If you're new to Stick Nodes or stickfigure animation in general, check out some of the tutorials below to hopefully have some of your questions answered!
Also keep in mind, these are just some tutorials picked over the years. There are countless tutorials made by community members all over Youtube. Just search "Stick Nodes tutorial" or, more specifically, "Stick Nodes walk tutorial" etc...
Youtuber Mr Onyx has a channel full of well-made and concise Stick Nodes tutorials. Video topics range across many different aspects of Stick Nodes and animation in general, including easing, camera movements, close-ups, and everyone's favorite - blood!
Community-Made Tutorials
These are tutorials I've seen on Youtube made by Stick Nodes users trying to help out other Stick Nodes users. There are many more not listed here, so just search "Stick Nodes tutorial" on Youtube!
How To Make Polyfill Hair (by TriZZby)
Me Making a Background Timelapse (by TriAnims)
How to Use FILTERS (by AutoAngel / Stick Nodes Tutorials)
Creating a Face (by Mici Animations)
How to Download Packs on Android (by Napalm)
How to Animate a Run Cycle (by Napalm)
Creating Boxing Shoes (by Mici Animations)
Creation Of The M4A1 Reciever Time Lapse (by Explosive Bullet)
Learning the Basics (by Mr Onyx)
Tips and Techniques 2020 Edition (by VariousPond)
Community-Made Skin/Mod Tutorials
Applying a skin to SN is something relatively new that some people don't know about. Good thing there's some neat tutorials on the subject. Also, see @arcionek's page on skins for more information.
Stick Nodes Tutorial: How to Make Custom Themes on iOS (without iTunes) (by Squi)
How to Make Your Own Stick Nodes Theme (by Kaido Mation)
Online Guide
Check out FrostBite Productions well-made online guide (with pictures!) on how to do some of the basics in Stick Nodes.
Link: https://giogioboi.wordpress.com/
Anything else you'd like to see a tutorial about?
Also if you have a tutorial you made and would like featured here, leave that in the comments too!
If you have QUESTIONS, its best to ask on either the FAQs page or better yet, make a post on the Activity section of the website.
Yeah you should definetly make a tutorial on hairstyles
What’s with everyone wanting a tutorial on hair, lol. I’ve never even made a stickfigure with hair besides Vegeta months ago.
Mines not working ?
Your what isn’t working?
You people want tutorials on tiny stuff. Others want SFX (Sound Effects), really? Have you ever tried tutorials on youtube? Come on… Ralph doesn’t really wanna do all of this stuff (I think). Here is a tip: Download Documents by Readdle on the APP STORE. Copy the youtube link of the sfx you want. Go to the app and press the internet button on the left hand side. Search up En.Savefrom.net (does not have to be capitalized). Paste the link in the box and press the green button. Press the 360p or 720p (recommends 360p to save space otherwise known as MB and GB and KB and etc.). Press the documents and go to the downloads folder. Once the sfx video is done, press the edit button and press either on dropbox or save video to camera roll. (IOS ONLY TIP)
Another IOS ONLY TIP. Ever want to watch gifs as a video? Download GIFPlayer on the app store. Improvise improvise improvise. Please support Ralph and buy the full version. This tip is for the ones who don’t want to buy the full version or just don’t want to download anything with money on it. (Sorry Ralph, I can’t hold this any longer)
*secretly passes Blueleaf34 his $50 support payment*
Intercepts payment and also takes extra $200 for fact that I too support the hell out of Stick Nodes.
How do you make them look so smooth? Do you just add a lot of frames?
Pretty much. Smaller, more precise movements coupled with a high FPS = smooth animation. Obviously takes longer and takes practice to learn how to animate “properly” but the results are worth it.
I Know How To Animate But It Keeps Coming Out Looking Like Horse Poopy
This is the new slogan for Stick Nodes, thank you.
How do you put your animation on the text???
Whatcha Mean? Like putting the stick figures over the text? He he, you can’t buddy. Well, not yet. Maybe in a few updates or less it’ll be added. (I hope)
Yeah, that’s more difficult than you’d think, lol. They way things are built, the stickfigures need to be drawn in their own batch, then comes the batch of textfields separately.
To intertwine them would require lots of reworking of the code and would actually impact performance (in terms of potential lag) negatively, so I hate to say it but I don’t that getting changed any time soon, sorry.
Are animations like the ones above in the comments are long to make? Because seriously, this is hard as f… and you guys are probably practicing on stickfigures animation since a long time.
Yes, it does take a long heck of a time to make. With practice, animating will be easier and take less time to do.
I mean like u and sean did above the comments
Yes… It does take a long time to do. Except for Ralph’s. Just a 3-5 frame piece.
I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT.
Yep, there was plenty of reasons to feel that way.
Mostly because you suck.
I despise you a lot. Like, a lot.
Then, no offence. :3
i download the guys but it aint woriking
See the FAQ https://sticknodes.com/faqs/#downloads
I think the guy is asking how you and Sean are putting an animation in the comments
Which guy?
WHY DOES NO ONE USE THE “REPLY” BUTTON UNDER THE COMMENTS!?