2D Animation: Walk Cycles Basics

Learn how to create a walk cycle for 2D animation. This tutorial is appropriate for all levels of animators, using any software.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Basics of Walks

• The poses: Contact, down, passing, and high point
• Timing and frame rates
• Animate in place vs. across the screen

2. Animate a Profile Walk

• Create the contact pose
• Create the passing, low, and high poses
• Arcs, spacing, and inbetweens
• Animate the walk in place
• Troubleshoot the arcs
• Move from a stand to a walk
• Move from a walk to a stand

3. Animate Front View Walk

• Create the contact pose
• Create the passing, low, and high poses
• Create the inbetweens

Conclusion

• Next steps