How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4

Walk Cycle

LET’S FACE IT, as an animator you are eventually going to be faced with the task of making somebody or something walk. For whatever reason, newcomers to animation regard walk cycles as being extremely difficult. Why? I won’t lie to you, they are. Well, in an anatomically accurate way, they can be very challenging. As an animator, you will find it nearly impossible to avoid the walk cycle, so it may be best to face your fear head-on right now. You just might learn that walk cycles aren’t all that difficult to accomplish. There are several ways to make the task of animating a walk cycle very difficult or relatively easy. Let’s examine ...