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If you repeat and inverse these two poses, you get a choppy but physically sound walk cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, we add two more key poses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The arms usually swing in the opposite direction as the leg (i.e: if the left leg is extended forward, the left leg will be swinging back).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have the 8 basic key poses ready, you can adjust the speed and timing of your walk by adding in-betweens and\/or extending certain frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The way a character walks can say a lot about his personality and current state of mind. Small adjustments in the timing, position and offset of the basic walk cycle above can drastically change a walk’s emotional connotation. For a sad walk for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use the example above as a reference, but you can also find a lot of examples online by doing a search for “walk cycle”, like this video<\/a> from the creator of the 12 principles series. Acting out your character’s walk and recording it can also be really helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This week, you will create a rough-draft of your character’s walk cycle. Make the walk interesting in some way – it should tell us something about the personality\/mood<\/strong> of your character. Your cycle should have (at least) 8 frames<\/strong> \u00a0(see above) and should loop seamlessly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use the following file format: 24fps, width: 1920px | height: 1080px. Save your .fla file and export your animation to an animated GIF (in animate, go to File > Export > Animated GIF<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create a new post on your Open Lab portfolio. Your post should include your animated GIF (make sure you select Full Size<\/em> when inserting your file) as well as a short description<\/strong> (reflections on your process, challenges, goals etc. are also welcome), and a link to your reference video<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Blackboard, submit a link to your Open Lab post and the .fla file for you walk cycle animation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Walk cycles This week we will tackle the walk cycle: a looping cycle of your character walking. Creating a smooth and satisfying animated walk takes time and practice. Different walks will have different key poses and number of frames, but we’ll start with a pretty standard walk – assured, neither rushed nor slow. We will start… Read More »Week 7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1559,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2019\/09\/mmp260-week7walkCycle-4frames-1024x334.jpg\")
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Adding the arms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Adjusting the timing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nFinal project- step 2: walk cycle (rough)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Format<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Submission<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n