Project 2- Standard Walk Cycle

Question 1

REFLECTION

This is my standard walk cycle. I used various videos from youtube, and the notes posted on olive as references to make this animation as realistic as possible. I did various things to make Mani look as realistic as possible

I made the fingers bend a little inwards to make it look realistic, rather than stiff and straight. I felt that Mani would look very robotic if his Fingers were straight.

Similar to the fingers, i made his arms bend a little when his hand swings forward and backwards when walking, to make him look relaxed.

I rotated the hips such that, when his leg is infront, the him will be rotated towards it. I realised that the hips moved together with the legs when walking, by watching various youtube videos, and observing. The practices in class also gave me some practice for this.

Not only do the hips move when walking, the shoulders move when the arms swing as well. Therefore i rotated the shoulders too, to match the movement of the hands. The movement of the hands corresponded with the movement of the legs.

Apart from these, i also angled the feet outwards as i realised that that it how men usually walk.

Problems

I did face a few problems while creating this animation. I realised that although mani looked natural from the front, his side view did not really look very natural. I realised that his legs stretched too far back. Furthermore, the leg looks like it is sliding when its moving from the front to the back. I had a lot of problems trying to solve this.

After redoing my work a few times, i managed to fix this problem.

CONCLUSION
I leant a lot while doing this assignment. Although i made a few mistakes along the way, i learnt from my mistakes, and did better for Question 2. I am satisfied with my walk cycle.