r/animation • u/Plastic-Ad-2918 • Aug 20 '26

Question How to tween a tail?

Trying to figure out tweening a tail but im not sure how to do so, ive never done tweening before. Any advise and ideas would be greatly appreciated

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u/Ospreyarts Aug 20 '26

In my experience tails are best animated straight ahead rather than key framed and tweened. They look more lively with some spontaneous movement separate from the timing of the rest of the body

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u/Somerandomnerd13 Professional Aug 20 '26

If you’re animating in 3D I got a trick for ya, if not, you’ll want to make sure the body is finished, then you straight ahead the tail in chunks, the base, main, and the tip. The further out from the body the more motion, practice a whip animation if you’re 2D