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Mastering the Blender Run Cycle: Tips and Tricks for Animators!

In this comprehensive tutorial on mastering the Blender run cycle, I'll go over all the tips and tricks you need to know as a animator. Whether you're new to Blender or an experienced user, this tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic/cartoony smooth run cycle that will bring life to your characters.
I'll start with a breakdown of the importance of determination in a walk. Looking at posing and timing. Then, we'll look to apply those principles in Blender, using keyframe animation and the graph editor to create a fluid and convincing run cycle.
Throughout the tutorial, I'll share some valuable tips and tricks for optimizing your workflow, including refining your pose, cleaning knee pops and the importance of keeping things simple.
Whether you're creating an animated short film or a video game, mastering the Blender run cycle, like the walk cycle, is a crucial skill for any animator. So if you're ready to take your animation skills to the next level, join me for this in-depth tutorial on the Blender run cycle.
Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to my channel for more Blender tutorials! And if you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks for watching!
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  • @realjames1
    @realjames1 Жыл бұрын

    literal godsend for animation in blender

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that! So happy I gave Blender a try. What a great tool!

  • @dc37009

    @dc37009

    Жыл бұрын

    ...just look at the production value in Archer !

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Soo good!!

  • @dreamsprayanimation

    @dreamsprayanimation

    2 ай бұрын

    *Figurative

  • @vstreet7583
    @vstreet7583 Жыл бұрын

    Just brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! As per your walk cycle tutorial, with your help, at 61 years of age, I now feel confident to create my first ever run cycle. Both a walk and run cycle animation are on my bucket list. So, you have helped an old guy to achieve one his dreams. Thank you so much for your help! Dg

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That is fantastic! Thank you so much for the note! I am happy my videos have helped you achieve a dream of yours. Keep going:)

  • @praveenm5723

    @praveenm5723

    Жыл бұрын

    Im really proud of you and very inspired by you hope u tick off all your bucket list

  • @_decktor

    @_decktor

    6 ай бұрын

    wow, you inspire sir. I started taking animation seriously toward last year end and now I have enough reason to get serious-er

  • @aapu_tv

    @aapu_tv

    19 күн бұрын

    Your Animation sir

  • @MuhammadHanif-np2lx
    @MuhammadHanif-np2lx Жыл бұрын

    There is no youtuber teaching every steps of animation like this❤ Literally no one. Thanks for the great videos sir.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the comment! Happy the video is helping you. Will be posting more soon!

  • @quentinmorales
    @quentinmorales Жыл бұрын

    The difference between walking and running is that when you walk, one of your feet is always touching the ground while when you run, your body is entirely in the air in between two contacts

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's right!

  • @WalterGordyCanada
    @WalterGordyCanada5 ай бұрын

    I took an intro to animation course in college and we didn't even come close to learning this much. I finally have a character which looks great running! Thanks!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    5 ай бұрын

    That's so awesome, good for you! Thanks for your note!

  • @adityaiyer8544
    @adityaiyer8544 Жыл бұрын

    WOW! Just wow! This was one of the most fun things I've learned in my career. Been doing light modeling (hard surface) and creating still renders of interiors and objects for the past 7 years. Finally decided to give animation a shot because it always seemed SO MUCH WORK but it's actually not. You helped break it down perfectly and I can't thank you enough. Please come back and make some more! Thanks!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    What a great story! Good for you for stepping forward into something new! Really happy my videos are helping you. Thanks for sharing! Yes will be making many more videos. Will be back at it soon:)

  • @sohailwazir7680
    @sohailwazir7680 Жыл бұрын

    once again detailed, easy-to-follow, and well-explained tutorial. You are now my favorite teacher and you are a legend. sir COG what stands for.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's good to hear, thanks for the note Sohail! I checked out your dancing robot and it looked great! COG means Center of Gravity. That main control that affects your upper and lower body, minus your foot controls. I'll do better explaining terms like COG in future videos so everyone understands the meaning.

  • @Mahendraparuhar177
    @Mahendraparuhar177 Жыл бұрын

    I am fan you , your blender skills are appreciated. I want to learn blender through you.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, that's awesome! That's great. What would you like to learn? I'll be posting much more soon.

  • @YiXiaoArt
    @YiXiaoArt Жыл бұрын

    Love your tutorials so much, you are a master of animation, thanks for sharing Alex.🥰

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Yi! Working my way there slow and steady. Thanks for the note!

  • @sebabatsolethabo6864
    @sebabatsolethabo6864Ай бұрын

    thank you Alex for this well of knowledge.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Ай бұрын

    It's my pleasure, thanks for your note!

  • @kiprotichtony7561
    @kiprotichtony7561 Жыл бұрын

    This is good, learnt a lot not just about run cycles but animation in blender in general. Keep it up!!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's great, thank you for the note!

  • @CertainlyTrying
    @CertainlyTrying9 ай бұрын

    The explanation is so calming, it's like listening to the Bob Ross of animation.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    :D haha thanks!

  • @yuri0999
    @yuri09999 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the tutorial, it was a huge help for me as a person who just started Blender animation. I'm slowly following all the steps now. thanks for the sharing your tips and skills!!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    That's awesome! Good for you, happy it's helping and your getting it. Thanks for your note!

  • @bradclark5686
    @bradclark5686 Жыл бұрын

    Just a note -keying sets can be changed from the keying menu on the timline as well so you get rid of the menu

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool! I just gave it a try. Thanks for the note!!

  • @AlexisRivera3D
    @AlexisRivera3D Жыл бұрын

    5:34 you can also assign Move and Rotation quick favorites and access them pressing Q

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a great point! Thank you for sharing that!

  • @nabinshrestha8495
    @nabinshrestha8495 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man. I recently followed your tutorials and they are amazing. I hope you can make tutorials about body mechanics.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nabin! Yes for sure I'll continue to make full body action shots. I have done one so far, but will make more. Thanks for the note :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4iZmpKonKu_g8o.html

  • @MrAlexandermartis
    @MrAlexandermartis Жыл бұрын

    Very well presented and thoughtfully explained. Subscribed!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!! Great to hear thank you for letting me know!

  • @SourceAwareness
    @SourceAwareness Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!! Eternal Thanks, my Bro.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated! My pleasure :)

  • @Jellybeancracker
    @Jellybeancracker Жыл бұрын

    Do you also teach how to model a character to be used for animation? Most of the tutorials in youtube are so hard to understand, you explain way much better😊

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Jearbear! I can model enough so I get done what I need to for my projects. But I am not a pro. I would do a disservice to that aspect of 3D.

  • @Jellybeancracker

    @Jellybeancracker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory do you have a tutorial on modelling a character to baking the texture then animating it? 🙏

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't sorry! If I come across something like that I'll link it back here. Or, if/when I am making some characters for a short film I can share my process.

  • @mohammad2657
    @mohammad2657 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Alext for sharing your experience!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to, thanks for the note Mohammad!

  • @datamatters9805
    @datamatters9805 Жыл бұрын

    Wow all i can say is thank you you are really a good teacher 👏👏👏

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your note!!

  • @digitlouislouis3217
    @digitlouislouis32172 ай бұрын

    Your tutorial is so helpful ! I'm much much clear how to work on my walk cycle now. thank you so much, Alex ! you are so good.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you! Really happy your feeling better about the walk cycle! I'll be making more videos in a bit that hopefully will also be helpful :)

  • @YiXiaoArt
    @YiXiaoArt Жыл бұрын

    I went over the tutorial again and you did a great job. Thanks again. It is suggested that you can open a Paerton appropriately and charge some fees every month, I think the people who support you will be very happy to do so.😁

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That is awesome, Thanks Yi! It's a good suggestion! What do you think people would rather. Use a site like Patreon? Or, buy courses from my own site? Much appreciated!

  • @YiXiaoArt

    @YiXiaoArt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory I think you could simply do a video poll and let's see if more people prefer to subscribe or buy by series. Anything I say is fine. One of my favorite channels, @CGDive, does it both ways😃

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    @@YiXiaoArt Thanks for the reference :) Good suggestion again! I'll look into these options and start exploring them over the summer.

  • @Avalasoft
    @Avalasoft4 ай бұрын

    Super! Let's us more this-like tutorials and courses about characters :)

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Sounds good will keep with it :)

  • @MajhalaAnimationStudios
    @MajhalaAnimationStudios Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for awesome tut,... Gizmos Orientation does not change on 28:31 you need to put Orientation to "Default" in Properties - Tool panel or upper right corner of 3d window.... Yours was on Normal Orientation.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know about the orientation :)

  • @AlexisRivera3D
    @AlexisRivera3D Жыл бұрын

    I always come back to this video to watch the mirror part of the legs ahaha it's very nice.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    😁 haha yeah I like that part also!

  • @SeianVision
    @SeianVision Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial. Thanks a lot.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that, thanks for the note!

  • @jaganathan8303
    @jaganathan8303 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Alex ¡¡ Saw your walk cycle and full body motion tutorial… which is great and it is premium level and I would really love to see some facial animation tutorials …. Thank you love from India ❤

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the note and request Jaga! The next tutorial that's coming out will have some facial animation :)

  • @jaganathan8303

    @jaganathan8303

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory thank you very much !!

  • @phalhappy8612
    @phalhappy8612 Жыл бұрын

    Subbed!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy your here! Thanks Phal!

  • @Zush1337
    @Zush13375 ай бұрын

    Thank you godness! You've helped so much! Really liked your technics

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for your note!

  • @jakejake6029
    @jakejake6029 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you souch, you help me a lot for character animation, god bless you brother

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to hear that, thanks for the note!

  • @JonNancyH
    @JonNancyH5 ай бұрын

    Thank you, so much! Just done my first run cycle. So awesome!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    5 ай бұрын

    That is awesome, good for you!!! Thanks for your note!

  • @user-by1ek5dh2x
    @user-by1ek5dh2x7 ай бұрын

    Спасибо за урок, Алекс, ты очень круто объясняешь! Надеюсь, скоро и у меня выстроится такой же системный подход❤

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks!! You got this! Start with strong posing and then play with timing.

  • @billalorra890
    @billalorra890 Жыл бұрын

    amazing work

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Billa!

  • @user-ob4rz5rs7m
    @user-ob4rz5rs7m7 ай бұрын

    Amazing, wonderful, and impressive

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @user-ob4rz5rs7m

    @user-ob4rz5rs7m

    7 ай бұрын

    You're welcome pal

  • @SHADOWJAGO-mb8kn
    @SHADOWJAGO-mb8kn Жыл бұрын

    fell in love with this channel

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that awesome note :)

  • @dodger22100
    @dodger22100 Жыл бұрын

    The Bob Ross of Animation " you start to see how extreme it starts to get, maybe it to much, and you judge that."

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    haha thanks for the note! is that something I said in the video? :)

  • @JSM11140
    @JSM11140 Жыл бұрын

    ❤️Very useful, Most importent is walk cycle

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks :) Yes I would say so also. For action you really do want an aggressive run cycle.

  • @BeviCall
    @BeviCall Жыл бұрын

    thank you, helped me made my first animation ever in Blender

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice job! That's awesome, thanks for the note!

  • @martinangelo9663
    @martinangelo9663 Жыл бұрын

    I always wanted to learn realistic animations and just found the right person ,your tutorials are really unique ❤ Can you please do realistic animations with clothes physics❤

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's awesome thanks Martin! That is a good idea. Will brush up on my simulations and when I do I'll look to make a video including it.

  • @rugged980

    @rugged980

    Жыл бұрын

    Will be looking forward to same. You gain one more subscriber .

  • @PranayVaidya007
    @PranayVaidya007 Жыл бұрын

    27:08 man YOU ARE AN ANGEL

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    :D thanks for the comment!

  • @gulumgullyyewa6507
    @gulumgullyyewa6507 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo bro

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @gray.wolfe.animator
    @gray.wolfe.animator Жыл бұрын

    Thanks brother ❤️

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to, thanks for the note!

  • @gray.wolfe.animator

    @gray.wolfe.animator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory BTW brother Please make a sci-fi robotic action animation course for us brother ❤️

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Great idea! I do have a fun concept for a robot and some ideas for animation. Thanks for the suggestion! Will try to get to it later this summer.

  • @gray.wolfe.animator

    @gray.wolfe.animator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory Thanks Brother

  • @wooseom
    @wooseom10 ай бұрын

    I was very impressed and touched by the video.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm happy to hear that, thanks for your note!

  • @lwazidavid1749
    @lwazidavid1749 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for answering my request . Great job sir

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making it! Happy to :)

  • @Frymore
    @Frymore8 ай бұрын

    Best tutorial i've come across

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    8 ай бұрын

    Happy to hear that:) thanks for the note!

  • @JavaScripting64
    @JavaScripting64 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome, thank you!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear that! Thanks for the note!

  • @kbblghn
    @kbblghn Жыл бұрын

    love it thank you

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks for the note!

  • @bodhiwijn
    @bodhiwijn Жыл бұрын

    Could you teach us how you made the background / camera animation in the final result?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes for sure I can! I'll be doing some more cycle animation in a bit. I can go over the lighting/camera/render setup in that video.

  • @nelson3d867
    @nelson3d86723 күн бұрын

    Brilliant!!!!!!

  • @sehnsehnsehn
    @sehnsehnsehn6 ай бұрын

    what an amazingly relaxed, informative, helpful and motivational video! amazing

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that! Thanks for your note!

  • @dieulvzeng
    @dieulvzeng Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Alex!!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure! Thanks for the note!

  • @mercilukman8007
    @mercilukman80077 ай бұрын

    bro thankyou so much

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    My pleasure, thanks for your note!

  • @gnome3d750
    @gnome3d750 Жыл бұрын

    Man I freaked out when I saw your channel didn't show up for two days. Hope everything is ok!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    haha thanks! Yeah KZread deleted my channel and I appealed. Something about spam. I'll be making more videos starting next month:)

  • @gnome3d750

    @gnome3d750

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory Glad everything worked out. Can't wait for more videos. Currently following the Baqir video. Thanks!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gnome3d750 Thanks! That's awesome! If you have a clip you want to share, I'd be happy to have a look :)

  • @CaCriGuz
    @CaCriGuz6 ай бұрын

    Amazing video! Thank you so much.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Glad you liked it!

  • @ITGR
    @ITGR Жыл бұрын

    Chef’s kiss

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    :) thank you!

  • @PranayVaidya007
    @PranayVaidya007 Жыл бұрын

    10:35 that was awesome dude...

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah working a pose like that can be very powerful.

  • @ibrasow6255
    @ibrasow6255 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome as usual. Like it

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Ibra!

  • @francoiscilliers8961
    @francoiscilliers8961 Жыл бұрын

    Wowee! got though this one by the skin of my teeth, but glad I could follow along :D

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy you did, nice job! Thanks for the note! If there was anything that I was unclear on or you would like more focus on. Just let me know :)

  • @harddays6188
    @harddays61883 ай бұрын

    Hello Alex, thanks for the video. Could you do a rigging tutorial, it has always been a problem to me

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the question! I am not a pro rigger so I hesitate to put things out there on that topic. Will looking into it though :)

  • @AlexisRivera3D
    @AlexisRivera3D Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this tutorial, is great

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the note, happy to!

  • @commentator12300
    @commentator12300 Жыл бұрын

    subcribed, thanks for the tutorials

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Happy to :)

  • @danil9843
    @danil9843 Жыл бұрын

    Subscribed

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Sweet! It's nice to have you dani!

  • @ctrl.4027
    @ctrl.40277 ай бұрын

    thank you, very helpful!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    Very happy to hear that! Thank you for your note!

  • @TOAKSuriFox
    @TOAKSuriFox Жыл бұрын

    I love your tutorials 😊 👍

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you :)

  • @vu8422
    @vu84228 ай бұрын

    9:18 13:14 flip paster 26:20 vị trí đặt nhún nhảy 39:15 tay

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    8 ай бұрын

    Hope you liked it :)

  • @vu8422

    @vu8422

    8 ай бұрын

    @@alexonstory Your videos are amazing

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Birdman_Animation_Studio
    @Birdman_Animation_Studio Жыл бұрын

    Killer content bro 🙏

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate that, thank you for the note!

  • @andthe.infinite
    @andthe.infinite29 күн бұрын

    thanks!!

  • @mido_anim
    @mido_anim9 ай бұрын

    thanks , this is really very helpful ♥

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    Happy to :) thanks for the note!

  • @shadowgames493
    @shadowgames493 Жыл бұрын

    Mario cool 😀👏

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah He's a sweet character rig!

  • @shadowgames493

    @shadowgames493

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory 😉👍

  • @brainatwar
    @brainatwar Жыл бұрын

    Sir thanks for your video, which literally awesome. Sir I want video regarding turnaround of character and many other positions of a character. Thank you.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the note! Do you want to see those key poses so you can draw them, or so you can see poses being built?

  • @brainatwar

    @brainatwar

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@alexonstory poses being built will be better if possible. If there is any problem, we can manage with the key poses. Thanks for replying. Have nice day❤❤.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    For sure I can do that! As I make more tutorials I'll continue to focus on posing. In the future I'll make a video just about posing. Going into more detail about my process. Thanks for the request!

  • @k-Dog3192
    @k-Dog31929 ай бұрын

    What’s the hardest part about animating for you ?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    Hardest part is making something your happy with. Technically the hardest part for me for years was my lip sync. I have gotten better at that now but still something that I spend more time on then I should.

  • @CozyChicken
    @CozyChicken Жыл бұрын

    Alex, I discovered your channel the same day you posted your walk cycle tutorial. As soon as I finished watching the same video I could do nothing but subscribe. I have been animating in Source engine for years now and lately I started to learn animating in Blender as well in order to be accepted by industry. Even though I am capable to animate walk/run cycles without any issues you made me realize I know almost nothing with those crucial tips and tricks you explained in both videos. Much respect for that and thank you for taking your time to explain everything from the zero! Both tutorials are so easy to understand and follow along. Is there any chance that we can have a tutorial for rendering our animations? Including lighting and camera tricks in order to make our cycles presentable for portfolios? Thanks in advance!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the note! Very cool that your making films! The tool is always less important then the art. As all of us improve our skills we take our with us from software to software. What the tool does is shape our results. And hopefully with any good tool allow us to focus more on executing our vision. Blender, I think does that very well. Don't know much about Source engine, but it's sweet you can use a game engine for film making. I'll be diving into Unreal in a bit. Yes I can share some of the things I do to present my work. That video hopefully will come some time in May.

  • @zak_815

    @zak_815

    Жыл бұрын

    same!

  • @CozyChicken

    @CozyChicken

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory thank you very much for your response, definitely looking forward to see more content from you! Source engine was where I started to learn animating and get familiar with graph editor. I sent out my portfolio to some people I know from industry and they told me to switch over Blender or Maya in order to get accepted when I apply for a job which makes sense since those tools are considered as industry standard. That is the main reason I am switching to Blender and so far I can easily understand what I am doing thanks to the graph editor. Your videos are helping me to get one step closer to my dream!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CozyChicken That is awesome to hear! You just keep putting in the work and you will for sure get there! Maya is what pretty much all studios use for animation. But like I said the tool is less important. Make a sweet looking 35 second animation reel. That's what matters. I would say as you get close to finishing your reel and applying to places download the free Maya student version so you can at least do some rough tests for yourself so you have a very basic ides of the buttons. When you do become a pro you'll just learn more on the job! People will help you. Someone should show you the pipeline and tools and you can just keep bugging them with questions. Ask if they can show you how to set up a scene from scratch. That's the best way to learn. Good luck!

  • @CozyChicken

    @CozyChicken

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory thank you Alex! It is so motivating to hear!

  • @billalorra890
    @billalorra890 Жыл бұрын

    We are looking forward to new videos)

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Billa! About another month and I'll start posting again :)

  • @iGame316
    @iGame31621 күн бұрын

    Bro be blessed.

  • @Marcastle
    @Marcastle Жыл бұрын

    good

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @jyoshiki
    @jyoshiki Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Bro ❤❤

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure, happy to. Thank you for the note!

  • @Mobiz01
    @Mobiz016 ай бұрын

    Sir plz can you make a video on how to combine different actions of a character in NLA editor

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes for sure, adding that to my list of videos. Thanks!

  • @VVM2024
    @VVM2024 Жыл бұрын

    - was looking for a tutorial to do mario - tutorial guy uses mario - perfect

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    :D happy it worked out!

  • @allawi8120
    @allawi8120 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, tbh this is my best animating channel. Keep going on 👍🏻🥷🏻

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Allawi! That is great to hear :)

  • @ganapathym3664
    @ganapathym3664 Жыл бұрын

    rare but most wanted

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice, happy to hear that!

  • @user-ob4rz5rs7m
    @user-ob4rz5rs7m7 ай бұрын

    How you do that omg that so amazing

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Cycles are not easy. But little by little you get better. Find that posing that fit's the personality of your character then things fall into place a bit easier.

  • @user-ob4rz5rs7m

    @user-ob4rz5rs7m

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh i see Well Actually i really want like that too editing character (I wish you understanding me, Sorry i talking to much)

  • @sohailwazir7680
    @sohailwazir7680 Жыл бұрын

    3.41k subscribers and less then 24 hours 3.8k views wooow youtube loving you sir.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I am shocked also!!

  • @sohailwazir7680

    @sohailwazir7680

    Жыл бұрын

    Request the viewers who watching without subcription to subcribe your channel and hit like button.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    :) I still feel funny about that. But, yes I am sure I will as I continue.

  • @juaecheverria0
    @juaecheverria08 ай бұрын

    I got a very interesting question, when looking at the animgraph, why have the space in between your two halves of animation at frame 13 rather than ending your animation at 23 and following through at 24 with the beginning pose? What does that gap do if anything?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    8 ай бұрын

    Hey! I am not sure I fully understand your question. As it's a cycle there shouldn't be a gap. For a typical run it's 12 frames long. The 13th frame is a duplicate of frame 1. For a walk it's the same idea just longer. With each half being 12 frames long. Frame 13 being the start of the second half. Frame 24 like you said would be the repeating frame.

  • @InThisStyleGMinor
    @InThisStyleGMinor11 ай бұрын

    please make 1,000 youtube shorts CTRL + TAB is pose mode, spend 2 hours searching for this

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    11 ай бұрын

    ohh no! I am glad you found it! That's a good idea. Thanks for the note.

  • @thefluffles6384
    @thefluffles6384 Жыл бұрын

    "Know that it's ruff." Me slowly turning into a caveman about to grab a stick and hit my computer with it!

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    haha! Learning a walk and run cycle is not easy. Many pros are not that good at it. Hopefully your next go at it you see improvements!

  • @thefluffles6384

    @thefluffles6384

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory now I don't feel so bad haha, thx, hopefully it does improve. :PJust going top have to keep practicing.

  • @Ô_XIII_JOGA
    @Ô_XIII_JOGA Жыл бұрын

    Could u create a rig and control tutorial? Not everyone makes the controlers part

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the note! It'll be a little while till I get to some rigging but yes I can.

  • @user-ys8ij3eo9e
    @user-ys8ij3eo9e4 ай бұрын

    hey alex, when im trying to add keyframe, the keyframe is ading to the graph editor but not the timeline(cant see in the timeline). I tried dragging up the timeline but then too I cant see the keyframes. also you have 100 intervals in y scale and intervals of 1 on x scale in graph editor how can i have that. Please help

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    4 ай бұрын

    The only thing I can think of to help see your keys on the timeline is panning up. You can also try hitting "A" with your courser in the timeline to select all keys. Then in the menu of your timeline go to View - Frame All. That then frames all selected key frames. Hope that helps! For the Graph editor issue I am not sure. Will look into it as I also have problems with that at times. Thanks for your questions!

  • @pesindiafc9363
    @pesindiafc93633 ай бұрын

    Bro I don't understand at 33:50 there is a key on frame 15. why you added that key??? I am Really confuse because of this? Just completed the full Run Cycle and that is amazing bro... Thank you 🥳

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey nice job!!! Good for you! Yes I should have explained it in the video. Thanks for asking about it. What I did is add 2 more frames to the run cycle. 1 frame more each time Mario is up in the air. Those 2 extra frames just helps slow things down a bit so we can read the run better.

  • @InsideTheTateMind
    @InsideTheTateMind4 ай бұрын

    can you make a video where the character moves through space instead of a treadmill cycle

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes for sure! As I get back into cycle animation I'll be doing some videos on that. Thanks for the question!

  • @Qrown1145
    @Qrown1145 Жыл бұрын

    Could you do a tutorial on lip sync with character movement?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes for sure! The next tutorial coming out will be a full body acting shot with facial animation.

  • @syhungphan5432
    @syhungphan5432 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Please tell me how to run long without slipping

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    We use the foot contract on the ground to inform the Move all speed forward. I have a demo of that here on the walk cycle. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f65-vJmydajNgqQ.html Hope that helps. Once you past the key. If the body is moving backwards. Just scale the key value by -1 so the character then moves forward. Let me know if your still having issues with that.

  • @BhiduLogKaAdda22
    @BhiduLogKaAdda22 Жыл бұрын

    So, next I would like to see where do you actually use your Animation run and walk cycles apart from games ofcourse, like in animated movies, do these actually help?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Cycles are used for sure in both TV and film. Walks and runs save a lot of time for the team. Cycle animation also is useful in pre-production to help establish the personality of different characters. I was planning on doing an action shot with the Mario run cycle to show how I would use it and break out of the cycle. I still will but it'll be about 3 months from now till I get to it. Thanks for your question!

  • @BhiduLogKaAdda22

    @BhiduLogKaAdda22

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexonstory Quiet excited for it, will be waiting

  • @Joel-xu2sn
    @Joel-xu2sn11 ай бұрын

    hey dude. At 13:34 when you flip it everything becomes super weird... the head moves wierdly, the entire body moves backwayds. I know a decent amount of blender but this just confuses me. Help! Ive done everything as you done and it also happends on other tutorials.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    11 ай бұрын

    Are you suing the Mario rig? Sometimes the past flip does act up (normally does a good job.) When things are looking off I select just one control at a time to copy and past flip. One other thing I have found is the control I am pasting to should have at least 1 key on it. If it doesn't I have noticed the operation not working correctly. Hopefully that helps! Let me know.

  • @maikymadnesskreation8646
    @maikymadnesskreation86469 ай бұрын

    I learn Maya and I'm looking to make the switch made a video in this topic

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes I will make a video about making the switch to Blender in a little bit. Check out this video as it might help you out for now. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGaG1q2zosvbkrA.htmlsi=-RwiQwxR8r73n270

  • @Patxi__
    @Patxi__7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! I am making some animations for a game project. If I want to have the animations at 60 fps then I should do the animation 30 frames long? I ask because if I am not worng you made it at 24 frames per second and the animation is 12 frames long, so half second, right? Sorry this is still a bit confusing to me. I should make every animation at the same fps for a game?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    7 ай бұрын

    Great question! Yes I would work in 60fps when creating your cycle. You got the right idea. For a generic walk 24fps would be 60fps. With the first foot contact being frame 1. Second foot contact would be 31. Then the first foot contact would be 61, which is the same pose as frame 1. For a generic run 12fps would be 30fps. First foot contact would be frame 1. Second foot contact would be frame 16. First foot contacting again would be frame 31, which is the same pose as frame 1. With a run the contacts can be more forgiving in terms of timing and when you'r contacting the ground based off style. Hope that helps and good luck with your game!

  • @Imran400e
    @Imran400e11 ай бұрын

    u r amazing because i think u r the only one who teaches animation of a character step by step... bt could u please help me on one thing i don't know why but in my case some bones of my character don't rotate symmetrically .. like the fingers bones don't react symmetrically and i would hv to pose them one by one ... any idea how could i fix that ??

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your note! :) That's really annoying! I have not coming across that yet. I tried to break the mirroring function when posing but I could not get it to break. What character are you using? If I do come across that issue and fix I will reply back here.

  • @seesignal1709
    @seesignal1709 Жыл бұрын

    Please make tutorial on facial animation.

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your note! I am working on a performance scene now, which will have some facial animation. After I can work on a video focusing just on the face though.

  • @Toastie_17
    @Toastie_17 Жыл бұрын

    Hey , for some reason the animation bar/ timeline doesn’t appear when I load up Mario . ( this rig ) and I’ve tried putting my mouse in the corner and pulling it up but it dosent exist

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    Жыл бұрын

    That is funky! I just loaded the Mario rig file and yes it's not there when loading up. Try going up to the Animation Workspace. Hopefully that does it for you. From there you should be able to pull up your time line.

  • @Toastie_17

    @Toastie_17

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok thanks

  • @tuntoonz.3167
    @tuntoonz.31679 ай бұрын

    For some reason the handler of the foot does not move with the foot and the handler just moves alone. What should I do?

  • @alexonstory

    @alexonstory

    9 ай бұрын

    Feels like maybe an IK/Fk issue. Check the rig to make sure you are using IK feet. Try another rig to see if your having this issue. Hope that helps!