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!
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^^
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 :)✨
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
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 :)
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!
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
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.
I REAAAAALY appreciate your knowledge plus you share what yu got. Thanks for that. Quick question- I purchased a wacom and thinking what tools to include on my workflow. I have All adobe products, Clip studio paint, Krita, blender etc. Goal is to learn animation. Can you help a lil bit here?
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 ^^
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.
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
Il me semble que la croupe du loup devrait descendre un peu davantage lorsqu'il prend appui sur ses jambes arrières, et l'avant du corps monter plus. Excellent travail cependant, l'animation est si difficile...
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!
Extra tip: You can also make other frames in between each of the key poses for a smoother animation!
The best way to learn about quadruped running is to run on all fours
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!
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 :)✨
I love this tutorial! Thank you so much for making this!
You have a knack for making it look and sound easy!
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
I needed this for a quad robot ramming into a humanoid robo as part of an animation thanks
thank you so much for the tutorial!! more animal walkcycles would be amazing
This is so useful! I rarely see so well made videos about run cycles or walk cycles etc
This is extremely helpful! Thank you! Hope you get more views on this bc you deserve it!
I recently made a Deer hopping/running animation loop on Procreate, without any help/tutorials!! I'm so proud!
Great video!! 👌🔥
Warrior cat beginner animations gonna be fire now
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 :)
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 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.❤
You are a Saint🤩! I'm going to really need this tutorial in my next animation XD
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 is gonna help me a lot in my animation journey i thank you from the bottom of my heart😚
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
What programm do you use for your animations❓️ (The tutoriql is amazing and helpful as always!❤)
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?
After drawing my whole life, I've finally decided to try animation. This let me make an animation I'm SUPER happy with! Thanks!!
This is a REALLY good tutorial and it helped me a lot. Thanks for your help!
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
I love these exercises! I like to analyze how other animators work on animations, and this ends up helping me as well ❤ congrats!
so cool this really helped me
Thank you! I know how to animate a running animal because of you!…and other people, this tutorial was also helpful.
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.
I really needed this vid rn thanks for that!
Brilliant! Thank you so much for teaching all of us. ❤
I REAAAAALY appreciate your knowledge plus you share what yu got. Thanks for that. Quick question- I purchased a wacom and thinking what tools to include on my workflow. I have All adobe products, Clip studio paint, Krita, blender etc. Goal is to learn animation. Can you help a lil bit here?
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 ^^
Great vid! I’m relatively decent at run cycles but this still gave me valuable information.
THANKS YOU SO MUCH! IT REALLY HELPED FOR MY SCHOOLS TEST ❤ HOPE YOU POST MORE TUTORIALS, LOVE YOUR WORK 🎉😂
Omg thank you for explaining this in such a good way!!!!!!
thank you im using this for an animation
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?
That is... Insane broski
Thank you do much
I just finished my first animation... I'll try again and watch this when I do
phenomenally explained, well done
Thanks so muchhh! I’ve been trying to do run cycles for many years before i found this video! New subscriber, too!
I smell an underatted artist
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
i really love this and it really help, thank you for showing this video😁
The fact I'm about to attempt to animate something that has dogs in it and this got in Mt recommendations is just
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 so much! This will definitely help me animate!
Would like to see a video on how to animate dinosaur walk cycles or animals in flight.
This helped a lot! now i can animate dragons better!
Your amazing and helped me so much
amazing tutorial with lots of information, thank you
I was just wondering what you usdd to animate this ^^
This is so underrated 😭
Thank you I always tried to make running and this helped alot 😊
Yes everyone is happy with Lisa's triumph.
super helpful
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)
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
What app do you use? And does it cost money at all?
What animashon app do you use if you don’t mind me asking.
This really helped! Thanks!
what is the cute dogs name i simply must know
Reginald
Awesome tutorail!!!
BEuTiful
great tutorial, I like it, and you make great videos, keep it up😁❤
I’m a quadrobist and this made it really easy to run
Who else?
👇🏻
How about an aquatic animal swim cycle? Like a shark, tuna, dolphin, octopus, etc?
Ok, Ima see if I can do it
Love this tutorial ❤
This will come in handy.
Alguien por favor dígame que programa usa para hacer esta animación!!!!!!!!?????????
Damn how do u draw that good-
wow! this was very helpful!
Okay, now imagine a Cheetah animated. Who ever animated a Cheetah,
HOW.
This is really helpfull and explained very simply so its easy to follow but i must ask which animation app you use?
Il me semble que la croupe du loup devrait descendre un peu davantage lorsqu'il prend appui sur ses jambes arrières, et l'avant du corps monter plus. Excellent travail cependant, l'animation est si difficile...
This helps so much thank you!!!!
Thank you this helped a lot
Thanks 👍
Happy new year 🎉
Whith what you animated it ? Please and it very helpful your explanation thanks ❤❤
OMG TYSM I NEEDED THIS SM YOU JUST GOT A SUB!!!!
What about a trot or walk turning into a run?
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Thank you this is so much help
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So good! I just 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.
Perfect explication thanks 👍
А в каком приложении вы анимируете?
Very helpful! I was wondering how many frames per second you used?
Is this a custom pencil for TVPaint ? I like the line work. Did you use stabilization ? Thanks or the tutorial. Subscribed ;)