05/03/2021
This week I have been working on producing my toony walk cycle.
I have chosen to start with these as BlueZoo have an internship program coming up and applications end on the 12th of March.
I have one other item in my showreel I feel is appropriate to send to them and want to pad it out with something else, so short toony walk cycles fit perfectly in to Bluezoo's style and in to my limited time frame.
I also haven't animated in a while and feel a quite rusty, so producing small exaggerated walk cycles will help loosen me up ready to animate larger pieces.
I got the inspiration for this walk cycle from the '100 Walks' Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEoUhlesN9E at about 4 mis 7seconds in.
Though I didn't outright copy the video it served as a great catalyst for my animation.
I also watched 'Roadrunner' 'The Mask' and 'Hotel Transylvania 3' for style inspo as both are very exaggerated old school and old school inspired animations, which is the style I was going for.
I had fun with this animation, its not my usual style and so it was a little difficult to get in to at first but watching some pose pushing advice videos, I feel the outcome is what I was hoping for.
EDIT: 12/05/2021 I still really like this animation, however after completing my second toony animation, working on another piece , more research and more confidence in my abilities I know I could push it even more and maybe in future I will come back to it.
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