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I did some serious reading on traditional animation and learned a few things:

1. Animating a character's walk is the most important—and the most difficult—task.
2. According to research done by Milt Kahl, peoples' ordinary walks are invariably the same speed.
3. No two people walk the same!

Anyone who's interested in animation of any sort, I'd definitely recommend picking up a copy of Richard William's The Animator's Survival Kit: A manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators. I've had my copy for a long time but only recently sat down to read it extensively.

I decided to use Martin the Warrior from the Redwall series (only I gave him a bandana instead of a scarf; result of not using a source XD). This is what I've done so far; I'll be working the motion some more and will be adding the tail, too.

24fps, 97 frames

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Martin and Redwall © Brian Jacques
No copyright infringement intended.

Description
I did some serious reading on traditional animation and learned a few things:

1. Animating a character's walk is the most important—and the most difficult—task.
2. According to research done by Milt Kahl, peoples' ordinary walks are invariably the same speed.
3. No two people walk the same!

Anyone who's interested in animation of any sort, I'd definitely recommend picking up a copy of Richard William's The Animator's Survival Kit: A manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators. I've had my copy for a long time but only recently sat down to read it extensively.

I decided to use Martin the Warrior from the Redwall series (only I gave him a bandana instead of a scarf; result of not using a source XD). This is what I've done so far; I'll be working the motion some more and will be adding the tail, too.

24fps, 97 frames

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Martin and Redwall © Brian Jacques
No copyright infringement intended.