Simple Animation Graph: A New Blender Add-on Inspired by Traditional Animation Timing
Drawing Motion Instead of Keyframes in Blender
Simple Animation Graph is a new Blender add-on by Dédouze that brings traditional 2D animation timing concepts directly into 3D workflows. Instead of adjusting curves in the Graph Editor, animators can draw motion paths and timing charts directly in the viewport to generate animations with intuitive speed control.
The core idea is inspired by classic animation time charts: users draw a trajectory, then add small strokes along it to define spacing between keyframes. Tight spacing creates slower motion, wider spacing produces faster movement, making acceleration and deceleration easy to design visually. With a single click, the add-on converts these drawings into keyframed animations.
The add-on supports both position and rotation animation, works on objects and armatures, and allows multiple motion segments to be chained over time. Animators can layer movements, create successive actions, or add rotation on top of existing motion paths.
Simple Animation Graph also includes tools to edit trajectories as curves, lock motion to specific axes, animate motion across surfaces, and choose different interpolation styles, including constant interpolation for stop-motion-like effects. Advanced options let objects automatically orient themselves along their path, reinforcing natural motion.
Overall, Simple Animation Graph offers a fast, visual, and animator-friendly approach to blocking and timing motion in Blender, especially appealing to artists who value traditional animation principles and want a more hands-on alternative to keyframe and graph-based workflows.
The Simple Animation Graph add-on by Dédouze is available on Gumroad: https://dedouze.gumroad.com/l/fsbdw