The Research Cometh...

This is what i've started with, a short movie of me walking to and fro in a 'slight' manner of ways.
Just to see where the differences in character were (passing/contact/posture etc).

As a side note, the characters i was inventing while walking felt much more pronounced than when i watched them in the film. They seemed more subtle when watching them back, still..you can tell they're not 'normal/marching' walks, like the first.
I felt like a scientist doing a 'control' test o.O
(Left) A screen shot of the dissection in photoshop.

This was me analysing the walk. It basically proves most of the theories that were talked over in the richard williams movie. The 'Wave' of the moving heel, the slight bob through the passing position, and the flowing wrist, with an ease in/out.

 
And these are some 'roto' animations taken from the research to really break the walk down further. The first is the 'control' walk. A march. The second includes a slight 'lift' on the passing position.

They're playing at a higher speed because photoshop is rubbish at keeping the same fecking damn frame rate.

walky 3

Ok, so last walk before i delve into research.
It has a 'little' character, but nothing was too intentional with this one, as i don't know how to make it intentional yet. I'm hoping the research will give me that.

I'm always a little scared by 2D animation, so this is still a bit beyond me.

Another

Just another quick test.

Is a bit slower, on a 16f step. Also a bit of an odd character, to make things a bit more interesting.
Really trying to think about the 'passing' position more, and trying to understand how this affects the walk.

Heads first.

I though like getting to grips with the actual animation really quickly, just to get myself over the initial fear of a walk cycle.
I'm going to do some serious research soon, but this was more to break a few barriers.
And i LOVE hats.

P.s. Vimeo are bastards. They don't allow small uploads >.<