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If you repeat and inverse these two poses, you get a choppy but physically sound walk cycle.<\/p>\n Next, we add two more key poses:<\/p>\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 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 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 <\/p>\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”. Acting out your character’s walk and recording it can also be really helpful. Also watch this short video<\/a> of the great animator Richard Williams talking about walk cycles.<\/p>\n This week, you will create a rough-draft of your character’s walk cycle. Start by recording a reference video<\/strong> of you acting out your character’s walk. 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 Use the following file format: 24fps, width: 1920px | height: 1080px.\u00a0Save your .fla file and export your animation to an animated GIF (in animate, go to File > Export > Animated GIF<\/em>).<\/p>\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)\u00a0as well as a short description<\/strong>\u00a0(reflections on your process, challenges, goals etc. are also welcome), and a link to your reference video<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This assignment is due next week. Submit the following files on the following platforms:<\/p>\n This part of the final project. It will be taken into account in the final grade for the\u00a0project (see full grading rubric\u00a0here<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/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.\u00a0We will start … Continue reading “Week 7”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp260-1301-f2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2019\/09\/mmp260-week7walkCycle-4frames-1024x334.jpg\")
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Adding the arms<\/h3>\n
Adjusting the timing<\/h3>\n
Mood<\/h3>\n
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References<\/h3>\n
\nFinal project- step 2: walk cycle (rough)<\/h1>\n
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Format<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Submission<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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