Category: Maya with George

This blog post is about the anatomy of a walk cycle. A walk cycle is an effective way to describe a character. Every walk style is unique, and the mannerisms shown in a walk cycle often gives insight into the character demeanor, confidence level and much more.

Walk cycles are made up of 4 main poses. The Contact Pose, the Passing Position Pose, the Up Pose and the Down Pose.

Critiquing Weight Shift

Below is my attempt of last week’s weight shift exercise.

Overall a good attempt at a first pass. I was advised to make the poses a little bit more extreme to better show the effect of the weight change, especially when the weight moves to the left leg. I was also advised to make sure the heel leaves the ground before the rest of the foot to give that “peeling off” effect.