General Tutorials: (include many topics and are often very comprehensive)
- battlestix 4.5's "Battlestix's General Pivot Tutorial" - many links are broken
Bert's "Omegabert's Ultimate Fighting Tute [1]." - tutorial constitutes first 3 posts
Bert's "Omegabert's Ulitmate Fighting Tutorial Part 2" -
BloodyBuddy's "BloodyBuddy's Mega Tutorial" - few links are broken
coopm123's "almost large tut" - few links are broken
Crono's "Crono and Werez present: A Big Ass Tutorial" - tutorial constitutes first 2 posts
Darren's "Baha's Pivot Tutorial [56k Warning!]" - few links are broken - tutorial constitutes first 2 posts
Darren's "Bahamut's 3rd General Tutorial" -
FrozenFire's "Frozen's tutorial on making ideas/animating better." -
Hot Rod's "Bolt's Stick Tutorials! - Base Stk and Sketchy Tuts -" -
Howesy's "Howesy's never to be finished tut, 56KB Warning I think." -
Mr Alex's "General Tutorial - BTC" - few links are broken
Opti's "Opti's Mega Effect Tutorial." -
p2k's "Big Tutorial - BTC" - few links are broken
Phoenix's "Phoenix's Physics Tutorial!" - many links are broken
Toastmaster's "Pivot mega tutorial" - many links are broken
Xenahort's "Xehanort's Pivot Tutorial - Soon To Be Re-Done!" -
xXxCOLiNxXx's "Colin's Pivot Tutorial" - few links are broken
Special Tutorials: (include advice on specific sequences in animations)
- Brad's "" - different ways to enhance your shooting animation
Chanie's "" - the proper way to animate the firing of several different guns
Crono's "" - an example and advice for your running animation
Darren's "" - a way to animate fire
Darren's "" - guidelines to help your running animation
flaming-penguin's "" - many ways to animate kicking
flaming-penguin's "" - many ways to animate punching
FrozenFire's "" - the proper way to animate a basic fade
Jon's "" - requires special .stk; allows fading of any combination of any colored .stks
Jon's "" - link to interactive flash application with step-by-step instruction
Justin's "" - things to consider and improve when animating blood
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to animate a transforming effect
mrkorn's "" - a way to animate a blood spurting effect
Phoenix's "" - a way to animate a motion blur effect
Phoenix's "" - many different types of running and walking
Phoenix's "" - advice to help your skateboarding animation
SluggyAnimator's "" - a way to animate a slow-motion effect
Smoof's "" - a way to animate a pixelization effect
Sneakers07's "" - tips to help you animate a slow-motion effect
SSChiba's "" - requires external program; allows animation of high-quality blur effect
sunohc's "" - ways to improve a punching movement animation
sunohc's "" - an example and some related tips for animating a walk
TLFlameboy's "" - a way to animate a dissipating blood effect
Xmpt's "" - link fighting movements together to great effect
Theoretical Tutorials: (include general ideas and theories useful for animating)
- Bert's "" - tips and solutions for creating any .stk
coopm123's "" - how to create a unique signature .stk
Doomwaffle's "" - how to create a unique signature .stk
FIamebrain's "" - general .stk-building and character-building ideas
FrozenFire's "" - many tips and ideas to aid in idea-generation
flaming-penguins "" - animate with filled backgrounds
Highly's "" - flexibility can be considered while animating
Highly's "" - proper way to pose and balance your fighting stickman
Highly's "" - the relative proportions of a human to a desirable stickman
Hot Rod's "" -
IWasConfused.'s "" - a way to change the layer that an empty circle occupies on a .stk
Jackass Boy's "" - how to create a unique signature .stk
Jackrobinson's "" - many ways to add emphasis to character movement
jakek9's "" - some interface functions and advice on .stk building
Jester's "" - requires special .stk; allows onion skin on filled backgrounds
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to keep placement when animating with no onion skin
Lf2Master's "" - an animation technique to make movement look better
LittleAnimator's "" - some guidelines for new animators
MystrRobotoe's "" - an animation technique to make movement look better
PhayOn's "" - animate with filled backgrounds
sactownboy's "" - animate with filled backgrounds
SoloW's "" - how to create a unique signature .stk
Submitted Tips 1 - helpful tips posted by many members
Submitted Tips 2 - more helpful tips posted by many members
Submitted Tips 3 - more helpful tips posted by many members
sticcthug's "" - a way to cut out sprites which can be used with Pivot 3 Beta
TLFlameboy's "" - improve your stickman's .stk
Other: (include tutorials that are related to Pivot, but may require extra software, research, or websites)
- Flare Knight's "" - a way to add sounds, music, and more to your animation
Fyrren's "" - how to compile Pivot animations into an interactive Flash animation
Gawdzilla's "" - requires external program; allows better color quality in your .gif animation
Horriblepain's "" - the functions of the Pivot interface
Jeremy's "" - some ways to write a critique and offer solutions
Jon's"" - how to use the Pivot interface using an interactive Flash application
LeoTHELion's "" - a way to add sounds, music, and more to your animation
Martial Arts Pose References - a site with many illustrations of realistic fighting poses
PivotHops's "" - requires external program; allows better color quality in your .gif animation
PivotRiko's "" - post an animation online
Plan B's "" - post an animation online
PunkRock's "" - post an animation online
Rotten's "" - the functions of Stykz and its interface
skempik's "" - requires external program; allows better color quality in your .gif animation
Below is the code I use for reference when adding a tutorial to the list. If there is information that should be updated in the coding, please notify me.
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[url=*insert link*][color=#3f3f7f]*insert current username of author*'s "[u]insert title given by author[/u]"[/color][/url] - *important notes regarding tutorial*
I hope that helps everyone. It took me hours to search and compile these, so give me a "Thanks!". It's much appreciated. PM me if you have any suggestions, and maybe I will add a tutorial, fix a problem, or change anything. Please don't fuck with my list without consulting me.














