Easy Walk Cycle, Character Animation with Blender

Phew, this was a long one. If anyone is interested in a quick version, let me know. I've done this for a few of my videos and would gladly do a short walk cycle video if there is demand.

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00:00 - Intro and Summary
00:45 - Resources
01:36 - Key Poses
02:30 - Setup
03:27 - Rig Controls
05:04 - Contact Pose
09:23 - Passing Pose
10:41 - Down Pose
12:38 - Up Pose
13:52 - Hips
15:37 - Head
17:09 - Arms
19:49 - Hands
20:36 - Changing Values in the Graph Editor
21:55 - Looping
24:11 - Offsetting
25:25 - Foot Curves
27:41 - Moving Forward
30:32 - Move Forward Method 2
32:09 - Linear Extrapolation
34:07 - Flipping Keyframes
36:10 - Better Foot Curves
38:37 - Making Different Walks
41:28 - Outro

[akosifords]

Learning blender again with your tutorials as guides. And never though that creating a character model and rigging it is much more easier now than before that skin modifier which I just learned from one of your videos is so cool!!

[Themotivationalmatrix]

not gonna lie this is the best tut for walk cycel

[travjord]

Awesome, thank you. I would like to see how you handle things like a character that spins or walks around in a circle or multiple circles, as there are so many issues with quaternion rotations.

[robertyoung]

Thank yuo so much for this in-depth guide. I never knew what keyframe inteval to use and i didnt understand how to optimize the foot curves.

Also, note to self 25:30.

40:24 to make character go down faster

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[oscarpatatan]

I love your tutorials, every time I wach one I learn something new, a lot of small details. Thanks bro!

[jasonlor]

30:32 - Wished I learned this earlier. Really helps with keeping the foot in place. Thanks.

[__Hay_Dar__]

its cntrl+shift+v to paste flipped keyframe .. if you are struggling

[Meehawww]

26:40 When setting the interpolation mode to linear you should just select the first keyframe. Then it will flatten out just the part that you want

[samix]

It was a wonderful tutorial. I have been trying to do a walk cycle for so long but now it finally works !

[ytStrikez]

this helped I was able to take off in the middle of the vid and work on my own thank you ( :

[uncleoky]

9:31
Quick note for possible misunderstanding: It is Alt+R not CTRL+R

[peterpopadic]

there are so many great tips for working with graph editor. Great work man !

[MrPoumtchack]

Happy to see the Highway Man at 1:21s :D

[CalieFaeryl]

I have a request for a video on the step by step process of setting up a render for an image or animation and saving them. I do realize there is debate on rendering out an animation as mp4 or as images to bring into an editing software for some programs, not sure if the same is true for Blender.

[celia.m]

You packed the tutorial with loads of info and tips! really appreciate it! thank you

[UltimiteShot]

❤Thank you so much for your great and detailed tutorial !

[joelwhite]

Your tutorials are always so detailed in the description and explanations

Thank you

[johanleion]

THank you so much for all your content Carlino! This is awesome introduction to keyframing and graphs.

[manmadeartists]

Still rigging my character following your recent video tutorials. But I’m already excited to get into this one soon! Thank you so much!