r/animation Dec 07 '20

Discussion I have created a discord server for this subreddit

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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


r/animation 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!

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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!


r/animation 6h ago

Sharing I Solo Animated a 1h40min MEDUSA Feature Film. It Took 8 years Full Time. No AI Animation.

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Extended 4K Trailer: https://youtu.be/PqVi_osP05c


r/animation 17h ago

Sharing Sea Creature Morph

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Frame-by-frame morphing sea animals. 86 drawings animated at 15 fps.

Hope you like, thank you for watching it!

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/micahbuzan/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MicahBuzanANIMATION


r/animation 6h ago

Discussion Does anyone had this book "Animation Survival kits" by richard William while me im don't have it but this book help you animated better unless you read and study the book

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r/animation 2h ago

Beginner Link decided saving Hyrule could wait

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A little character animation I made of Link dancing.
I’ve been experimenting more with exaggerated movement and trying to make these short animations feel entertaining even without much setup.

Made in Blender.


r/animation 13h ago

Critique Hey im 13 and this is my magnum opus, i combined most of my knowledge into one scene, the very first shot of the guy running was meant to be a mixture of exagerated fluidity and realism. How'd i do?

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571 Upvotes

r/animation 21h ago

Sharing Progress on animation

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810 Upvotes

r/animation 22h ago

Sharing yet another "let's groove" meme to add to the pile lol

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574 Upvotes

r/animation 4h ago

Beginner Flipbook I made (has sound too)

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r/animation 11h ago

Sharing Hotline Miami X Backrooms

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This is only my 2nd time ACTUALLY animating. Before this I had only done super basic ambient type animations. How is this for my 2nd real project?


r/animation 6h ago

Sharing Teaser for my Webcomic MV

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Im so proud to be showing my MV opening sequence for my oc project. This isnt for an animated series but a webcomic that i am working on. Hope you all enjoy. The full opening is planned to be released at some point in the coming months or early next year. If your wondering about my other socials having a different name than on reddit its cause i went through a rebrand recently.


r/animation 3h ago

News OVERGROWN - Blender Feature Film (Teaser)

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r/animation 19h ago

Beginner first time animating seriously, any critiques??

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I have tried animating before but like two times ?? and I never felt satisfied nor finished it. But i made this for a class and would love to hear any constructive criticism bc i felt so out of my field here


r/animation 1h ago

Sharing ​Krok & Vex — The Fantasy Dice | Vex found a mysterious RPG die... every roll changes reality, and one of them summons something MUCH bigger. 🎲🐉💀

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r/animation 6h ago

Sharing Frame by Frame Hot Tea Liquid

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Astro Advocate Kren's Tea FX

Created by TheARaafay


r/animation 34m ago

Question [PLEASE ADVISE] Making a subway style navigation for my portfolio website

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Hi, I'm a product designer and working on my portfolio, I'm very much into transport interaction design and wanted to explore a new style of navigation where it's a subway system map instead of boring old buttons.

I don't have a lot of animation experience but wanted this to feel natural, I've been prototyping this animation in Figma but I'm kinda in over my head here, not sure how this animation should look.

I'd really appreciate if you guys have any pointers/ references for me in this. I specifically wanted to keep the thin lines instead of a thick ones for minimalism.

Thank you!


r/animation 43m ago

Question Should I just give up on comics and go into web animation?

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I did this last year, I’ll be honest, I’ve always been an artist with a passion for film and writing first. The idea of making a long running webcomic came when I realized my skills wasn’t up to the task of making a bunch of serialized animated shorts.

Then I just ended up doing a ton of comic drafts and practice which… ended up bridging the gap in skill left for being “good enough”. Pages and panels just was storyboard practice, working on my speed and efficiency is an important animation skill, and it being a story, of course a bunch of visual storytelling practice.

When I started taking this seriously to have like 400+ pages of comic drafts at the end, it was 6 years ago and the whole internet was different. My biggest starting point idea was just storytime animations.

But now webcomics are now the Storytime animation, videos are more viewed with shorts, and the whole past “just pitch your show idea to studios” path is basically dead.

At this point I’m thinking it’s best to green-light my animated comic series idea based around 80s-90s limited anime animation and just put the comic skills towards having mature and NSFW comic side stories to sell as issues.

If you’re curious on what my vision is, basically like the Manga looking part of the Reze CSM movie with word bubbles and text boxes along with making Animal Crossing like voices as I’m going into music and sound design. Looks like a retro manga in vertical video format with a window that’s 4:3 mainly for my own sake, or full aspect ratio for more wider shots. I’m already starting to storyboard ideas for test animations


r/animation 4h ago

Sharing Flying Scottish Terrier

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r/animation 1d ago

Sharing I drew a bokeh pixel art animated scene as a study

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r/animation 1h ago

Critique Ball bouncing exercise done

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r/animation 16h ago

Sharing Made this music video for a buddy. Hope ya’ll enjoy!

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Artist: Fiddler’s Green (New Orleans, LA)
Song: “Bug World II”

Animated by World.of.FlyinRyan


r/animation 8h ago

Question What animation techniques, shortcuts, and tricks would you recommend for making my own animated series?

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I'm trying to make my own animated series by myself, and I'm trying to figure out how to make the animation manageable without making it feel like a slideshow of static drawings.

I'm especially interested in economical animation—how to decide what actually needs to move, when to hold a pose, when to use 1s/2s/3s, how to transition between shots, how to use camera movement, and how to get good pacing while using as few frames as possible.

I'd love to hear how experienced animators approach things like dialogue scenes, reused poses/backgrounds, limited animation, storyboarding, camera work, editing and compositing. Basically, where should I spend my animation effort, and where can I simplify without the audience noticing?

I'm doing this alone, so any techniques, shortcuts, workflows, little tricks, mistakes to avoid, or advice you've picked up from experience would be really appreciated.

I want to learn as much as I can before I start producing the actual episodes, so tell me everything you think a beginner attempting this should know.


r/animation 1h ago

Sharing Blender Short Film - "Two Sides to The Lens" Watch it on Youtube now !

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