Animation tips?

[epsilonion]

Had my first go at animating a character last night, my goal was to get a char stood up from been laid down on a bed, so when in game when you have attached a camera you see the legs and arms moving before you take control.

Well my first, 2nd, 3rd - 10th tries where not to successful I ended up with twisted stomach, got to the sat position and could not get the rest of the body stood up lol...

in the end I just went to bed, does any of you out there have any tips for a newb at animating?

[SolarPortal]

watch tutorials on youtube or something and copy to follow, you end up learning the tricks as you go.
Animating is handled differently across all software but has a general workflow you can stick to.

Try animating something similar like a character waving so you only have to deal with 1 set of limbs lol Animating full body is quite complex.

My procedure used to be: open youtube, search for tutorial, copy and learn, then do your own. Seems to have worked quite well, even in that tutorial you posted the other day with the weapon, i picked up some new techniques that will help when animating.

antON, might have some information

Good luck