I don't think I've ever seen anyone use that little paw chart to keep track of which foot or paw is on the ground in a given frame. That's awesome! Seems like a useful tool.
Can you also make a tutorial on how spacing works between the frames? As in, on which part of the screen comes the next drawing? )I’m sorry that I can’t explain it properly
Close together will have a less amount of movement between the frames and farther apart will be more movement, I don’t really get what you’re asking so this is the best I can explain Do you mean easing?
@@LittleHi04 I haven't tried it but I think you could messuare the distance between where the front legs hit the gound and where the back legs do. Just by guessing I'd say a dog would roughly move one "dog length" per airborne stage. This might be totally wrong though since I am a total noob lol
Totally floored by how much detailed info you stuffed into less than 4 minutes. Not an animator or even want to be but this was still really fun to watch! Very informative while being directly to the point. Bravo.
Remember to use reference videos of watching actual animals running about preferably in slow motion to analyze how they run and make sure to watch it in normal speed to make sure you have the speed of your final piece correct
I'm really impressed by your consistency in keeping the body proportions the same! I struggle with that when drawing art, and I can't imagine how tricky it must be in a run cycle where it's extra important!
I just wanted to say, I am insanely proud of you and your new content. These types of videos are insanely good and definitely a good change then from *cough* jam *cough* and I love it! Keep up the great work, you're such an amazing teacher too!
Don't start animating without using basic shapes. Yes, this particular copied dog may work well, but without using simple shapes, it will be extremely inconvenient for you to make animals yourself
be careful with your wrists and fingers. I haven't tried this but just making a walking motion with my flat hand on my desk put some strain on it. Have fun^^
The animation is beautiful!! The only thing that bugs me out is the head not following perfect arcs, it's especially noticeable in the slowed down version when focusing on the eyes.
Thanks! If by arcs you mean the semi-circular head motion, its not going to go in a perfectly circular loop with perfect arcs, no matter how smooth an animal is running. It's important to remember that the head is directly effected by the organic movements of the body and not an individual floating object
My general rule for the front legs (when animating in 4fps, which I usually start with then smooth the animation out after) is to do the leg closer, then use the previous frame of that same leg to be the farther leg (often adjusted to flow better depending on how you want it to look) I unfortunately don’t have many tips for the back legs, but the back legs will always hit the ground (still in 4fps) one frame after the front paws are fully off the ground. Things obviously change with different fps, but I hope this helped! And remember, nothings wrong with making bad run cycles:) I made I FAIR share of ugly run cycles until I got the hang of it.
This is one of the simplest animation tutorials I've seen, you make it so easy! Each time I watch your videos I have more and more of an urge to animate, You teach so well and speak so clearly. I'm interested for the new upcoming tutorials, a well as the new animators out there :)✨
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial and beautiful explanation, I am currently following your vid using my 3ds to start off and its turning out pretty good. You're a wonderful teacher cause this made things go so smoothly and I am genuinely impressed with how my flip note is going especially since this is my first time animating. Keep up the fantastic work :)
I'm barely learning drawing, like I've only done maybe 10 animal(mostly cats) sketches for class, and even more recently is learning digital drawing which is on my own with videos and friends to help guide me, but I've always wanted to do animation too, and this was very helpful, I'm going to be practicing this along with all the other things I'm learning related to art This video gave me a years knowledge of understanding compared to what a semester of beginner art can teach me, I'll definitely be catching your other videos
RAAAH you don’t understand how useful this is!!!!! Not only because now my run cycles won’t look stiffer than a metal pipe, but because I can already feel the motivation rushing through meee rrgrgrgrg Also really quickly eats up your artstyle like a wild rabid animal rgegeggeg munches some skin off your arm ascends explodes hheheheh
Just did my first real animation with this! I’m trying to make a pixel game and tried to make my run animation, and it was just so jittery and didn’t look great. I got the bones down with this in about 30 minutes, and had a reasonable mockup using only my mousepad at work!
This video was so helpful to me bc I just started to go over the basics of animation and I was learning how to do walk and run cycles and when I was looking at the ones for dogs it was so confusing but this video helped make it so much easier to understand. I'm definitely gonna sub to check out more of your tutorials ^^
Most dogs I've been around were never airborne while running and stay on the ground the entire time, so I don't think having them lift during a cycle is universal, it more than likely differs from breed to breed.
This process also works for foxes since foxes are part of the canine family which foxes run similar as other canines but if they’re in a scurry they will run right to left so the predator loses them
Ive been working on a fictional critter type creature that ostilates between being plantigrade and digigrage based on speed. The best i can explain is it runs somewhere between a rodent and Pikachu so im having a really hard time drawing it.
Glad it was helpful, thank you! I use photoshop for still drawing, tv paint (used here) and adobe animate for animation. You can probably find cheaper alternatives to these haha
SO HELPFUL! Though, I want to point out that you forgot to make a tail on frame 5, so I made my own. (I MIGHT BE WRONG, THOUGH 😅) Still extremely pleasing. NOTIFICATION: +1 subbie unlocked.
Expertly explained and animated.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone use that little paw chart to keep track of which foot or paw is on the ground in a given frame. That's awesome! Seems like a useful tool.
Can you also make a tutorial on how spacing works between the frames? As in, on which part of the screen comes the next drawing? )I’m sorry that I can’t explain it properly
Close together will have a less amount of movement between the frames and farther apart will be more movement, I don’t really get what you’re asking so this is the best I can explain
Do you mean easing?
I know exactly what you're talking about, and I desperately need this tutorial too
@@OceanGlow-jv8kj ikr! It’s easy to draw a running dog in place. But what if it moved around? I haven’t found anything that helps
@@LittleHi04 hmm, I would look up running dog videos. But I think ik what you mean.
@@LittleHi04 I haven't tried it but I think you could messuare the distance between where the front legs hit the gound and where the back legs do. Just by guessing I'd say a dog would roughly move one "dog length" per airborne stage.
This might be totally wrong though since I am a total noob lol
I love this! I’ll definitely be coming back whenever I anamate a run cycle!
Animate
Totally floored by how much detailed info you stuffed into less than 4 minutes. Not an animator or even want to be but this was still really fun to watch! Very informative while being directly to the point. Bravo.
Remember to use reference videos of watching actual animals running about preferably in slow motion to analyze how they run and make sure to watch it in normal speed to make sure you have the speed of your final piece correct
I'm really impressed by your consistency in keeping the body proportions the same! I struggle with that when drawing art, and I can't imagine how tricky it must be in a run cycle where it's extra important!
I just wanted to say, I am insanely proud of you and your new content. These types of videos are insanely good and definitely a good change then from *cough* jam *cough* and I love it! Keep up the great work, you're such an amazing teacher too!
Don't start animating without using basic shapes. Yes, this particular copied dog may work well, but without using simple shapes, it will be extremely inconvenient for you to make animals yourself
Extra tip: You can also make other frames in between each of the key poses for a smoother animation!
I’m a therian and this helped me a lot with practicing my quads to know how to run I will also be trying to make a animation video for this Tysm!!
cool
be careful with your wrists and fingers. I haven't tried this but just making a walking motion with my flat hand on my desk put some strain on it. Have fun^^
I tried my best to do it sadly I failed but I'll keep trying and learning from this!
The animation is beautiful!! The only thing that bugs me out is the head not following perfect arcs, it's especially noticeable in the slowed down version when focusing on the eyes.
Thanks! If by arcs you mean the semi-circular head motion, its not going to go in a perfectly circular loop with perfect arcs, no matter how smooth an animal is running. It's important to remember that the head is directly effected by the organic movements of the body and not an individual floating object
@@kuzillon yes! I didn't mean a perfect circular motion, but more of a smooth pathing
What programm do you use for your animations❓️ (The tutoriql is amazing and helpful as always!❤)
I love this tutorial! Thank you so much for making this!
I needed this for a quad robot ramming into a humanoid robo as part of an animation thanks
My general rule for the front legs (when animating in 4fps, which I usually start with then smooth the animation out after) is to do the leg closer, then use the previous frame of that same leg to be the farther leg (often adjusted to flow better depending on how you want it to look)
I unfortunately don’t have many tips for the back legs, but the back legs will always hit the ground (still in 4fps) one frame after the front paws are fully off the ground.
Things obviously change with different fps, but I hope this helped! And remember, nothings wrong with making bad run cycles:) I made I FAIR share of ugly run cycles until I got the hang of it.
You have a knack for making it look and sound easy!
This is one of the simplest animation tutorials I've seen, you make it so easy! Each time I watch your videos I have more and more of an urge to animate, You teach so well and speak so clearly. I'm interested for the new upcoming tutorials, a well as the new animators out there :)✨
I recently made a Deer hopping/running animation loop on Procreate, without any help/tutorials!! I'm so proud!
Great video!! 👌🔥
This is so useful! I rarely see so well made videos about run cycles or walk cycles etc
thank you so much for the tutorial!! more animal walkcycles would be amazing
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial and beautiful explanation, I am currently following your vid using my 3ds to start off and its turning out pretty good. You're a wonderful teacher cause this made things go so smoothly and I am genuinely impressed with how my flip note is going especially since this is my first time animating. Keep up the fantastic work :)
You are a Saint🤩! I'm going to really need this tutorial in my next animation XD
This is extremely helpful! Thank you! Hope you get more views on this bc you deserve it!
This is gonna help me a lot in my animation journey i thank you from the bottom of my heart😚
This helps me so much! I am trying to make an animation for one of my first times. It includes some animals running, so I am grateful.❤
This is a REALLY good tutorial and it helped me a lot. Thanks for your help!
I subscribed right away. Beautifully explained! I’m learning animation and this helps so much.
I’m still Learning animation, and i can do not too much while im Learning it for Two years lol (i was very busy with art but it was worth >:3)
This helped me to fun as a therian (quadrobist) 😮😮
Me too
Im a therian and a quadrobist too!
woa!1!1!1 sometimes i do quadrobics randomly on a big bed that my grandparents have when they arent in the room
No
Oh u have readen my mind me too!(also a dragon puppeteer)
Brilliant! Thank you so much for teaching all of us. ❤
I'm barely learning drawing, like I've only done maybe 10 animal(mostly cats) sketches for class, and even more recently is learning digital drawing which is on my own with videos and friends to help guide me, but I've always wanted to do animation too, and this was very helpful, I'm going to be practicing this along with all the other things I'm learning related to art
This video gave me a years knowledge of understanding compared to what a semester of beginner art can teach me, I'll definitely be catching your other videos
I love these exercises! I like to analyze how other animators work on animations, and this ends up helping me as well ❤ congrats!
RAAAH you don’t understand how useful this is!!!!! Not only because now my run cycles won’t look stiffer than a metal pipe, but because I can already feel the motivation rushing through meee rrgrgrgrg
Also really quickly eats up your artstyle like a wild rabid animal rgegeggeg munches some skin off your arm ascends explodes hheheheh
Just did my first real animation with this! I’m trying to make a pixel game and tried to make my run animation, and it was just so jittery and didn’t look great. I got the bones down with this in about 30 minutes, and had a reasonable mockup using only my mousepad at work!
After drawing my whole life, I've finally decided to try animation. This let me make an animation I'm SUPER happy with! Thanks!!
so cool this really helped me
Oh my god! I struggle so much with run cycles this explained it so well! Could you maybe do a tutorial on other cycles such as walking and trotting?
Thank you! I know how to animate a running animal because of you!…and other people, this tutorial was also helpful.
This helped a lot! now i can animate dragons better!
THANKS YOU SO MUCH! IT REALLY HELPED FOR MY SCHOOLS TEST ❤ HOPE YOU POST MORE TUTORIALS, LOVE YOUR WORK 🎉😂
I really needed this vid rn thanks for that!
This video was so helpful to me bc I just started to go over the basics of animation and I was learning how to do walk and run cycles and when I was looking at the ones for dogs it was so confusing but this video helped make it so much easier to understand. I'm definitely gonna sub to check out more of your tutorials ^^
i really love this and it really help, thank you for showing this video😁
Omg thank you for explaining this in such a good way!!!!!!
Love it!! Thanks for the explanation! Want to get back to creature animation soon this year , do you have a video for walk? And maybe cat walk?
The best way to learn about quadruped running is to run on all fours
thank you im using this for an animation
Great vid! I’m relatively decent at run cycles but this still gave me valuable information.
I was just wondering what you usdd to animate this ^^
phenomenally explained, well done
Your amazing and helped me so much
Thank you I always tried to make running and this helped alot 😊
I smell an underatted artist
The fact I'm about to attempt to animate something that has dogs in it and this got in Mt recommendations is just
Most dogs I've been around were never airborne while running and stay on the ground the entire time, so I don't think having them lift during a cycle is universal, it more than likely differs from breed to breed.
super helpful
Thanks so muchhh! I’ve been trying to do run cycles for many years before i found this video! New subscriber, too!
Thank you so much! This will definitely help me animate!
amazing tutorial with lots of information, thank you
What app do you use? And does it cost money at all?
That is... Insane broski
Thank you do much
I just finished my first animation... I'll try again and watch this when I do
BEuTiful
This is so underrated 😭
Would like to see a video on how to animate dinosaur walk cycles or animals in flight.
what is the cute dogs name i simply must know
Reginald
Alguien por favor dígame que programa usa para hacer esta animación!!!!!!!!?????????
What animashon app do you use if you don’t mind me asking.
Love this tutorial ❤
Awesome tutorail!!!
This really helped! Thanks!
Yes everyone is happy with Lisa's triumph.
This process also works for foxes since foxes are part of the canine family which foxes run similar as other canines but if they’re in a scurry they will run right to left so the predator loses them
Perfect explication thanks 👍
Thank you this helped a lot
great tutorial, I like it, and you make great videos, keep it up😁❤
Damn how do u draw that good-
Ive been working on a fictional critter type creature that ostilates between being plantigrade and digigrage based on speed. The best i can explain is it runs somewhere between a rodent and Pikachu so im having a really hard time drawing it.
Xenomorph is good example
Thank you this is so much help
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wow! this was very helpful!
This helps so much thank you!!!!
This is really helpfull and explained very simply so its easy to follow but i must ask which animation app you use?
Ok, Ima see if I can do it
Omg tysmm
Okay, now imagine a Cheetah animated. Who ever animated a Cheetah,
HOW.
How about an aquatic animal swim cycle? Like a shark, tuna, dolphin, octopus, etc?
This will come in handy.
What do you used to Animate
OMG TYSM I NEEDED THIS SM YOU JUST GOT A SUB!!!!
So good! I just subscribed:)
Thanks 👍
Happy new year 🎉
App name??
Thanks for the tutorial, it was very helpful and detailed! What drawing app do you use?
Glad it was helpful, thank you! I use photoshop for still drawing, tv paint (used here) and adobe animate for animation. You can probably find cheaper alternatives to these haha
thanx so much
I’m a quadrobist and this made it really easy to run
Who else?
👇🏻
danke, dieses Video hat sehr geholfen
Is this a custom pencil for TVPaint ? I like the line work. Did you use stabilization ? Thanks or the tutorial. Subscribed ;)
SO HELPFUL! Though, I want to point out that you forgot to make a tail on frame 5, so I made my own. (I MIGHT BE WRONG, THOUGH 😅) Still extremely pleasing. NOTIFICATION: +1 subbie unlocked.
Whith what you animated it ? Please and it very helpful your explanation thanks ❤❤
Very helpful! I was wondering how many frames per second you used?