Tips on animating

Have you planned on making a minecraft animation well here are some tips on stuff that should help
TIPS:
1.)Start from the bottom and work your way up such as start on a free small animation program and work your way up to stuff like lets say blender to help you get the hang on of simple stuff before the big guns(you can if you have experience)
2.)Start without rigs and try them out after(2-5 unless you are confident enough to do so) and see how it goes and choose if you want to use them often or not
3.)How to time and plan out everything in order so it doesn't look glitchy or derpy

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ANIMATION LINKS
Link to blender(recommended for skilled animators)http://www.blender.org/
Link to Cinema4D(recommended for somewhat skilled animators)http://www.maxon.net/products/cinema-4d-prime/
Link to Mine-imator(recommended for beginners)http://www.stuffbydavid.com/mineimator
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Now you should be set to be a good animator if this helped please do leave a favorite and diamon it really helps alot and BYE!