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3rdDimension
05-08-2003, 08:23 AM
These are just two walk cycles I worked on for a little animated short(real short!) I'm doing. They were not lyn' when they said animating walks cycles are the hardest thing to do! Crits and comments are always welcome. Thanks:D

Right click on the links and save target so you can play the quicktime looping.

CyclopsWalk.mov(224kb) (http://www.kannonball.com/gerald_temp/CyclopsWalk.mov)

DinoWalk.mov(180kb) (http://www.kannonball.com/gerald_temp/DinoWalk.mov)
Sceme
05-08-2003, 08:38 AM
first one looks guite great (maybe perfect)

but, the second one..maybe some more weight on the dino? (heavier steps)
3rdDimension
05-08-2003, 09:53 AM
Yeah I think your right on that one! Man if it weren't for these forums, I think I'd go crazy tryn' to animate(or learn in my case). I'll get on making his steps a little heavier. Thanks:D
DOOMNINJA
05-08-2003, 07:51 PM
pretty cool stuff, just a quick thought, maybe have the dino's arms closer in to his body. Course he might only do that when he wants to book it, so if hes just jogging around maybe he doesnt mind them dangaling a bit.

-Doom

P.S. how many polys?
3rdDimension
05-08-2003, 10:13 PM
Hey thanks for the comments. As far as poly count goes, Cyclops is 2,600 tri's and Dino is 1,000 tri's. I know the amount of poly's could be handled alot better, but my main focus is on the character animation aspects. I do try to keep the polygon count resonable and not get too crazy. I put a lot of geometry in the areas that I needed to bend and deform far enough for the poses I plan to have them go through. Hopefully I'll get better at poly distribution as I continue with doing more animation shorts(about a minute and under for each).:)
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