But the usefulness of a good walk cycle should never be understated. Regardless of what kind of character you might be animating, it’s safe to assume that many will need to walk.
So in addition to reading about building the best kind of PC that’ll let you work as fast as possible in your daily 2D and 3D animation work, it’s paramount to know how to create realistic, weighty, and striking walk cycles that show your character’s personality and give them that extra bit of depth.
So, I’ll go over some of our favorite walk cycle references in this article and talk about how to create your very own as well.
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And that’s true to an extent. Yes, it might not be a professionally made walk cycle reference, but it’s a very good tool to get inspired and figure out just what kind of walk cycle, and personality, you want your character to have.
Even if you don’t then use the video itself to create your walk cycle, it’ll still give you a solid foundation to work off of to incorporate your own ideas or other walk cycle references into it.
I always find myself reaching for this video when I have to create more cartoon-like characters. Characters you can put a bit of exaggeration into with it being weird.
Every Gait Of A Horse, Animated On Behance
If you’ve ever dabbled in 2D animation or, heck, even animation in general, you’ll have probably heard of The Animator’s Survival Kit by the legendary animator Richard Williams.
Animal gaits are notoriously difficult to get right. There are a lot of minute details that you might miss during the creation process, but will make your animation look “off” if you don’t get right.
So this handy resource helps you figure out the basics of animal gaits and makes it easy to create walking animations for most typical quadrupeds.
Natural And Artificial Gaits Of The Horse
I personally use it as a reference to get a good “base” walk cycle going before I go in and add in the minute details of whatever animal I’m animating.
Bodies in Motion is an excellent resource for all your reference needs. It has a wide library of references from 3D scans to reference artwork, expression collections, and finally animation references.
The Body Mechanics collection by Endless Reference is one of the best references available for a wide variety of common human movements.
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They offer male, female, and even young adult references for most of the references, not to mention multiple camera views as well. So regardless of what your character is like, you’ll have a suitable reference.
They allow you to upload your own characters and quickly see how they’d look with one of the animations in Mixamo’s database without having to download anything.
And if you’d prefer to download and break down their animations to figure out how they did something, they allow you to download all the animations and assets used in those animations for free.
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It’s a frankly incredible resource and is the first place I go to when I need a reference or quick animation for something.
It has certainly gathered certain connotations around the internet as a bit of a nuisance in some regards and, as such, a large number of people avoid it.
But I think that’s quite a waste. Pinterest is an amazing place to find interesting animation references and other animation images and videos to get inspired by.
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It’s certainly not the most organized, but its ability to give you unique and interesting insights into animation practices and whatnot are unparalleled.
Youtube is possibly the biggest video aggregator in the world. So it’s not surprising to find out that they have a ton of animation references as well.
The quality of these references can vary wildly, but you can be sure to find references for pretty much anything you can think of here.
Animation Of Human Gait. Animation For Your Cartoon. Movement Animation Of The Character. Stock Vector
Finding a movie—or better yet, a show—that has motions similar to the ones that you want references for is a great way to get high-quality references.
I’ll have a much easier time finding a show in that setting and then using it as a reference as opposed to trying to find references tailor-made for something as specific as that—and it isn’t even all that specific.
Video games are a bit harder to use as references for animations, but that isn’t to say that they don’t hold any value as references whatsoever.
Animal Gaits For Animators On Vimeo
I personally find it to be a bit of a hassle compared to the other methods, but if I can’t find certain references and they’re available in a game instead, I don’t hesitate to use them as a reference.
Seriously. It’s great for more than just creating references as well. It allows you to visualize your animations in real 3D space, which helps to create more grounded animations.
And here’s a little tip. Exaggerate your movements a bit. Animations have a way of getting duller when translated from reference to creation.
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Finding decent references can be a surprisingly challenging task sometimes, so I hope this article has made it just a bit easier for you to find exactly what you want.
Veteran animators generally have a feel for how things should be but even they use references to fill in the gaps of their knowledge.
Now, I generally recommend adding in a little bit of your own personality into your creations when you use something as a reference because it helps you develop your own style and teaches you interesting things.
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I personally don’t consider it “cheating” if it’s used well in a way that creates something interesting and artistic and elevates the medium.
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