I Learned SFM in ONE WEEK

Finally got around to making a long-form video! It was definitely a challenge and it's a bit rough around the edges, but it was fun! Gotta start somewhere lol
Thanks to ‪@ceno0‬ for letting me know about the Advanced TF2 Characters I New Flexes and also for being one of the coolest animators on here B)
Patreon: / coraxanimates
Jerma's Twitch: / jerma985
Featured SFM Animators:
MisterMulluc
Maxique St
Kostamoinen
Eltorro64Rus
ceno0
Italian Ninja
(there are countless amazing creators in the SFM space, but I could only fit so many in a single compilation, don't interpret this as a "best of", more like what I was watching at the time)
Featured Workshop Mods/Models:
TF2 Apartment Building
Boston Dynamo
Advanced TF2 Characters I New Flexes
Playstation 4
Wall / floor pack
Basic Modern Furniture Set
Team Fortress Furnishings
The Hallowene Prop Fridge
Plants & Rocks
Scout's Mom HWM for SFM
SFM - TF2 Styled Couch
Moderate TV
GTA5 apartament TV
Food and Household Items
Spytech Chair - Enhanced
Stage light [SFM]
Podcasting/Radio Microphone and Table
Dell Optiplex 3020 MT Computer
Directional Scale Controls (Stretching)
Teeth
Greenscreen Panels
[TF2] Enhanced HWM Skeleton
Playing Cards (With Bones)
Metal Gear Solid - Big Boss [SFM]
Tracer - Overwatch
[Luigi's Mansion 3] Mario Bros.
Sonic the Hedgehog - Hero pack
TF2 Suited Scout, Heavy
[TF2] Enhanced HWM Skeleton

[@catalyst9121]

i love how no matter who he could animate its always Jerma

[@veqzor]

It's not real, stop saying that name, wake up.

[@mrbrusselpatch316]

​@vloqy Every time you think about him, he slowly materializes into this world

[@ItsRyanHello]

MR GREEN IS INVINCIBLE

[@trashnaut]

As he should.

[@scarlett-moriko1543]

@@veqzorif you say it thrice he might appear

[@TheRussianBadger]

damn this is so neat

[@turnaboutshitposter9614]

omg the real badge

[@DePhinxed]

THE REAL BADGER! CAN I HAVE A AUTOGRAPH!?

[@Yourlocalwordrobe]

holy sheat of paper its him

[@zanefoxgames6994]

nice

[@T29Heavy]

Damn he went unnoticed probably because he doesn't have a verified icon for some reason

[@Berd]

i can't believe corax is dead but before he died and became a cave skeleton he promised i could have all his stuff this is so sad thanks corax im so upset by this

[@TheRealFiend]

so true burd

[@CrudDeposit]

This is so sad. Hey tf2, !rtd

[@donttestme9546]

Fake Corax Fan he would never give his earthly possessions to a bird of any caliber.

[@zircron45]

oh look its berd

[@SimplySlippy]

Berd.

[@ItalianNinjaa]

YOOOO THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUTOUT Side note, this was a very lovely and fun way to introduce the many peculiarities of SFM and put them to use! I could say a lot about my love-hate relationship with the program but I am extremely grateful that it has helped me get this far and achieve my dream job. My hope is also to make my future youtube content primarily using blender, perhaps I should follow your example to learn as efficiently as you have with source! Big respect for giving yourself this challenge and being open to new experiences, the community absolutely welcomes you.

[@TheJubberGubb]

The man

[@dustloaf]

The woman

[@Khyrberos]

The legend! Saw the furry clip & wondered if you were still around. Cool!

[@Z1zack]

I haven't seen you for so long! Will you ever upload an animation?

[@SodaPopBot]

Randomly saw you down here in the comments, hope whatever program you use now causes less random lighting glitches :b - Martin

[@lookatthis9972]

Yeah, well, I learned SFM in 6days and 23 hours

[@Colossal_Load]

God you're so fucking cool! H-how do I become like you? Teach me master

[@bigsmoke.bigsmoke]

Nuh uh! I learned it in 6 days and 22 hours!

[@bozo6327]

Oh yeah I learnt SMF in 6 days and 22hours 59 minutes and 12 seconds

[@DYNAMO1127]

​@@bigsmoke.bigsmokeNO SIR, I learned it in 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes AND 59 seconds!

[@riversonr]

well i learned sfm in 3 easy steps

[@LostCosmonauts]

Just whatever you do, DON'T try and point a laser from the wrangler !!

[@IMABIGFAN046]

Why

[@TheGreatPapyrus97]

@@IMABIGFAN046just watch lazy purple’s Halloween video

[@trotg8457]

@@IMABIGFAN046 He's referencing this piece of internet gold. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX6nmHuGhpWMnKs

[@Aussie_Axe]

​​@@IMABIGFAN046lazypurple reference essentially he had trouble porting in the wrangler laser in badwater basin while making a video about engineer

[@IMABIGFAN046]

@@Aussie_Axe yeah i figured it out eventually

[@Toulippy]

I have over 1,000 + hours in sfm, it’s wasted so many hours of my life. The fact you went practically backwards from blender to sfm, is actually painful for me to process in my brain.

[@Shrekisgod65]

same

[@sltrskid]

i haven't even tried animating in it i just make posters

[@cyonu5675]

imagine using sfm first

[@UnkownWonders]

​@@cyonu5675that's what many do wdym, it's a old software meaning many people started on there before making on their own full fleshed animations on a more professional software. There is no shame in having this used first before switching to another software like blender. And before it comes to a debate no I never used either of those softwares and won't be planning to in the future simply put because I like doing 2d animations myself

[@cyonu5675]

@@UnkownWonders just for the record sfm was made public in 2012 while blender was made public in 1994 lmao sfm is much more “simple” yet complex at the same time they do different things, sfm is a game engine based animation software with a large modding community while blender is a 3D/2D modeling software and animation software also for the record companies like Disney have started using blender for 2D purposes so you can still use blender as it’s 2D section is amazing also also it was a joke lmao lighten up

[@ZerrekTheDog]

Congrats on trying out SFM, welcome to the club :>

[@Anomidae]

Thanks for checking out our small but dedicated community! SFM for a lot of us (me especially) was a huge starting point for entering the world of 3d animation and movie-making in general. While many old-timers have since moved on to become real professionals, some of us still stick around and use it to animate as our program of choice. I probably could have transitioned to Blender 5 years ago, but to this day I still regularly use and love the original SFM for it's speed and amazing animation tools (... for a free program!)

[@wanderson5214]

Hi John Interloper.

[@sitkinator]

Oh shit is that Interloper dev 😲!! In all seriousness though, nice to see you here. I do hope you do eventually release more SFM tips since I really liked those, though I understand if you just wanna focus on Interloper for a while.

[@eliescobis9922]

Interloper type 5 demo T pose heavy

[@franck-oq4jv]

Hey look is the umbrella fella

[@Crusader_Classics]

Most intuitive 3d animation program to date

[@fabiaaquino2207]

7:50 i love how jerma,can literally make ANY voice, and also that ding was so smooth.

[@thundershocker135]

You know eltorro64rus' GMOD animations are something special when people mistake them for SFM animation

[@Thispersonisreal]

Doesn't he use mixture of sfm and gmod, I'm pretty sure he did

[@Tkmined]

​@@Thispersonisrealno, STblackST does. Eltorro64rus genuinely uses 100% gmod.

[@zombieranger3410]

Just like all other animation platforms it offers some really unique tools, but because its Source it is very buggy and outdated, carried by custom plugins and community content. There is just some stuff you can do in GMod that you can't do anywhere else, more options means artists can better express their art, even if the tools are rusty.

[@LordVader1094]

​@@ThispersonisrealNope, Eltorro is all Gmod

[@AnthonyHoul]

@@LordVader1094 And the effort he puts in is genuinely insane, last time he put out a tutorial he spent like a full minute doing things which actual animating software can do in 2 clicks

[@kingjizzard]

I really like the way you animated her expression in at 7:29 - really feels like a good old school sfm! Great work! Nothing beats your original style but I would definitely love to see more of this!

[@Poly_0000]

I would have never guessed your personality would be as chill and soothing given your profile pic and content.

[@toastedprocastinator]

same, he really does have that grandpa personality, really fits his character

[@undyne1]

Fr. The artstyle reminds me of hotdiggedydemon.

[@Twiddle_things]

The scariest of people always turn out to be the most chill

[@trulyinfamous]

​@@Twiddle_thingslike metalheads

[@Redmoa]

It was the opposite for me going from SFM to Blender so imagining learning it backwards is wild to me. Happy to hear it went well for you and you enjoyed your time with it :)

[@Rianoria]

Not.. "that" redmoa can it? If so. You do great work with your animations!

[@Neo69420]

Great new grounds animations!

[@JermaStreamArchive]

Appreciate you trying a new video format. I've loved every one of your animations and different animation styles. Keep up the good work!

[@Boneheaded0]

get back in your cage

[@mrboxcutter]

Goodness gracious

[@nnnnick]

Goodness gracious

[@trieumiu7473]

Goodness gracious

[@Mr.Crawlyo]

Goodness Gracious

[@AgentOrangeX22]

Love the Corax character design and the continuity between the 2D and 3D version.The voice matches in well too!

[@gambit_sfm]

as a fellow SFM animator, I welcome you

[@gwenpolo1307]

I can't believe you've been keeping such a satisfying voice and avatar from us this whole time! I'd watch a full-length TV episode of this.

[@Zeuskabob1]

Love the way you explain your learning method. Thanks for letting us know about how tough learning SFM was.

[@TTMR]

ngl its relieving to see a video about someone using SFM for the first time and it's not called "sfm is PURE AGONY" or anything like that. SFM holds a special place with me bc it's just so easy to drop in and start animating, sure there's a lot of limitations but there's things SFM does BETTER than a lot of industry standard programs (the motion editor is an absolute godsend for layout and the clip editor is pure wizardry) and a lot of those limitations can be overcome with clever and creative use of its tools

[@pajamapantsjack]

Corax slowly becoming one of the best channels for me. Loved this longer form video. Can’t wait to see more

[@ping-a-ling682]

the most talented animators of all time choosing to use the most unusable software to animate with has very quickly become a trope for the art industry

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

SFM and even GMOD animations have a charm to it that will always bring a great amount of joy to me. Amazing that you learned and learned and put out a proper animation in such a short time frame! Goes to show your how good your talents are! ^.^

[@emanwonkon2205]

Hello friend!

[@bibabobovich3122]

Well, I love your SFM animation. It has it’s stile and pretty charming.

[@elitely6748]

What took me days -> perhaps weeks or months to learn SFM you managed so fast, now I'm on my way to learning Blender. Neat to see a long video from you though your narration and editing is way too satisfying. Even when S2FM becomes more available the original SFM will always have that nice nostalgic charm, and hopefully it'll carry over to the source 2 one as well!

[@usernamenotavailablee]

Why does Corax sound literally EXACTLY like I'd imagine him to just from his profile picture 😭😭 it's perfect 🤌🏻

[@biorbmcbiorb1600]

You know what? I'm taking this as a sign to retry it again. I remember being in the literal same boat, but now i feel pretty good, I'll give it a shot and see if I can do something close to, if not similar to what you did! Here's hoping it works out okay!

[@hellhounds04]

Never would I have thought someone like Corax would ever touch SFM. Your animation style is superb as it is. I been using this thing for 11000+ hours. 💀Really great results for one week of animating!

[@CopperPretzel]

With a new medium at their disposal, Corax grows ever more powerful

[@lucaZER0]

4:09 as a person still learning sfm I'm suprised you made something like this its so smooth (and yes i know your not new to animating but still)

[@Googie_Oogie]

This video is incredibly well made and paced And that Jerma model is cursed

[@oogalook]

Your avatar is such a charming little weird guy that I'm scrubbing through for every second of him you animated for us. Thanks for such a plussed-up freaking video.

[@starrysouI]

I love in no matter what situation he’s in. Jerma will always be silly and whimsical. This was really cool and honestly a really good way to develop a standard work ethic. I’m gonna try it out soon. THANKS CORAX

[@Aflay1]

3:27 I love how this looks like an old school Lazypurple animation. It's funny saying that, as if Lazy animated for years or something. Like, if you rewatch the How it Feels series, you notice that a lot of his SFM starts off relatively basic. It looks REALLY good from start to finish, but Lazy was trying to figure out SFM just like anyone else would. This is even evident in his behind the scenes videos. His animations got exponentially better with time, as he slowly learned to relinquish his sanity more and more for it (which, thankfully, he has begun to address, and everyone is accepting and encouraging of him) Let me get back on track. Essentially, the way Lazy might have begun animating with SFM must have been similar to this experience Corax had. Granted, they're both in different leagues, even now. It's crazy to think how similar their thought processes must have been. You record gameplay footage, and transition from one frame of gameplay, to one of custom animation rigging. A sort of cinematic smoke and mirrors kinda thing. You could call this timestamp "How it Feels to use SFM for the first time"

[@threadhazard]

- guy who has only seen lazy purple

[@MicronOnline]

Your Learned SFM? I'm so sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers 🙏🙏

[@Crashsune]

Absolutely loved this, Corax!! SFM is an amazing tool for virtual filmmaking and I'm super happy to see you give it a shot, particularly considering your 2D animation background. I started with SFM and made the majority of my videos in it until I switched over to Blender a year ago but I still go back to SFM occasionally due to just how fun and fast it is to animate in! Thanks for sharing your experience!! 💖

[@CTRLVCatMemes]

Dude why are you so fucking cool? I know it'd be algorithmic death (most people aren't animators) so I'm not asking, but I want you to know that a Blender tutorial by you would be glorious - you have such a cool style. I've been meaning to learn it for years to augment my 2D stuff and this video definitely just inspired me to finally take a crack at it. If you can learn SFM in a week then I can get the basics of Blender in a month damn it! 😤

[@StarvinMarvin828]

This was really good, it’s cool to see you stepping outside of your comfort zone and trying something new and cool. Hope you plan to do this again and possibly give yourself more time!

[@Just_a_commenter]

Story time mixed with learning? Woo! Glad that Ceno0 helped you gain some info c:

[@DrawStuffWhatever]

High quality production all around! I really like the direction in which the channel is going (and growing) with different levels of creative content and commentary. This is awesome!

[@horrornumber]

the power of animation is truly terrifying...also that scout jerma is slightly disturbing which makes it perfect, such amazing skill

[@realjfk5350]

watching your videos with you speaking is so soothing added with perfect humor and very entertaining content, LOVING IT!

[@doozy5184]

As someone who doesn't know how SFM works, I commend you on being able to learn it in a week.

[@fear_toxin]

your animations ALWAYS blow me away, dude, and your commentary here is so calming and entertaining. you really are something special to this community, and i’m so happy that you share your creations with the world :] keep on rocking!

[@smugdodofart27]

I love how smooth and expressive your animation is no matter the program

[@Greatdictator]

As someone who dabbles with Gmod and SFM, SFM is great for all the reasons listed, but i think one of its biggest strongpoints but i guess also weakpoint is how straightforward it is in comparison to say Blender. Like you will always know where to check for how the face rig works and what its options are, but unless you go through a whole hootenane to change it you cant do any custom stuff. Im currently trying to learn Blender and SFMs relative simplicity is always such a easy crutch to potentially fall back on, especially from a asset library standpoint, tho i dont miss the landmine hellscape that is the source asset browser that can crash SFM if you land on the wrong model. For larger projects SFM can potentially be a nightmare, also anything effects and particle wise is so simple in comparison to Blender . In any case, was funny to see someone go backwards from Blender, but it did make for a interesting video

[@NameBeSam]

I’d love to see longer videos like this, shit goes hard

[@samherken]

This was fun to watch, the occasional cute little animations really made this enjoyable! And seeing behind the scenes and other things like it is just so cool! I also think both animations came out really well!

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

not only are you talented at drawing and have a great sense of pacing and writing, but you have a rich and cool voice. thanks for doing what you do and sharing with the world!

[@scpWyatt]

I'm so sorry you had to suffer through this and I sincerely hope they invent the counseling required to get you through this traumatic experience, we all are.

[@gregisbro]

I like the detail (whether intentional or not) at around 0:53 the beginning is drawn as 2d yet when he says "fast foward to the future" the rest of video becomes 3d animated

[@Draggo88]

You have a really nice voice, and a way of displaying and explaining your thoughts. Thanks for making this for us to enjoy.

[@ganondoof]

I don't usually stick around for long when short video animators make full length videos, but I really enjoyed this one.

[@ChaseFace]

Make more of these. Been a big fan of you since your early animations and I'd love to see your presentation style and flavor talking about games/shows that mean a lot to you. Keep it up, man!

[@ArcErebus]

Time to make tf2 memes

[@deweyduckey]

Enjoy that your first.

[@theverdantfern]

I was overjoyed to see this & your SFM animation pop up in my notifs! As someone who never got into TF2 when it first came out but is now really wanting to play & also learn SFM, this was a fun watch! The Spy "No Bitches" clip killed me. Short & sweet. Amazing video as always, keep up the awesome work!

[@hl_gus]

Surreal to see my name credited, even just as a patreon credit, in one of the videos of a video of a big artistry idol of mine. Another phenomenal piece, and I'm certain you'll keep making more progress into content like this.

[@Unknownthingy]

Commenting for the engagement! But actually I really enjoyed this video! It's fun to see animators making videos *about* animation, as well as getting to see a tiny bit of the process that goes into something I've been enjoying for over a decade now. I would honestly love to see more vids in this style from ya! Your sense of humor works well for it, both in written and visual form

[@briceforeman8920]

how can this man make something better than i ever have in just 2 days of learning

[@tsuwaque]

That single "OP" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a yt video

[@AshlessChaps]

WHY IS THIS TALENTED MAN BOTH CREEPY LOOKING AND ADORABLE AT THE SAME TIME!!!??? On a serious note this is my experience with just about every new thing I try, especially the Hubris part

[@nerdyvids1]

This was really fun to watch, and actually made me think I might want to download SFM and give it a shot. I had always assumed it would be totally beyond me, but maybe I'll be able to grasp it after all?

[@azure189]

I love these animations!

[@mintmintmintmintmintmintmint]

I love this behind-the-curtain sort of vlog-educational hybrid content so much!! Keep up the amazing work Corax.

[@hariffton8482]

6:40 This is my favorite part

[@MP_FLWRCRWN]

Man this was really entertaining. The way you explain things along with the animations that occasionally go along side them are really fun watch. Good work!

[@jonathanpinkney9268]

2:09 You said "Pretty Good" and I had a flashback of your Grimace Shake Video xD

[@SimplySlippy]

SFM is like a hole. Except this hole is filled with random bugs , errors , objects clipping out of existence and of course tons and tons of missing textures

[@hahen8]

So just Garry's mod?

[@francegamer]

As a relative beginner to 3D art as whole I respect the good work that SFM has done for getting people into the medium, but I do really think blender is a significant set up. Aside from it being the more modern program, I want to do every part of the process, and blender simply can.

[@AGNAB712]

9:29 i love the little detail that says 2054 on the calendar on the ground really hope this video does just as well as the jerma videos, i loved watching it

[@sitkinator]

9:21 I legit would not be surprised if (at least officially) S2FM never comes out, and we'll have to use it in unofficial ways like with HLA, or S&box (GMOD's spiritual successor by Garry Newman, tho it's more like a game platform like roblox than GMOD)

[@pyrobucket]

Good on you man! Sfm is a hard process to learn but happy you got to cross something off your bucket list!

[@rookstun]

As a former SFM pro, there are some things I wish Blender had from it.

[@samuelyoung7856]

Corax has the voice of a narrator that turns out to be the final boss wizard, who was watching the hero the whole time

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

0:11 is my favorite time.

[@bjeker_]

I loved seeing this type of video, your animations are amazing and this was just as fun watching another thing that you do

[@gr0ssotron146]

4:09 Mano vocÊ fez um trabalho muito incrível! :D Acho que vou tentar aprender SFM :)

[@bronchh]

This is my first commentary video of yours and I couldn't be more pleasantly surprised! You're a really captivating talker and an even better commenter, and I'm definitely gonna check out more

[@PelleSpokes]

This was really well made!

[@demindemise3455]

This was such a great start to new content for your channel, I love the animations just as much as I love this video, thank you for sharing your skill

[@efiiTF2]

No way, another corax banger

[@Nova-ro5by]

Glad to see you improve over the years and the voiceover is a great touch! Another fantastic animation from our favourite Jermamite

[@ciasteve]

I m confused u had patience for 2d animation, but not sfm

[@Weirdcore_enjoyer]

You*

[@Bussellancier]

@@Weirdcore_enjoyerdon’t criticize the man who’s sleepy

[@RayZrAnims]

As a 2d animator, 2d animation is not AS time consuming as 3d/SFM. But that's about all I can say about this topic as I've only animated in 2D.

[@ciasteve]

@@RayZrAnims 2d animation maybe shorter but sfm is the easiest 3d software I know, but everyone has an opinion

[@kredblack61]

2D animation is ALOT easier

[@goodskele7241]

I honestly kinda never expected you to do these kinda vids, but oh, they're amazing! Astounding job :)

[@eliescobis9922]

8:26 Correction Eltorro64rus actually uses gmod and not sfm

[@eliescobis9922]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3WpgJ2oaJ5shs0feature=shared

[@raghugba863]

Holy moly, it's pretty cool to have Corax content that isn't short animations (mainly about jerma)! I obviously love that stuff, but it's neat to see people branch into other types of videos!

[@OSCCUBE]

7:57 guys should i call this number?

[@lunatunny7594]

FRIGGIN STELLAR JOB! I loved watching it and I'm friggin wild about seeing a video focused on yourself. I've been a HUGE fan way back in your grump era and seeing both you and your resurface has been an absolute treat

[@Kitcatboykitty]

0:35 what’s wrong with Mario

[@NoNameBuddy99]

I don't understand anything about SFM and neither knew about your other animations, you just popped in my recomendations and I watched your video because of your character's hypnotizing big ass nose.

[@Neatrior]

Squidward vibes. That’s why I subbed tbh.

[@CrashOzzy1223]

0:17 that engineer’s a spy.

[@Syair3141]

how

[@NGRX_FXT]

@@Syair3141because.. HES RED!

[@feltpuppets9429]

I used to watch the Saxxys religiously... Really happy to see people still making SFM content even to this day.

[@LibriumFox]

8:15 what is the N°6 ???

[@ethanmiller1056]

I like this new form of video, Its fun to watch you experiment with new styles!

[@CrashOzzy1223]

0:44 Xbox

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

360

[@CrashOzzy1223]

@@JimmyGibbsJrFan ima ignore how close the hashtag i to specific something.

[@JimmyGibbsJrFan]

@@CrashOzzy1223 It’s wigger. Nothing else to it.

[@trail4801]

This was awesome!! I'm glad you stepped outta your comfort zone and tried this, it was fun to watch :D

[@Cheeseem_ber]

0:33 sonic x mario-

[@Rexodiak]

amazing video, really loved the animated cutaways, that's a lot of effort

[@Bonnie_Mairead]

Your voice sounds so nice, it's very pleasant to listen to. I could listen to you narrate stuff for hours.

[@wolfordragondemon]

I really liked this video! It was really fun to watch and I enjoyed listening to your process