Walk Cycles
Oh God. Walk cycles. The bane of my first year. Getting started and being able to visualise the cycle in my head was a real struggle. Even thinking about it sometimes brought me out in a cold sweat. Kidding, once I got into them they were quite enjoyable and fun, and I was able to be quite creative with the films I was making. This project was another which was a basic skill to be able to have and use in animation. Since completing it I have realised how much walk cycles are used and how important they are to grasp.
I did some research into walk cycles and a couple of artists who paint a lot of people so I could see different styles and maybe get some inspiration. This was all sketchbook work.
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Once I begun to animate, again, I started off basic and worked up to more complex cycles.
I also tried to draw people from different angles and using different techniques, like stop-motion.
When doing stop-motion, we worked in pairs in the stop-motion studio next to our regular studio. I love stop-motion, and was very excited about getting to use the equipment and the set up in there is so cool.
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We worked in pairs, and with Emma we created both our own walk cycle and also a collaboration with each other, which was really fun.
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