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.
I need help transferring the downloaded weapons, people, etc to my phone so I can import them with out pro if u can message me and that would help so much thank you.
Hey Jayden. Did you see the FAQ section about downloading/importing stickfigures?
Yes thank you very much and I was wondering is their any way to connect a sword to the persons hand so when u move the arm it also moves the sword
Sorry, but no. You’ll have to move them both individually. This is a common feature request though and I plan to look into it in the next update.
Alright thank you for helping me 😀
Could you make it so we can have a viewing board in the app so we can view others creations?
Also could you make it so we don’t have to create stick figures for props and create a different icon in the app for it?
Hey Ralph, I was planning to make a youtube channel (I Am Peanut) but I have no idea how to record my stick nodes animations and I was wondering if you could tell my what app you use for your videos. Thanks! PS I finally finished my animation Death Ninja.
Hey Josh. Well, can’t you just export your animation as an MP4 (Pro version) and upload that? If you only have the Free version, just export the GIF and then use either a GIF to Video app/program to convert it, and then upload that. No need to record anything.
Another thing, I used the export gif thing and it took about five minutes to load my animation and then all it did was send me a picture of the first slide.
Well, I assume you’re on iOS, yes? I have some warnings about that in the app and on the FAQ section (here). It takes a while to export a GIF, simply due to the processing power of mobile devices. However, iOS will only SHOW you the first frame. That doesn’t mean there isn’t more frames, that’s just all it will SHOW you. See the FAQ section for more information.
I have a YouTube channel based of this fantastic app, but I have a problem. I need to get some effects for my stick nodes, but I don’t have iTunes on my computer. I have not tried it yet so if it automatically appears, cool. But if not I need some help. My YouTube channel is also called TheGreenGlowAnimations in case you are interested. I also need to release one of my characters, because I’m getting a new phone and I don’t want to lose him
Hey Theo.
Yeah, to get stickfigures into your import list in the app, you’ll need to use iTunes (see the tutorial I made on it here).
You also can use iTunes to save everything in the Stick Nodes folder, including your projects and stickfigures by just saving them from iTunes (from your device) to your desktop computer. Then, when you get your new phone, just plug it in, open iTunes, and copy everything back over.
Yeah I did just that. Thank you!
How do you edit stick figures? I press edit, make the changes, press save as then leave, but nothing happens. I really don’t want to create a new stickfigure every time I make a tiny little change.
Clicking “save” saves it as a file so you can import it into other animations or share with others. You want “Add to Library” which will create a new instance of your stickfigure and add it to the library.
There’s no way to modify a stickfigure and have the changes be applied to every instance of that stickfigure throughout the project, sorry. The only way is to have a new one be created.
A good tutorial would be how to shake the screen while a character is getting hit for added impact… I kinda know how but I suck, so a tutorial would be AMAZING… lol got exited
Well, wouldn’t the solution to just turn on “Panning Mode” and move all of the stickfigures around? Do this across a few frames and it makes it seem as if the screen was shaking.
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