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2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Fuck this shit.

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Not bad.

Overlapping action pt.3

2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

Day 3 of squirrel exercise. Still very little progress and total burnout from this cursed UI.

What the fucking fuck..?</figcaption> </figure>

Tons of junk in the new version of Houdini's UI, I'm fucking frustrated when I do something and move the mouse somehow different than intended and everything becomes fucked up. I fucking hate it!

I tried Blender... while it is smooth and good, it also fucked up in its own way. Everything is hidden somewhere in subfolders. I literally kicked my computer when I tried to animate something.

Then I decided to animate in Maya and burned out when I watched the tutorial.

lol am I fucking UX QA or what...

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Overlapping action pt.2

2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

Today I didn't do much animation, mostly procrastination when building the rig. Studying squirrel tail motion. It is weird.

Pictures from my last attempt to start animating date back to October 2025.

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Overlapping action pt.1

2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

Fifth day I spent a lot of time on an old project and watching tutorials on the overlapping action</code> topic. In the evening I just made an ∞ shape path. Btw, it was harder than I thought. Even just to visualize the trajectory in 2 dimensions. Also I tried to figure out how to make a seamless loop when animating. </video>

Sixth day I continued to work on overlapping action. This time I planned to make several exercises:


block w/ pendulum</li>
block w/ pendulum with joints</li>
ball w/ tail (squirrel)</li>
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This was hard as fuck. I constantly got stuck on the loop when trying to make the movement physically deterministic and correct, while forgetting that animation is an artistic activity and the thing should look believable, not correctly simulated.</p>
Figured out a couple of things:</p>

Offset timing/frames (stiffness) - how fast motion propagates; how stiff the material is for initial speed up and inertia.</li>
Offset amplitude (damping) - how fast energy dissipates.</li>
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Pure physics, but you really need to see the motion, not just know the formula.</p>

  Found a long list of exercises, which I will try to do.</summary>
Source: https://animatorartistlife.com/resources/over-150-character-animation-exercises-to-boost-your-skills/</p>
because I like to grind</em></p>
Level 01 – Super Basic (inanimate objects)</h2>


Vibrating Phone</li>

Falling Leaf</li>

Car Speeding Off</li>

Falling Block</li>

Swinging Pendulum</li>

One Hard Ball Knocks Another</li>

Floating Balloon</li>

Spinning Top</li>

Dominoes</li>

Jack in the Box</li>

Arrow Hitting a Target</li>
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Level 02 – Beginner</h2>


Simple Ball Bounce</li>

Ball Bounce Along</li>

Character Eye Blink</li>

Character Head Turn (With Anticipation)</li>

Character Thinking</li>

Flour Sack Jumping</li>

Opening a Door</li>

Character Nodding in Agreement</li>

Head Shake – Saying No</li>

Stretching Character</li>

Shrugging</li>

Expressive Eyebrows</li>

Character Clapping Animation</li>

Yawning</li>

Falling Asleep</li>

Waking Up</li>
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Level 03 – Intermediate (Body Mechanics)</h2>


Simple Weight Shift</li>

Character Turn (180°)</li>

Character Getting Up From a Chair</li>

Slump in Chair</li>

Walk Cycle With Character</li>

Run Cycle With Character</li>

Jump on the Spot</li>

Answering the Phone</li>

Walking Up or Down Stairs</li>

Character Sneaking</li>

Jump Over an Obstacle From Standing</li>

Basic Idle Stance</li>

The Ball and Socket Chain (tails, ropes, etc.)</li>

Balancing on a Single Object</li>

Basic Character Emotion</li>

Basic Character Reaction</li>

Simple Object Push</li>

Character Gesture</li>

The Excited Character</li>

Pancake Flip</li>

Bursting Through a Door</li>

Walking With a Crutch</li>

Tasting Something Disgusting</li>

Baseball Throw</li>

Baseball or Cricket Hit</li>

Tennis Serve</li>

Electric Shock Game</li>

Laughing</li>

Brushing Teeth</li>

Opening a Window</li>

Face Palm</li>

Sneezing</li>

Character on a Swing</li>
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Level 04 – Advanced (Body Mechanics + Acting)</h2>


Walk Cycle Variations</li>

Run Cycle Variations</li>

Character Getting Up From a Chair (advanced)</li>

Jump With a Twist</li>

Lifting a Heavy Object</li>

Carrying a Heavy Weight</li>

Complex Skateboarding Trick(s)</li>

Pushing a Heavy Weight</li>

Emotions and Expressions</li>

Quadruped Walk Cycle</li>

Character Leap</li>

Interact With an Object</li>

The Staggered Step</li>

Character Driven by Music</li>

The Object Transformation Morph</li>

The Trip and Fall</li>

Tightrope Character Balance</li>

The Slow Motion Animation</li>

Character in Strong Wind</li>

Dancing Character</li>

Dialogue Between Two Characters</li>

Long Jump</li>

Desperate to Pee</li>

The Classic Western Duel</li>

Magic Spell</li>

Kung Fu</li>

The Surprise Party</li>

The Juggler</li>

The Alien Encounter</li>

The Sudden Weight</li>

The Robot Dance</li>

The Ghost Scare</li>

The Grand Entrance</li>

The Balancing Act</li>

The Pantomime</li>
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Level 05 – Expert (Advanced Animation Scenes)</h2>


Parkour Animated Sequence</li>

A Complex Animal Behaviour</li>

The Emotional Monologue</li>

Two Character Fight Scene</li>

Physics Based Animation</li>

Multiple Characters Dance Sequence</li>

Crowd</li>

Group of Characters Singing</li>

Swimming and Diving</li>

Character Acting With Multiple Props</li>

The Creature Transformation</li>

The Musical Instrument Performance</li>

Two Characters Playing Professional Table Tennis</li>

Advanced Dialogue Scene</li>

Fed Up Father Pushes Child Into a Ball Pit</li>

The Sitcom Scene</li>

The Shakespearean Drama</li>

Film Noir Scene</li>

The Romantic Comedy Meet-Cute</li>

The High Speed Car Chase</li>

The Emotional Goodbye Scene</li>

The Heist Scene</li>

The Supernatural Encounter</li>

The Intense Debate</li>

The Horror Scene</li>

The Emotional Reunion</li>

The Slapstick Comedy Scene</li>

The Surreal Dream Sequence</li>

The Heroic Rescue Scene</li>

The Dramatic Death Scene</li>

A Heated Argument</li>

The Daring Rescue</li>

On Foot Chase Scene</li>

The High-Stakes Poker Game</li>

The Cooking Catastrophe</li>

The Heartbreaking Goodbye</li>

The Thrilling Sports Match</li>

Public Speech</li>

The Romantic Confession</li>

The Mystical Ritual</li>

The Epic Battle</li>

The Underwater Exploration</li>

The Wilderness Survival</li>

The Grand Celebration</li>

The Space Adventure</li>

Time Travel</li>

The Heroic Sacrifice</li>

The Silent Conversation</li>

The Miniature Adventure</li>
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About Me
2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00
Hi! I'm a web developer and writer.</p>
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Beginning
2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00
This is the 4th day I've started animating. I want to achieve some confidence in this craft in 12 weeks. At the moment it is kind of the 10th time I'm "starting". Previous times I couldn't discipline myself to keep going. I hope this time I will do it. I developed some discipline before, so now it should be easier.</p>
First day I watched a couple of tutorials, and downloaded H22. Initially I wanted to animate in grease pencil, but I really suck at drawing</a>. So I decided to switch to 3d animation and maybe do some drawing animation later. Kind of increase difficulty.</p>
Second day I animated 2 versions of a bouncing ball. It was really hard and boring. Didn't keep up with curves and layers. Reported a couple of bugs. Got a ball to record some references.</p>
Third day I recorded several videos of a bouncing ball and vibe coded a tool</a> which draws the trail of a moving object on video. It is my usual way of procrastinating.</a> Surprisingly, on the 3rd day it was very easy and intuitive to animate using curves. I made one animation of a bouncing ball from my reference and made a good-looking render. Tried to deploy the blog to neocities, but it doesn't allow hosting mp4 and webm.</p>


  
  



  
  
  
    
  
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Fourth day I took another reference and animated a bouncing ball with squash and stretch and rotation. Found a fun formula to make believable rotation:</p>
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I've always wanted to be an animator or somehow related. Probably it's from my childhood impression from anime and stuff, like this very physical feeling of "wow" when you see the movement of your drawing or 3d model.</p>
Anyway, right now I'm totally motivated to keep moving in this direction.</p>
Honestly, maybe I picked the wrong career path, so I ended up doing some animation using computer code.
I've already lost any interest in software development.</p>
So, let's see what is ahead:)</p>
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