My Antenna Walk Cycle

posted to: Stomp Antenna Walk

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 😄

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  • tanya (tanya53) replied

    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.

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  • Wayne Dixon replied

    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!

  • CypherPoet replied

    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.