T-EXC-002-005
This guide includes two fully analyzed animations of two different four-legged animals. One shows a panther walking and the other a horse galloping. Study them carefully!
The Panther Walking
The panther’s walk is divided into 16 frames.
The Horse Galloping
The horse’s gallop is only eight frames.
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)