Running Animation

[Druvan]

Here's something i've been working on the last couple of hours, i've went back an forth with different animation styles and now im just completly lost



So i'm wondering how to animate the arm so it fly in the wind and the cloak so it looks more fluid with the legs.

This is how it looks while standing still

[MysteryMeat]

mind if I try mocking a thing up?

[Druvan]

mind if I try mocking a thing up?

Sure, go ahead

[MysteryMeat]

Aight, so what I did here was just add a small bit of "billow" to it, timing the flow of the sleeves to his run cycle.


There's improvements that could be made, like having the forward edge be more rigid against his arm, but you can see what I'm doing with it here.

[MysteryMeat]

still there?

[Druvan]

still there?

Oh sorry i forgot about this post, alot of school work going on
Yeah i was thinking about drawing the other arm too and then making the forward and backwards running animations, when i have time i will post them here

And thanks for the help 

[Druvan]

Ok i tried to add the other arm quick and i think it turned out alright, but it doesnt look like like two arms anymore just more like an cloak :/

[DracoDragon42]

I would just like to say that I had no idea that was his arms, I thought it was a cape or something. If you want to make it more readable as arms, you should add hands at the end of the sleeves, but it looks pretty good.

[Druvan]

just to make it more clearer what im going for, here is the reference i went after


Edit: To make it even more clear, its just the design i was going after not its run style.

[lachrymose]

Going by the reference you need to exaggerate a heck of a lot more.