Animating ARMS (FK vs. IK) - Doodley

When I say "in 2D it's really easy to animate arms", I just mean in terms of technical issues. There's tons of drawing skills and animation principles in animating 2D characters -- but much of those skills apply to 3D as well, while the technical aspects of animating arms in 3D that I describe in the video don't apply to traditional 2D. I've been a 2D animator my whole life so I know how hard it is! I could have phrased it better, but hopefully you can look past it. Also, FK and IK mean "forward kinematics" and "inverse kinematics." The full names doesn't really matter to animators, but I wanted to mention it here as I should have at least shown the full definitions somewhere in the video. Sorry! 25k views and almost 6.5k subs so far!! WELP that's gonna get progressively more and more outdated, so why don't I just say a big THANK YOU. It's difficult to describe what a week I've had -- I've been reading every comment and It's super encouraging to know that I'm helping people not only learn animation but, to non-animators, understand and appreciate it. Part of my motivation from the start was to reach people who love animation but have never animated and wanted to understand it better, and it's mindblowing how many comments I've received that fit exactly that. The next few videos will explore some different things (I want to bounce between art, animation, rigging, etc.), but I do plan on doing the next in this "body" series eventually, likely seasonally. Also, the example girl's name is Gimberly! She's inspired by 80's fitness instructors. EDIT: Giving more visibility to my notes above. Also, did you know that editing a comment unpins it? I sure didn't!!

Wow what an incredibly high quality tutorial and well produced video. As someone who is clearly unbiased, I think everyone should like, comment, and subscribe to boost it into the algorithm

I don't even animate, but this video's presentation was so captivating that I couldn't look away for even a second. Absolutely stunning!

Youtube: "Are you an animator?" Me: "no" Youtube: "do you wanna learn about animating arms?" Me: "heck yea!"

What I like about both of your models is that they feel like they have their own character. You could have just made basic figures and call it a day but you took the time to make both of them emote in a way that make them feel like... people instead of dolls.

I love your 3D example animation girl!!! her design is lovely and so easy to read for education purposes.. absolutely wonderful

This guy has everything checked out: Marketable characters ✅ Creative✅ Simple tutorials✅ Memes✅✅✅

Gimberly is very cool! She's really expressive and the red/blue design is sweet. Looking forward to more tutorials with her, and I'm not an animator lol

3:40 Thought i was about to get flipped off.

Gimberly is so expressive in this animation! What a cutie. Well done on this animation though, it's really helped me out.

9:55 i've experienced funny bone pain enough in middle school that this image hurts me just by looking at it

8:26 THE WORLD?!

What an excellent tutorial my man!! I love how dense it was, all killer no filler and a good enough length to not gloss over important aspects. Looks like this took a ton of work but this is easily one of my favorite videos for studying 3D animation, and I know I’ll be coming back again for references before too long.

i'm a 2d animator, but this video helps a lot with understanding arm movement, even for 2d animators! this video is incredible and high quality, easy to understand! you've earned yourself a new sub :D

I know everyone is saying Blender, but this is incredibly useful for any 3D software in general. You usually only see videos that are specifically catered to one software only, and it makes learning hard if you're using something that isn't popular (like how there are so many Blender videos but so little Maya). So a broad explanation like this on how a 3D mechanic works is a pretty rare to find. I really hope you'll continue to make videos like this, you explained it better than my university professors did!

This has an insane amount of effort and its also just... SO NATURAL. Its like youre teaching a class youve taught s thousand times and still love. Unbiased, unfettered, and yet to be topped. This is awesome

i think this is probably the simplest and most intuitive guide ive seen on anything 3d, like, ever. as someone starting out with 3d software (currently using blender) this has made posing and animating a HELL of a lot scarier and easier to wrap my head around more intuitive and beginner friendly guides like yours are definitely the one thing 3d tools need the most as of now!

9:12 jumpscare

9:22 Skill isuee

1:21 OBJECTION!