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www.animatorisland.com/51-grea…I'm up to level 2, walk cycles.
This took a long time, I tried to really scrutinize the walk cycle as best I could, I feel like I've done this one same walk cycle over and over throughout the years, and while I like where I got it to, I still want to do it again. And again, and again till I get it a little better the next time. And then I wanna do a different style of walk cycle that better represents an actual mood and not just a technical walk cycle... its harder than all the things I've done up to this point.
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Lots of life here! Love the shoulder action.
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NICE!!!! what software did u use to animate the drawings fella?
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Just got my new animation desk, I am excited, ha! up early like a kid on Christmas morning, first I should jump in the shower though, and do my morning meditation.
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This seems really lively to me. I really love how you made the shoulders roll and how as he leans into each step he becomes more 3D. Thanks for posting, I shall take notes
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Thank you, and you're welcome.
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Great job ! How many frames did it take ? the animation is pretty smooth
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I think its 24 frames a second, and there are 24 frames if I remember right
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This is amazing. I completely understand about walk cycles. They say its the hardest to master! Keep at it!
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Thank you very much, and yeah, its all very technical and keeping track of your arcs and keeping your spacing and followthrough and weight and all that good shit in line ^__^
I checked out some of your animations, keep at it man
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Much appreciated! I will! Also thank you for the fav and the add!
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Thank you, and there's plenty of less that stellar animations that happened before this ^__^
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oh yea thats verry nice walk cycle!! hardest thing to do right?? xD
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Thank you much 
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i never get it right! XD
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Well, you're looking at, getting the weight into the step.
The up and down of the hips.
The swing of the arms.
The bend of the knees.
The rotation of the hips.
The twist of the upper body.
The right amount of head movement.
Paying attention to the shoulders.
Making sure the arch of the foot works.
Controlling jitters.
Working on keeping the character from shrinking and growing.
And that's just what I can remember.
The more you do it, the better.
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well that part to keep the character shrinking and growing i find it hard to controle sometimes,i need to find a better way to aproach it,thanks for explaining
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Well lets see if we can find a new approach for you. What do you do right now when you make a walk cycle?
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well i try to find a reference first,and i usualy get confused where to begin the walk ..
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Have you read the book, The Animator's Survival Kit? More than half of it is walk / run cycles.
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more like watched the course
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The book is a great source of reference, and significantly cheaper. The starting point for the walk is either the contact point or the down pose. So you make a left and right version and start breaking down the middle frames of all of those, really take a look at that book.
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allright thanks bro! ill try the book to...
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On the subject of books, read "Drawn to Life: 20 years of Disney Master Classes: Vol 1 and Vol 2" they're fantastic books on gesture drawing and Disney methodology and getting ideas down that get right to the core of how to go about drawing. They are my favorite books on the subject of drawing with animation in mind.
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allright, thanks again i will chek out those 2
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i like the smaller details. like the shoulder blade in the back and his pants crossing in the front and back. plus the arm and hand movements are great. GAAAAAH! SO MUCH TALENT
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Its the hardest fucking thing to get that shit even like, KINDA right... Its hard learned but worth it.
I appreciate that you saw those details more than you know
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aaawww yeah FRIENDSHIP!
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