How to animate with shapes (spheres and cubes)?

BoxFanKlik · 01-27-2017, 02:16 PM

So I've seen a few 3dmm videos like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnWwQIbKBTU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4aQIv509A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weSrvs3z_XY

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsWIEVgeW0U

So I've seen that they're animating characters and props using shapes, but I was wondering how I could do this, does anybody know? Thanks.

Evil Ash · 01-27-2017, 08:19 PM

Frame by frame.

Click forward a frame, move everything a little, and repeat about 21361278 times.

BoxFanKlik · 01-28-2017, 06:36 AM

Thanks for the reply! Woah, I thought I had to do that, but in the animations the body's look like they're joint together, are all the shapes seperated, or is there a way to merge them together and make them stay to create a body? I'm thinking that you have to move every single body part precisely, am I correct?

Nokes · 01-28-2017, 06:38 AM

They are all separate, some people had way too much free time

01-27-2017, 02:16 PM	#1
BoxFanKlik Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 14	How to animate with shapes (spheres and cubes)? So I've seen a few 3dmm videos like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnWwQIbKBTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4aQIv509A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weSrvs3z_XY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsWIEVgeW0U So I've seen that they're animating characters and props using shapes, but I was wondering how I could do this, does anybody know? Thanks.
BoxFanKlik Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 14

01-27-2017, 08:19 PM	#2
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534	Frame by frame. Click forward a frame, move everything a little, and repeat about 21361278 times.
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534

01-28-2017, 06:36 AM	#3
BoxFanKlik Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 14	Thanks for the reply! Woah, I thought I had to do that, but in the animations the body's look like they're joint together, are all the shapes seperated, or is there a way to merge them together and make them stay to create a body? I'm thinking that you have to move every single body part precisely, am I correct?
BoxFanKlik Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 14

01-28-2017, 06:38 AM	#4
Nokes Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,375	They are all separate, some people had way too much free time
Nokes Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,375