i think this will help some people.

here are the steps...

NOTE: i am just showing the legs movements, because thats my style, i draw the legs, add a layer, add the body, etc.

alright so lets begin:

take the brush (or line) and draw a normal leg stance.


now you can see the right leg straightening out and the left leg bending a little.


now the left legs is taking off, and the right legs is still straightening out.


ok, now we see the left leg coming off the ground, and the right leg starting to push off.


alright, now hes charging up for his leap,his right leg is now behind the left, and the left is... i dont know how to explain but i think you can see.


aight, now hes jumped, but not to high of the ground.


now he is coming down for the landing.


he has landed, and is starting to bend his legs a bit.


okay, finally the last frame of the cycle. he is just straightening out his left and right leg.



YAY. congratulations. and please note, this is JUST A TECHNIQUE I USE FOR RUNNING, I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS HOW YOU RUN LIKE IT OR NOT.

thanks for reading

*EDIT*
here is my final result:

It looks good, but you should really include what to do with the arms, body and head, and a finished product would be nice.

lol, right after i posted this i was like aww crap, i forgot to post my result. thanks for the reply though.

Well, I looked at the finishing product, and it looked a bit crap. It jerked, but the tutorial layout was good.

Yeah, this was a great tut, but the final product wasn't to good.

ya, your right. im still practicing on flash, i just thought my running was easy and i thought i would get the basic idea for begginers. thanks for the replys though.

I use Capn's Pivot running tut, even though it's for pivot, it looks good in flash. I used his running tut ALOT!

I use The Frogs tutorial here on stickpageportal for all my stick figure needs.

thanks for the suggestions, ill check that out.

lil' jurky... But the tut was very well layed out.

Yeh i agree with stick puppet
the tut was very well explained and easy to follow
keep up the good work!

Thanks! I like your runing style.

Very easy!
Here you can see my runing test =)

swfup.com/file/19492

the tutorial is good but it looks like some guy running that's on crack:heh:

nice. really helped me make my sticks run better

Interesting Running Style! It is very dramatic due to the height of running.

Interesting.