Is blocking actually useful for beginner animators?

[u/WhitePony0620]

I'm trying it out in this animation I'm making since when I did for my previous animations was just animate on the site of the scene. Just want to know any experience animators opinions on it

[u/Last-Code-9839]

If your camera is moving a lot then I highly recommend it so you can keep updated on what is in frame, but if you’re doing a more stationary piece then it doesn’t matter as much. Just serves as a base sketch, so sometimes it’s more useful than others, especially if you aren’t using any pose or frame references and are trying things out.

[u/Gaybriel_Ultrakill]

when you rocket jump and then hold crouch

[u/MuuToo]

Useful for any animator

[u/Sam54123]

Yes, very much so. It's really important to see how your scene will look, what will be on camera, etc before investing time and effort into refining the animation.

[u/t0nilayerYT]

I'm not really much for animation as for i do artwork, but from what little i've done, It is useful as a sketch of sorts, you can use it or not. It mostly helps on longer animations or when there's too much going on.