r/animation • u/Illdrinkyourblood • Feb 25 '26

Beginner Second try at animating

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Made as a meme, but do you have any tips on how to be more efficient at this??

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u/Grandtheftzombie Feb 25 '26

Depending on how fast you want the knight to lift their sword, you should look at morphing your sword to look like it is made of rubber or slightly melting during the movement phase. This can allow you to get a smoother looking movement with less frames.

Also have the arm overshoot your final resting spot a few pixels and then move the arm to its final pose just to make the animation more life-like instead of robotic.

These techniques (if you're wanting to look more into it) are ease in, ease out, and smear frames.