How to Animate a Walk Cycle

Learn how to create a basic walk cycle animation using Adobe Animate in this comprehensive 23-minute tutorial. Master the key poses of a walk cycle as perfected by Richard Williams, starting from sketching to finalizing the animation. Explore the five essential poses: contact, passing position, down, and up. Discover techniques for arranging key poses, tidying up rough sketches, and adding secondary animations for elements like hats, bags, and clothing. Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to add follow-through, overlap, and finalize the animation with coloring. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have the skills to create a polished walk cycle animation from scratch.

Intro
Episode Overview
The First Pose: CONTACT
The Second Pose: CONTACT AGAIN?!
The Third Pose: THE PASSING POSITION
The Fourth Pose: DOWN
The Final Pose: UP
Arranging the Key Poses
Tidying Up the Roughs and Cheating the other Step
Walk Cycle Roughs Overview
Adding Secondary Animation: The Hat
Adding Secondary Animation: The Bag
Adding Follow Through & Overlap: The Clothes
Finalising and Colouring
The Finished Product
Member Shoutouts