Animating a Walk from Start to Finish - Anticipation

Live Streaming an Animated Walk.

12 Principles of Animation -

ANTICIPATION
This movement prepares the audience for a major action the character is about to perform, such as, starting to run, jump or change expression. A dancer does not just leap off the floor. A backwards motion occurs before the forward action is executed. The backward motion is the anticipation. A comic effect can be done by not using anticipation after a series of gags that used anticipation. Almost all real action has major or minor anticipation such as a pitcher's wind-up or a golfers' back swing. Feature animation is often less broad than short animation unless a scene requires it to develop a characters personality.

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

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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Bouncy Butt Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Bouncy Butt Walk.
Head - light sway and tip side to side
Chest - extra side to side sway and tilt, with a little squash and stretch
Hips - extra side to side sway and up and down, rotate to offset the chest, with excess overlap on the butt
Legs - low medium steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Arms - light side to side sway and tilt
Hands - dangle downward, overlap and drag from the sway of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers and thumbs

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

http://www.caseyturbos.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseyturbos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caseyturbos
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Box Walk - Walk a Day

Today's Walk is a Box Walk.
Head - bent over, hiding in the box
Chest - bent over, covered by the box, light squash and stretch
Hips - rotate to offset the chest, extra up and down
Legs - medium low steps
Feet - drag back on the passing position, land with a little toe flop
Arms - hang down, light bounce
Hands - hold the box, extra up and down bounce, delayed from the movement of the arms and forearms extending into the fingers