From the course: 2D Animation: Character & Attitude Walk Cycles
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Animating a goofy walk
From the course: 2D Animation: Character & Attitude Walk Cycles
Animating a goofy walk
- [Voiceover] It's too easy to forget that the purpose of animation and one of the things animation can do that other mediums can't do is we can create things that can't happen in reality. And I think too many people are stuck in this uncanny valley of trying to make things like really, really real. So, here's a good example of a walk that is not trying to be real. It's my goofy cycle. And I just did this for fun. I was just messing around with some really weird shapes. What I really wanted to have happen was like this big stupid drag. I'm not even sure I could do that without breaking my knee. So, you look at the other side too. It's a pretty, it's a pretty wild walk. Well, it's a cartoony walk. And this is like a, again it's a first pass, second pass maybe. So, I would still like to build on this and push it some further. But again, I like showing you guys some of the stuff that I do that's not final, final. So, it gives you an idea about the process. And there's bits that I really…
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