How to Animate a Sword Fight: Full Creative Process

Not sure how to animate an action scene? Follow along with instructor Josh as he animates a sword fight sequence based on the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! 🤺 He shows us how to find good animation references, identify key frames, time the poses, draw a consistent character, clean up line art, and a whole lot more 🤓

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Music credits:
Somebody (Prod. Khaim) @ フリーBGM DOVA-SYNDROME
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Composer playlist -    • DOVA-SYNDROME公式 作曲者 Khaim  
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Artist software used:
https://krita.org/en/

🕓 Timestamps:
0:00 - Sequence reference
0:20 - Finding each line of action
2:31 - Rough blocking
7:13 - Cleaning up the animation
11:55 - Timing the animation
13:25 - Lining the animation
14:43 - Final animation

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