How to use video reference for Animation

By Chester Sampson

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Here are some tips on how to find poses from your reference and how to break away from your reference once animating. Personalised animation workshop - https://ko-fi.com/chestersampson/commissions - My socials - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chester_Sampson Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/chestersampson Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chester.sampson Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/chesteranimates Rig link: https://www.animationmentor.com/free-maya-rig/ Reference from - https://youtube.com/c/MotionActorInc Disclaimer - I'm not the best animator, everything I say could be completely wrong Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Finding key poses in your reference 3:24 - Why I pose extremes first 4:58 - Making our contact poses 6:27 - Adding additional keys 8:20 - Re-Timming to break away from your reference 6:59 - Final tweaks 10:15 - Final comparison 10:54 - Closing thoughts and outro

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