Character running towards the camera?

[Davidb]

Hey everyone,

I just watched this video of a character running towards the camera. How would something like this be done? How are the hands and arms moving in that way?

https://youtu.be/mEwDKG0iMt0?t=3m42s

[neeters_guy]

Given the year this was posted, this was probably done with ASP v6, so the methods would be fairly basic. A combination of switches and layer sorting. You can learn a lot by stepping through the frames. In this case, you can see the standard keyframes for a run cycle (17 frames):



It look like there are maybe 2 or 3 switches for the hands and perhaps 4 or 5 for the feet. The timing is quite effective as well.

I hope that helps as a starting point.

[Davidb]

Thanks so much for the detailed reply. I thought it was something more sophisticated, like smart bones or something. It's amazing what you can accomplish with switch layers.