Character Animation: 2D Skills for Better 3D, 2nd Edition

chapter 6

animal walks and runs

chaptersummary

•the four types of animal locomotion •construction of an animal pantomime horse cartoon four-legged walks correct four-legged animal construction •animal leg and foot construction •animals with paws •a dog walk •a cat walk •animals with cloven feet •animals with hooves •flat feet •animal runs trotting cantering galloping transverse or rotary gallops and canters • exercises dog walk cycle in 2D dog walk cycle in 3D dog walk or run cycle in 3D

the four types of animal locomotion

There are four kinds of gaits (types of locomotion) adopted by animals. These are walking, trotting, cantering and galloping. Before covering these we have to understand how different styles of animals used in ...