animation help

[Carbon]

i have been trying to animate different thing but it always look sorta like a bad robot not like a fluid animation. any help would be great thanks

[poppincamo]

I need help wit this to...

[iamPROTOTYPE]

animation is a pretty advanced style.

you dont just start popping and then decide your gonna learn animation next. i mean, you can, but its like trying to run marathon or relay races before you can crawl.

animation doesnt seem like a style that is easy to teach either, as it is a highly individual style with lots of creative room. many people want to learn "animation style" after seeing somebody like dre or flattop, but (in MY opinion) its not a foundational style that can be taught to the masses. its very advanced because its a cumulative effect of many styles and techniques that dancer has learned and is now able to portray characters or create animated effects that they CREATED (with a combination of skills theyve learned.)

im frequently wrong though.

first get a sense of what kind of animated effect YOU (personally, not flattop or dre or chadd) would like to create..
so you need to think CREATIVELY about some ideas of portraying some cool monsters, creatures, animals, characters, super heroes/villians, aliens, machines, etc, etc.
then what kind of animated effect will each character have? how will they move?
robotic? ok, hydraulic or pneumatic?? smooth futuristic androidian robotic OR rusty ass old school construction equipment robotic??
will they have spazztik extreeme movements like the old school cartoons? or creepy ass stuttered movements like from a scary movie?

then based off those ideas that you create and come up with yourself (instead of taking somebody else's work and ideas), you can then begin to learn styles that will help you achieve those desired effects.

so you would need to have some kind of skill in your robot, or isolation, or strobing/ticking, or acting depending on the character you are animating.
and then of course depending on how good of an effect you want your animation to have is exactly EQUAL to how good you are in those styles. so if your strobing or ticking is whack and gets laughed at, your animated terminator probably wont amaze the crowd.
just like if you took the time to really have a solid foundation in these styles with crazy control and isolation, that is going to carry over into your animation and make it that much more intricate and detailed.
the more a person practices the basics and polishes those styles that make one look animated, the greater range of freedom that person will have to create all kinds of combinations of creative animated characters. (the greats)
vs
those that see somebody like dre or flattop or another dope animator and wanna learn the "style" real quick for that WOW factor.

in other words, your free to learn anything you want... it just might not look exactly like those who took the time to build a solid foundation for their animation style... which makes ALLLL the difference between "DAAAAAAMN!!!!" and "bwuahaHAHAHAA"


in the end, if you want real results... it always comes down to HARD WORK and PRACTICE.

have fun and CREATE something new that will blow everyone away!!