[C&C]Walk cycle problem (also newbie)

[geca]

First time poster (but longtime lurker) here. I'm working on a platformer. Here's a really quick and dirty mockup of it (it will be presented at 300% of the original size).



I'm having trouble animating my main character and would like to get help/suggestions regarding the walk cycle. I'm not satisfied with it but that's currently as far as I go with my limited skills. How can I make it more convincing?





Thank you.

[Charlieton]

Lookls like he's trying to do a moonwalk or something.

Why isn't he lifting his legs, just sliding them along the ground? Also, the whole body should be moving while walking.

[geca]

Charlieton, indeed, there is some moonwalking going on there. I tried following your advice and came up with this.





I also tried animating the body but got terrible results - just pixels jumping around.

[9_6]

-Lift that foot
-Move that arm
-Lift that body
-If the legs move thatway, the hip follows
-If the hip turns that much, so will the torso
-If the torso moves that much, the head will turn a bit too

[geca]

9_6, that's just awesome. Thank you very much for your edit and the reasoning behind it.