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Cyber Garage Project Character March and Run Cycles

If you're serious about animation, you should collect walk, march and run cycles for future reference.  Here are a few from my collection.  You can always vary your timing from the standard march or run but a stock march/run cycle is a good place to start.  If animation needs to be on 1's, always animate on 2's first then add the 1's drawings as in-betweens.

Fievel March Cycle on 12's.
In the Fievel March above, all the circled numbers are extremes.
 

Fievel Run Cycle on 6's:

Fox Run Cycle on 6's:

Momma Rabbit Run Cycle on 6's:

Cyber Garage Project

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