Animation Nodes Showreel 2016
Why Blender Stack Exchange recommends it
Blender Stack Exchange users link it as a quick visual demonstration of what the Animation Nodes add-on can do, especially for procedural effects like growth, swarms and polygon animation.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2015 to 2017.
What it is
A 1m46s showreel by Animation Nodes developer Jacques Lucke, collecting some of the best procedural motion graphics made with the Blender add-on over its first two years. Credits are listed in the description for each contributing artist, such as Admiral Potato, Jorge Losilla and Leon Cheung.
What people said
Recommends Jacques Lucke · 2015-11 · Blender Stack Exchange · on “What is Animation Nodes addon used for?”
The Animation Nodes addon (AN) is a "Node based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender." It allows the creation of procedural animations. Furthermore, it can achieve many effects that are otherwise only possible through programming. To get a better impression of what is possible, check the showreels for 2015 [LINK] , 2016 [this video] and 2017 [LINK] . Download Animation Nodes Addon [LINK] . You can find the official documentation here [LINK] . It also includes a list of most of the tutorials creators. Check the official Blender Artists thread [LINK] where the community collaborate, share their work and provide information about AN.
Recommends sambler · 2016-10 · Blender Stack Exchange · on “Particle Morph Transition between two objects”
The animation nodes addon [this video] can be used to make individual polys fly around, I expect you could disassemble one object and assemble another using it.
Recommends lemon · 2017-02 · Blender Stack Exchange · on “Animate Branch Growth”
That can probably be done with animation nodes. Here is a link from the author with additional links in the description [this video]
Cites sambler · 2016-10 · Blender Stack Exchange · on “Polygon animation with rotation, using build modifier”
Not with the build modifier. Have a look at animation nodes [LINK] - you can see that effect in the new demo reel [this video]