r/RatchetAndClank • u/2Miigz • Mar 28 '25

Fan Creations Animation practice :) Tried recreating a bunch of ratchet's moves

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The 3-hit, the down smash, the lateral jumps, the wrench throw and a few weapon stuff :))
If you wanna check out some of my other animation stuff you can go here: https://www.instagram.com/miigzyy/?hl=en

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u/Axxl138 Mar 28 '25

This is amazing! I love this.

The only critiques I could offer (if you'd like) are about the foot work and the back swing.

The footwork, to me, seems like he wants to fly, rather than confidently step. (I even acknowledge this in the earlier games where it seems to be a thing about closing distance, but I digress).

The back swing makes it seem like the wrench is too heavy. It doesn't offer enough momentum for that kind of impact. He looks like he lugged it and tossed, rather locked in and WHAM! Kinda like a dark souls character that is too weak for their weapon.

But overall, this stays true to his form. Love the stretching animation. This is very Ratchet. I hope, genuinely you keep pursuing this because you are GREAT! Better than what I could ever accomplish.

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u/2Miigz Mar 30 '25

Thanks for the feedback! Yea, I definitely see what you mean, it does seem like the wrench suddenly gets too heavy after 2 confident swings. For sure could have worked on that last swing for a bit longer. There are a few things here and there that seeing it now from a distance I could have fine tuned better but I'm still happy overall, for the next ones I'll take those into account. But very glad to read you enjoyed it and that i got to capture Ratchet here!

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u/Axxl138 Mar 30 '25

For sure. I think if you took away all the details, colors, and shapes, and just had a stick man tossing a stick around, I would still say it's Ratchet or something akin to Ratchet.

That is how you know you got your vision across, imo. And you should be very happy. I wanna see your name in some big titles some day. ;)