On frame 3 I would rotate the head down a bit, like a drag effect after the down "hit". Where the head drags down as the body goes up, and on the contact frame (1) make his head tilt up a bit to drag the opposite way. On the up pose frame 4 I wouldn't raise my foot up that high. I know he did in the tutorial but it's to show you the movement. Also, your arms are really long, he looks like he could almost drag knuckles. Nice work so far. How many frames do you plan on putting in this animation? I'm currently in school for animation and I learned walk cycles last semester, so if you have any questions, I would be glad to share the knowledge. Keep us updated.

like i thought..a lot of work still needs to be done here!

thedaemon:i dont know if i understood correctly  what you were explaining for the movement of the head but i`ll try something and update !;) ..i was planning on using only 4 frames but i might add a few if it can make the movement look more natural..dont know yet .. .. you`re right  for the 4rth frame; the foot is raised to high ,i`ll try to correct it ! and you`re  knowledge in animation is really welcome  since i dont have any ! lol ;)

M.E:yep..good idea ..i`ll do this and see how it looks then;)thx for the detailed answer

and small question..is it even  harder to make a character run , jump..or do any other action?coz if making him walk takes so long...

thanks 4 commenting guys ..it`s appreciated





Edited by cath881 - 27 November 2007 at 2:10pm

I`m back!;) thx skaka ..still using 4 frames but i changed a few things and i think that it looks better now! here it is:







what changed : added a tiiiny movement of the right hand on frame 2 ,  movement of the head  on  frame  3  (thedaemon : hope that i got it right! ) , lowered the knee on frame 4 ..and added the clothes :p and color blocks like M.E said . . .think that i`ll start the shading


Edited by cath881 - 27 November 2007 at 2:10pm

Update! ;) ->
 
the daemon: you`re right for the arms..i`ll b more  careful next time..didnt feel like changing them on this one :p and not that i`m lazy but i`ll leave it like this for the moment..already spent a lot of time on the little guy ;) dont have a lot of free time (exams coming up -_-") and i would really like to add a tiny background  to it  !!:)thx agaiin 4 the comment :)

exactly.

 The main problem is that the character appears to have one single arm that switches places arround his chest on each step. or giving a quick jab while kicking a can. this is caused because you're triying to make a walking animation based on the one in the tutorial with only the first four of 9 frames that the original had. since yout cut it in half, the other 5 frames that connected the end with the begining doesn't exist and the cycle fails to... ehm, cycle.

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wich means that it wouldn't work if you crop it by half: you have to do it like it portrayed above to work. in fact, if you still want to crop a walking /running cycle, you always remove the pair frames, this means if you have a 9 frame animation, you remove frames number 2, 4, 6 and 8.

 but in any case, If you really want to make a working 4 frame animation, you'll have to make your own from scratch. but don't worry, the gallery is full of walking animation examples that will surely help you. its easier than iit appears to be, believe me.

on a side note, thanks for the link(it's an excelent reference). I'll take it to the forum's toturial thread.

edit: almost forgot: avoid using the example as a base: tracing doesn't give you EXPerience points.


Edited by Metaru - 29 November 2007 at 10:03pm