Hey guys! I was wondering, how would I got about creating a tree growth animation in blender? I tried different things like The grove and speed tree, but I intend to create sort of a stylized tree to use in a motion graphics animation, those are very good tree creators but if I already have the model ready, is it possible to create some sort of growth animation?
Like this for example made in speed tree:
But for a much more simplified tree
Probably not the best way to do this, but I used this to grow a sunflower once. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_3ZGv9KOAk&t=3s from around sec 48.)
Start with the finished model, make an Armature with Bones wherever you need them and from top, outside, shrink them down to zero.
Then reverse the animation.
That actually seems pretty clever, also cool animation! Thanks for the answer, I'll be trying it out