Hello! I made an axe swinging animation yesterday for fun and this is another version of it. I’m still trying to learn Linear Animations since I just started doing them yesterday also. This literally took my whole day so I’m hoping for a good result. Although I’m open for any kind of critizising. What are your thoughts?
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Crazy bro I love the animetation !
Looks incredible, the only feedback I have is perhaps speeding it up and adding more leg movement at the end. I think it might look better with the overhead swing to take one or two steps then going into a sort of crouch while swinging it to add more realism. Another slight thing was that at first I couldn’t tell what was happening with the initial spin of the axe going into a stab, although I think that was just because of the side angle; Other than that though it looks amazing, good job.
Maybe make the swings a little faster to make it feel more impactful?
I’m aware that the leg movement could be better. Animating the legs of a character is still a learning phase for me.
It’s barely noticable in the video because of the character limb selection hitboxes getting in the way but by guessing you mean the little spin that happens at 0:02 in the video, the character throws the axe up in the air a tiny bit between their hands and catches it after the axe does like a 180 degrees spin while on the air. Then the character does a stab animation using the front of the axe.
If you mean the spin that happens right AFTER the stab animation (at 0:04), that’s just the character repositioning their hands to use the axe’s other blade.
Sorry for the confusion, I could’ve probably captured the character better in the video.
I feel like the speed of the swing is already fast enough since the axe is a really heavy and long weapon. Athough I still might consider changing it up a bit. Thank you for the feedback.