Avery Adams’ Post

📔Anim Tip #6: More English!! James Che once casually told me to “add more english” to my anim. I gave him the most confused look. He smirked, and explained it can be hard to read a weapon when it's blade is in line with the camera, shrinking it's silhouette to just a thin line, so add “english” by rotating the weapon to see more of it! Some day I hope to learn where he got the term from or if he made it up 😆

📔Anim Tip #5: Hand Shake Layer 🤝 If you flex your arm, you'll feel your muscles vibrate and it shakes your fist a little. During polish, add a shake anim layer on the IK hand ctrl when the muscles are tight or the attack hits a hard surface. In the same way as camera shake and game controller shake, it will make your attack feel more powerful! 💥

📔𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦 𝐓𝐢𝐩 #𝟑: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 & 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🔍 Unique choreography is essential to make your anims stand out, especially in a reel, but be careful! I've come across a lot of student anims that have really cool choreography, but suffer because it's hard to follow. This can be because it's too complex, too fast, harsh camera framing, etc. It's more important to show strong fundamentals than making something super unique. Make sure the movements are clear to someone who’s seeing it for the first time. Grab a friend to watch it and tell you what they see! 👀

It’s an honor to get reposted by Frame by Frame, been following them for years! 🤘 I really want to start giving back to the animation community by providing resources and encouragement for all levels of animators. I learned almost everything from online tutorials and a handful of animators that showed a lot of their process, such as Rory Alderton, Warren Goff, Christopher Hsing, Richard Lico, Ricky Wood, David Gibson, Jason Shum, Dillon Goo, Monty Oum, to name a few (sorry for the pings), thank you all for your public tutorials and lessons you’ve shared! I wish I could get Sony to let me show playblasts of early blockouts, I’ll try to convince them to let me!

📔 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗽 #𝟭: 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬! ⏱ Generally speaking, speed up or cut out the inbetween frames of your anim! Inbetween poses will never look as appealing as key poses, and gameplay anims are limited on length, so try to hold frames on the key poses and speed through the inbetween frames! Also, be sure to follow me on Twitter for more tips! twitter.com/Adams_Animator Examples:

I cant recommend Sebastian’s wisdom enough, follow him! 🙌

The artistic fundamentals of game animation often get overruled by the other needs of the game, but #SpiderMan2PS5 in Insomniac’s hands was a perfect opportunity to push the art form of game animation to its limits, feeling so proud of what my team created. 🙏❤️ Thank you Annie Awards!

The animation team over here is so passionate and skilled with flexibility to handle any task given to them! Congrats to the whole team!! 🎊 🕷 🕸 🎉