- Modules
- Four-Legged Walk-Cycle Animation
- Activity 8: Animating a Bear and Dog (Optional)
Activity 8: Animating a Bear and Dog (Optional)
T-EXC-002-014
Now that you've completed a full four-legged walk-cycle, do you think you can tackle a few more animals? Here are the two you need to research and animate:
- A walking bear is a very distinct animal! It doesn't quite walk like a horse or a panther. Do some research and find out whats different about its walk. Once you have enough information, animate a full walk cycle for a bear.
- A running dog is not like a walking dog at all! The dog’s walk is very similar to the panther’s. The goal is not to actually make him walk, but to make him run. Do some research on how dogs move and run. When you're ready, animate the dog.
Time Estimated 5 mins
Difficulty Level Beginner
Topics List
- Understanding How Four-legged Animals Move
- Anatomy of a Four-legged Walk Cycle
- Photo and Video References
- Four-legged Walk Basics
- Analyzing Four-legged Walk Animations
- Rough versus Clean
- Activity 1: Observation
- Activity 2: Drawing the Key Poses
- Activity 3: Adjusting the Paws for a Pan Background
- Activity 4: Creating In-betweens
- Activity 5: Cleaning and Painting Your Animation
- Activity 6: Creating a Background
- Activity 7: Setting the Animation on a Peg
- Activity 8: Animating a Bear and Dog (Optional)