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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…
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…
I wanted to look back at my animation books for reference of how to create a run and walk cycle. I have been looking in The Illusion of Life, The Animator’s Survival Guide and Timing for Animation mostly as they are the clearest about the positions. I realise that these images are for traditional animation and that in Maya it is necessary to not make the poses as extreme as they will either break the rig or not look natural and this will ruin the suspension of disbelief in the characters. f…
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,