7 Common Mistakes in Walk Cycle Animation - Tips to Detect and Fix them

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  • čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
  • Here’s your quick guide on detecting and fixing mistakes when creating walk cycle animation. All the examples in this video are based on the most common mistakes that the students of our Motion Beast course made. In this course, we teach animation in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Animate to beginners and intermediate-level students. It has a bunch of After Effects tutorials as well as significant block dedicated to character animation.
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    Timelines
    0:00 Motion Design School Logo
    0:04 Introduction
    0:25 1. Phases from Hell
    1:00 2. Simultaneous movement
    1:40 3. Don't move walk cycles!
    2:43 4. Indistinguishable Up and Down
    3:37 5. Asymmetrical poses
    4:23 6. Uneven movement of supporting leg
    5:25 7. Wooden feet syndrome
    6:02 Things to check
    7:06 Conclusion
    7:47 Outro

Komentáře • 79

  • @andyboatwright9407
    @andyboatwright9407 Před 4 lety +80

    I've now learnt how to move my legs and arms in real life thanks.

  • @osgarlo
    @osgarlo Před 3 lety +22

    0:00 Motion Design School Logo
    0:04 Introduction
    0:25 1. Phases from Hell
    1:00 2. Simultaneous movement
    1:40 3. Don't move walk cycles!
    2:43 4. Indistinguishable Up and Down
    3:37 5. Asymmetrical poses
    4:23 6. Uneven movement of supporting leg
    5:25 7. Wooden feet syndrome
    6:02 Things to check
    6:14 I. Contact Pose
    6:20 II. Passing Pose
    6:34 III. Up and Down poses
    6:41 IV. The movement of a body
    6:49 V. Don't forget details
    6:56 VI. Motion Paths
    7:02 VII. Volume
    7:06 Conclusion
    7:47 Outro

  • @THUNGUNS
    @THUNGUNS Před 2 lety +5

    Best tutorial/guide for animating walk cycles. Doesn't focus too much on the technicalities and lets us learn the principles.

  • @kennetherhabor5543
    @kennetherhabor5543 Před 3 lety +6

    Thanks for this. Learnt a few new things about walk cycle animation that I hadn't paid attention to before or I just overlooked. Please keep the character animation tutorials coming.

  • @Hjkhjfhhhgch
    @Hjkhjfhhhgch Před 3 lety +7

    Another bit of advice that helped me loads was to step away from the animation for a bit. I try and switch up the shots i'm working on to give my brain a break so I can see mistakes I made when I return to it.

  • @flubble2473
    @flubble2473 Před měsícem

    Thank you ! I love how much I'm learning when all I need to do is make a pixel art character take 2 steps forward in 5 frames- it's like writing a sentence and learning 30 words on the side as a bonus !

  • @carcinogeneticist378
    @carcinogeneticist378 Před 2 lety +2

    Had to model my first walk cycle for a 3D animation class I’m taking. This video was incredibly helpful! I knew about alternating arms and legs, but the rest of these tips were completely new to me and would have otherwise flown over my head!

  • @user-rq9kv8hu9r
    @user-rq9kv8hu9r Před 4 lety

    It's always a big help. Thanks for the content.

  • @cayoyoshimura9570
    @cayoyoshimura9570 Před 3 lety

    Loved the content, nice explanation and examples!

  • @jeorc
    @jeorc Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing. This is pretty valuable information.

  • @maxmarakhovskyi4624
    @maxmarakhovskyi4624 Před 4 lety +10

    That's brilliant!

  • @annafromm6
    @annafromm6 Před 4 lety

    Thank you! Very usefull video! Found out my own mistakes! will try to improve my animations further

  • @DavidJonRandom
    @DavidJonRandom Před 4 lety +52

    The sound is really quiet in this video. I had to set my volume in Windows from 5% to 100% to make it sound as loud as other videos.

  • @gameofgnome8991
    @gameofgnome8991 Před rokem

    You made my day. Thank You So Much!

  • @Mohit_N.R
    @Mohit_N.R Před 2 lety

    This was really helpful, Now I know ehat I was missing. Thank you !! ❤️

  • @matasskudra4385
    @matasskudra4385 Před 4 lety

    Excited!!!

  • @sorituanasution1180
    @sorituanasution1180 Před 3 lety

    I'm really having trouble in making this, hopefully i can get it done right this time...
    Thanks for the knowledge you sharing👍

  • @FREDO-py4ti
    @FREDO-py4ti Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for these precious advices !!!

  • @user-wq2nc8or5r
    @user-wq2nc8or5r Před 4 lety +4

    Урок отличный, хотелось бы видеть больше таких видео !)

  • @motionlabstudio
    @motionlabstudio Před 4 lety +4

    I can't tell you how many times our freelancers have got the arm and leg swings in the wrong order! My goodness. Great video!

  • @MsAlenka1993
    @MsAlenka1993 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks a lot 🔥

  • @coconutjelly_
    @coconutjelly_ Před 4 lety +1

    i love your tutorial!

  • @sirlean-beautysubliminals-5515

    great video many thanks

  • @pimmiebear5912
    @pimmiebear5912 Před 2 lety

    walk is a simple and hardest thing to do! THANKS a lot guy!

  • @arisynily1882
    @arisynily1882 Před 2 lety +2

    Wheel chair character:" I'm 4 parallel universes ahead you"

  • @aymenhaq7775
    @aymenhaq7775 Před 4 měsíci

    I consult this video a lot and this is so funny, especially the part with moving the walk cycles.

  • @ramise5932
    @ramise5932 Před 3 lety

    Thanks that’s very helpful!

  • @motiontomeproduction6003

    Brilliant video

  • @butterlinh
    @butterlinh Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this

  • @azddines4077
    @azddines4077 Před rokem

    amazing

  • @pahalasiboro5072
    @pahalasiboro5072 Před 4 lety

    nice. i like this video. i waiting for the next video like this sir....

  • @mehdiarjmandi5280
    @mehdiarjmandi5280 Před 2 lety

    tnx

  • @LOCKSHADES
    @LOCKSHADES Před rokem

    It took several suggestions for me to actually take time to read your thumbnail and even then it took me being insecure with my animation to actually try this out.
    I could have missed out on a lot just because of a thumbnail😅

  • @sarahosness3448
    @sarahosness3448 Před 3 lety +3

    Omg the face in the thumbnail is priceless 🤣

  • @alithomaga
    @alithomaga Před 4 lety

    thank's dude for this.

  • @lunalaba1443
    @lunalaba1443 Před 3 lety

    Thanks. Made mistake # 6. I could not understand what was wrong. They helped.

  • @QwecySlim
    @QwecySlim Před 4 lety

    Cool tips

  • @maherazab9421
    @maherazab9421 Před 4 lety

    Awesome

  • @richardrogers361
    @richardrogers361 Před 2 lety

    I love the gradient on the background buildings @1:50

  • @fractalattractor8944
    @fractalattractor8944 Před 3 lety

    God bless you!

  • @ibnuiryanto9883
    @ibnuiryanto9883 Před 4 lety

    Nice

  • @mulyonoaji-q9f
    @mulyonoaji-q9f Před 4 lety

    Super

  • @alexgrosul7888
    @alexgrosul7888 Před 4 lety

    MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @Mizamook
    @Mizamook Před rokem

    Very helpful, and amusing ways to express stuff. I'm quickly finding out how much a noob I am at all this, and it's fascinating! One thing, though .. next time, speak INTO the mic. What you are doing here is talking over the top of the mic. The flat part on the top as you have it is actually the front .. speak into this, and very close to it. .. the SM7 likes proximity, but is also very directional. Cheers!

  • @lushen952
    @lushen952 Před 3 lety

    I was looking at my animation trying to figure out why it looked so stiff and I just googled stiff walking animation and came up with this. Right at the beginning of the video, I realized my brain doesnt work and I had the arms moving in the same motion as the legs and not opposite. I flipped the keyframes on the arms and it looks 10x better right away....damn.

  • @yunsuhan
    @yunsuhan Před rokem

    ??와 무료강의 맞아요?? 진짜 너무 좋아요 ㅠㅠ 이런 강의 만들어주셔서 감사합니다

  • @amsalik
    @amsalik Před 4 lety +1

    thank you very much !!! volume of the video is very low .... i have to crank the volume up almost 90 to 100, and still low... really appreciate your effort !

    • @motiondesignschool
      @motiondesignschool  Před 4 lety +1

      thanks, we're doing our best. Next time we will pay more attention to the sound :)

    • @amsalik
      @amsalik Před 4 lety

      @@motiondesignschool thank you for your concern ... looking forward :)

  • @ayansiddiqui4559
    @ayansiddiqui4559 Před 2 lety +1

    Am an animator . This helps me for my anime series "Levi attacks on titan"

  • @FlyMotion100
    @FlyMotion100 Před 2 lety

    Only i have low sound voume, problem on this video? (From smartphone)

  • @Garfield_Minecraft
    @Garfield_Minecraft Před rokem +1

    I still don't know how to walk correctly in real life lol
    i see most animation when character walking they don't like to show leg much
    i think because it's hard :/ or just teleporting cut and jump between the scene

  • @dwadeworkx1644
    @dwadeworkx1644 Před 3 lety

    What if I can't draw? I won't be able to draw the poses. I love the look of your courses, but we are reluctant because I can't draw.

  • @amebow
    @amebow Před 4 lety

    Отличный урок! Очень классно сделано. Колокольчик

  • @HiPlayerProdigy
    @HiPlayerProdigy Před 3 lety

    0:48

  • @ilmkhal
    @ilmkhal Před 3 lety

    is the sound a bit too low for this video?

    • @motiondesignschool
      @motiondesignschool  Před 3 lety +1

      Next time we will pay more attention to the sound :)

    • @ilmkhal
      @ilmkhal Před 3 lety

      @@motiondesignschool Thank you! Just checking if it was my machine audio is having a problem.

  • @Jonathonson
    @Jonathonson Před 2 lety

    Motion Design sounds a lot more fancier and technical than Animation.

  • @daringcuteseal
    @daringcuteseal Před 3 lety

    I walked around my room while watching this

  • @celina6969
    @celina6969 Před 3 lety +3

    The teacher is so handsome, I immediately learn~~~

  • @arcosprey4811
    @arcosprey4811 Před 3 lety

    The process of animating dinosaurs is such a hassle

  • @muhammadmagbago9572
    @muhammadmagbago9572 Před 2 lety

    why is the volume so low

  • @andershattne
    @andershattne Před 3 lety

    ..Popping Knees With Duik anyone?

  • @EEGAR
    @EEGAR Před 3 lety

    why so quiet?

    • @motiondesignschool
      @motiondesignschool  Před 3 lety

      We took into account these sound issues and in the other videos everything is ok ;)

  • @32bitsPersona
    @32bitsPersona Před rokem

    What TRULY pains me is when people make the arm and leg on the same side go the same angle, thats not how balance works and it just looks...weird

  • @1minute158
    @1minute158 Před 3 lety

    How to make walkcycle with phone :
    czcams.com/video/x8KAhlFWPDI/video.html

  • @davidfitcher2953
    @davidfitcher2953 Před 4 lety

    Cringy memes...