Need help with an Idle animation

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#1

I want to go for a neat idle animation, but I feel like I’m doing something wrong.
Would this fit into an RPG / Fighting Game? Need Feedback and suggestions!
(It mostly uses [Back, Out] and [Sine, InOut] Easing styles)

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#2

Looks great! I would just make the transition from when his shoulders go down to up smoother (I can’t tell, but it looks like the animation pauses slightly)

#3

Hmm, maybe it’s because of the easing style?

#4

Maybe. TBH I don’t know enough about animation to answer accurately

#5

Since there’s just the moving up and down of the arms, I think the pause is caused by the Back easing style, think of it like moving your hand 5cm, you move a bit farther, like 6cm and then go back to 5cm

#6

I can’t pinpoint what’s wrong but you can try/fix these things:

  • arms shouldn’t be curved inwards (that’s unnatural)
  • easing style should change (too quick)
  • when the arms move back, they should move back more
  • torso is too static, add some rotation
  • it’s okay to add imperfections, as those look natural to us
  • head bobs up too quickly
  • arms should lag behind the legs a little more (so does the head!)
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