Walk Cycle - In After Effects

I often struggle with walk cycle's, this tutorial will help me in figuring out the correct way to make my character walk in After Effects.

Walk Cycle 

Speed Posing (my reference image for next week)

Yoga Pose

Photogrammetry - Part 2: Camera & Scene Matching in 3D

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Rigging 3: Rigging Techniques - Part 1: Basic Squash, Stretch, & Volume Preservation

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Animatic Introduction (sound and movement)

Title Page

Intro - Final from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

I have to decided to use After Effects to produce the rest of my animatic. This software will help me create the movement and creativity I want but in a much tidier and cleaner way.

Speed Posing (5 minutes to complete a pose)

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Reference

Title Page - The Call

The Call - Title Page 

Testing Movement for Animatic - Bullet Scene

The Mountain King - Bullet Scene

Playblast Bullet Scene from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

2D Character Rigging - Part 2: Texture Projection

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2D Character Rigging - Part 1: Modelling

These tutorials are very useful for me because I want to bring my own 2D Character (The Mountain King) into the 3D world of Maya.

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Animatic Ideas

The Mountain King

Animatic - Ideas from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

This video contains some movement ideas I have for my Animatic. I still have some more to do but here's a what I've got so far.

Dynamics Part 1: Sketching Particles

Dynamics Part 1: Sketching Particles

Balloon and Cloud (Final) from Jennifer Ball on Vimeo.

New Concept Ideas - The Call

The Mountain King

New Concept Ideas - The Call

The Mountain King

The Mountain King

The Mountain King

New Concept Ideas - The Call

The Mountain King

New Concept Ideas - The Call

The Mountain King

New Concept Ideas - The Call

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New Concept Ideas - The Call

The Mountain King

I want this part in my animation to be busy, crazy and abstract. In the image above, the Mountain King is swinging, sliding and even stuck inside some of the shapes. I am hoping to make this scene as visually interesting as possible.