To make an effective walk cycle always think of this:
The body going up and down: remember that walking is pushing our body forward and the leg come up to catch it from falling, depends of the way your character is walking, you can exaggerate the motion and effect.
The arms: in general try to catch a zone where the arms can balance and keep it the most than you can, it will giv a natural feel and also pleasant effect for the eyes.
The shape of the walking cycle: all depends of you because many ways exists!
But in general this triangular shape is effective for a simple walk effect, even a round shape can work but you have to be subtle with it or the cycle will looks wrong for our eyes.
Bobbing head helps too to add more effects!
Hope it will helps ^^
Kéké
2017-01-23 16:12:12 +0000 UTC