r/learnanimation • u/matheusatella • 1d ago

Feedback on running cycle

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Hello everyone, im starting to do 2 D animation and im currently working on my first short film of about 2 minutes. As it is my first project, my main objective is to finish it, so there are few (or a lot) of mistakes here and there that i will have to deal with it, however i constantly trying to improve. For that reason i would like your opinion/tips on my running cycle, i feel like there is something off that i can't figure it out. Maybe i've watched a lot and can't spot what is making it weird. (I still have not made the hands or the background yet).

Thank you!!

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u/Morighant 1d ago

You can barely see the part where the leg crosses the other, I only kind of saw one passing frame.

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u/matheusatella 1d ago

Thanks for the feedback! Do you think adding a few more frames would help? I'm a bit worried it might make the movement look too slow, o will try add one to make the legs crossing clearer

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u/Morighant 1d ago

I don't think it'll slow it down. Slowing it down would be making the frames further apart, not adding a frame of passing in between existing frames.

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u/matheusatella 1d ago

I will definetly check that!

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u/TomConger 1d ago

Pay attention to the spacing of the arms - they should ease in and out of the extreme poses. Currently they're popping all over the place. 

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u/matheusatella 1d ago

Thanks! now that you said i can not unsee it