Animating LEGS (Walk Cycles and Weight) - Doodley

Walk cycles are by far the most common thing animators animate, but it's not as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. Let's take a look at legs themselves to truly understand walks, runs and jumps!

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Animation by David Oneacre

Music by Jayfoo

Clip Hunting and Assistance by Melanie Tan

Gimberly uses kamone416's toon shader, which you can find here:
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Additional Music:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I, Arranged by Kevin Macleod

[wiggle]

This was an awesome video and I learned so much! But I have 2 things I’d like to suggest. At 2:23 the larger animation and the stalling example aren’t the same and look very confusing since one foot is forward in one, and behind in the other. It’s just a lil confusing. And the other thing is that in the video talking about foot placement it might have helped to put a floor to help visualize the difference between non moving feet and floaty feet. Again, this is an amazing video, and these are just some thing I noticed that could be used in later examples in videos. Have a good night :)

[JNSStudios]

Guys I can’t believe walking and running from this video became so popular that they made it into a real thing

[mckay]

I swear, man, you'd be an amazing teacher. I hardly know the first thing about animation, but your content is so well done and captivating, it just grabs on in a way that other channels have a hard time with. Also, remember not to push yourself too hard.

[kopawz]

fun fact about that clip of twilight princess- link is actually MISSING a frame of animation in his idle standing animation after he gains a rupee; this causes his position to shift backwards SLIGHTLY every cycle of his standing idle. this makes it so you can eventually clip through doors after several hours of waiting. this trick is used to bypass key doors for particular speed runs. great video!

[inkerJ]

i love shifting my weight onto my feet also known as the process of walking.

[ToastBoastOfficial]

5:47 I like the details of gimberly getting scared when doodley pops up!

[MoreSonicRobot]

Can't wait for the "keep alive" video. Been scratching my head on how to keep my character himself when he's not doing anything. I would love to know what the secrets to idling are.

[bossbabyfunnymoments]

Yay! Doodley has created a new masterpiece to teach and entertain! Rejoice!!!

[LacedxNico]

Oh I love Gimberly's design, the hair accessory with the gimber is a great touch too

[StickMations]

I really wish I had this video when I had to start my walk cycle assignment, this information is so well-made and easy to grasp!
When I first got the animator's survival kit I was really confused on why there were so many pages just for walks cause It looked pretty simple in concept. Then I started taking animation classes and I realized how essential they are to learning about a character plus all the body mechanics that have to go into it to work properly. I think the best advice my professors have told me regarding mechanics is that "Humans are pretty lazy so they'll try to do most things with the least amount of action required"

[CBusschaert]

I wish all animation courses would start with a video or section like this. A boiled-down version of what you're going to learn in more details later, that still informs you of what the broad principles are, and how to look at the rest of the course. Too many walk cycle "tutorials" just get to the poses, and almost none of them even mention how to put personality or emotion into them. Great video as always, Doodley. Thank you

[LazaLazy]

I don’t have enough for merch but here, it’s all I got. Hope you see this, but it don’t matter.

[Adeline_Wheat]

Dooley: what about when a character loses balance? Words words words words...
Gimberly: wtf man

[RecoridoLol]

The Dood has come back with another amazing video! Nice job man! The animation is smoother than ever before man! Nice job! Very excited for more videos to come!

[nimirose_]

As a starting 3D animator, this stuff is a GODSEND! Keep it up, man! :)

[purpleduck]

That was a great video, I don’t think I ever actually put much thought into how balance can convey mood and character

[LucasRPDJ]

These animation lessons are the kind of lessons everyone should have, well explained with understandable and appealing visuals, I love it.

Congratulations for reaching 130k 😉👍

[luxsolis]

I don’t ever think I’ll ever be an animator, but these videos are still really cool to watch. It’s almost like a backstage look into how animations are created.

[RudeJackArt]

Seeing Flips dictum persevere! - well done man

[paigepolaris]

These videos are so amazing and educational, breaking down animation in a helpful way without being tied to any particular method, program, or 2d/3d. I'm learning 3D modeling/animation in blender and my traditional drawing/animating friends love this just as much. They're fascinating for people I know who aren't even learning or practicing animation!

You're up there with people like Captain Disillusion!