Tough Guy

I was told from day one in my training in animation that one of the hardest things to do was a good walk or run cycle. As a result, any time that I get a few free hours, I'll pound out a cycle just to practice. What you see below is my latest, which is my "tough guy" cycle.


Tough Guy Walk Cycle from Dave Johnson on Vimeo.

I usually try and stick to the same rules in that I give myself two hours, and see what I can get accomplished in that amount of time.

Thanks to Richard Williams, I have a pretty good system worked out now, in that I create the contact poses and the passing poses first. When I have those 4 poses down (with the 1st pose repeated at the end), I then fill in the rest.

I'm starting to get better at it, but I'm still far from perfect.

Take care!

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