My tricks to make great animations in Blender

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

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[@Epictacotime]

Will you be making an updated version of your animation course Alive? Im thinking of getting the course after finishing your latest rigging course but I want to hold off if there is a new rigging course in the works

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@Epictacotime I won't doi a new Alive! course but I plan to add new updated content to it.

[@Epictacotime]

​@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN okay I'll definitely pick up the course and start it a week or two after I finish the rigging course to get some practice making rigs for my character. I'm so excited for the animation course I can't wait!!

[@AG-hf7hk]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Sounds great! I had the same question as well. Happy to pick up that course as well :D Thank you Pierrick, I've never had so much fun in Blender before, I appreciate all the work that you do!

[@petit_ecureuil_malin]

Merci pour le contenu t'es dans mon top créateur de contenu créativité depuis que je suis tombe sur ta chaîne; j'explore actuellement l'animation et surtout le rig et j'aimerais te poser une question si par miracle tu tombes sur ce commentaire : quels seraient tes conseils pour créer et animer un face rig type cartoon avec des deformations faciles exagérées? Merci 😁

[@HazyBabyyy]

Dude took a punch in the face just to use as a reference that's dedication right there

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

XD indeed

[@tyjepsen4560]

He's a real G

[@YJPLAPI]

I'm a simple man; I see Pierrick upload a video, I give it a like.

[@veenibik336]

So do i

[@imafidonglory5851]

I agree

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

And you're awesome! Thank you :)

[@Stridenx]

This comment convinced me to leave a like. Loving the simple life.

[@jeffbb22]

so I simply follow your action....

[@yaruuvva5300]

Man, you are a treasure for animators community. Thank you for sharing this valuable info!

[@WinterFroots]

Such meticulous work! It took me a while to get used to your French accent but it was so worth it. I bought your rigging course and it's simply outstanding. My compliments on your teaching skills. Thanks a bunch for sharing your knowledge and striving to make it accessible to complete beginners like me!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks for your kind words.

[@kordaling]

Well done Pierrick! The most important principles, clearly explained in a very short video. I'm currently midway through the 'Effective Art of Rigging 2' course, and it's a step above all other Blender courses I've followed. The explanations are clear, audio is easy to understand even at 2x speed. There's a LOT to unpack, I can't believe the price VS the value it offers, it's a steal. I definitely recommend it!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thank you very much. I put a lot into it and I think it's my best course so far. The pricing is also strategical, I want as much people to be able to access it instead of having it at 500$ nad having a smaller audience.

[@harveynewman]

You're absolutely spot on Pierrick! What an awesome video man! Keep killing it man!!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Harvey! I'm so happy you dropped a comment. Alway spleased to see you around. TTY soon!

[@PanewsONE]

The timing in the fighting scene is absolutely amazing!

[@3dnuzhyn108]

You are one of the best animation teachers in Blender. I always follow your classes. Thanks a lot)

[@Durzo_]

This is some of the best content I've seen since starting Animations in blender 8 months ago, I've learned more in the few video's I've watched of yours than I have in months of other video's on the same topic.

[@adventure_bow]

Best animation teacher on KZbin! I wanted to ask if you are ever going to make a video on art style, all of the work I have seen you do is stylized and I love it! I want to find out a workflow on how to make stylized art for my own characters. Thanks!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Well.... I don't think I can teach a workflow about it. Workflow is more about the generality. When t comes to style, it's more about the guts... I can't find a good advice honestly. But if you like a particular style, at some point, it will show in your work, you can't help that.

[@adventure_bow]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Alright, thanks for the reply!

[@emmanm5633]

Pierrick as its PEAK OF BEING A MASTER IN ANIMATION!!!!!!! LOVE YOU BRO !!! KEEP SUPPORT THIS GUY THIS GUY IS GOLD!!!!! GEM AND DIAMOND!

[@muhumernajeeb]

this man and his courses honestly made me force to switch from maya to blender...thanks to him he is gem and saviors....specially his course alive and art of rigging...so gonna buy this one IA..

[@RyanLykos]

really informative as always! i'm very intrigued by how you decide when to change the focal length and/or the cameras distance from the character. it adds so much emotion and action to a shot.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Well, that's a classic dolly zoom. Once you ttried it once, it's pretty easy to achieve and always super effective. Move your camera back or forward, and increse/decrease the focal length at the same time. Try to keep your character at the same size. You need a good composition of the Bground for it to work.

[@RyanLykos]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN i see, thank you! ill try and put what you've said into practice. thank goodness for the dolly rig addon XD

[@Didjelirium]

I can never get enough of your tips and tricks ! Merci Pierrick pour tout le taf de malade que tu fais pour qu'on puisse tous essayer de s'améliorer ! Mais n'oublie pas de travailler ton esquive aussi ! Un tour dans le graph editor est la patate pouvait être évitée ! XD

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Merci ☺️

[@silchasruin4487]

You've actually helped me so much with your rigging and animation videos so much. I wish I could share my progress but I still have so much to improve. Thank you for your contribution!

[@sambamproductions8883]

Really cool tips and advice on animation. Can't wait to see what other animations you come up with in the future, too.

[@jornsiberian8858]

Ahh great work! Thank you for sharing more about process of working with animation here. Was literally looking around to find more info on that topic💪

[@sadx_x6727]

You are the best 3d animator I've met on youtube, and the best teacher on 3d animation, thank you so much for what you do, and thank you for the inspiration!!!!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks for your kind words.

[@TanguyGuinchardTeamSTAMA]

🤩thank you again for the golden tips! your animations are so satisfying yet inspiring to watch! thank you!

[@poochyboi]

Pierrick you are the best animation teacher here on KZbin. That latest animation was a masterpiece! Can you please do a tune on how you storyboard/plan before you start animating?

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I sure will, thanks for your kind words!

[@szmeew]

Thank you, Pierrick, for such a valuable video! I follow your tips, and they make me a better animator. What is a mystery for me is how to make an illusion of heavyweight in shots. Creating a feeling that a sword (or hummer) character is operating with is really heavy. If you made a video dedicated to this topic, many beginners would be grateful to you. Showing the weight is something that I just can't master (((

[@ОлександрВасильєв-б5д]

Great idea btw of these appearing hints in top left corner, I screenshot them always for video conspect. Keep adding them

[@medmel2160]

These kind of videos are my favourite! Thank you!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks for your support.

[@grooshka82]

Great deal of motivation in your every video. Thank you!

[@PrashanSubasinghe]

half way through AOER2 and I'm loving it! Going to jump into Alive after that. Thank you so much for your hard work!

[@H.KAnimationStudios]

The new motion path option is very useful and nice video like always 😃👍

[@chagaze7199]

Great video as usual! And I hope your eyes is healed ^^

[@RicoCilliers]

simply the best in the business!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks mate, happy to see you here :)

[@nathitappan]

So cool! Would love to hear your tips on scene management, render settings, and post production in AE!

[@Oni_Animations]

Thank you for another fun and informative video! I give it the double thumbs up.

[@johnpaulgrande6356]

Really fantastic work! Thanks for this great advice, Pierrick

[@policiucgabriel502]

All of your courses helped us a lot! Thank you!

[@Noble5Consultants]

Hi Sir Thankyou for sharing I love all your videos they are all in depth of the topic.

[@lawrencetyrpa]

Really informative and I love your animation!

[@shamdotblend]

I loved the perspective trick with the ball mech to make it look bigger than it actually is. Idk if that’s worth an entire video but I’d love to learn more about that technique sometime😊

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

YEs, Good idea!

[@MickaelKrebs]

well done ! i discorvered your chanel 1 week ago. congratz it's awesome.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thank you and welcome

[@The_real_stone]

Just feeding the algorithm :) another great video!

[@saeedallaoui]

how to use the trident rig? i did watch the alive animation course but i still cant use trident correctly !

[@seraphiness8469]

How is the effect of 12 frames achieved?

[@thirdeyenz]

One tip I give animators is to not keep all your transform keys on the same frame once your timing is sorted. It's easy to leave all of your axes on the same frame but then everything is changing at the same time which can look wooden or robotic, especially on the hips. Once timing and posing is done I sculpt the curves in the graph editor to make movement blend and flow better. Your poses and timing might change a bit but overall it will look more believable. A shift in the hips in X doesn't always mean Y and Z need to be changing. Especially when you've got something rotating AND translating on the same key. If it looks stiff move some axes around to loosen it up. Break it up and sculpt your curves, don't be lazy

[@bossman4192]

helo, I like following your tutorials. Thanks for your hardwork!

[@nioniostopmo]

si nice to listen to your classes

[@tomate_ho]

Your video is a huge help to me! I hope your eyes get better!!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thank you

[@maple-blade]

As a self taught artist, Pierrick is the teacher i never had. Im almost at the Kibali rig chapter. Biggest take is, now somehow, for some reason i really dont mind weight painting anymore, as compared to before Id totally lose my sanity if auto weights posed major problems, the techniques presented are awesome

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Happy you learned something and feel the progress

[@ukmonk]

Pierrick, be great to see your workflow for stepped please? Like do you do a golden pose every 5 frames for eg or animate on 2's/3's etc.

[@АлександрФедосин-о8к]

Pierrick, you have very cool courses, thank you! I would be interested to know how several characters are animated in one scene at once. How to read the animation speed in this case and work with contact poses. I understand that you need to hide unnecessary elements of the scene if they overload the computer, but maybe you have some tricks?) Thanks again, your channel has become a godsend for me!

[@edyql]

Hi, i really enjoy yours videos and courses, and i think it would be great if you make a video about how do you plan an animation

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I will!

[@shastro6939]

I am currently following your work trying to learn how to do strong poses and place emphasis on the right parts of the animation. I find myself struggling with knowing how long to hold a pose, and how to make sure the motion is readable throughout. I think more about blocking could be good, especially when it comes to blocking out the timing. I find myself adding too many poses in the wrong places and too little in the right. Also should key poses have stretch/squash?

[@animator99_sculpt28]

Thanks for sharing Bro 😊

[@majestic8274]

I would really like to learn about what goes on behind the scenes just to get the perfect shot. And character interaction

[@EjikMEM]

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing! (Bought the course, and it is super awesomesauce amazing quality)!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thank you

[@DanielZettl_AdvancedAnimation]

Great video Pierrick!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks Daniel🥰🥰

[@Kuramarts]

Super useful video! loved it

[@donta42]

Can you please do a video outlining your workflow for "SLOW MOTION" ?! How do you go about planning for it, and organizing all the elements involved including fx and camera? How do you retime when you want to? Is there an addon for experimenting with global timing for chosen sections of the timeline? (Similar to Maya's Scene Timewarp) Anything you can share about how you got your results would be great! Thank you again!!

[@TihocanRiley]

Really informative and interesting, thanks ! Bon rétablissement 🙂

Great video! nice tips. And that short is epic!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thank you!

[@baran9086]

Great Video, very easy to understand!

[@mohamadbakr6474]

Hi, I would like to ask in the art of effective rigging2 course will we at the end recreate the teaser animation, or are we even going to do any animations, or we will only rig?

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Nope, it's all rigging. You will recreacte all the rigs used in this short but not the animation. that would take years to create such a course.

[@mohamadbakr6474]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN thanks, for your efforts.

[@Kirtfreetime]

Your videos are great man keep inspiriing . this just gave me fire to practise more . feel attacked by dont be lazy hahahaha . thank you for the tipss

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@Kirtfreetime 😄

[@sharkingdude6125]

Hi Pierrick I know how to model I know how to rig and I know how to animate but I struggle a lot in making smooth and natural motions can you please make a video on it?

[@trivialmv9770]

We love u Pierrick

[@Shka_maru]

Did you happen to capture the entire animation process of this, like to did with the Alive course? From blocking to polish? If so, I look forward to it. This animation was super detailed to interested to see, in real-time, how you tackled it

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

No unfortunately. I was such in a rush when I made this animation. It was 2 months of production so recording everything would have been a terrible expericen, especialy to derush XD

[@gsaamon9156]

where can we watch the short film

[@KlassAnimated]

I would really love another “how to animate on 2s like anime” to get that anime feel. Seems really tough to wrap my head around.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

OK!

[@GlitchmanVGM]

Yes this would be awesome!! 😃

[@indrastark1980]

I would love to have a New Animation course from you. Since I have your first one which was so good- I figure now that you are better I would love to have something like the AOER 2 course since it is so comprehensive But I know its hard work to put something out you are happy with. Wish you the best and a lot of inspiration and love

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Thanks for your kind words. I plan to add new lesson to the current course as animation is less software centric than rigging.

[@DesentisDude]

Amazing as always! I would like to learn the workflow/technique you apply when animating the shot of the falling character with the mountain/cliff on the background. It looks like a boolean moving upwards while the character remains still. If its on the Alive course I would like to know so I can buy it when I finish the AOER2

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

haaaaa... you're not so wrong. (90% rightà It was a pain to animate as I made bad choices. But I definitely want to make a tutorial about this specific shot.

[@DamielBE]

looks like Alive is going to be my next paid course. Gotta finish the Hard Surface free one and the AOER² first, tho! Also, a vehicle rigging/animation tutorial/course would also be a good idea.

[@slothsin1359]

Great video! And I learnt alot about animating in blender through your videos only.. hope your eye gets better very soon.. If it's possible I would like to learn more about the planning stage of your dynamic action shot.. like how to come up with a plan for a new action shot.. it's the part where I struggle the most at.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Yeah, it's tricky. I had a clear vision of the shot but it evolved when I was animating. I will make a video about planning and storyboarding, it's critical.

[@slothsin1359]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN amazing.. thanks again! Looking forward to it

[@marcelbernardi3804]

Nice content, as usual. Tks a lot.

[@tihota9643]

Amzing as alwasys! Very detailed explanation of inner workings ,you're simply the best when it comes to learning anything about animation! ... but will you be able able do a day to day/subtle action animation tips or breakdowns like an idle animtion or talking one Pls?... Cuz most of the time character are not in a high quality and high effort action scenes and from what I have seen the subtle actions,expressions are what really sells the characters and it's feels.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Haaa.... yeah, subtle animation are so hard to explain.... Big flashy moves are way easier as you focus on mechanics. Subtle animation are about feeling, it's way harder to confidently teach that.

[@toonanimationstudio]

Hey pierrick,does squash and stretch applies to realistic animation ?

[@3DArtisanal]

i need to know whether you are going to upload the course on your website for the animation process you followed for this trailer video for AOER 2 ??

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

No

[@3DArtisanal]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN thank you so much for your reply. it means a lot to me. ok, but I'll be waiting for your new blender course for animation in Blender 4, with new features and tools if added.

[@jossub4963]

Perrick continues !!

[@hotsauce7124]

Does Blender have real time animation playback so we do not have to do renders to see the animation? I hope your eye gets better.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Yes it does. What you see here are the viewport realtime view.

[@hotsauce7124]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Thank you, that would be very interesting to me.

[@steinmov]

You used motion paths to polish your arcs. In Maya it is easy to attach a locator to the tip of a weapon then track the tip. How do you attach a empty in Blender to do the same task? I have tried parenting and grouping but the empty does not stay at the tip of the weapon.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

You can use a child of constraint. Or you can parent the empty to a vertex in edit mode.

[@steinmov]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Thank you for responding. I will certainly try that.

[@steinmov]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN Hi, I have tried both of your suggestions. Here is more detail. I have a sword that is constrained to a character hand. This works. When I try and use the child constraint I am able to select the empty then the sword with the eye dropper but the empty does not move with the sword. The parent to vertex option. I select the empty and then shift select the sword. Then when I go into edit mode the sword snaps to a different spot away from the hand. I am not able to move the empty to that location while in edit mode. Any thoughts would be helpful.

[@steinmov]

Hello again. I found a way to make the parent to vertex work. I did a series of estimates of where the sword snapped to when in edit mode. I got the empty to where the sword was. Then parented the empty to the sword tip. When I switched back to object mode the empty stayed where I wanted it. It now moves with the sword. Next I hope that an empty will except a motion trail. Thanks for listening.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

@@steinmov MAke sure you enable the armature modifier display in edit mode through the modifier pannel. OR, You need to parent the empty to the bone that controls the sword, not the the sword itself.

[@RAAnimation]

Great trick, thanks 😊

[@ukmonk]

Great video thank you!

[@spirit5570]

how did you make the impact frame and all VFX made in blender or did you use unreal just curious

[@randomleafy]

would you consider making a new animation course? just like the rigging course part 2, would insta-buy for sure.

[@batukus1289]

dude just made me laugh in 2 sec, I haven't watch all the video yet but even now I'm happy.

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I'm happy if you're happy 😀😀

[@jamesmcgrath472]

Excellent!

[@Hyper5nic]

The emphasis of your courses is ofcourse animation and although amazing and still believable, there seems something missing. I'm curious, is animating the camera views and developing an appealing storyboard is part of your course curriculum?

[@jutoons4415]

Amazing 🔥🔥

[@TechieChuks]

Does The art of effective rigging include rigging animals and birds??

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Nope but once you're done, you should be able to rig anything.

[@Bloodsong13T]

fantastic job, as always! for a question i want to learn about.... i have the worst trouble with IK/FK switching. even with a rigify rig, i have instances where the ik pose won't snap exactly to the fk pose, or vice versa. (or maybe this is a rigging question, not an animation technique question?) either way, that would be SUPER helpful!

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

OK, I have a couple of videos that might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoCpoX6OpduXerc And check out my previous video about copy globabl transform.

[@fefchanskiy4696]

I hope your left eye gets better

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

Yeah, don't worry, it's already better :)

[@tapikoBlends]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN hi, what happened? if it `s not a secret

[@putdownthreads]

@@tapikoBlends looks like a burst blood vessel. Nothing serious

[@tapikoBlends]

@@putdownthreads ok, ty

[@ZephrusPrime]

Solid!

[@blaizegottman854]

very cool

[@Romaelzo]

Wow!

[@chickenpotatogod]

I have untill the end of march 2025 to do a high quality animation....and I still need to learn A LOT of things until there, do you thinks its possible?

[@SHADOWJAGO-mb8kn]

hands always up pierrick

[@kartikart3257]

Sir please make a vedio on this topic 1.How to create and add vfx effect in animated vedio...Make a full detailed vedio please sir... ❤🎉

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

OK!

[@kartikart3257]

Thank you sir ❤i'm waiting for your tutorial..😊

[@randuxy]

I have Many Questions. First what the hell happened to your Left Eye?

[@Anooppie]

Facial animation and expressions course pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I'd like to, but that may not be the next one. But one of my friend is working on such a course, stay tuned.

[@Anooppie]

@@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN may i know who that friend of yours is.

[@VengeanceVishwas]

Sir I Just Want To Ask One Thing. I Want To Buy The Art Of Effective Rigging - 2 Course. But Unfortunately I Don't Have Any International Cards Like Visa, Mastercard Etc. Because I'm A College Student Based In India. And There's A Lot Of Paper Work For Getting A Visa Card Which Can Be Used For International Purchase. Is There Any Other Way I Can Buy Your Course? I've Collected Money By Doing Some Part Time Jobs. I Love 3D Animation/Rigging But Unfortunately There Is No Good School/ Colleges To Learn 3D Animation/Rigging Professionally In India. I'm Only Depending On Your Course. Please If There Is Any Other Way I Can Buy Your Course. It Will Be A Big Help To Me For Making A Career In 3D World 🙏🏻

[@Serpent.69]

Your pc specs

[@Magnum44357]

"Don't be lazy" I already fail.... ^^ I'll have to retake the course :D

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

hahahah XD excellent. Honestly mate, work on shorter animation but make all the poses count. This will open new horizons.

[@pitched7401]

"during last sparring", phew... thought you casually got beaten by a gang or something xD

[@ahmedmosaad3701]

how you make bullet effect ♥

[@PierrickPicaut_P2DESIGN]

I want to make a specific tutorial about the shooting shot :)