Provided is a method and apparatus for animation rendering, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method for animation rendering includes: in a vertex animation mode, acquiring vertex position information and normal information from a same first texture file, wherein the vertex position information occupies a part of an R channel, a part of a G channel and a part of a B channel, and the normal information occupies another part of the R channel, another part of the G channel, another part of the B channel, and an A channel; and performing animation rendering according to the vertex position information and the normal information.