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Amit_S

07-11-2006, 10:36 AM

I`ve done some walk cycles(have just started animating stuff).
I` trying to follow Richard Williams stuff.

My 3d walk cycle turned out to be exactly as he recommends with the body going up and down in a wave style. But it looks too odd, too cartoony.
I cut out 1 position -the extreme up just between the middle pass position and the second contact pose and it looks better, more beleivable.
So is it a 2d v/s 3d thing, cartoony v/s beleivable thing? Or am I just doing something wrong?

LucentDreams

07-12-2006, 04:48 AM

2D also has to be more subtle to avoid a cartoony look. everythign in the Survival kit is mroe extreme and designed for being obvious at explaining what they do, subtle woudl be hard ot follow. he concepts are all the same, just be subtler.

Amit_S

07-12-2006, 09:48 AM

everythign in the Survival kit is mroe extreme and designed for being obvious at explaining what they do, subtle woudl be hard ot follow. he concepts are all the same, just be subtler.

This part I really understand. Thanks for clearing this up.

Amit_S

07-12-2006, 09:59 AM

And for what its worth u also helped me clear up another problem I had with the fwd leg being too straight. Thnx again.

skumaran

07-31-2006, 05:12 PM

hello amit
firt u have to deside that ur character is a cartoon one r a real character if its cartoony then use the extrems of the survival kit

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