Walk cycle reference

When I went back to fix my walk cycle, one of the main problems was that the key poses were off. The easiest and best way to get a walk cycle right is to follow Richard Williams instructions, putti…

The simple walk cycle was animated using the ‘pose-to-pose’ method of animating where key poses are blocked out first. Using the example of a walk cycle in the ‘Animators Survival Kit’ book by Rich…

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Character Design Collection: Walk Cycle

One of the basic skills that an animator should have is to know how to animate walk cycles. Here are our favorite walk cycle references.

I wanted to look back at my animation books for reference of how to create a run and walk cycle. I have been looking in The Illusion of Life, The Animator’s Survival Guide and Timing for Animation mostly as they are the clearest about the positions. I realise that these images are for traditional animation and that in Maya it is necessary to not make the poses as extreme as they will either break the rig or not look natural and this will ruin the suspension of disbelief in the characters. f…