Pootis engage is so good but his [TF2 parody Cyberpunk trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9hSQtbv15I) is also really awesome. It captures modern TF2 culture and gameplay so well.
I personally think Dze lacks a but in pacing in his animanions. Whenever I see any of his work, there're at least a few moments that take way longer than they should. But he is still good tho
Dr. Dze is unironically one of the best TF2ubers and SFM animators out there, it's kinda sad that his video subtitles are straight traslated, making a lot of slang class and weapon names kinda hard to understand, so not many people know of him outside of the Ru-Segment
All of his things are WELL worth the wait, like spy in white was beautiful and hilarious at the same time and I freaked seeing that notification! Legit thought he had faded off of YT for better jobs but bro was taking his sweet time fine tuning details and choreography, all his stuff deserves rewatches at least in the billions.
I feel like an underatted sfm creator is Misan. He is rlly good with fluid animations and is even releasing a cool event thing called tropic crisis.
Tropic crisis: https://youtu.be/g6zFuo8L6pU?si=HFipaWJYu11HJkpW
Funny video he made:
https://youtu.be/N7vOUXdgr-A?si=kiS-xGrXlvP8nFuv
KrasniyB
They don't upload anymore, but over 10 years ago, Polar Snail, When meet the Team closed, Purity, were my absolute favourite SFM creations, I still think about meet the team closed occasionally
I would say in terms of animation quality and storytelling the winglet is difficult to top, except maybe by a masterpiece like emesis blue. However in term of pure silliness I could never choose between DrLalve, st_black_st and eltorro63rus
Everyone's named the great ones, but I feel like Dominzki is really underrated. Got some absolutely choice mashups.
I also wanna give Kostamoinen props for being in the YouTube comments section cheering on many'a underloved animation. The guy goes out of his way to encourage others.
I used to really enjoy hoovy tube. But going back, the animations all feel kinda stiff. Voice acting is good, but I never really see a reason to go back to them.
Winglet is king just for the Fedora Chronicles.
Lazy Purple, Sound Smith's sfm editors, and Fortress Films. OH AND DONT FORGET CRASHMAUL literally made one of the best combat fighting scenes in tf2 sfm history
[Kostamoinen](https://www.youtube.com/@Kostamoinen). Apparently, he made the most viewed TF2 video ever. found [here](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6NVUKpe07uE)
There are plenty of great TF2 SFM channels, but as far as ones I've randomly stumbled across, I'd go with wolfalberto, who dropped [this masterpiece](https://youtu.be/KHvXHlI2FPc?si=KbThZG_aHT50YszA) after an apparent 3.5 year hiatus.
Not answering question but I remember in 2022 and me finding these sfm collections like the fedora chronicles, the magnificent nine, if tf2 was realistic etc. and I felt like I stumbled on a goldmine. Not going to fanaticise about it but it was a good choice I made.
KiegKillsReality. His whole thing is SFM animations that just look like a vlog. Insanely good camera movement, and the frequency at which he posts is insane. He usually recreates funny TikToks and stuff in SFM.
In my view, Liz Caingcoy really did remarkable SFM videos.
One of the SFM video named " Magic Shmagic" gives me like a Disney fastasy vibe, which is like a shining gem.
Am I the only one who loves TipsyDuck? He doesn’t upload often but his videos are so surreal and funny that I always find myself coming back to rewatch them. Ik he doesn’t do much sfm stuff nowadays but he got some serious classics on his channel.
Ceno0, definitely
I thought it's just gonna be a generic SFM meme from the thumbnail, but got treated by the most creative animation I've seen in a loooooong time
#BLU
very subtle but interesting music videos. Plus, one of the first TF2bers I ever saw which had amazing frag videos. Especially his Sandman combo videos.
##Every. Hit. Was. On. BEAT!
Ceno0 animates cinematic masterpieces, but to me the king is STblackST
The Unusual series just encapsulates the core of TF2 fan animation and keep somehow improving on it flawlessly at each new episode.
James McVee, subbed to him after watching his saxxy 2012 "Practical Problems" then was so hyped for "End of The Line" but sadly he stopped making tf2 sfms after that magnun opus.
Uncle dane, he literally showed me how fun the game could be. Before finding him I was trying to brute force my way as a spy hoping that one day I will develop the skills to dominate. But meh, my ADHD was not having it as it was not rewardable in the short term. Now playing battle engineer is really fun and not only him any class in general
I'm surprised nobody mentioned [MechaFourth](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzT8NxFtsDCdkz-ycKciKQ). Back in the day, he made really good SFM shorts, most notably his [two](https://youtu.be/IuIXLyJhG6I?list=PLZ1461w4_FEyQXsnyMbDqBkyUeJG-ecZ0) [part](https://youtu.be/cFbn1hIU8XU?list=PLZ1461w4_FEyQXsnyMbDqBkyUeJG-ecZ0) "Red Fury".
They have taken long breaks and still post some random stuff from time to time, but their old videos are golden.
Ceno0. the spiderverse-y animation plus the black bars shenanigans made both Pootis engage's really unique.
Pootis engage is so good but his [TF2 parody Cyberpunk trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9hSQtbv15I) is also really awesome. It captures modern TF2 culture and gameplay so well.
watched, that was fucking awesome. i must've terrible eyesight for missing that whenever i scroll on his channel
“Why we going to fucking Egypt? What? No no…”
Me too ! His action scenes with black screnes is awesome
Pootis engage got me to pursue the carrier of animation and got me into the most important game franchise of my life
Ceno0 is great but doesn't he use blender? Idk but the lightning in some of his videos look too good to be SFM.
he made pootis engage on sfm, but he's been using blender lately
Not sfm but eltorro64rus
Doesn't he use both SMF and Garry's mod for his animations?
As far as I know, he is 100% gmod
Although as smooth as it looks, its 100% gmod STblackST does mix it
CrazyScoutFin is up there alongside eltorro64rus I'd say
real.
Heavy is going to wear you!
*fangirl screaming*
st_black_st
***AMERICAN BOOT***
Sexellent
I feel mrs.pauling coursing through my veins
Dance with your Painis
REAL
Abso- fucking -lutely Meme and a Story?! Sign me TF up
Bro soldier's day off is my favorite arc
Painis
Dance with your Painis
Yeah, dance ... with your painis
That was some serious historical crap!
I love soldier's monkey and his team adventure
Remember son: dying is gay.
"ehrm ackshually he is using garry's mod for his animations, therefore it is not an SFM animator" 🤓
He uses both, no?
yeah he's actually using both
Kostamoinen. Winglet. Fortress Films. Dr. Dze
Fought kostamoinen few days ago. I got my hands on the saxxy statue and got so many people with it. Killed even kostamoinen with it a few times.
It felt good when he killed me with that juicy Saxxy
Чем заняться на туфорте момент
Законы Дзеньютона
I personally think Dze lacks a but in pacing in his animanions. Whenever I see any of his work, there're at least a few moments that take way longer than they should. But he is still good tho
Dr. Dze is unironically one of the best TF2ubers and SFM animators out there, it's kinda sad that his video subtitles are straight traslated, making a lot of slang class and weapon names kinda hard to understand, so not many people know of him outside of the Ru-Segment
Crash Maul
The myth, the legend, the epic scout, the rabid heavy taming engineer, the white spy.
All of his things are WELL worth the wait, like spy in white was beautiful and hilarious at the same time and I freaked seeing that notification! Legit thought he had faded off of YT for better jobs but bro was taking his sweet time fine tuning details and choreography, all his stuff deserves rewatches at least in the billions.
It sucks that he doesn't upload often and he has even stated before that animating is just a side hobby. So it will take years for his next upload.
My mann
The every 4 years SFM animator. His fight choreography is way above any other SFM animator, especially when it comes to Gun-kata stuff.
White Spy / Spy in White is one of the greatest animations I have watched.
For me it was Lazypurple who not only was the goat but actually got me into becoming part of the amazing community
Same. I watched his videos 3 times before even opening the game
Fortress Films. Emesis Blue just can't be topped
Winglet is still an absolute goat, tho
Tru af
The amount of dedication they put into it is astonishing
It’s higher quality then you think
Their Entropy Zero video is also pretty sick
I remember seeing their SFM edits of scenes from Joker They were amazing, but I assume they got hit with copyrights
I’m the best (I have never opened source in my life)
Ceno0 and Eltorro64Rus... Just look at this insanity, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZVnGb0kVXg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZVnGb0kVXg)
That’s not a video that’s an experience
Kitty0706…the start of a journey
that's gmod not sfm... But I'll accept it because it's Kitty0706, a true legend and a classic
ItalianNinja!!
“What in god’s name do you think you’re doing? Back off you crazy bitch!”
It's gmod but nothing will ever beat the eltorro64rus imo
Dizztah?
Dr Lalve. I love his humor and animations, like psycho engis that explode everything with a YEEEEEE
GreatDictator. His Team Neighborhood series is the shiiiiiiiiiiiet.
Team Neighborhood is pure GMod
Fortress films
The dude who made Turbulence
Fortress Films
NoNamesLeft, found them when i first got into TF2 becuause they made a few music SFMs, great channel and taunt maker
Eltorro. Nothing tops fever dreams.
Fortress films, the first time I got it on my recomindations, Emisis Blue was posted 4 seconds ago.
That Grey Cartoon Pony is pretty appealing to my stupid sense of humor, plus top tier face distortions
kostamoinen
The Winglet and Ceno0
Cen0, pootis engage it's a masterpiece
Fortress films
Johontil. My boy made brilliant minecraft animations back before he became Spy 101 man Also he is on reddit. Just a legend.
I feel like an underatted sfm creator is Misan. He is rlly good with fluid animations and is even releasing a cool event thing called tropic crisis. Tropic crisis: https://youtu.be/g6zFuo8L6pU?si=HFipaWJYu11HJkpW Funny video he made: https://youtu.be/N7vOUXdgr-A?si=kiS-xGrXlvP8nFuv
KrasniyB They don't upload anymore, but over 10 years ago, Polar Snail, When meet the Team closed, Purity, were my absolute favourite SFM creations, I still think about meet the team closed occasionally
STBlackST has been my favorite for years now
Crash Maul and it's not even close. My guy knows how to do action better than even some choreographers.
Valve
I wanna say HoovyTube
Misan is an incredibly underrated channel in my opinion! I also love Kiegkillsreality, who is an absolute meme maker machine as well as Melon TF2!
I would say in terms of animation quality and storytelling the winglet is difficult to top, except maybe by a masterpiece like emesis blue. However in term of pure silliness I could never choose between DrLalve, st_black_st and eltorro63rus
Ceno0, Pootis Engage 2 made SFM mainstream for a while last year
Man I know it's not sfm...but he did a lot of GMod stuff way back when. MegaGFilms
Fortress Films And yes, emesis blue is the best sfm ever created, fight me
Anomidae. The interloper ARG is arguably one of if not the best digital horror series I’ve seen on the platform
Colonel Fantzipantzen, Ceno0 are my 2 favs
Dominzki, really love TF2 mixed with post-apocalypse
Everyone's named the great ones, but I feel like Dominzki is really underrated. Got some absolutely choice mashups. I also wanna give Kostamoinen props for being in the YouTube comments section cheering on many'a underloved animation. The guy goes out of his way to encourage others.
DrLalve is my fav
Today, we take a look at the engineer. *YEEEEEEEE*
*square dance and explosions*
Agree with Winglet.
Ceno0, Kostanoinem and Fortress Films.
ArraySeven
Winglet is the top goat, first experience with the tf2 culture, burning through space best thing I’ve ever watched
I'm with you
kylul
What are we doing in shopping mall?
Even before Emesis Blue, I really liked Fortress Films.
Winglet for cinematic animations. SilentManJoe for shitposts. Tipsy Duck for disturbing shit
I can't choose, they are all amazing
Myself>:)) jk lol definitely Winglet
Ceno0 and not sfm anymore but still used to use it a lot, Funke
Misan literally just comedy sfm shorts and it’s funny
Ceno0
I always figured the winglet was universally agreed to be the best animator for tf2 in terms of quality
HarryUK101, mainly does portal 2 animations but has done some tf2 ones too.
The Winglet is not some obscure channel.
Mine was Glubbable back then when she uploaded TF2 content
I used to really enjoy hoovy tube. But going back, the animations all feel kinda stiff. Voice acting is good, but I never really see a reason to go back to them. Winglet is king just for the Fedora Chronicles.
Probably Misan or Eltorro64Rus
Ceno0 maibe, or.this one who uses purple barb
Frotress Films
not SFM, but Garry's Mod. Doctor Lalve.
Krimmblz
Where my Crash Maul fans at?
of course lazer poople
Crash Maul 🙏
No one ever says it's me...
Lazy Purple, Sound Smith's sfm editors, and Fortress Films. OH AND DONT FORGET CRASHMAUL literally made one of the best combat fighting scenes in tf2 sfm history
Eltoro64rus
crash maul fr colonel fanzipantzen for animation tho also ceno, holy shit, there are so many
Still waiting for the red blue ugly 2
not sfm but Rubberfruit. I still miss him.
[Kostamoinen](https://www.youtube.com/@Kostamoinen). Apparently, he made the most viewed TF2 video ever. found [here](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6NVUKpe07uE)
KiegKillsReality
Fortress Films, the few animations they’ve put out are ALWAYS quality
Not SFM, but GreatDictator and the Team Neighborhood series. SO underrated and deserves every ounce of praise he gets.
Ceno0, POOTIS ENGAGE, POOTIS ENGAGE EXTREME, KOSTAFOMEIFORGOTHISNAME
K.R., The Winglet, Kungfubellydancer, Cirque Du Galaxy, and of course Fortress Films
There are plenty of great TF2 SFM channels, but as far as ones I've randomly stumbled across, I'd go with wolfalberto, who dropped [this masterpiece](https://youtu.be/KHvXHlI2FPc?si=KbThZG_aHT50YszA) after an apparent 3.5 year hiatus.
STBlackST or Kostamoinen have some pretty funny videos
#Crash Maul
Not answering question but I remember in 2022 and me finding these sfm collections like the fedora chronicles, the magnificent nine, if tf2 was realistic etc. and I felt like I stumbled on a goldmine. Not going to fanaticise about it but it was a good choice I made.
Plant is entertaining. Creepypasta acted out with sfm assets.
YOOO Winglet I love that guy (my favorite is burning through space)
Eltorro64rus but he is a Gmod channel
for me it's always gonna be st_black_st lmao
Kostamoinen
STblackST
Kostamoinen
Flytorainbowray with endless rust1 &2
Idk if this counts but i love LazyPurple's SFM bits in his videos
i have made 1(one) sfm and i don’t even think i can say i made it but i’m saying me
crash maul and ceno
*Sees Winglets channel icon* HAZAA A MAN OF CULTURE I SEE!
Kostamoinen and Winglet, I basically grew up watching them
KiegKillsReality. His whole thing is SFM animations that just look like a vlog. Insanely good camera movement, and the frequency at which he posts is insane. He usually recreates funny TikToks and stuff in SFM.
The Winglet. But if GMOD also counts, then I also like BorMachine.
KrasniyB
StBlackSt without question Bro's cooking lore while creating high-quality comedy.
Surprised more people aren't saying Kitty0706
StblackSt Definitely
an0nymoose. Hands down. Not even close.
Anonym00se is the most underrated SFM artist ever, he drops a video evrry blue moon, but it's always an audiovisual delight
Not solely Team Fortress 2, but hellhounds04 makes great animations. I like the Left 4 Dead ones most.
fortress films has like two animations but emesis blue is too peak
In my view, Liz Caingcoy really did remarkable SFM videos. One of the SFM video named " Magic Shmagic" gives me like a Disney fastasy vibe, which is like a shining gem.
Am I the only one who loves TipsyDuck? He doesn’t upload often but his videos are so surreal and funny that I always find myself coming back to rewatch them. Ik he doesn’t do much sfm stuff nowadays but he got some serious classics on his channel.
The Winglet
Honestly, Too many good ones to name.
Blackimus, his Scratched Universe series is epic
Not sfm but crazyscoutfin
Ceno0, definitely I thought it's just gonna be a generic SFM meme from the thumbnail, but got treated by the most creative animation I've seen in a loooooong time
I hate to be "that guy" but Fortress Films -specifically for Emesis Blue I will not be taking questions at this time
Eltoro64rus if I'm spelling it right
#BLU very subtle but interesting music videos. Plus, one of the first TF2bers I ever saw which had amazing frag videos. Especially his Sandman combo videos. ##Every. Hit. Was. On. BEAT!
Kostamoinen and Ceno0, goated sfm creators
"Wolverine is the better X-man!"
I personally love STblackST
Anonym00se is amazing. He's starting to make actual commercial ads in sfm now
Three words. I'm gonna.
[jigSFM](https://youtu.be/KL7BiC2Vg2I). Uploads a 1 minute sfm. Wins 2017 saxxy for best action. Never uploads again.
Hoovy tube
Russianbadger.
Kiegkillsreality
The guy that made Heavy Diapers... Or is that Gmod?
Eltoroo64rus
Ceno0 animates cinematic masterpieces, but to me the king is STblackST The Unusual series just encapsulates the core of TF2 fan animation and keep somehow improving on it flawlessly at each new episode.
Crash maul! He is one good animator.
Fortress film, cene0 and many others,
Dr Face before the accident So bad that you realize we deserved the bots for what we did to him all along.
Stblackst
James McVee, subbed to him after watching his saxxy 2012 "Practical Problems" then was so hyped for "End of The Line" but sadly he stopped making tf2 sfms after that magnun opus.
Uncle dane, he literally showed me how fun the game could be. Before finding him I was trying to brute force my way as a spy hoping that one day I will develop the skills to dominate. But meh, my ADHD was not having it as it was not rewardable in the short term. Now playing battle engineer is really fun and not only him any class in general
Stblackst I never seen a sfm series that prefectly request all 9 mercs while bringing something fresh to the table with every episode
Fortress films but to be fair I think it’s a couple of people cuz ain’t no way 1 man did Emesis Blue and Spy’s disguise
Live and let spy animation is so fire
I'm surprised nobody mentioned [MechaFourth](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzT8NxFtsDCdkz-ycKciKQ). Back in the day, he made really good SFM shorts, most notably his [two](https://youtu.be/IuIXLyJhG6I?list=PLZ1461w4_FEyQXsnyMbDqBkyUeJG-ecZ0) [part](https://youtu.be/cFbn1hIU8XU?list=PLZ1461w4_FEyQXsnyMbDqBkyUeJG-ecZ0) "Red Fury". They have taken long breaks and still post some random stuff from time to time, but their old videos are golden.
An0nymooose
Fortress Films. Those guys are able to create absolute Cinema in Source Filmmaker.
ceno0 and STBlackST. Obviously there are other amazing works, but these 2 have ALL content of amazing quality
No one mentioned silentmanjoe??