Walk cycle skeleton

[Slava]

I have produced this walkcycle skeleton which I hope to use to base characters on that need a walk cycle.
Does anybody have any ideas on how I could improve it?

[Squinky]

I think you have a good start, but it seems to me like he is kinda stepping in front of himself, I'm not sure, but maybe you could center the leg motion more under the torso.

[Privateer Puddin']

Cut down the frames, you're on 60 when you probably only need.. 6? You might be able to take the keyframes from this though.

big brother had some examples of animations with different number of frames, none of them went nearly as high as 60 and all looked good

[lo_res_man]

As well, were is the other arm? Most people I know have two arms

[Tuomas]

ok, just a bit of an advice, this thing hit me:


now such a posture is impossible, the guy'd fall on his back. take this into consideration

[Saberteeth]

If you try to walk the way you just showed, you'd have a nasty heel injury. You step on the ground with the whole foot, not just with the heel.
Also, it looks like he isn't look relaxed at all eg. the elbow is still bended when he starts walking with the other foot. Ã, Don't get me wrong, your walkcycle is very good, it's just that there's still room for improvements.
Another thing is his knee doesn't seem to bend when the other foot start the circle. Sure, it's seen later on but it doesn't look natural.
IMO you could also do something with the palms to give it a more casual and relaxing look.

But overall it looks very good. If you take my suggestions I think it would look even better.

EDIT: Tuomas beat me to it, I wanted to show that too. ^^

[yarooze]

Here are some tuts, that could be helpfull for you:

You can try to copy Kafkas pictures:
http://kafkaskoffee.com/tutorials/walkcycletut.shtml

This two tuts are IMHO very good
Walk:
http://www.erain.com/blog/archives/2004/08/introductory_wa_1.html
run:
http://www.erain.com/blog/archives/2004/09/introductory_ru.html

A little bit odd for me, but may be you'll like it:
http://www.anim8or.com/tutorials/simplewalk/images/walk_cycle_1.gif

[Ali]

If you try to walk the way you just showed, you'd have a nasty heel injury. You step on the ground with the whole foot, not just with the heel.

Maybe I've misunderstood this observation but I step on the ground with my heel first - then my toes. Other people I know walk this way too.

I think the feet are mostly fine. Apart from the balance problem, the knees lift a bit too high, it looks a little like he's marching.

PS: I love the Redcup comrade Slava!

[CaptainBinky]

Maybe I've misunderstood this observation but I step on the ground with my heel first - then my toes.

The problem isn't that it steps with the heel, more the timing - the animation currently rocks slowly onto the base of the foot.

[Shade]

here is a pic of a book called "the animators survival kit" and IMO it's the best book on animations and it shows how to do things right.


and here is a character walkcycle animation i created long time ago.


hope it helps.

~}Shade{~

[big brother]

Hooray for the floppy hands!

[Gregjazz]

...and it's all Eric's fault.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Here is a 6 frame wireframe model to give you some ideas.  I shaded it afterward so it looked a bit better.  I made the shoulders and pelvis separate to show how they move back and forth with the limbs.  Hopefully you will find this useful.

[DanClarke]

this is a rough one i did for my main char, 6 frames:

[R4L]

Heres one I made. You can see my 2 Walk Cycles thread to see the frames spread out. Hopefully this can help you too!