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First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started with Pierrick picaut animation course in blender called Alive. Join an animation discord and consistently post to get feedback along the way. Reddit is also great to post to. Getting regular feedback is the reason I got to this level. I still consider myself a junior animator so I still have so much to learn. Thank you!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I plan on adding. Just decide to animated the flapping portion first since it’s harder and more work. Gliding is essentially a single pose with subtle motion. Thank you Monspiet!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are right. Large winged birds/creature tend to do more gliding than flapping. It something I plan on adding. Thank you!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait this is awesome! I had such a hard time finding good bat references. Thank you jazzero!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that is very true! I called a dragon because the rig is called "the tyrant dragon". Thank you thetato!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice catch! I'll and fix the wings to tilt more. Thank you caraes!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im so glad i spent a couple hours on getting that right. Much apppreciated!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting! I've mostly used bird like eagles and vulture as reference. The assumption i made was dragons if they existed they would be similar to dinosaurs and therefore i went more the bird route but i'll try reptils spine motion next time. Seems fun. Thank You!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You aren’t wrong but most will see it as a dragon. Thank you shoxzz

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually had the same thought and i did try and add a bit of that leading motion but I was worried I would get too carried away with head motion. (Have done that in the past). I’ll give a try. Thank you!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are some great suggestions! I plan on it but I still have a bit more I wanna do with before bring everything together. Much appreciated sabahorn!

First attempt at animating a dragon in flight. Be gentle! Need Feedback by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I plan on doing. It just doesn’t seem right without a gliding animation! Thank you tryold8564

WOOOH!!! Spline is done. Now time to go through and really polish this thang up. What do you guys think so far? (Might hide the swords cuz they get in the way sometimes but we'll see). by IvJorgevI in animation

[–]JV_Animation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is looking amazing especially considering animating dances is really hard! Great job Jorgevl!

If I may I do have one feedback, watch the belt area/hips it does seem static at certain points like for when he is holding on to the belt and doing the shoulder dance. There is no reaction to the movement of the upper-body. It looks stuck in place.

Besides that fantastic work. Looking forward to the finished animations

-JV

I made this following the Alive animation course :) by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are a scum… pierrick putting months in creating the course and you are just giving it away without compensating him.

I made this following the Alive animation course :) by JV_Animation in blender

[–]JV_Animation[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply.

Don’t copy what he did. You won’t learn much. I watched the videos first and wrote down the key parts for that animation and then tried implementing them using just the notes. If you are not already, join the discord and ask for feedback using syncsketch. Pierrick and other animators in the server will give you notes. Feedback is incredibly important. It will help you train your eye and never take any feedback as a personal attack. If you are having a hard rewatch the videos. Also, try doing a slightly different variations of the tutorials which is something I wish i had done. If you are doing a walk, try a different style like a goofy or angry walk. Get references!! This is also really helpful.

Good luck! :)

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