The simple walk cycle was animated using the ‘pose-to-pose’ method of animating where key poses are blocked out first. Using the example of a walk cycle in the ‘Animators Survival Kit’ book by Rich…
When I went back to fix my walk cycle, one of the main problems was that the key poses were off. The easiest and best way to get a walk cycle right is to follow Richard Williams instructions, putti…
For my basic walk cycle i followed Penny's Blog and also used "Richard Williams- the Animator's Survival Guide' they were both very helpful and useful to my final walk cycle. I did the walk cycle about 4 times before getting it perfect. Here's one of my failed examples After this attempt i had 3 more goes at trying to get my walk looking normal so i payed closer attention to the richard williams book. And drew out rough sketches of what the poses, just because it helped me understand them…
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Creating walk animation is a essential and a rewarding skill set for 2d and 3d animators. Basically, walk animation can be split into four main frames namely, forward contact point, passing pose1,