Heya Pals!

I spent all weekend putting together this one for you. It's been a while since I produced a full lecture / tutorial like this, but I know you all enjoy them so much so I wanted to put the effort in. This is one of the longest videos I've produced, over an hour long!

In this one, we've got a deep dive into attack effects, particularly sword effects.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:32 What are Attack Effects?
5:02 Smash Bros Analysis
10:38 Insignia Frame Breakdown
11:53 Frames & Animation Curves
16:30 Indie Game Analysis
27:20 Before you Start Animating...
28:03 Animation Setup
29:03 Hitboxes & Drafting the Motion
33:06 Double Ellipse Trick
34:32 The Job of a Sword Smear
36:21 Air Trails
39:20 Character Silhouette
43:07 Refining the Smear
46:45 Expression through Particle Animation
52:38 Giving the Smear Volume
55:25 Adding the Hit Effect
57:40 Adding Elemental Effects
58:45 Balancing the Composition
1:02:39 Outro

Music:
Helynt + Gamechops [Gamechops.com]



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