Hello, I had a couple of questions that I could not figure out and rather than typing my question I decided to just make a screen recording of my problem. I hope my questions make sense. The video is in the link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xmunayzx9x3zotf/Anime%20Studio%20Help.mp4 Thanks for your help!

3deeguy wrote:Great start. I think you have potential. Your artwork is good. I think you'll get much better!

Thanks 3deeguy! I really appreciate your compliment! That definitely helps me to want to keep getting better!

Thanks!

With the mouth that wide open it sure would have been nice to see a tongue on the L or T sounds. Thanks Danimal! That was something I was struggling with. I will upload a video of different problems I am having with this rig - that was one of them - when the mouth is fully open I have a smart bone ...

I didn't think your English accent was that bad (and I'm English, I oughta know!). Haha thanks jahnocli! I was afraid it might throw off the animation altogether and upset an Englishman... I once saw a useful tip about lip syncing. Make a fist, rest your elbow on a desk or some hard surface, and th...

Awesome! Thanks for the advice Lukas! I have seen your animations and know that you definitely know what you are talking about! That is something I will definitely remember for my future animations is to just act it out myself then exaggerate my actions a little bit more, very helpful! Also, try to ...

Hi I have an animation that is pretty much gibberish. It was created and recorded by me. This has been my first time doing lip sync with smart bones. When I first started Anime Studio I used actions. I found this to be a lot better looking. I need constructive criticism on what or how I can improve ...

Haha that is some funny stuff!

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I agree that you should include the whole character from the start. Here are a couple of 'sneaks' I did a while ago. They are 3D but the principle is the same of course. Awesome animations AmigaMan! Thanks for sharing those with me! I will use techniques like you have in your animation moving forwa...

Yeah, all of this is about creating a sense of weight. A sneak might seem a little trickier because it's going to be the opposite of most other walks because your character is trying to avoid heavy landing. So the actions on contact are smaller and more fluid, and the exaggeration should happen in ...

slowtiger wrote:See here:
http://animationresources.org/?p=2091 and scroll down to "Movements of the two-legged figure".

That is an awesome resource indeed! This, coupled with Richard Williams "Animator's survival kit" I have some invaluable tools and guidance!

Thanks slowtiger!

The hips stay the same height the whole time. I'd rather see them dip on each step. When sneaking, the whole body tends to move more than when just regularly walking. The upper body, when added, should hunch forward on each step too. Ha! That is definitely one of the things that I noticed that was ...

I recommend buying The Animator Survival Kit, the book will help a lot with basics of animation. It's a must have. I do have that book. Really good from what I read so far. Will keep on using it for tips, tricks, and techniques. I guess I tried doing something a little over my head and tried lookin...

This is strictly my opinion, but I think the feet go up too high for a sneaky walk... For stealth I tend to think of tip-toeing, and the the lower half of the legs just go up way too high... But I'm a beginner as well, so I may be completely full of crap... Haha I'm a beginner too, that makes US fu...

Great job on the upgrade! My only question is this: I, for one, can't draw cartoons if my life depended on it. I am curious why there wasn't more characters in the character wizard? I totally removed 9.5 before I noticed only 3 characters are in the wizard now. If you can't draw them it should at l...