More Running: ANM 201 – Week 3

So this week we are continuing our work with run cycles. To that end we video taped ourselves running – in the style we wanted to run – on a treadmill. Mind you, this is not for rotoscoping purposes. This is simply for reference. I tried to do a happy little jaunty run with my head up and leaning back. I don't think it came out that way, but hey, you work with what you have. Anyway, I'm currently working on perfecting the torso and leg movements before continuing this week with the head, arms, and secondary motion. What's secondary motion you ask? That's anything that moves because of the primary motion. For example, if I am wearing a scarf while I'm running then then running is the primary action. The scarf fluttering up and down behind me while I'm running is secondary (it is caused by the running). There is a LOT of this in animation. The gut of a fat man bouncing up and down while he trots along, or the tassel of a hat as a kid runs through the snow, or the hoses of a spacesuit as an astronaut bounds across the moon. But that's for later, right now I have to concentrate on getting the the basics right. So, I'm afraid I have to close here because...I have to run...