Back to the Basic Walk

Acochran_89 · Post by **Acochran_89** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:23 am

Hey everyone,

So i got the sudden urge to take a break from a few shorts I've been working on, and go back to the basics.

This is a basic walk cycle that I made. No emotion, no character, just the basics of the cartoon human walk that can be learned from Preston Blair's book, "Advanced Animation". It's a great book I'd advise everyone to look at it.

Let me know what you think!

http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/ ... alk-Cycle/

or view it here (a little bit better video quality)

http://vimeo.com/6449827

PARKER · Post by **PARKER** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:53 am

I thing this is a very nice walk cycle.
Good job.

b15fliptop · Post by **b15fliptop** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:53 am

Nice job, man! I've recently been trying to conquer some of the basics that I glossed over when I was just trying to tell a story. The walk cycle is one that still takes me a while to get right!

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:00 am

Nice walk, but the extremes of the arm swings look very mechanical and springy. Maybe faster arm movement in the middle to make way for some ease in/ease out at the extremes?

Acochran_89 · Post by **Acochran_89** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:56 pm

Thanks for the feed back!

b15: yes, I know what you mean. It took me awhile to get a semi decent handle on the walk cycle. As I said in the original post, I strongly suggest getting that book. It's a big help.

jahnocli: I definitely see what you are saying. I'll make sure to watch for that on future attempts