Little concept piece I was tinkering with this morning.

Over There Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is an Over There Walk.
Head - light give on the neck and the head on the contact positions
Chest - curved forward with a little release on the passing position
Hips - rotate to offset the chest bit of up and down
Legs - straight leg passing position
Feet - floppy toes
Arms - Left arm one big anticipation for the point forward Right arm forward anticipate and forward again
Hands - brake often to accentuate the movement finger drag adds to the overlap

Happy Black Friday!

Hope you get to have a special day with your family!

Broken Arms Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Broken Arms Walk.
Head - falls back then springs forward
Chest - curls inward and pulls back with each step
Hips - offset the chest and translate up and down to add a bit of bounce to the steps
Legs - bend and bend a bit more
Feet - rotate back and ball roll forward floppy toes
Arms - broken broken broken
Hands - wrists broken as well to follow the movement of the arms to keep up with the successive breaking of joints allowing for extra fluidity

Carrying the Feast Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Carrying the Feast Walk.
Head - Pulls down and forward with each step and then pulls back in anticipation for the next
Chest - responds to the weight of the feast plate
Hips - rotate in response to the chest dip down lower before the high passing point
Legs - Slow steps constantly bent to show the weight of the feast plate
Feet - Rotate back with floppy toes
Arms - slight break back on the contact position to emphasize the weight
Hands - left hand slips off the plate a bit and grabs back

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
Thanks for always stopping by and taking a moment out of your day to think about animation!

Waitress Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a waitress walk.
Head - slight bob inward and outward
Chest - squashes to the side with the hips on each step
Hips - sticking the butt out a bit with a bit or rotate to add some waggle to the hiney
Legs - some extra bend on the down before the extreme up on the passing position
Feet - a bit static and vanilla since everything else is very lively
Arms - left arm a bit broken to loosen the movement up right arm holding a tray bent up ward with a bit of back and forth movement on each step
Hands - Left overlaps and follow through Right constrained to the tray with some subtle finger moves

Vitality Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Vitality Walk!
Head - pulls down a bit on the up position
Chest - slight rotate in conjunction with the hips to keep it alive and simulate breathing
Hips - bouncy lowest point before the high passing position
Legs - lots of straights on the contact and passing postion
Feet - toes broken to add extra flop rotate pushed
Arms - completely broken forearm leads the action
Hands - overlap and follow through from the arms

Big Boy Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Big Boy Walk (inspired by the wonderful Dick Tracy Villain)
Head - Bobs a bit with each step
Chest - bent inward gives a little to allow for breathing
Hips - move downward on the contact frame
Legs - constantly bent with a higher than normal foot drop before the contact frame
Feet - pound a bit heavy with each step with a smattering of heel roll and toe roll to loosen them up
Arms - stay bent for the majority of the movement with a little overlap and slight break
Hands - slight overlap and follow through

That Dame Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is all about that Dame!
Head - straight forward sways with the movement of the chest
Chest - compresses and stretches with each sway of the hips
Hips - Sway up and over and back and over with each step really moving the weight of the hips
Legs - follow and balance out the movement from the hips
Feet - a bit of over exaggerated toes to add more readability to the steps
Arms - sway with the hips a bit more subtle to keep the focus on the the hips
Hands - overlap and follow through from the movement of the arms right hand fingers a little more exaggerated to offset less movement in that arm but keep it interesting

Old Man Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is an Old Man Walk.
Head - gives out a little with each step and pulls back with anticipation for the next
Chest - pulls up on the foot lift and squashes down on the step
Hips - a bit of up and down and side to side rotate
Legs - slow with a bit of give on the down step
Feet - slow and rotated out
Arms - stay bent while moving opposite the leg
Hands - follow through from the arms with a bit of extra overlap and follow through in the fingers and thumbs

Minister of Silly Walks Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Minister of Silly Walks Walk.
Head - dips in and pulls back
Chest - anticipates the big leg movement and then follows through
Hips - pull back to allow for a big step then settles
Legs - Left Leg makes big step then stutter step Right leg makes set to allow for balance
Feet - stutter a bit after the big step
Arms - unexaggerated swing opposite there respective leg
Hands - follow through and overlap from the arms

Holy Grail Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Holy Grail Walk.
Head - drags forward and pulls back with the motion from the chest
Chest - Leans in to the foot plant and pulls back in anticipation of the next
Hips - offset the chest and allow for the leg movement
Legs - Right leg leads the action Left Leg follows
Feet - Right foot hits a bit hard Left foot plays catch-up
Arms - held into the chest as if gripping a horses reins with a bit of overlap and follow through from the movement of the chest
Hands - drag and overlap from the arm movement

Sumo Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Sumo Walk.
Head - looks left then right and down
Chest - slight in and out to allow for breathing
Hips - rotate up and back on the big step slight rotate on the second and then settles
Legs - right leg pulls up high for a bit stretch step left leg settle steps to keep balance
Feet - little bit of back rotate and floppy toes
Arms - focused on staying on the thighs with some overlap and then settle into position
Hands - follow through from the arms lift off the thighs then settle back then get into form

Toss Back Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Toss Back Walk!
Head - bobs on half the timing of the rest of the walk
Chest - light in and out movement
Hips - a little bouncy up and down with rotate
Legs - little bouncy steps
Feet - back rotate with floppy toes
Arms - circular chuck movements with follow through left and right during the toss
Hands - overlap the movement of the arms and pull back and follow through on the toss

Extra Gravity Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is an Extra Gravity Walk.
Head - struggles to pull up then squashes down
Chest - light stretch back than compresses
Hips - lift up then stay down
Legs - labored steps
Feet - slowly pull themselves away from the ground then smack back down
Arms - light swing mostly focused on the down positions
Hands - overlap and followthrough

What the Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a What the Walk!?
Head - light up and down on the steps drag and settle on the turn
Chest - puffs in and out on each step drags and follows through on the turn
Hips - up and down and rotate drag on the turn and lead on the next step
Legs - medium sized steps left leg drags with the turn
Feet - not too much rotate floppy toes
Arms - floppy and loose drag on the turn
Hands - overlap and follow through offset with a delay on the thumb, ring and index finger

Wrong Way Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Wrong Way Walk.
Head - bit of up and down on the steps turns and leads the action the other way
Chest - some in and out to allow for breathing follows the head and directs the movement
Hips - stick out a bit turn and allow the legs to change direction
Legs - light steps with a quick turn pause and change direction
Feet - a little bit of rotate and floppy toes
Arms - overlap and drag with a wide spin
Hands - drag and follow through

Last Steps - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Last Steps Walk.
Head - a little in and out pulls down and drags back with the drop
Chest - puffs in and out with the steps pulls down and drags back
Hips - up and down and rotate with each step to offset the chest and follow the legs stops and then falls quickly with the drop
Legs - casual steps freeze then drag downward quickly
Feet - a bit of rotate with floppy toes
Arms - exaggerated swinging to a moving hold then fly upward as he falls
Hands - overlap and follow through the motion from the arms fingers add a bit of extra drag

Fist Steps Walk

Today's walk is a First Steps Walk
Head - Dips down and pulls back following the chest and the hips
Chest - Drops down with the hips and pulls back up to keep balance
Hips - attempt to keep balance to offset the rest of the body sticks out a bit more than a normal walk
Arms - out stretched to drive the movement rotated up and down dragging behind the movement of the hips
Hands - overlap follow through from the arms
Legs - wide gait to better allow for balance first step hits hard second is a bit more cautious
Feet - rotate back and flop forward

Dribble Walk

Today's walk is a Dribble Walk.

Head - looking side to side

Chest - puffs in and out

Hips - rotated downward slight up and down and rotate to offset the hips

Legs - bent with a wide gait

Feet - rotated outward little bit of heel and toe flop

Arms - left out to protect rotates toward the chest and away right rotates up and down to allow for the ball bounce

Hands - left rotates in and out to overlap the arm thumb and fingers slightly drag right hands rotate and follow through with the ball to allow for a bit of force to push the ball downward fingers drag and overlap

Toss and Walk

Today's walk is a Toss and Walk.
Head - slight bob up and down and in and out
Chest - puffs lightly
Hips - subtle rotate to offset the chest with little dips downward before the upward movement
Legs - rhythmic move to a beat
Feet - floppy toes light rotate
Arms - left arm gingerly glides forward and back with overlap and drag right arm tossing a ball with a little give forward and back to match the walk
Hands - left overlap and drag with extra overlap on the thumb right grip and release on the ball with overlap and follow-through

Pitch Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Pitch Walk.
Head - focused forward pulls back to anticipate the movement and pulls backward to settle
Chest - compresses to anticipate the movement drags forward then pulls back to settle
Hips - balance the motion a little up and down and rotate to offset the chest
Legs - little step anticipation big step settle
Feet - bit of rotate backward, ball roll, heel roll and toe overlap
Arms - pull in to anticipate the action left arm directs the action and the right arm loops to throw then settles
Hands -overlap and drag with compressed fists to outstretched fingers

Ball Catch Walk

Today's walk is a Ball Catch Walk.
Head - Slight up and down with each step. Focused on the ball and pulls down with the ball as it is caught
Chest - a little bit of give with each step and compresses as the ball is caught
Hips - subtle up and down with rotate to offset the chest
Legs - slow back wards steps
Feet - rotate back with little toe roll as the foot lifts and ball roll as it rests
Arms - slow moving back then anticipate the catch and bring it in to the cest
Hands - drag and overlap with an over shoot on the ball catch

Bum Leg - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Bum Leg Walk.
Head - Pushes forward and pulls back
Chest - Blends the action between the hips and the head
Hips - up and down with allowing for the nonworking leg
Legs - Right leg static and non functioning peg leg like left leg follows the throw of the right leg and allows for movement
Feet - Right foot broken Left foot drags back and springs forward
Arms - oppose the legs in movement with a bit of overlap and drag on the forearm
Hands - left hand swings a bit more than the right to offset the movement of the leg

Hips Don't Lie - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a booty shaking Hips Don't Lie walk.

Head - a bit more graceful and peering slight rotate and angle

Chest - twist and bend to support the hips

Hips - lead the action lots of rotate and shake

Legs - follow the hips 

Arms - bend and follow up and down the body movement

Hands - grace the side of the body

Feet - shuffle with the hips

All that Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is an All That Walk.
Head - Looking around at everyone dips down in between the left and right glances
Chest - Puffs out and pulls in
Hips - a little up and down with a good amount of rotate to offset the chest
Arms - subtle with a bit of overlap and delay
Hands - relaxed with a bit of overlap in the rotate and the thumbs
Feet - slappy with a decent amount of floppy toes

Hesitant Walk - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a Hesitant Walk.
Head - dips down slightly
Chest - curved and sunken with subtle give
Hips - offset the curve of the chest
Arms - close to the chest slight movement to keep them alive
Hands - holding together closely one fist one slowly stroking the knuckles
Feet - slow steps leading with the toe into a ball roll

Grumpy Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Grumpy Walk.
Head - Focused forward with a little give back and forth
Chest - pretty rigid forward with a bit of in and out to allow for breathing
Hips - a decent amount of up and down
Arms - slow backward fast forward and up with some rotate inward and outward
Hands - follow the arms with a little overlap and drag
Feet - a bit stompy with floppy toes and heels

Backward Glide - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a backwards glide!
Head - pulling back and directing the motion
Chest - mainly arched back with a bit of overlap forward opposition
Hips - slight rotate and up and down
Arms - delay and overlap
Hands - follow the arms with a bit more drag
Feet - smooth slide back leading the action

Wild West Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Wild West walk!
Head - Focused straight a forward with a little give on the next and head to keep it moving
Chest - puffed out with a bit of rotate to keep him breathing
Hips - lots of side rotate to allow for the wide gate walk
Arms - puffed out widely rotate with the forward moving leg led by the elbow
Hands - follow through and overlap from the arms fingers twitching
Feet - drag and flop

Loose Stroll - Walk a Day

Today's walk is a loose stroll!
Head - bopping to the beat of the steps
Chest - a little back and forth to loosen it up
Hips - mostly give in the butt
Arms - broken broken broken to give them a loose quality
Hands - exaggerated rotate to give them some nice overlap
Feet - floppy rotate toe drag and flip

Headbanger Walk

Today's walk is a Headbanger Walk.
Head - Banging away up and down
Chest - curved inward slight give to allow for breathing
Hips - more up and down less rotate
Arms - Main arm joint broken to give it more sway and flex other arm little ups and downs to give it life
Hands - Both hands fist pumping
Feet - a little bouncy and heavy