Fox Girl's Powerful Giant Sword Combo Attack Animation
The sense of weight and motion is fantastic. Also, it's cute.
This adorable fox girl, rigged and animated by Retroperro, whose Zenless Zone Zero-inspired animation we've featured before, is definitely a great source of inspiration if you're working on combat animations. It feels incredibly well thought out, from the rhythm and impact emphasized with Grease Pencil to the eye-catching composition.
Gaziter created the original character, and Mxmln3D brought her into 3D:
If you create rigs, you might find the action constraint useful, just like Retroperro did here. Here's a tutorial he recommends:
Want to see more beautiful attack animations? We've got you covered: have a look at this sequence by Alejandro Padilla, Sylvan Kim's stunning work on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Martin Chang's sword-and-shield animation, Arthur Munoz's Spider-Man, Brad Faucheux's Hornet, and plenty more on our site.
Don't miss Vanessa Ruffra's breakdown of how to create strong, readable silhouettes in motion, featuring Laura Lico's work on Moss: Book 2:
And if you're rigging and animating in Blender, check out Adaptive Auto Skinning, Sketch2Pose, Animo, and Noggi's beginner-friendly tutorial covering the essentials:
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