How Do You Keyframe In Walk Cycle Animation?
Keyframe your walk cycle animation by roughing out quick pencil sketches of your character in action one frame at a time. Number the frames to keep them in order. Each frame is one position of the character, situated in time and space, through the progress of the walk cycle. Concentrate on correct body positioning and limb placement to create the entire walk cycle series of frames. Create the keyframes with a clean sheet of paper secured with clips or masking tape to your drawing surface, preferably a light table. Use a pencil to star and mark out the perimeter of the frame on the paper. Divide the frame directly in half with a pencil line straight down the center of the frame. Decide how many frames will comprise the full animation walk cycle. For example, if you have 15 frames for the entire cycle, so that frames one and 15 are nearly identical, frame 15 brings the character back to the starting point of the walking motion. Sketch out the basic lower body skeletal structure of the an
