So you want to animate a fight but are not sure how others really go about it?

Well, it depends, some people like animating a fight, seeing if it goes well, if not they scratch it, some plan it, use the right stickfigure, think about the angles etc.

I try and balance both of those things out, I don’t really just go and animate, but then I forget that I can animate decently well. Ideally just brushing up on some fighting combos by watching videos of some can help along with knowing how to keep the viewer engaged if you plan on sharing or not.

If you’re going for a quick fairly easy to animate fight scene, using simple stickfigures like a base with some hair or something (something that doesn’t require much thought into and doesn’t require you to really move it) is what you should aim for. If you want to create a fight scene with facial features, blood, hair movement, clothing movement and camera angles, you’d need much more time to plan that out.

I’ll let you in on a detailing secret that many people forget when animating that can make an animation shine, adding foreground parts so pillar that pass in front of the camera or a bird or something. It’s so minuscule of a detail yet almost all animators I know forgets it.

Hopefully that helps, I was kind of rushing this post because i’m about to go somewhere.

If you need a better explanation and more help just add me on Discord and we can discuss it there:

Tastylemon16#8836

: )

For that little rectangular hole, on either side use dark segments and then add two more segments of the same colour with gradient fades on either side to the inside of the rectangular hole to make it look like it has depth.

Also make the Nerf Logo on it and subtle gradients on it for lighting. No need to go crazy with this as the when it’s angled differently light won’t correspond the same so as long as you create a subtle basic gradients it should be fine.