AKPXD's Animations

Yeah, my animation collection.

NEW to OLD
RE: Spin Kick
Spin Kick
Body Spinning
Combo Test 4
Push-up!(AKA I WON'T FAIL THIS TIME!)
Err... failed?
I Haz Box [FAILED]
Combo Test 3
Testing a new way to animate
Combo Test 2 (clean body)
Bored Animation 01
Failed Test 01 (Without Sketch/something)
Failed Test 01 (With Sketch/something)
Jumping
Combo Test
Running Loop
Punching Test

DeviantArt's uploader was broken and that's why I haven't put something for a few days.

It seems a little fast, or maybe that it just stays on the extremes for too long. For not having a tablet it looks good.

I can't believe I'm about to suggest this but... since you don't have a tablet, you could do what I did, and learn the basics of animation by animating in pivot.
Or something with joints; if you make a jointed character in flash/toonboom that would be neat. Just make a stick man so you can get straight to the motion practice. To start even simpler, draw some squares, lines like platforms balancing on dots, and draw a circle. Drag the circle frame after frame, and make it bounce.

You are starting fresh off the boat, my friend, and it's time you get started on your beginner's practice kit

Well, em... I actually start from this first:

Spoiler:

But then I don't just like, make the sketch stuff (like my test that I made after this one). I just drew like that. But thanks for the advice guys.

Okay, then use a shape with less limbs so you can focus on one little chunk.

Like a tripod or a ball with legs. Learn the basic shit bro.
Easing is the first lesson you need to learn.
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Keep animating movements with several frames in them so you keep repeating the easing practice.

Learnt easing before. >.>

Edit: But still practicing.

Emphasis on the practicing part.

from what i see here it that it needs more easying did you skeleton go like that aswell or did you animate it without it?(sure looks like that tho)

I animate the skeleton first.

Nicely organized list

Take my advice bro, polish your easing skills with a simple shape (scroll up to see what shapes I advised) so you can get ahold of the physics in animation.

Well, okay. Sometimes I don't focus the easing stuff.

I urge you to do some ball bouncing or tripod creature animation!
Shit's bomb for juicing your easing skill up. While you learn easing, you'll quickly find out that you need to learn how to vary the TIMING, and SPACING, to make it seem realistic.

I know, right? There's so much variety that goes into an animation. It's not as straightforward as yo might think.
Now animate, my friend. For your animation style is your fingerprint, so make it a cool one.

Okay, new animation stuff: http://akpxdestroyer.deviantart.com/art/FullBodyTest-Combo-Test-2-211630643
CnC please...

you should put 1 extra frame to that spin kick so it seems that he's actually spin kicking and i would say give it a little bit more spacing in order to get the feeling of that punch

It seems I need more practice. Thanks for the CnC though.

Edit; I think I need a new way to animate.

You shouldn't clean and color everything yet ,If you want to improve on animating ,focus on animating.You should try animating only a skeleton and try not to be satisfied untill you got the movement exactly the way you wanted.
Don't hesitate to change what you don't like ,after all It's just a rough skeleton.

Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't turn it to a clean body. Thanks for th comment.

I like what Haitam said. Yes, do that.

-[UPDATE]
-[NEW ANIMATION]
(Just saiyan :3)

Try to imagine everything in 3d. Even when showing from the side, parts of the body go further and come closer to the screen slightly. Try to think of how the body works and is put together in space when drawing and animating and move it that way, rather than trying to picture what you want.

Okay, I made a new one. Yeah, now it's on 24 fps and... too much of double framing. :3

i see your trying to work at 30fps, it is quite hard especially with fb cause that means more frames, what i would suggest would be to start with a skeleton layer (kind of like stick) and then go over it with the sketch on a new layer after, while still working at 20 - 24fps just to get the hang of things, i work at 30 - 34fps and it takes a lot longer and tbh i shouldn't because i haven't reached a good enough skill level yet.
And when animating things like force, you should look thing up on youtube or anywhere, just to help you get that realistic movements, or sometimes what i do is get up and act out the movement to try and get it right.
Anatomy is also a big thing, you might be going for a cartoony style but still anatomy can help you get that cartoony style you want, because once you learn a realistic human anatomy you can bend and morph it into your style, still based off of the natural shape.
I hope i helped and didn't sound like i was nagging (lol) good luck in future anims bro, its good to see others improving and getting further in their animations

Flax wrote:

I hope i helped and didn't sound like i was nagging (lol)...

Hehe, that's not nagging but it's like a critique. And yep, it helps.

Flax wrote:

...good luck in future anims bro...

Thanks.

You should start with lower fps, as many of us have said, but they look really nice.
However, I see alot shakyness on your style. It's not good idea to create something like that without a tablet, also the momentum of limbs are rather stiff, and it looks very very stop and go'ish perse...
Also your anatomy is rather bad, I would suggest you to really study how to make things look, it helps on artistic view too.
But I wish you do well with your fullbody career, and develop a unigue never-seen style.

Oh and it's stickmister321 from youtube, glad to see you here ^^ Just to add this here...

AKPXD you ought to switch to 24fps for three reasons:
-looks better than 30fps for drawings (for some reason)
-less frames to draw than 30fps
-If you double frame it will look like 12fps, which is also a very nice-looking pace. So 24fps means you can switch between those two excellent frame rates.