Quote from dbreth555

Well this is my first pivot animation that i ever made so.....here it is i guess oh and tell me what i need to improve on it ok thank you

tests would be great, for easing, unstiffness, runs, walks, all that stuff

This is my style of running

Quote from windspire

ok im getting the hang of this,ok heres my latest movie, i got less stiffness,more action,and tons of inprovements since pt2.

I want you to look at these two animations very carefully and see if you can spot the difference.





DO you see what I'm trying to say? At this stage, we are not looking for more action or effects, we are looking for quality and realism.

@ dbreth, You should elaborate on that run style. It's comical. Make a running loop test.
@ rock legend, then you should change your style. I'm generally really flexible with running, but I want you to truthfully tell me how often you move the back joint and the center joint in that run.
@zed, AMEN!!!

lmfao @ Zed's 3rd animation, thats pretty funny :D

The first one's not mine, it's windspire's, but thanks.

Incidently, what do you lot think of the real one? I think it's looking slightly robotic because of the lack of arms, but how's the movement in it?

i was laughing at the picture of the feet you have that are randomly moving across the animation space, the ones below the good moving legs, which are not that robotic, cuzz it wud fit robo/human

i didnt move the back that much cause i thought it would look wierd i dont realy know what to do with his back. Except force it down a little when he jumps back up due to gravity.

Sorry if i double post. This is another anim http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8086/newestanim.gif

Sorry guys but got another one looky. http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2237/fastdude.gif
COMMENT!

try doing this with his back.

(actually, you should exaggerate this movement.)
basicly, as the center moves up, the back moves down. and vise-versa.
Maybe rival or zed have better examples?

I actually don't. That's a much better one than my old run. I had it with the back going down on impact to absorb it:



This one's poorly looped and uneased anyway.

Thanks that helps and heres another running anim http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2237/fastdude.gif

Noones commented yet or they did while i typed this but heres another one COMMENT!!! http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8086/newestanim.gif