Begin Project 2, Walk Cycle Project.

Big Picture:

There are two major projects here that will eventually be combined.

Project 2 will be to create a human, creature, animal, or monster walk cycle. They may simply walk, run, or if you'd like, you may include an acting moment, as long as the character walks at least for a part of the animation. For anyone who hasn't created a walk cycle before, it's where you animate a character running in place (as if they're running on a treadmill). Any walk cycle should only last between about 1 second (if they're sprinting) to 3 seconds (if they're walking slowly). We'll later loop that animation using After Effects.

Project 3 will be to create a multi-planar camera move for your animation in After Effects using a detailed foreground, middle-ground, and background.

Each of these two major projects will have weekly quiz-sized benchmarks assignments to help you stay on schedule.

Let's take a look at the big picture. Here are previous Student Examples of of their finished work, once they've completed project 2 and 3. They've completed their walk cycle (Project 2) and then incorporated the walk cycle into a Multiplanar Camera Move (Project 3).

These examples will largely be quadruped creatures, since they're from previoys semesters. However I encourage you to consider bipedal characters, since I've recently added them as an option (Especially if you haven't made many walk cycles before).

NatalievanGelder_MultiplaneAnimation.mp4

finnHorstman_multiplaneAnimation.mp4

Pianpanya_Multiplane_v1.mp4

NovioAmelie_Multiplane_v1.mp4

ChavezCruzJennifer_Multiplane.mp4

DeMaeyerKevin_MultiplaneFramed.mov

SeojunKim_MultiplaneFinal.mp4

Muhammad_Samya_MultiplaneFinal.mp4

CaleroIdamis_MultiplaneAnimationV2.mp4

ReaganMurphy_MultiplaneAnimatioon.mp4

SarahGleixner_creaturewalk4.mp4

OdysseySims_MultiplaneV1.mp4

kemnarosalie_10892_448598_ANIM228_01_S23_KemnaRosalie_Multiplaneanimation.mp4

gusakarina_10196_383136_Arina_MonsterWalk_Fin.mp4

opawoyezahir_LATE_3024_386125_ANIM228_01_F22_ZahirOpawoye_MultiPlaneAnimation-1.mp4

thomashail_5613_448591_I2A_QWC_HT_FINALCOMP.mp4

schonerchristopher_3288_382973_ANIM228_01_F22_SchonerChristopher_MultiPlaneAnimation.mp4

Bean.mp4

Other Examples

RPReplay_Final1661303702.mov

Demo Project: The materials used in the above walk cycle will be shared on Canvas for instruction.

Now that we have a sense of the big picture, let's look at our first step. This will be the same as the Dance Party Project. Create a turnaround of your character, drawing them from 3 angles. Illustrate in full color. (Here are some previous student examples)

Below: Great site below with Concept Art from a variety of animated films

Professional Character Turnarounds (Link)

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