The Ultimate Animation Workflow for Beginners 

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You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for a comprehensive yet beginner-friendly animation guide that isn’t just “copy what I do frame-for-frame” or “download something off of Mixamo.” Fantastic video

What I have learned here is working on one key pose at a time. Each key pose is like a beginning and ending to animation. Then do the process all over again with the next key pose.

This is so very good. Not just the workflow, but also the fact that the presenter clearly has skill and real world experience. It's so hard to find animation videos that aren't just either "here's the simplest principles of a bouncing ball" or "here's a 45 minute time-lapse of me animating something really complex".

I initially thought this was a clickbait title but I decided to give it a try and I'm blown away by the quality of information in this 13 min video. You've literally saved my ass. I've just transformed my robotic looking animation into a more intresting organic motion by following this beautiful treassure in just one hour. I knew there was some liquid gold out there that would make it all make sense and I kept looking. This is exactly what I've been looking for; Short, precise and something that finally makes everything snap and make sense. Thank you a lot for this. I'm curious if you have a patreon or something where we can support you and donate.

The most golden piece in 13 minutes you can ever find on the complete animation workflow/

this absolutely rocks, good fundamentals all around! Good on you for making this

Amazing! so well explained! thank you for sharing your workflow Chester.

This is wonderful! So much new information

Thanks for this! As an animator with a Non-Verbal Learning disability... i'm incredibly literal minded and stuggle badly with very fast or subtle actions. I constantly make very even timed animations or animations that feel stiff(Sometimes I get lucky and get a very organic result, but luck isn't a good thing). When I ask for workflow, people normally give vague answers that lean into a 'figure it out' approach. Even teachers. Which is frustrating. It's ESPECIALLY frustrating when I ask people how they know to do 'Subtle movements' 9:56. No one really ever explains it properly- So it's great to see an example here!. Another confusing one I find is facial and head acting. ESPECIALLY when it concerns moving the neck around a lot. I never think to do that.... It would be awesome if you did a tutorial that went into some more extreme head and neck acting during line reads too!

Thank you for this very comprehensive and cool video!

Thanks for the awesome video Chester! An awesome comeback 🔥🤟🏻

This is super helpful seeing the process broken down so well. Something I have a difficult understanding, but made a lot more simpler. thank you!

Thanks for putting all of this information together ... it is also fantastic that you mentioned the importance of this workflow for TV episodic animation

DUDE i tried this workflow and its simply AMAZING. I love it!

This is by far the best workflow and a Great Teacher👌

Thank you so much! I always found animation stressing because there are so many important concepts. Having this 'action plan' to follow really makes me want to give it another shot :D

Great video! This is exactly the kind of questions I've had about the workflow, demystifying it so that I can put more time into refining my animations knowing that I've had a good starting point. The major things that you've put into words for me here that I can't wait to incorporate to improve my animation work are the variety of rhythm and the moving hold. One of the frame animations I did last year didn't have any moving holds, so poses felt floaty and there was no indicator to the audience what the most important poses were! Glad to finally be able to realize what I was missing

Thank you so much for this video! I was struggling so hard to find a real workflow and step by step process that wasn’t so individual to the animator, and I finally found it!

Thanks a lot mate ! These are great tips, I can't wait to try it 😄

The most detailed guide I've ever come across, and one of the main reasons I want to learn Modelling and Animation; something to look forward to every day and you can go at it through your own pace! The ending video recom was quite something though, lol... But really, this really helped set in stone the process of animation for a ton of us, cheers, Chester.

Thank you so so much for this helpful video, so easy to understand. Hope u release more video about this topic

While working at my animation job, I was trying to improve myself at the same time. But for a while I was stuck. This video has opened my mind again. I will watch the video again at the first opportunity by following every step carefully. Thank you Chester great video.

This helps me understand the process of animating so much better now, thank you so much

this so crystal clear ..thanks ❤‍🔥❤

This was so good! Thank you so much.

bro, ur channel is pure gold, glad i found it

That was a great video Chester! loved the pacing and edit.

ty so much for this, im crying, this is so well explained!!!

Thank you, man 🎉🎉🎉 You are Great. Its very helpful & fun. You really are making a difference here. 😊😊

Nice pack of useful information here. Well explained and entertaining to watch. Love your content, looking forward to more of these sir🎉❤

This is actually a good reminder for me. Lately I've been offtracked with the workflow. Thank you!

This is GREAT! Thanks for the help

As an animator i really appreciate the effort in this video, thanks a lot for helping the animation community.

Chester i just wanted to say iv been watching you for a long time now and you have helped me more than you can possibly imagine. You are an excellent teacher and I hope your future endevers are bright. This video is exactly what I i've been needing for years.

Really good info. Waiting for more content like this.

thank you so much Chester! I've learned a lot from your videos and livestream lately.

As a beginner that's really useful.. thank you ❤

ur the best man .. much much love and respect man...

That's brilliant man! Fantastic video.

Bro! you're awesome!

amazing sir so much information just in 12 min video

HUGE amount of content that is sir 🤯

youre an amazing teacher

That thumbnail of Links goofy ass smile and body language making him look like he's showing his favorite gadget or tool makes me die laughing each time i come to rewatch this for refreshers while i cement the workflow into my head. Love it man.

thanks for share, this is so very good

super helpful video! thanks maaan

God sent of a video. Animation makes me rethink my decision of being self-taught but this just made it one step easier. Thank you 🙇

Thank You So Much Sir😃😃

Awesome 👏🏻

I use SFM, but we have a tween machine script too, so this video will be extremely helpful. Thank you!

This is really helpful...

fire video!

cool! very helpful! 👏👏👏

great video!

This guy is going straight to heaven

When I heard the Undertale music, my hand moved on its own and liked the video.

Aww look at me in your video

TQ for this video bro

thank you so mutch !

this is gold

Thank you

Another common W for my favourite Twitch Streamer

Great!

This is an amazing, high quality video! I'm 14, thank you for everything!! I hope to show measurable improvement in my animation!

Idk if this can be helpful, but Blender has something called "Motion Paths" that might be useful for checking those "arcs"! You select a bone you want to observe in Pose Mode, in the Editor Type window, go to Object Data Properties tab, and there should be a dropdown/tab called "Motion Paths". There's a couple of settings you can choose from, like if you want to see how the "head or tail" of a bone is moving, and after clicking OK, a (not selectable) path should appear. If you have Auto Keying on, the path should update as you go (if you animate with the graph editor, you either need to Update the Path or move some other bone). I have it as a Quick Favorite so I can check, update, or clear them on the go. Funky "tip" aside, thanks for sharing this video about your animation workflow! I think I'm kinda amateurish when it comes to animating in 3D, I somehow didn't quite realize the Golden Poses can also apply here too. Also made me understand what Blender's equivalent for the Tween Machine is, because I accidentally use the shortcut for it, get confused and just ignore it xD Might make some use of that now that I know better.

this was super helpful!! id love to also see your workflow for animation where you have to pass through key poses in motion, rather than easing into them

started animation like 5mnths ago, glad to say I've finally found where I belong!

Funny how I was complaining about exactly that and boom you made a video about it 😂 thank you

Thank you so much for making these. I'm getting into animation and just happen to see this. It's so criminal how this is free, thank you from the depths of my heart. You're going to help a beginner like me in my journey.

thank for share

No B.S. beginner guide to starting animation.

Thanx a lot! Realy usefull and practical info. Today I spent over 2 hours of youtube browsing trying to understand if Blender breakdowner is just tecnical instument for somehow speeding up of work or it has an artistic sense? and what did i get - kiddish advises about "press this button" or "Breakdowns are cool - use them". After yout video i've understood that instument and much more - how to breathe a life in animation.

Thank you for this. Ist awesome. One thing to ask is to go in deep for lead and follow. ( Example when the hips lead the movement)

You just got a new die hard follower

Hi Chester thank u for this workflow info it really helps me to understand, specially timing and spacing but can u explain in a separate video how u deal your audio acting animation, how u deal with audio's tempo with this workflow. I tried to apply this same workflow in my audio acting animation but I didn't understand how to Arrange this keys. I hope u understand what I trying to say.

Thanks

finally !!!!!!

The "But" part literally got me 🤣 anyways thanks for the content, you've got a new subscriber 😁

Ama reaching this video

I did a followup livestream where I go more in depth with this workflow, check it out - ru-vid.comm-RBx5st5Gc?feature=share

this is indeed a workflow

7:11 for this part i usually just set the interpolation mode between the two breakdowns to linear and then add a keyframe in the middle and then adjust to my liking. I dont know if thats any better than using tween machine

saving this video nOW

Omg it’s soooo helpful, thanks! Can I master walk/run cycle using this method?

Really nice video! I think there is also TweenMachine for 3ds max.

Such a great video Chester. I am trying to understand if this workflow can be used in every type of animation, it feels that it works best when you start moving and then stop. Using the example of the baseball pitcher, pose B seems like the midpoint of pose A to pose C in this workflow. not sure if I got my point out 😂

It's magnificent )) You created well explained with a lot of entertainment video about workflow )) Great job ))) I would very glad If you create something similar for lip sync workflow in future )) I watched your previous videos about lip sync, but may be you have something to add to your last comments about it )) Wish you best luck ) Stay safe, stay healthy))

Hello thanks great video! What monitor do you use?

Amazing video! Thanks a lot! A question, I have a hard time understanding how to animate on 2s/3s/4s is simply holing the same pose for a few frames or there is slight changes on them ?

Could you do a step by step rigging and weight painting video? Im having so many issues with my clothes stretching correctly and it destroys my textures 😢

Great tutorial. I assume animations can be more forgiving for games?

Where can i find the BOTW picker used in this video also thank you making this video. This helps a ton for a beginner like me.

i open the video and get hit with hopes and dreams. instant happiness

i wonder why we need 2 keyframes in between? from what i learned. usually in between is only 1 keyframe. also how to make a good moving hold? should i give an extra keyframes of my pose moving oposite the previous keyframe? or should i continue the move slightly from the last keyframe?

Hello! Thank you for the tutorial! I would like to follow you as you show the process but I cant download links model and I dont know how :(

i love you

pls animate more body mechanics shot.nice one!

my brain has expanded

For a snappy action is it necessary to add separate ease out pose caz breakdown 1 already gives that ease out right? Am sorry am still learning animation.