WIP - ACE HERO - Walk/Run Cycle
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Hi Folks,
here is my first attempt to a Walk Cycle, what do you think of it, what can i improve, would appreciate some criticism.
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Greetings Mathias
here is my first attempt to a Walk Cycle, what do you think of it, what can i improve, would appreciate some criticism.
(old video removed)
Greetings Mathias
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Good job on your first walk cycle!
While it is difficult to say for sure due to the continuously rotating camera, I believe that your walk cycle could use a little more down/up motion. More specifically, I'd look at moving his body, from the hips up, down after his foot makes contact with the floor and his knee bends from the weight now resting on it (around frame 0005) and moving his body, from the hips up, up when he propels himself forward with that same leg (around frame 0015-0016).
Hope this helps!
LuManChu
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Greetings Mathias
I am not sure about the head movement, i want a pretty realistic cycle but this can also be a little bit boring, this might be the base and now i can add more personality
This was the reference
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But i will start now with a Run Cycle and polish it later...i am waiting for Modo 901 and hope it has Animation Layers
Greetings Mathias
I agree with what Rmunday said about the head being somewhat too stationary. I think you could fix this by slightly delaying the head from the upper torso movement. For example, the character leans right around frame 0020 and the head "catches up" a couple frames later. This could add some nice overlapping action to the cycle.
LuManChu
Greetings Mathias
Anyway thanks for all the help, will post new videos later.
Greetings Mathias
Greetings Mathias
Greetings Mathias
Ya, your feet are definitely the weakest point of this walk. It appears as though there is an ever so slight pause when they hit the ground. I think your forward back (translate z, or TZ) curves are probably a bit off. If you look closely in your reference, you`ll see that the are already on their way back when they hit the ground. currently, it looks like yours hit their peak at ground contact, instead of the peak being just before. Here's a pic from a quick anim i did with a cube to show you what the curve would usually look like. This is obviously a very simplified version, and not the be all end all. But it should be enough to get you started.
It's also worth noting that your foot/knee is driven by your upper leg. The knee is a hinge joint, so it tends to follow that upper leg. If you get your upper leg moving in a smoothish pendulum motion (it's a bit jittery right now), that will definitely help your feet and knee issues.
The biggest thing that stands out to me, when the character has either foot fully extended backwards, and they lift off the foot with the toes still tense.
Realistically the toes would be applying pressure and force to the ground driving the motion, so the toes should be extended in the opposite way. Heres a really bad mspaint-over (oh the puns on friday morning are bonkers) showing what I mean. I think in addition you might want to extend the backwards rotation on the ankle when pushing off aswell.
Hope this helps! Like Slip said, the feet are the missing link, the rest is looking pretty rad to me! Keep up the good work.
here is the finished Walk Cycle, am actually quite happy with it. I thank all who have helped me, let me know what you think of it
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Greetings Mathias