I was very disorganised at the end of this semester and poorly managed my time with balancing these 2 separate assignments having been almost back to back. I had some technical difficulties with my home PC too so over the Christmas break, I wasn’t able to progress with my animations. This meant I hadn’t been able to submit my group 3D environment cinematic either, so that took priority since it was due before this assignment.
I ended up picking the Jack Rig over the Azri Rig as I didn’t think I’d have enough time to animate with its more complex rigs and the added secondary movements needed for it to look more natural.
I started with the run cycle as I had a clear idea of what references I wanted to use for it. I found a lot of good references of the ‘Naruto run’ AKA the ‘Ninja run’. This is slightly more complex than a normal run cycle.
Here are a few examples and references: