Dastardly Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Dastardly Walk.
Head - focused forward, pulls in and flops out
Chest - puffed out then leans forward and bends over
Hips - rotate to offset the chest and favor the next step, dip down lower
Legs - low small to then medium steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Arms - left arm held out then flops forward, right arm held behind the back, light keep alive and drag
Hands - left hand holds the gun, drags back then overlaps and flops forward with extra overlap and drag in the fingers, right hand held behind the back moves with a little keep alive and drag from the movement of the arm and forearm

Animating a Walk from Start to Finish - Slow in Slow Out

Live Streaming an Animated Walk.

12 Principles of Animation -

SLOW-OUT AND SLOW-IN
As action starts, we have more drawings near the starting pose, one or two in the middle, and more drawings near the next pose. Fewer drawings make the action faster and more drawings make the action slower. Slow-ins and slow-outs soften the action, making it more life-like. For a gag action, we may omit some slow-out or slow-ins for shock appeal or the surprise element. This will give more snap to the scene.

http://www.frankanollie.com/PhysicalAnimation.html


Program - Maya 2010 http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview

Rig - Goon Rig http://www.kennyroy.com/public/How-to-Cheat-in-Maya-2013.cfm

Victor Navone
http://blog.navone.org/

Animator's Bibles:

Character Animation Crash Course -
http://www.amazon.com/Character-Animation-Crash-Course-Goldberg/dp/1879505975

Illusion of Life -
http://www.amazon.com/The-Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707

Animator's Survival Kit -
http://www.amazon.com/The-Animators-Survival-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284

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