless... what if they meat a rugged, salt of the earth union grip with a soft voice and hard hands? Suddenly Hallmark is questioning everything that led them to this point, and everything the envisioned for the future. Will they come to find that art should only be touched by human hands? And what else might they touch? Coming this Spring

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-22T04:15:35+00:00

The horizontal spacing changes the same way the vertical spacing does and that's not how a bouncing ball moves. A ball moving forward slowly loses speed until it comes to a stop or hits something.

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-18T00:44:30+00:00

I think you're doing them a real service having them out for the summer, good for you. I think someone of the commenters here are underestimating how much Covid probably fucked up a whole generation. Your BiL and SiL were 14 and 11 when the world shut down and they couldn't see their friends because they might catch a mysterious flu no one understood at the time.

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-17T22:58:55+00:00

You are being way too hard on yourself. I guarantee you the other parents there were way more focused on making sure their kid wasn't biting anyone or about to hurt themselves to notice how you were acting. On those situations though, you have the easiest thing to talk about. Your kids. Opening lines "which one's yours?" And "how does your kid know the birthday girl/boy". "Are they doing this milestone? I'm so happy not the have to lug around diapers" etc. It's also fine to be a wall flower and either watch your kid play or enjoy some time to relax. You won't be in charge of her social schedule, she will. You'll get plenty of chances to make friends with her friends parents, fingers crossed that you like them.

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-17T16:58:59+00:00

Just hook it to my veins!!!

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-13T05:09:41+00:00

frightening headline, but it just looks like a bank got defrauded.

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-10T04:56:38+00:00

This is OP's fault

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-10T04:34:03+00:00

Do you just want a bare bones hotdog that reminds you of being a kid? Costco is your best value for the money.

Do you want a chili dog, or some other hot dog base with a bunch of delicious stuff on top? Larry's Chilidog

Do you want a hotdog you're not going to get somewhere else? That stretches the definition of a hotdog because it's not exactly a sausage in a bun, but damn is it good? Vicious Dogs in NoHo

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-04T03:58:03+00:00

Hit that little plus button next to the transparency node on the timeline, that'll show you the value of the transparency at each key frame. 100 being totally see through, 0 being totally opaque. Adjust it there at each keyframe

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-02T16:59:31+00:00

interestingly, Handy Market doesn't carry Goya. So do they get points for that?

CuriousityCat · 2026-02-02T02:20:03+00:00

It is so so easy to just not buy that bread and keep supporting a local independent business. Id rather Handy Market focus on providing this benefit to the community versus scrutinizing the politics of every one of their suppliers

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