Hey!!! You're here! Welcome!

I love the walk, but the legs are just so SEXY. Hahaha. ;)

Seriously though, great walk! Looks realistic and robotic at the same time!

First of all, I think it's a shame you've gone back to standard humanoid legs, because it makes the robot less robot-y. But that's a taste thing, so if you're sticking with human legs, that's fine.

The reason Shadow64 says that the legs are so SEXY is perhaps, at least partially, because your character is basically prancing. He's lifting his knees way more than necessary, and taking very short steps at the same time. All this prancing gif needs now is a "Haters gonna hate" subtitle

1) There's a bunch of recent threads in this forum about walking animations, where experienced members have given some very valuable feedback in regards to important concepts. I won't do them justice if I repeat them.

2) If you haven't already, check out this site for some great concept sketches worth imitating.
http://conceptrobots.blogspot.no/

EDIT: This also came to mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VbpOzX_CFc

Edited by CELS - 18 January 2014 at 5:11am

Did I fix it? :) But on a serious note, I couldn't get the walk down the exact way I had wanted but I wanted to get SOMETHING done. That being said, thank you for the criticisms, very good points - the hips sway way too much, and I think the legs are a bit too snappy.

@CELS - thanks for caring about the legs, have no fear I'm not deviating from that vision, I just wanted to get the motion down.

@H|F - Agreed, I definitely need to tone down the fluidity and make it more "snappy"

@Shadow - The tiptoe part will be hard, I want the legs to operate like the hind legs of a dog/cat - so I will have to be careful there I'm sure.

I'll get a more workable model, and slightly less sexy version up. All though, robot can can girls from space does sound catchy.

EDIT:
Here is a rough outline with the legs bending the "correct" way.

Added more frames:


Edited by sevinkydink - 18 January 2014 at 7:54am

BG - I agree, I'm really more of a robotic visionary than an artist

Which of the walks are you speaking to, the one with the forward leg bends or the updated one?

Update: I tried toning down the height of the leg, and the hip swaying.



Edited by sevinkydink - 18 January 2014 at 9:17am

Ok I just died laughing..... Now I'm wanting a can-can dancing robot <3

Try making the feet seem heavy and the movement be more gear-like. Maybe have more broad feet and thin legs (like you have now) try not to make it seem fleshy and bendy.

I think you should have him take larger steps maybe? I'm also having a hard time discerning which leg is moving since frames are repeated near the start and finish. So, the right leg should be lighter or more visible at least. It's definitely coming along.

@H|F - Yea, I see what you're saying. I sort of like the hulking top/smaller leg style, but hopefully I'm not pushing that too much.

Try leaning the torso forwards. Mechanical or organic, walking roughly involves two things: 1: falling forwards, and 2: catching that fall by moving the legs. This sprite seems to be entirely straight, which communicates that it is balanced and, therefore, stationary. Mess around with how far the torso leans until you find something that feels the right weight and momentum.

His step looks bigger which is good, but now you have another problem. Because his torso is in constant 3/4 view, it looks like he's walking diagonally (something like iso sprite). And for me it's very awkward, that only his shoulders move while he walks. Maybe you could try to create some subpixel animation on his torso that will improve his movement.

Looking so good now! I really like it with everything you've added to it.
Sadly, I must nitpick on one thing: I think the right arm freezes in place in its forward extended position for an imbalanced amount of time. This freeze wasn't in the walking cycle when the arms were moving in the wrong direction. Looks like you accidentally copied/edited a frame during the switch.
I'd say after that that it's really only finishing touches! Keep up the great work.