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Walk cycle study

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A quick little frame-by-frame animation with the help of the Cintiq.

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  1. fps is a bit high, but it looks good.

    how many frames are there?

    milchreis at Nov 13, 08 at 6:09 pm

  2. You make it look so easy. :/ I do wonder how you come up with the design of these things… particularly this one. LOL P.S. - Do you have a MOZY affiliate link handy? (I come here first for links) :)

    TM at Nov 13, 08 at 7:21 pm

  3. How many instances in there?!
    I`m assuming you have the arms in a motion tween, but everything else is drawn instance by instance, right?

    You must have somewhere from 8-10 instances.
    Overall, a great cycle.

    Cheers,

    Radu at Nov 13, 08 at 11:38 pm

  4. Looks good. Seems like his nose should flop a bit. How is that Cintiq. So jealous….

    Scott Soeder at Nov 14, 08 at 9:04 am

  5. He looks stiff, and there’s an apparent jerk on the looping frame. He’s also walking at a canter that isn’t proportional to his anatomy.

    If this is a frame by frame study, then why did you tween the arms?

    http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml

    Have fun.

    James at Nov 14, 08 at 3:13 pm

  6. Uh, James? I think he said “A quick little frame-by-frame”, not a “study”. Have you seen any of his portfolio by any chance? Your link takes us to an animation of a figure STOMP walking. However, I did check out your site. You have a lot going on there, and I do not doubt you also are an accomplished animator! :)

    TM at Nov 14, 08 at 7:03 pm

  7. Just offering a genuine critique. Thanks for the kind words, TM.

    :-)

    James at Nov 14, 08 at 9:22 pm

  8. Guilty as charged for tweening the arms - I got lazy - it was around 3am when i needed a break from writing and wanted to just do something with the Cintiq that was more or less mindless fun. He could be so much better but I was tired. The animation is about 12 frames at 24fps so it is fast. I inserted frames so that he’s animated on two’s and it looks better. I may see how many different walkcycles i can do with this guy to add more life to him - then throw the source files on the CD for the book.
    Thanks for responses folks - maybe I’ll start a walkcycle volley in the forum :)

    chris at Nov 14, 08 at 11:40 pm

  9. I just updated the animation - the 2nd character is a duplicate instance with frames inserted to adjust the timing.

    chris at Nov 15, 08 at 12:02 am

  10. see? of course. was I too much of a baracuda? (sorry about that James) I was only defending your honor Chris. :P LOL

    TM at Nov 17, 08 at 1:16 am

  11. I plan to do a lot more of these short looping FBF studies - I was never trained as an animator so these are important for me to become better at animation in general. More to come - all comments welcome - bad ones especially :)

    chris at Nov 17, 08 at 2:54 pm

  12. wow. nice. :P

    TM at Nov 20, 08 at 4:35 pm

  13. AND… I am glad you plan to do more. Is it wrong to be hopeful for a new Christmas animation/presentation this year with your new digs?? (Flash CS4 - newer to us of course) People love when I send them your stuff during the holidays. I adore the cartoons!! no pressure, as usual. :)

    TM at Nov 20, 08 at 5:09 pm

  14. Тема ну просто пиздец.
    Неужели ничего поактуальней не нашлось?

    Турок at Dec 2, 08 at 4:30 am

  15. You did a nice job on the legs. How long did it take you?

    I’m partial to your “2D and a half” style of animation.

    FBF animation is excellent but personally, I’m too impatient to do it myself… unless it’s for quick effects-animation.

    Andy Bauer at Dec 7, 08 at 10:57 am

  16. …one constructive criticism… his body needs to come back down with his right-leg steps. He walks like a peg-legged pirate. LOL

    Andy Bauer at Dec 7, 08 at 10:59 am

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