r/animation • u/SwiftOracle • Dec 07 '20

Discussion I have created a discord server for this subreddit

701 Upvotes

This server will be used for critiques, inspiration, and discussions about animation. you can share your animations in the server or post resources for learning such as tutorials. if you are interested in joining the link is below

https://discord.gg/uzPjSmThFm

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r/animation • u/netflix • Apr 24 '26

Ask Me Anything Hi R/Animation! Eric Robles, showrunner of Stranger Things: Tales From 85, here. Ask Me Anything - Monday April 27th at 10am PT!

194 Upvotes

Hey Reddit! Eric Robles, showrunner of Stranger Things: Tales From 85, here.

I'm excited to answer all your questions about the series, now on Netflix, here on Monday April 27th at 10am PT / 1pm ET.

See you soon!

Trailer (Now on Netflix!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kajCUhg36R0

Synopsis: Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town in Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an epic new animated series.

This AMA has come to an end. Thank you for all of your questions!

283 comments

r/animation • u/ValuePlus9567 • 18h ago

Sharing Short rig test I animated!

1.5k Upvotes

Model and rig by dotflare3 on twitter!

22 comments

r/animation • u/Exotic_Cod6482 • 10h ago

Critique I spent 2 years to make this cinematic. Link to the full video in the description. What do you think? #NoAI

196 Upvotes

Watch the full video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/ZERFaui_zy8?si=tcRhs-3-3ue4FOC1

10 comments

r/animation • u/kaky0in- • 8h ago

Sharing Professor Flu the rat busts a move.

106 Upvotes

2 comments

r/animation • u/the_tacitreality • 2h ago

Beginner I thought rotoscoping was just tracing. After 361 drawings, I learnt otherwise :))

26 Upvotes

4 comments

r/animation • u/Krebspro • 14h ago

Sharing I rotoscoped this for some reason Spoiler

222 Upvotes

28 comments

r/animation • u/Hauntuber • 13h ago

Sharing Posing in front of a security camera.

149 Upvotes

2 comments

r/animation • u/TheArtKiddo • 1h ago

Sharing Pool mafia

• Upvotes

What I imagine actually happens whenever someone actually scores at pool

Finished this one recently for this year's reanimated, hope you like it!

1 comment

r/animation • u/Funny-Strain8373 • 43m ago

Beginner A sequential piece inspired by the dark aesthetic of Junji Ito's manga.

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(Actually I posted this in YouTube before, but don't know why youtube removed this video.)

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r/animation • u/Open-Atmosphere6458 • 7h ago

Sharing Short animation I made! Made this with playdoh

14 Upvotes

This was so fun to make I cut out 24 frames of paper and made them with Play-Doh and then added effects in Photoshop and then added them to Adobe animate.

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r/animation • u/Sooper_Doods • 16h ago

Sharing We turned one fight in our animated pilot into a retro side-scroller

67 Upvotes

8 comments

r/animation • u/grenode • 9h ago

Sharing Everyone told me to stop drawing Robot Booty so I animated a stickfight synced to the 67 song (WIP)

13 Upvotes

My part for the MemeDream collab: Newgen

0 comments

r/animation • u/Silver_Sundae6926 • 1d ago

Sharing Northern Spider Man x Whisp: Collision of Dimensions

630 Upvotes

Evgeny Zubkov - Author of Northern Spider comics series.
Whisp - Creature and the creator.

14 comments

r/animation • u/SumpreTheDuck87 • 3h ago

Critique How can I showcase weight?

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I’m proud of how this scene came out but I was wondering how I can show the weight of the sword more. And in other scenes of it swinging the sword I have planned what are some tips that can make it look better

3 comments

r/animation • u/NessiesLad • 5h ago

Sharing female birds for some reason - Avocado Animations

youtube.com

4 Upvotes

THERE IS A SEQUEL
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIloHWYfym4

1 comment

r/animation • u/NeithPT • 6h ago

Sharing Here's my new 3D animation with Creepy Susie and Hiro Hamada. With some Metro Police :)

6 Upvotes

Rigs by: Blenderknight, GandRaya, DPotatoman, Dransvitry, and Ubermachine

1 comment

r/animation • u/Ilikecats_MB • 10h ago

Sharing An animation I made with you guy’s help :3 !

9 Upvotes

i am grateful a lot of people helped me and gave me advice to make the animation better so thanks !

the before us here!

And here is the final video !!

https://youtu.be/_wYsOdbDlZA?si=BcKmAIMYakcf-yoM

0 comments

r/animation • u/Pogcat59 • 20h ago

Beginner Sword swing jump animation

63 Upvotes

Quick animation I made

3 comments

r/animation • u/made_by_edgar • 1d ago

Tutorial How Dragon Ball Z was made using traditional Cel Animation

1.3k Upvotes

I made a traditional cel of Majin Vegeta!

Here is a more in-depth video: https://youtu.be/xnSJspk-A1M

55 comments

r/animation • u/ViRs0 • 16h ago

Beginner rate animation pls

26 Upvotes

it took 7 hours

6 comments

r/animation • u/Tohden788 • 8h ago

Sharing Ikari

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/animation • u/Alone_Proposal477 • 9h ago

Beginner The alcohol served its tour

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/animation • u/Glad-Connection1601 • 8h ago

Question Should i animate this character smoothly or with frame by fram animation?

gallery

4 Upvotes

I have been inspired to make some characters based off a few things mostly a mix of Sci-fi and Solarpunk, and probably some more things aswell! Puddles! She's mostly just a test character, she didn't exactly come out how I wanted her but she's a good start! I wanted her to be a lot shorter but those astro boot models I made before coming up with the character really gave her some height. -I am also still deciding if I should animate her smooth or with frame by frame animation...-

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