Resonance

[Tuna Unleashed]

IMO the body looks too tall for the legs.

[Tobe]

Yea, I agrees with Tuna Unleashed. The ratio of the body and legs are like 1:1. My usually my preferred structure.
As for the walk cycle, it seems the body leans too much to the front.

[Overkill]

Okay, I was going for a shorter character, but actually, you're right. It looks a little odd. Come to think of it, I like the taller look too.


I will probably be modifying my animation again tomorrow. I don't really see the forward lean though you're talking about though, Tobe.

[Tuna Unleashed]

The walk animation also snaps at one part, as if it's missing some frames.

[Tobe]

I ain't much of an animator, so I might be wrong. But this frame looks like he straighten his leg too much, it looks kinda unnatural.

[robotacon]

I ain't much of an animator, so I might be wrong. But this frame looks like he straighten his leg too much, it looks kinda unnatural.

It's a result of the feet traveling at an uneven speed on the ground, one of the two comments I have about almost all walk cycles. The other one is heel strikes but Overkill has one in this one so I'm happy.
I'm getting tired commenting about that because I sound like a jerk but it's really good advice.

[Overkill]

Eeek! You're right. That definitely doesn't look natural. I had the hardest time with the "down" frames of the animation, honestly. I'll try to fix that.

I am jobless at the moment, so I've been trying to not get too distracted on the jobhunt. ;_; Animation and drawing is fun though
I'll look at this later today.

[Overkill]

Okay, so I (think) that I fixed the leg problem, and I completely redid the arms so the motion would look more even.



Something kind of annoys me about the back arm still though. But I can't quite put my finger on it. It almost seems like the back arm has no elbow in some frames?

EDIT:

I think I fixed it.  Now the back arm doesn't look totally off, and single frames aren't as ugly:

[Avocado]

My Sloppy Edit:

I'm no animation professional, but his arms look very stiff in your animation.  This is a quick edit so it has some problems, and you might not want something as upbeat with the arms swinging, but I feel like some bending should happen at the elbows.  Good luck!

Edit: For a less strolly thing you could try keeping the hands where they are but bending the elbows so that the upper arm doesn't move as much.  I don't know how well that's going to work but that might be what you're looking for.

[Overkill]

Yeah, you're right. I knew there was SOMETHING off. Okay, so I added arm bending. Not quite as upbeat, but still a brisk, determined walk.