Nicholas Da Silva and Alexandre “Ozmoze” Brakha
Nicholas and Brakha say keep in mind… if you can learn to master the walk cycle in animation, then you can animate just about anything.
Here we take the theory one step further by creating a run cycle. The run cycle may seem a little difficult to learn at first, but it actually uses the same principles as the walk cycle made famous by Preston Blair, one of the great American animators, who is noted for his work at Walt Disney and MGM.
We highly recommend picking up a copy of Preston Blair’s Cartoon Animation, the official bible for professional animators. In developing the Cavedudez, a clan of soccer-playing Neanderthals, into an animated series, we used Preston’s two-legged reference to help us achieve the perfect Cavedude run cycle.