We started developing more unique walks after working on the simple walk cycle. To fulfil my assignment, I looked through my copy of ‘The Animator’s Survival Kit’ by Richard Williams and found a few references of a sneaking walk. They helped me get the exaggerated poses down on my cycle. I also used a clip […]
Animation Strategies
Week 2: Refining the Walk Cycle
This week, we learned more about the smaller details and characteristics that can be displayed in walk cycles. I refined my previous walk cycle to show what I have learned. Above is my walk cycle from last week. I was advised to add more movement to the joints so that the arms especially would flow […]
Week 1: FK/IK and Walk Cycles
After our induction talk on Animation Strategies, we opened up a pre-rigged model on Blender and were taught about IK and FK settings for moving the rigs. I was very confused and spent most of the time with my friend trying to figure out the settings – thankfully, Alec posted a more in-depth video about […]