Is animation hard?

Believable animation is hard, attempting to capture natural motion and replicate weighting and physics in your scene is never 'easy' but the more you do it the better you get at things and the easier everything becomes over time. read more

(like a programmer) is richard williams' "animators survival kit". it breaks animation down to the nuts and bolts of what's going on, frame for frame, in a very easy to understand way. granted it is aimed at paper animation, but the principles still apply for 3d animation. read more

Animation for motion graphics is more about fluidity and harmony between elements, which in my opinion is two of the hardest things about it. Other factors play a role in motion graphics animations, such as how organic the movements feel, the easing of the movements, etc. I think both are pretty easy to pick up, just hard to master. read more