In this article, we've outlined the top resources for learning a walk cycle. One of the best ways to refine your skills as a Character Animator is to do a walk cycle.

Enjoy a collection of references for Character Design: Walk Cycle. The collection contains illustrations, sketches, model sheets and tutorials… This

Enjoy a collection of references for Character Design: Walk Cycle. The collection contains illustrations, sketches, model sheets and tutorials… This

For my basic walk cycle i followed Penny's Blog and also used "Richard Williams- the Animator's Survival Guide' they were both very helpful and useful to my final walk cycle. I did the walk cycle about 4 times before getting it perfect. Here's one of my failed examples After this attempt i had 3 more goes at trying to get my walk looking normal so i payed closer attention to the richard williams book. And drew out rough sketches of what the poses, just because it helped me understand them more and was easier to animate once i understood the anatomy. I drew the poses without the arms because it was easier so then i could just focus on what the legs should look like . I then added the arms into the animation without drawing them, because there much easier to visualise. Here's the final playblast of my finished basic walk cycle, I think it turned out well, and the other walks i did helped me correct my errors and get the final result which is shown below. Here's the Final Rendered Version of my Basic Walk Cycle

What do characters do more than any other thing in an animated film? They walk!* Walk cycle proficiency is a key foundation in understanding how to animate and is a must in an animation reel. *(See walk cycle breakdown and animated walk cycle gif's cycles to study below....) Animation Cycle breakdown Cycles to study The Walk The Run Walking with attitude and emotion Beautiful Stimpy walk cycle by: Humberto Rosa Other action Cycles Great walking tutorial breakdowns by: Felix Sputnik Quadruped cycles

I wanted to look back at my animation books for reference of how to create a run and walk cycle. I have been looking in The Illusion of Life, The Animator’s Survival Guide and Timing for Animation mostly as they are the clearest about the positions. I realise that these images are for traditional animation and that in Maya it is necessary to not make the poses as extreme as they will either break the rig or not look natural and this will ruin the suspension of disbelief in the characters. f fffSome working out of a walk cycle, with the rotation of the hips and the up and down action: Trying to make the walks more cartoony - maybe make the Marmot lean forward and the Mongol lean back?

Learn how to make your LEGO figure walk realistically with this walk-cycle.

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So after my last post I should tell you "that Arctic day" we went to an Indian restaurant to get a taste of Indian food. I told the kids we could see belly dancers and that they would have a tea called chai, eat some Naan- they were super excited and so was I to save the lost day. When we drove up to the restaurant, it was closed- like shut down, boards on the windows... so instead we drove to get pizza. :) I mean really, what should I have expected? :) Onto this wonderful week of CC... Here is a file of our History sentence for Week 8 with picture format. I thought since it was such a long sentence it would help to have some picture cues to talk about it as well. :) You can just right click and save it. Hopefully you will have no problems with this document. :) Ok for science... http://mrsrosales-acaciawoodschool.weebly.com/comparing-monocot-and-dicot.html We have the ever helpful and resourceful teacher who made this sheet. But I wanted something I could make for my memory board so I made this instead.... And for some Geography Week 9 cards... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/83404917/week%209%20map%20cards/Slide1.png I love this idea! SO simple and fun for little hands. If you didn't want to do construction paper you could do paint. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful week and you are blessed beyond measure! -Crecia