Just Walk It Out

The last class we spent together was all about walking animations and characters walking. I was really surprised how difficult this was to do, since out loud it sounds really easy. I never really thought about the specifics of a walk cycle before.

I walked around in different ways to see how it felt, paying attention to how my arms and shoulders and other parts moved when I walked. It was really strange, because I never payed attention to it before.

For my animal character though, I payed more attention to how his tail and ears react when I walks. The tail itself is less floppy compared to a squirrels, casually moving itself back and forth as he walks. And his ears I figured out would behave much like long hair, moving depending on the speed he was going but probably bouncing lightly as he moved.