There wasn't an exercise submission to go along with this one, but I still enjoyed the lesson regardless -- so I figured I'd toss my version out there for all to see/critique 😄
This looks nice, walk cycles are hard. The only thing that looks off is the front view of the antenna, it seems a little jerky to me, not as natural as the side view. Try looking at the motion path to make sure the path looks nice. Also for fun add. a blink to the eyes. of make the mouth bounce a little, it. will make him come alive more. Great work.
Good work Ethan.
The biggest thing I see i what Tanya pointed out. The side view is looking great, but from the front it's moving in a figure 8 with flat sides (if that makes sense)
This is the hardest part to get right, but I hope you learned how to work smarter and not harder with this little demo!
Excellent points, ttanya53 -- I got the same hunch about the front view as soon as I posted this 😂
I think the main culprit is the harshness of the up and down movement of the antenna on its local X-axis from the Down -> Passing -> Up positions. When I smooth out those curves a bit more, the motion looks a lot more fluid.