Animation Fundamentals // Project 1: Walk Cycle Animation

6th October 2022 - 19th October 2022 (Week 6 - Week 8)

Emran Tarek Sayed // 0346648
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Animation Fundamentals // Project 1: Walk Cycle Animation

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INSTRUCTION

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LECTURES

Week 6 // 06.10.2022

Lecture 6

     During the class in week 6, we had a recap on the earlier topics we learned, from week 1 to week 5, the 12 principles of animation. After we were done recapping by Mr. Kamal, we were given our first project. Which is a Walking animation; we were tasked to create a few secs video of a character of our own choice, walking, side view, and from view. Mr. Kamal also taught us the basics of creating a walking animation in class, which I found super helpful.

What did I learn in week 6?

Walk Cycle Animation

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Week 7 // 13.10.2022

Lecture 7

     Seventh class of the semester. We learned two new principles in the class: appeal and animation clarity. Principle Appeal is the animation's charm, such as simplicity, uniqueness, quality design, etc. Like how the actor has charisma, drawing has appeal. Principle Animation Clarity is keeping the animation smooth, so it would be effortlessly charming and understood by the audience, not complicating them. We learned this, so it would help us with the project. 

What did I learn in week 7?

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Week 8 // 19.10.2022

Lecture 8

     In lecture number 8, we learned about action animation. We learned the basics, the timing, and the spacing it needs to create the animation. The key to creating them is the extreme and breaking down how to create action animation. We were also tasked with project 2, action animation. 

What did I learn in week 8?

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PROJECT 

Project 1: Walk Cycle Animation

Week 6 // 06.10.2022

Part 1

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     In Project 1, we are tasked by Mr. Kamal to create a walking animation of our own character. As a beginner in animating, I started by learning the steps of walking animation. Therefore, I watched a couple videos on Youtube and recapped the lessons I went through. 

source: https://youtu.be/_nBGHsa72SI

source: https://youtu.be/J5ffy-YwybA

source: https://youtu.be/2y6aVz0Acx0

     After I was done watching the videos on the walk cycle, I started to plan what I was going to do for this project and how I was going to execute it. After a while of thinking in my own thought, I decided why not use the previous character from exercise 4 for his project since I had already sketched out the character proportion in] all angles. It would be easier to finish this project. Here is the character I did previously: 

 

Fig. 6.0 Exercise 4: Arnold 

(rough sketches)

7th October 2022

Fig. 6.1 Exercise 4: Arnold 

(clean up)

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     Not included in Exercise 4, but I did color the character too.

Fig. 6.2 Arnold 

(colored)

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     To get a better feel for walking animation, specifically Arnold walking animation. I tried to find a clip of Arnold walking in the show itself. To be honest, I couldn't find a specific one (no photo shots of him walking, too); these were the closest to seeing him walking, only I could get. 

source: https://youtu.be/vUsnJ9jlwns

source: https://youtu.be/VT5mXg7BRd0

Week 7 // 13.10.2022

Part 2

Side View Walking Animation (rough)

Fig. 7.0 Side View Walking Animation (17 Frames)

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Fig. 7.1 Side View Walking Animation (principles added)

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Fig. 7.2 Side View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

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Final Rough Side View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

18th October 2022

Side View Walking Animation (clean up)

Fig. 7.3 Side View Walking Animation (17 Frames)

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Fig. 7.4 Side View Walking Animation (principles added)

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Fig. 7.5 Side View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

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Final Clean Up Side View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

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Side View Animation (colored)

Fig. 7.6 Side View Walking Animation (17 Frames)

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Fig. 7.7 Side View Walking Animation (principles added)

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Fig. 7.8 Side View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

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Final Colored Side View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

18th October 2022

Week 8 // 19.10.2022

Final Part

Front View Walking Animation (rough)

Fig. 8.0 Front View Walking Animation (8 Frames)

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Fig. 8.1 Front View Walking Animation (principles added)

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Fig. 8.2 Front View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

22nd October 2022

Final Rough Front View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

22nd October 2022

Front View Walking Animation (clean up)

Fig. 8.3 Front View Walking Animation (8 Frames)

22nd October 2022

Fig. 8.4 Front View Walking Animation (principles added)

22nd October 2022

Fig. 8.5 Front View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

22nd October 2022

Final Clean Up Front View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

22nd October 2022

Front View Walking Animation (colored)

Fig. 8.6 Front View Walking Animation (8 Frames)

22nd October 2022

Fig. 8.7 Front View Walking Animation (principles added)

22nd October 2022

Fig. 8.8 Front View Walking Animation (8 FPS)

22nd October 2022

Final Colored Front View Walk Animation (.mp4) "1280 x 720"

22nd October 2022

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FEEDBACKS

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REFLECTION

Project 1: Walk Cycle Animation

     Project 1, the walking cycle animation, was definitely a fun one to do. I learned a fundamental movement of a character, although the one I executed was jittery. But, as a complete beginner, I felt I did an okay job animating the walk cycle. And I will practice more in the future to keep getting better. Not to mention, I did it all in Procreate.