this guy taught me much of what i know today about animation: http://philliphall.blogspot.com/ hes an old teacher of mine, but if check out his demo reel 2008, there is a guy mowing a lawn - if you check out his feet, thats what i was trying to say. (also his links to others at Blue sky have lots of great character…
couple of things i notice: you know these right?: http://www.animationtoolworks.com/library/article9.html several of these fundamentals seem to still be missing, and they should be the foundation of your animation or else it just won't look or feel right. the toes stay low to the ground, which gives the impression that he…
Thanks for the tips, beat and break. I know about some of those, I did some 2d animation in college, but it's been a while. I don't follow or know of any good animation sites, but haven't looked. Have been having some trouble finding ref, however, did find one good one on youtube. Back to work on the jog....awaaaayyyyy.
it looks like you haven't done a secondary motion pass on anything yet. thats what really maks the animation have character. you still need some twist in the hips with each step, along with twist of the upper body. plus the head is stiff and part of the body, this along with the hands need follow through and overlapping…
Trying my hand at some animation, here is my 2nd try at a walk cycle and first try at a run cycle. I'm going to keep doing a lot of different animations and keep doing walk and run cycles until I get better at them. All crits are welcome and appreciated. RUN [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooq8QQJC34U[/ame] Walk…
Im surely not the perfect person to crit on animation. But i do think his arms are made of stone. Looks completly blocked. You should try to give some expression with the wrist moving and some slight elbow move, right now it looks like he's focusing on keeping his arms in the same position at all cost. Also it looks like…
It all looks good to me Cody. I wish I new more about animation to give you a decent crit, but it looks like breakneck has it covered anyways. Looking forward to the side view here!
yep breakneck is on the money... here's a good/simple exercise that may help you understand overlap better... http://fliponline.blogspot.com/2007/04/quick-trick-simple-approach-to-overlap.html