run cycle

[anigen]

ok i actually did something

http://theroomunder.com/safe/runtest%5B1%5D.swf

this is the first run cycle ive ever made. it's quite awful but give me some general tips i can use to improve on the next time i do shit like this

[trent bortknob]

im gonna make one so that you look bad

[bcube]

The legs seem slightly off compared to the body...
I'm not good at animation, so I can't really give much more of a comment

[anigen]

im gonna make one so that you look bad

k

The legs seem slightly off compared to the body...

probably

[trent bortknob]

im gonna make one so that you look bad

k

"k"

[anigen]

oh so now we're starting with the whole "if you don't type like me you're a faggot" bullshit right

[rtil]

contact, body goes down
mid-air, body goes up
you have it for one of the leg motions but not the other

[anigen]

i have nothing to say except "oh ok i'll remember that" because the whole thing was done on assumptions, i didnt even know which way the body goes at what time etc

[trent bortknob]

the movement in general is just really stiff

[anigen]

yup

[trent bortknob]

here is a simple generic stick figure run that i might eventually make into a person

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=runtestek0.swf

[sQueef]

more in-betweens but you dont care

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

run and see if your own body moves anything like that

[Sonni]

I think you got it alright for the leg but the upper and mid part looks weird. Maybe change the running pose.

EDIT: I hope this helps abit:

http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml

[rtil]

that animation kind of sucks but do look at the reference sheets they're providing for body movement and the contraposto in the hips and shoulders

[anigen]

here is a simple generic stick figure run that i might eventually make into a person

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=runtestek0.swf

ok

more in-betweens but you dont care

me or taylor?

run and see if your own body moves anything like that

nope it doesnt

I think you got it alright for the leg but the upper and mid part looks weird. Maybe change the running pose.

EDIT: I hope this helps abit:

http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml

that's a walk cycle

that animation kind of sucks but do look at the reference sheets they're providing for body movement and the contraposto in the hips and shoulders

i guess i'll keep trying it until i get it. what other shit do you suggest i attempt to animate

[ThunderCurls]

HAHA LOOK AT THAT LITTLE BASTARD RUN

hes off

[rtil]

since you did a run a walk seems appropriate. do the key poses first, then inbetween. here are some tips to help improve your walk:
1. head is at its highest point at the passing position - when one leg is passing the other
2. head is at its lowest point at the contact position - when a foot first touches the ground
3. before a foot touches the ground the toes should be pointing up. this will help give your character balance
4. before you finish a frame ask yourself if the center of gravity lines up with the shoulers - if not, try again

[psi43]

here is a simple generic stick figure run that i might eventually make into a person

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=runtestek0.swf

lmao did you actually make that? Looking pretty good.

To anigen, the body looks ok but I can't figure out what the legs are doing. You should take a look at Anipedia's walking cycle article, read it and then do the same thing with a running cycle. There's no difference, it has all of the same poses they're just drawn differently but they're there to do the same thing.

[Halcion]

i had a go at a silhouette walk cycle.
[attachment=933:walking.swf]