Arif's Drawings

[arif]

just finished my first walk cycle...in fact, it is a corrected version....worked so hard for it...

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/vid...p?showvideo=92

[jeremyhopkins]

Good for you Arif! Everything looks pretty good for your first walk attempt. I have a couple suggestions for you that might help it work better.

1. If you can, draw out the walk rather than tweening shapes. The body is made out of hard and fleshy parts. The hips, chest, skull, and joints are hard. The jaw and belly are fleshy so they can change shape. The spine is major force that changes shape even in a walk and the force is driven by the hips.

2. Check shoulders, arms and hands and make sure the shoulders lead the arms and the lead the hands - sometimes called successive breaking of joints if it's taken to the extreme.

3. Check the feet and make sure the back foot has a bit of perspective so its not walking on the same line as the front foot. Don't be afraid to point the toes in or out because that will add character to the walk as well as a sense of balance.

Nicely done first attempt Arif! Good luck and keep studying!

[arif]

Thanks jeremy for your nice and constructive thought about my walk.....(in fact,this is your first post on my thread..hahahahhaha,just kidding!!)yea, i can understand completely what you pointed out....walk is a very fascinating and hard to understand....that is why, i was planning that i have to understand each and everything very clearly like how the legs move,hands are swiping,head ups and down...if i clear everything and can move it along the path then i will add more like hair,bally movement and others.....i am learning this from Survival kits now(Don still didnot release Walk tutirial yet)...i am going to do what you said now........lots of stuff yet to do..like sneaks,run, more invented walk after i completed normal walk cycle.....


Thanks again....

Arif

[Rodney]

Outstanding Arif.
I'm impressed that this is your first walk.

On something of a lark I grabbed your walk and took a look at it sequentially thinking I could track the arcs.

Here's 12 frames (inbetweens frames dropped) from near the beginning of your walk. (I think I accidentally deleted frame 1) What do you know... you've got some very nice arcs!



There is one particular area I think placing a little more attention on will pay off. Look at the main trunk of the body as you follow the walk. Notice any pattern about about it?

If in future walks you remember to add a liitle bit of Don Bluth's patent pending lifetime guaranteed opposing arcs in there you'll see and feel a sense of weight start to flow throughout the body.

My thought is not to change a thing with this one. This is a marvelous walk. Frame this one on your wall. It represents the first steps in a journey that will take you far.

[arif]

If in future walks you remember to add a liitle bit of Don Bluth's patent pending lifetime guaranteed opposing arcs in there you'll see and feel a sense of weight start to flow throughout the body.

Dear Rodney,

Thank you and Jeremy...you are the 2 guys who are willingly inspired all...people needs inspiration and critics(constructive) all the time to succeed...thanks again to take time to see my walk and posted the image squences:laughing:.......basically, it is mine 3rd attempt...first 2 attempt,i have learned the basic extreme poses and arc and the method....then , i decided that i need to complete one...it`s took 10 days(almost) and worked really hard to manage it....(it was a really hard for me ..hahahahaah:laughing..
i kept my character very simple to learn the method....as Don and Richard willams say that KEEP IT SIMPLE FIRST and think simple .....now i am thinking to go ahead more ....

Thank you again freind...

Arif

[arif]

Trying to learn from GETTING THE FEELING..in fact, i never drew mouse before..it seemed difficult for me(i didn't know why,may be,i cant do caricature..am trying now)so, i have studied the mouse face first...and then suddenly i added body..wow!!!...i felt great at that time..it gave me lots of pleasure when it appeared on paper...i like him so much!!!





Visualize on your head before you pick the pencil(Don`s advice)

[jeremyhopkins]

Nice improvement Arif! Glad to see the tutorials are helping you!

Thanks for your comment in my old thread but I don't want to steer you in the wrong direction. I've removed the whole thread because we have the techniques section to ask questions and a gallery section to showcase work. I'll offer up suggestions as a peer but keep in mind my experience and knowledge is far less than some people on this forum. Take the advice that works for you and disregard the rest. Your question would be excellent to ask Don on Wednesday!

[lavallelee]

Those are some cute mice. Very nice character design. Good job

[arif]

i really enjoying draw my mouse..it gives me lots of pleasure...hahahahah

[joedorsey]

Nice mice!