{"id":121,"date":"2021-01-11T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/?p=121"},"modified":"2021-02-11T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T15:05:08","slug":"week-3-walk-cycle-and-head-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"WEEK 3. Walk Cycle and Head Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The third, the last, week of this rotation started by studying and understanding the &#8216;normal&#8217; walk cycle and the on our own head turn while deciding our own timing and spacing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRACTISE EXERCISE: WALK CYCLE <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Normal&#8217; walk cycle is achieved by drawing contact, down, pass position, up pose frames for a single step and then tracing them but changing legs and hands positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise started by drawing the simple figure and setting correct positions for leg movement, without and hands yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/walking_circle1_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Keyframes with basic breakdowns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Second stage &#8211; adding hand movements and more in-betweens. I struggled a bit with keeping arm&#8217;s length consistent but then I started using marks on the figure&#8217;s torso to help me indicate the arc of the moving elbow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/walking_circle__arms_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>More in-betweens and added arms movement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, final in-betweens were the only ones left for me to do for the first step of the walk cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/one_step_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Finished first step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the first step&#8217;s frames as a guideline, I traced the shape of the figure and changed the arms and legs positions. By doing this, I completed the full walk cycle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/walking_circle_completed_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Completed walk cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to add a character on top of it. With very small secondary action in his ponytail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/walking_circle_character_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Character walk cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PRACTISE EXERCISE: HEAD TURN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second exercise of the week &#8211; head turn. From the start, I spent good two hours designing and figuring the story, the action, the timing. It was the first time while in this workshop that I had a chance to work with my own timing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to make a character with the hat as his prominent design feature. I wanted him to be some sort of traveler, explorer. With longer hair braded and tied for conviniece sake. I added some details to indicate his scruffness such as uneven hat lining, few scars and one braid being shorter than the other, cut or sliced when he was escaping from something perhaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_113939-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Character designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For his head turn I wanted to start from him having a pleasant conversation, and perhaps hearing someone yelling his name, he turns around without any hurry and notices a dark menacing cloud of smoke approaching. The face of surprise and shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/20210112_123252-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Further character designs and key poses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By using the head structure, I made a simplified head turn with only keyframes to find the correct arc of movement for the head to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/head_turn_keyframes_and_breakdown_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>keyframes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/head_turn_structure_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Added in-betweens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After determining the timing and spacing for the structure, I started adding details and facial expressions. Also, because it was one of the points in the brief we received for this workshop, secondary action in hair braids and ponytail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/avimationyear1.myblog.arts.ac.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/head_turn_end_1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Finished head turn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paperwork Rotation\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xKaU_iJlHcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third, the last, week of this rotation started by studying and understanding the &#8216;normal&#8217; walk cycle and the on our own head turn while deciding our own timing and spacing. 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