Fast idle animation technique in Blender

Learn how to generate an idle aimation by just manualy animating the Center of Gravity and then using constraints. A powerful technique to create prototype animations or polish details.

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00:00 intro
00:30 Camera setup
01:32 posing
03:26 Base animation
07:32 Procedural chest bounce
10:45 Chest rotation
13:33 Whole body

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[CosmicComputer]

Omg that space switching technique is an absolute revelation! Thank you Pierrick!

[oriolysmedia]

Amazing tutorial, I see people is amazed by the space switching but I honestly think that setting the keyframes in the chest and making them cyclic is faster than creating a null, then constraint, then baking, the constraint again, then offseting. Its too many steps for nothing.

[silverony]

Such a mind blowing technique to make this idle animation look super smooth, love it!

[thapelomahlo]

You are a genius when it comes to animation, the knowledge you share you are truly a book of knowledge, keep up the good work.

[ashleypinnick]

Thank you so much for sharing such high quality, insightful content! It's so difficult to find great animation resources that explain and display techniques beyond beginner tutorials that are still easy to grasp. I've been wanting to add rigging and character animation to my skillset for years and finding your channel has helped me so much! Can't wait to take one of your courses!

[TECHNOBOG]

This is wonderful. I always wanted the ability to tweak my curves in global space and not bone space, but it didn't even occur to me that I can do this trick with empties! Thank you for the technique!

As you were going through the steps I was thinking to myself that I'll have to script all of this, glad to hear that you already did! Eagerly waiting for the add-on.

[yonlaycabrera]

Oh men, the result looks freaking awesome. It is so satisfying that it worth all the effort to make it possible.

[pierreducos]

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YOU HAVE *HANDS-DOWN* CREATED THE *BEST COURSES FOR BLENDER RIGGING AND ANIMATION ON THE MARKET, * AND BECAUSE OF YOU I CAN ANIMATE, AND I'M EVEN LEARNING TO RIG. YOU'RE AN ABSOLUTE GIFT TO SOCIETY, AND *I WILL WATCH YOUR COURSES UNTIL THEY ARE *CEMENTED INTO MY BRAIN.* ON BEHALF OF THE *COSMOS, * I THANK YOU FOR YOUR BENEVOLENT GOOD DEEDS TO SOCIETY.

[jeremiahgallo]

Graph editor is life and the UI is still immaculate. 👌👌👌
Hope Blender adds the layer organizer permanently as well as a pose library in the future for faster workflow. 😁

[a_blue_chicken]

wtf that chest bounce technique is crazy! perfect for those fighting game style animations or even stylized stuff. I should watch more of your videos.

[this-is-gamedev]

This is the best animation content I have seen for Blender!

[PolyHavocGames]

I think my brain just melted, I've been hand keying everything for so long!

[ProfJM_UNICA]

Great, the idle animation have a lot of science

[brandonjacksoon]

Always amazing tutorials!
Thank you so much for the best animation content on YouTube!

[loyaltyf]

Omg omg, I just got your animation course "Alive! " It's so goodd, Gonna finish it soon

[SMA]

Please keep up with animation techniques and tips, you are GREAT!!!

[angelperezespinoza]

Thanks for this appreciate the effort you give the community

[rachelleb]

Hhaaa l’accent français 😄, super vidéo instructif, tout le monde en avait besoin. Merci beaucoup. En espérant avoir d’autres à l’avenir, bonne continuation.
Ps: serait t’il possible d’avoir des sous-titres en français, même si on est en petit minorité sur ta chaîne(je pense) 👋👏

[noamdubois]

l'animation c'est vraiment stylé, ta vidéo explique vraiment bien c est chouette

[slephy]

incredible. Love your effective rigging course...looking forward to dipping into Alive!