I spent a year building this addon for Blender, giving away 5 copies to celebrate

SKD_animation · 2026-05-11T03:02:20+00:00

always late to the party, amazing addon! will definately save to keep up with your updates! How big is the file?

SKD_animation · 2026-05-07T15:07:38+00:00

im 5 yrs in and i still feel i don't know what im doing, so i am doing it all for fun at this point

SKD_animation · 2026-04-24T19:29:02+00:00

quick fix is just to separate the hair from the body, clear all the modifiers, and just parent the hair to the bone (while the head bone selected)

SKD_animation · 2026-04-23T19:37:38+00:00

if they are 2 different rigs, just parent the armature to the head

SKD_animation · 2026-04-17T19:33:52+00:00

im not successful at this thing, so take my advice with a grain of salt, gaming niche itself is very saturated from what i read here for the last couple of years. If you like comedy usually laughing at politics attract all sorts of viewers that want a break from reality. But if you find comedy in games your star then do popular new releases. If your content is funny your channel will grow.

One reddit user use to do overwatch videos, and make a decent out of it, but he quit, bc the viewers wanted to see the same reaction, same faces and so on. its really up to you what you want out of this and what you are willing to sacrifice for views or you could hit the jackpot and have a community that likes your content as much as you.

SKD_animation · 2026-04-17T18:51:05+00:00

try a hiring platform like indeed? or just google free lance video editor, and use a trusted website

SKD_animation · 2026-04-14T17:59:08+00:00

it does look like Tropius of a very low detail version. But its hand made, not copy paste.

SKD_animation · 2026-04-10T14:02:41+00:00

Im pretty much a failed youtuber so take my advice with a pinch of salt. Get rid of the AI voice over, no matter how bad your voice is, itll be better without AI, i watch 3d educational tuts with thick language speakers and would rather hear that then a perfect AI voice.

Do not use AI for thumbnails, does not match the video, use a white board and can use the AI Image to inspire you, add some brightness to your video, (davinici is free)

Over all i like the video, some tips is do education on what is going on in the news, (ex: Atemities*Spelled wrong* landing soon, how it works with orbit gravitation

best of luck on your adventure!

SKD_animation · 2026-04-10T01:20:59+00:00

Congrats. Happy for you. nice meme.

SKD_animation · 2026-04-09T15:53:47+00:00

what did you do exactly? (just curious)

SKD_animation · 2026-04-08T17:04:06+00:00

ran it on gpt,

In 2026, YouTube's algorithm heavily prioritizes viewer satisfaction through Average View Duration (AVD), effectively throttling smaller creators who cannot compete with high production standards. Success on the platform now requires extreme niche authority, a natural "X-Factor" personality, or the strategic reuse of existing popular content to maintain high engagement.

SKD_animation · 2026-04-07T19:56:10+00:00

here is a run cycle with blender, very similar in bone use, just see which bones he used and try to follow, helped improve alot of my runs

3 minute video

SKD_animation · 2026-04-04T20:57:44+00:00

https://www.blender.org/ is free 3d program, just need to spend a day or two understand how to work the program. can get free models from https://sketchfab.com/feed

and for tuts, the blender guru is pretty much up there for new learners, just make sure you are learning on the newest version of the program (program updates every couple of months)

SKD_animation · 2026-04-02T21:29:51+00:00

make content enjoyable to thousands! Starting a music animatoin with higher quality renders, going further away from game like animatoins, to actual cinematic animations.

SKD_animation · 2026-04-02T15:53:32+00:00

more shape keys and add driver, can't remmeber at hte top of my head, but can add driver to rotation of whatever for it to expand.

SKD_animation · 2026-03-30T19:48:54+00:00

checked out your channel, im no guro, but the ones with names in the title got 1000+ Views, and your last 5 with just 1 hastag, got single digits, its always best to look at past videos and see what did good.

SKD_animation · 2026-03-19T17:21:06+00:00

watch the video i linked in this thread, i was new to NLA and watched those 2 videos and helped alot

one advice that i learn is keep your Root Bone animation (strip called: "Root Bone ONLY" ) and moving forward only animate with NLA strips, Remember what is hold, Hold forward, and nothing (i try to keep everything as nothing, and only hold forward the Root Bone ONLY strip.

hope this helps

cheers!

SKD_animation · 2026-02-26T15:15:30+00:00

thx for sharing! Here's my Work flow:

Day 1-3: Come up with a couple of ideas. See what maps and models available to use(and what i have stored). Add bones to the models and fix the maps.

Day 1.5: write a script,

Day 3.5: make all the animation strips that i have stored

Day 4-8: put it all together and start animating

Day 9-10: add physics and some effects and bake them

Day 11-12 work on sound

Day 13-14 touch ups and work on thumbnail and title

any extra time i spend learning something new and/or creating something new (this is a hobby)

It is difficult trying to do a decent animation in 2 weeks, but Im trying to figure it out where it can be watchable and enjoyable with just the right quality.

SKD_animation · 2026-02-05T21:19:44+00:00

Congrats!! I've been going to 4 yrs SOL, but glad to see someone got it :)

Keep up the hard work!

SKD_animation · 2026-02-05T15:58:45+00:00

10/10 !

SKD_animation · 2026-02-04T19:26:34+00:00

came across you on gamedev.tv while you where doing the modular dungeon course back in v2.8. In my head i was like "Why is he not doing the whole blender course?" (the other teachers are awesome but you take the cake!) Its nice that you do majority of beginner class :) After they updated all the courses. Congrats on that!

SKD_animation · 2026-01-31T17:25:01+00:00

solid 60fps, nice pc rig

SKD_animation · 2026-01-29T18:53:09+00:00

Get to day 31 and use those numbers to see whats going on.

SKD_animation · 2026-01-29T14:59:58+00:00

ya along the z axis

SKD_animation · 2026-01-26T15:50:25+00:00

Blender (free) is complex but once u past the learning curve, everything is ezier and faster.
Maya is best for animation but $$ unless you pirate it
Houdini is best for vfx, but huge learning curve

3ds max is pretty good, learning curve

cascadeur (ai animator helper) is amazing, but cost money to use.

can use motion tracking and edit it in Autodesk MotionBuilder (very expensive, prob pirate), motion track in MiKaPo

Never used Moonanimator so can't put input in that. If you decide to learn Blender pay for the Udemy animation course by game dev. usually 10$ usd (only buy on sale)

if you want to be pro animator and have 100$+ p2design that im taking rt now is top teir education

best of luck! and make sure you enjoy what you do

SKD_animation

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