Making animations feel more natural and "human"

[Exoiryx]

Hello,
I’ve recently started animating but no matter how many times i ask other communities for roblox animating, no one will tell me how i can make my animations look and feel better. All of my animations make my characters look stiff and robotic and limbs look like they don’t know what they’re doing.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated,
thanks!

[Tixolate (Dummy)]

I made a little guide on an older post, hope it helps!
Quick summary, use a software made for animating like Blender or a roblox plugin like Moon Animator, use easing styles, references and just keep animating. Learn through trial and error!

How can I improve this running animation and make it look more lively?

It’s all in the speed and rotation! When you move, it isn’t always at a constant speed, there’s always acceleration and deceleration, especially the legs. Using video references, images of important keyframes helped me when I started animating. Using easing styles like what the others in this post have said is easier but not required! Example, The legs always land with impact so it decelerates a bit then it kicks back with acceleration in an explosive manner. After that, you pull the leg, that…

[Exoiryx]

thanks!
ill bookmark it and remember