Power through these ANIMATION EXERCISES!

This FNA goes through some of the helpful animation exercise lists you can find online, which should keep you busy for quite some time and how you can tweak exercises for even more challenges.

Sofia Grigoreva - Animator

Great great work! Love it! There's more here!

Great job AnimSchool student Sofia Grigoreva from AnimSchool on Vimeo.
Great blocking AnimSchool student Sofia Grigoreva from AnimSchool on Vimeo.
Great job AnimSchool student Sofia Grigoreva from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Creature Shot from Ramon Arango

This shot was part of the 2 weeks creature workshop at LuMAA taught by Michael Aerni and myself. Roman did a really good job and we were all really impressed. Watch out for this animator! Going places!

Creature Shot from Ramon Arango on Vimeo.

Kayla Rig Animation Samples

Kayla Rig Animation Samples from Josh Sobel on Vimeo.

Elefant Animation by Robert Kuczera

Elefant Animation from robert kuczera on Vimeo.

Dog animation test by Jim Donovan

Man, the longer I animate the more I feel like a fraud. I don't even know if I can do something like this anymore... Time to get going with personal tests again!

Dog animation test from Jim Donovan on Vimeo.

Simple As Pie Progress

Simple As Pie Progress from Eric Chou on Vimeo.

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests

So good!!

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests from John Textor on Vimeo.

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel from Sean Mack on Vimeo.
"Get Off The Phone" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack and Jill rigs courtesy of AnimSquad.com

Excerpt from Scout's introduction in "Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved" by Harmonix Music Systems and Disney Interactive

"Hundred-and-Ten Percent" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack rig courtesy of AnimSquad.com

Kevin Andrus Animation Demo Reel - 2015

So good!

Frozen - "Do you want to build the snowman" animation breakdown

Devil - cool playblast

devil anim playblast from sonohilo on Vimeo.

Dudes fighting - Stephen Vyas

Love it!

More here.

The illusion of life

Nicely done!

The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.

AnimGesture

I remember Jimmy from work, good guy, give this a try!

Animgesture.com has all the information you need, including this video:

Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing - TED-Ed

So essential!

Improving Your Animation 101

Daniel Gonzales has a great list of animation exercises that I highly recommend.

It's something I talk about frequently in my classes and I can't repeat it enough. Don't just focus on a shot in terms of demo reel qualities. It's okay and important to just animate shots for practice.

Get A Horse! CG Animation Test - Mickey Mouse & Horace Horsecollar

Love that test. So good!

Keith Lango Animation Training Videos

Keith Lango is having an insane sale going on right now. Get 60+ hours of animation training for $29!! Buy it, don't torrent it! Head over here to get this crazy sweet deal!

Alberto Martínez Arce - Animation DemoReel 2013

Alberto Martínez Arce - Animation DemoReel 2013 from Alberto Martinez Arce on Vimeo.