How to Get Hireable Animation Skills Fast

How can you get animation skills that will get you hired fast?

Yes, you already know you need an awesome demo reel.

And you’ve probably watched tutorials and taken part in challenges to improve.

You’ve may have even taken a few courses or gone to school too.

But with any of that - has anyone shown you exactly how close you are to making it?

And has anyone ever shown you a clear path – a solid strategy for getting their fast?

I want to share something with you that’s more important than any tutorial, challenge, or school assignment.

I want to show you the big picture of how close you are to being hired.

And a solid strategy for getting hired in months instead of years.

For your animation career It’s probably the most important video you’ll watch all year.

*** Show Notes and Resources ***

⚡️Question - Will you take the challenge and animate a stand up from chair?

👇LMK in the comments below - so I know your in for the challenge

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Animations shown in this video:
Avengers
Avengers: Infinity War
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
Looney Tunes - Dynamite Dance
Overwatch
Coco
Buzz Lightyear Test by Carlos Baena
Uncharted Demo Reel by Rico Flores
God of War Demo Reel by Jack Ebensteiner

Augmented Animator Student Shots by:
Theron C.
Chanthi V.
Joe T.
Hedwyn L.
Xavier R.
Igor C.
Christian C.
Rodrigo T.
Rachel W.

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[RustyAnimator]

⚡️Question - Will you take the challenge and animate a stand up from chair?

👇LMK in the comments below - so I know your in for the challenge

[PiyushYankee]

I can't Thank You Enough Man, I was So depressed about My career ANd It Showed up Like a blessing to me. And You are a Saviour

[JessIrais]

I just graduated and had zero job offers, I wass getting so frustrated and then I found this. At least now I know what I need to do

[solaHils]

i love it when a seemingly complex idea is broken down to actionable thanks so much for this. am all in....

[abccba]

I just started animating like 2 weeks ago and I never animated before. Today I finished my 1st walk cycle and rigging, and was thinking what to do next. I am so grateful for you man. I am sure this will save me months or even years of wasted time. Thank you!

[jcaguilar]

This was beyond helpful! Graduated from a 3d animation program over a year ago, and have since just felt intimidated and overwhelmed by how unqualified I’ve felt, and not having any idea where to go from there. Now I know how. Thank you so much!

[colinmcintyre]

I've never done any schooling I'm 100% self taught and this was one of the most educational videos I've found. Thank you

[bricengorai]

I'm in. I'm on a recess break at Animschool, and I need some exercises to keep me focused. Let's start animating.

[SPIDER_KHAN]

This is exactly what I figured out few weeks ago to improve my lacking body mechanics skills.
And OMG it took 15 months(after 5 classes) to finally recognize my problem.
Body mechanics is so complex as you said, and I got stuck after doing two acting shots with my low skills.
I never did small exercises on my own, just did long animation shots and I felt there's wall that I had to break through.
I'm taking a break for exactly 3 months to advance my skill set on my own.
Thank you so much for the video! It gave me such a lot of motivation during my break!

[Jenshin]

"Skipping body mechanics"
"Struggling at mid level mechanics"

I'm in this video and I don't like this

[ROBOTZERO]

Omg I should have searched this more sooner! I’ve been practicing animation wrong for months!

[blackshadowproductions]

I stayed 1 year learning how to make rigs, but I was so confused how start to learn animation. Thanks dude, you helped me a lot!

[AnimatorBlender]

This is the best video about body mechanics!! I'm stuck on how to improve my body mechanics, searched all youtube for a video about it till i found this; Oh my goodness!!! You're a good teacher!

[heckensteiner]

This is GOLD for anyone looking for an animation job! As an animator who's also sat in on demo reel sessions for new hires, I've seen so far too many demo reels with just upper body acting exercises. We passed over those 99% of the time because all it showed was that they were good at copying video references, but it didn't demonstrate they had any actual knowledge of body mechanics.

[normietwiceremoved]

You're a lifesaver. You actually did t HAVE to make this video but you did because you knew it was extremely helpful. Thank you.

[fakiirification]

found my way here as an indie solo game dev unhappy with the way mocap animations look "too real" for a stylized game im working on. These tips will help me greatly as time is a precious resource to me.

[VinodPatel-tnhf]

This is so helpful for animators like me and my friend who are confused that which exercise we should do and what's advance exercises . Thank you for this video 🙂 i am in for the challenge

[goku_dunker_]

I'm so glad I found this, I'm a beginner animator and I was trying to figure out what I should animate to get better, and why my current animations looked stiff, so I'm glad to have found this and to try it out

[LeoandJay]

Gave this a watch, then did the stand up from chair animation in 30 minutes. Can't thank you enough for the advice as you explained my exact predicament, but with this advice I'm excited to further develope my animation skills. Thanks a ton my dude. 👍 😊

[muhammadsketches]

maaan, this video is really interesting and am learning a think you deserve a million subs